Coop

The tough part about the Zora OP retro airdrop situation is that its indicative of a wider problem that creators are not valued onchain by the wider crypto ecosystem.

Teams that are building for creators are struggling more than ever because its unclear how to build for the artist to fan relationship in a way that doesn't purely rely on speculation.

It's one thing for a creator who is extremely active onchain and has a deep knowledge of crypto to be successful - but many times that's just catering to earn from the other people who are already here and have disposable income to spend supporting someone who's been a part of the game for a while.

Fwiw I believe that @zora has made more impact for creators onchain in the last year than any other team in crypto.

And yet - they still are facing public backlash from minters (and creators) who feel they were wronged for not getting paid out more when Zora itself did not even receive the maximum allocation from the last OP Retro round.

(cont.)

superb thread, worth a read. 

"crypto drastically overvalues infrastructure and wildly undervalues the products and teams that can get new users into the mix with added grants and funding."