David Phelps

@davidphelps

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hot take, but we need to recognize that the failures of ethereum's marketing are just as much on the L2s as the L1s—but unfortunately, it's really on the L1 to fix them when app builders are getting angry at the EF for not marketing apps, it's not entirely on the EF there was a widespread assumption that L2s would be the place to do this marketing work for apps—and very few have so app builders go back to the one genuine community they trust, which is ethereum when app builders hear ethereum say it's only for the 0.01%, and that the EF isn't going to market apps, that sounds a lot like saying there is just nobody in ethereum on the L1 or L2 level who will help with distribution and actually use the apps that are built here. this is why there's anger. this is why builders are losing hope. it's not because people don't believe in the EF but because they *do*—because the EF is one of the only institutions that stands for legitimacy. and to watch it turn its back on the builders here really hurts.

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i haven’t been really clear about this so let me try better >JokeRace is giving away $250/week for… having the best memes >rewards climb up from there as more people play >and it creates pages where you can… find memes that’s it. a use case that’s only possible with crypto

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look i know this sounds delusional but everyone is looking for the next big consumer crypto product and i think JokeRace has a fair shot at it in the next few months stay tuned

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getting twice the engagement on warpcast that i get on x with literally 1% of the followers that i have on x

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open call: would love to see someone in the space run weekly product-hunt-style leaderboards of top ethereum apps you can build that onchain with us on JokeRace (and even make money) it’s time to feature ethereum apps, and clearly EF isn’t gonna do that dms open

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basically the bull case for crypto right now is that it's completely fucked, but somehow not as completely fucked as usd, the yuan, real estate, small businesses, and literally every single stock. but the worst part is: this is the most compelling bull case we've had in years.

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honestly we deserve this. we all made fun of two girls working as project managers by the pool and now the only jobs for americans are deporting immigrants and working at the banana factory

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told a friend about the markets, and she baked a plate of delicious chocolate cookies to make me feel better i chipped in a few bucks to help cover the costs of ingredients and then i explained to her that her cookies were an import, and since i had given her nothing in return, i’d be putting a 50% tariff on her for the trade deficit she tried to tell me that that just means i have to pay more for her cookies now, but she doesn’t realize the joke’s on her i’m canceling all my plans to bake cookies full time so i don’t even need her cookies now that will teach her

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i’m sorry but the president of the united states is governing through a groupchat after launching a useless token and you’re trying to tell me that DAOs have failed?

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the real reason to play @cryptothegame is to find out who you do (and don't) want to work with outside the game unfortunately these people tend to get killed quickly but there's one left who showed leadership, respect, and integrity at every turn. i'm voting for @ted

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i'm out of crypto the game, sniped by a full cabal -- and look, if i can't be loved, at least i can be hated loved playing with you all

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crypto the game is an incredible experiment in human psychology because everyday the immunity challenge is just not to vote and yet people all login to kill each other and put their lives at stake because they simply can’t help it an incredible victory for voting that DAOs and governments have never managed

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got into crypto to build resilient censorproof systems to protect the rights and attributions of all creators. stayed to list off random cheese names to a cashier at best pizza in williamsburg in an ill-fated attempt to win crypto the game

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nobody cares about kendrick or drake half as much as when they're battling each other. so hear me out: tokenized AI agents battling each other. winner gets loser's tokens and rewards from people paying in to vote @aethernet what do you think? would this help you get more traction?

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solving this once and for all. am starting the "DeFi awards" to showcase the best DeFi apps on eth enter your DeFi project below in the next 2 days and then vote on thurs earnings from fees go back into the rewards pool for winners https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0xbf6b7c06e23a07b857d47d67fcae0dcd739d1a03

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excited to announce we're hiring for a growth marketer at JokeRace number one requirement: don't be afraid to lean into cringe

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to build a financially sustainable model in crypto, you need to win on social https://davidphelps.substack.com/p/the-social-app-thesis

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this might be the most vile feud yet ansem or andrew tate? pick your team onchain or vote in the frame in comments below: https://jokerace.io/contest/base/0x0f7e326aa669edaccc7533475f9fb3d95b16ce48

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the best onchain record that you're a solana maxi... is on @base you can vote for anatoly in the onchain frame below https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0xc75440d97844b3592cdc2083620ef756237e586e/submission/1492943566267956169532406316655730754340915038978918287817985235495228334100

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last day to vote that justin drake won the debate can vote natively in warpcast below https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0xc75440d97844b3592cdc2083620ef756237e586e/submission/70616402975092044573459272064983898976549395259965579922799157743857666953237

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