Austin Griffith
@austingriffith
✅ Recap of my convo with @joseph.eth 🎯 Getting Started in Crypto & Building: 📖 He started by reading whitepapers 🔄 Transitioned from protocol research to DeFi engineering 🍣 Worked on Sushi, Astaria, and experimental protocols...
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Austin Griffith
@austingriffith
🛠️ Tech Stack & Development Approach 💻 Next.js + Vercel for frontend 📜 TypeScript & Ponder for indexing 🔨 Foundry for smart contracts, with heavy testing & fuzzing 📦 Prefers an on-chain-first design philosophy—keeping things self-contained
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Austin Griffith
@austingriffith
💡 Product Ideation & Validation 📊 Thinks in economic mechanisms first, then writes contracts to test feasibility 🔄 Iterative design—realizes new constraints while implementing 🚀 Early user commitment is key (e.g., ETH Strategy pre-commitments before building)
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Austin Griffith
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⚖️ On Simplicity vs. Complexity in DeFi 🛠️ Prefers “AK-47 design”—robust, simple, reliable contracts 🚫 Avoids over-engineering & unnecessary dependencies 🧩 Modular smart contracts don’t work as intended—focuses on single-use, efficient designs
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Austin Griffith
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⚡ Shipping & Experimentation Culture 🏎️ Believes DeFi needs more fast, iterative experimentation like during DeFi Summer 🛡️ The audit industrial complex is slowing down innovation—prefers rigorous self-testing & peer reviews 🎰 Dislikes the over-financialization of crypto...
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Austin Griffith
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🤖 AI & Smart Contract Development 🖊️ Uses @cursor_ai heavily for writing & refactoring code 🚀 AI supercharges productivity but still requires critical thinking for system design ⚠️ Concerned AI might hurt future devs’ deep problem-solving abilities...
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Austin Griffith
@austingriffith
🏗️ What Should Be Built On-Chain? 💰 Anything economic—where trustless settlement & decentralization matter 📡 Prefers self-contained mechanisms that don’t rely on Oracles 🔗 Ethereum’s role is still about being a decentralized, trustless settlement layer!!!
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Austin Griffith
@austingriffith
🔮 Final Thoughts 🔥 His superpower: Overcommitting—forces him to level up 🧪 Encourages builders to experiment & deploy without overthinking monetization 💫 PMF is about magic—build something that makes users go “whoa” 🛠️ Will be hacking at @ethdenver
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Austin Griffith
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🎞️ Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfDf0A5c654
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