# The Vertex Thesis

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**Published on:** 2023-08-24
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This is what clicked for me.https://twitter.com/dg_goensOnchain RelevanciesJack Butcher has tons of published insight on the natural law of compounding. In the digital realm it’s harder to pin down, but the externalities are less inhibited. Now we have a substrate by which hyperlocal activities can be noted, verified, and upgraded perpetually. Blockchains allow personal, and highly anecdotal experiences, to become much more than ever before.Hyperlocal FunObsessing over ordinance principles has left me with fun as the fundamental.onchain summer funFriend tech, Basepaint, Storybase, and Based Management are all uniquely fun.a social liquidity gamean evolving mural art ‘dao’onchain forum/message boardL2 headless brand experimentWho they attract points at what Dee articulated as hyperlocal. Broadly speaking, they exist within the same neighborhood:EVMBase Chain L2Crypto TwitterNFT marketplacesWithin each individual project we see their hyperlocalities. Friend TechCrypto DegensBasepaintPixel ArtistsStorybaseCrypto WritersBased ManagementCrypto ConsumersGlobal Maximum PotentialImagine these localities as vertices existing in an expansive temporal-spectrum. An increase in interactiveness engages neighboring vertices, eventually resulting in uniquely animated cognitive-surface-area → leading to tangible market influence.animated hyperlocalitiesPart of the subtext has been covered in my Hypercultures and Onchain Summer essays. The tldr being:onchain context leads to onchain culturememetic proliferation happens at the chain levelwe have turned a corner in terms of tech usabilitythis leads to divergent-expansionCryptography is relevant due to its timeless technical nature. To mint something is to ensure, to the best of our current capacity, that it endures. This allows digital assets to capture value over longer time horizons. To me, this is what “global maximum potential” signifies. The ability to turn hyperlocal concepts, content, and context, into endless possibilities. Important to note this does not guarantee top 1% performance of those interests, activities, etc. It guarantees opportunity to reach top 1% performance.ExperiMintH/t @uncledavo for the term. On a recent ForeFront chat we came to the understanding that our industry is still within the first percent of growth. This means more experiments are needed. With all of this texture added in, the vertex thesis boils down to:be courageous onchainplant hyperlocal vertices in the collective mind-spacenurture them toward their global maximum potential

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