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Should consumer crypto be skeuomorphic?

No - because it’s a historical anti pattern for other tech platform shifts

Yes - because the innovation occurs in the biz model / monetization / incentives

Wdyt?

Both - the skeumorphism is a Trojan horse

Get users to enter shop by mirroring existing usage patterns, and then discover new patterns once they become comfortable with crypto rails (minting is an example)

Hard to change most people’s relationship with money quickly, which is why we hard to start with degens