This cycle has been the the most interesting cycle for apps
Polymarket, Pump Fun and damnnit even Friendtech generated good revenue without their token as the product...
The early innings of DeFi was great, Uniswap and Aave are alive and well but a lot of DeFi "innovation" became using complex mechanisms to dump a token on retail
I'm more bullish on crypto consumer than ever before
I really don't believe the future will be better memecoin launchpads but it will start with retail
Cooking π§βπ³
1. Bonding curves β
2. Curation Markets.. meme markets that are more attention than curation
3. Any examples of Token Curated Registries?
This episode of Epicenter with @simondlr from 5 years back was gold, there's value in re-exploring crypto ideas π€
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzLhmYLA0HY
This weekend I set out to clear out my "read later" tabs
Although I devoured them all, I now have more tabs than when I started π€¦
Clicking things on the internet is a ridiculous drug
Anyone else stuck in this infinite loop?
Speculation is inherent to crypto but it's not all unproductive
It's why prediction markets are valuable, using speculation by crypto enjoyooors delivers value outside our lovely bubble
We'll move forward if we reframe speculation to achieve an objective
Want to onboard the masses?
We all say "build experiences where users donβt know they're using crypto"
The key is to create products better than the status quo, uniquely enabled by crypto
Simply hiding the crypto backend and better UX wonβt cut it