Some difficult news: after years of building the best place to chat sports, we've made the difficult decision to sunset @bunches.

To our investors, friends, and fellow sports fans who supported us along the way: thank you.

I’m incredibly excited about what’s next for the team, and can’t wait to see what they do next. If you’re hiring, get in touch!

leader • reader • taco eater • fly eagles fly • @bunches • /whiskey • /nativefun • previously addepar, linkedin • https://nf.td/derek

Was this your day job?

I don’t think I ever came across it here or on twitter…

Yep, it was the dayjob. Social network for sports fans.

Crypto-adjacent, as we gave everyone a wallet under the hood (built prior to embedded wallets) and had a token for fandom on Base Sepolia, but wasn't built for crypto-natives. https://sepolia.basescan.org/token/0x3ee98063b073e8ef88470e761831eb39494cc159

Users spent 20 minutes a day in the app and loved it, but we couldn't get the business side to work. I've learned a lot and changed a couple theses around the "crypto-curious".

I'm now much more in line with how @0xdesigner is thinking:

i think everyone should stop saying "bring the next billion users onchain."

it sounds like a total grift. like we're trying to force feed blockchain in it's current form.

instead, we should say "bring the chain to the next billion people."

then we can focus on how to make the…

0xDesigner

Growing veggies for the fine folks of Southeastern Massachusetts, w/ a focus on nutrient quality. Always interested in the evolution of digital payments.  🎩 

Yep, it was the dayjob. Social network for sports fans.

Crypto-adjacent, as we gave everyone a wallet under the hood (built prior to embedded wallets) and had a token for fandom on Base Sepolia, but wasn't built for crypto-natives. https://sepolia.basescan.org/token/0x3ee98063b073e8ef88470e761831eb39494cc159

Users spent 20 minutes a day in the app and loved it, but we couldn't get the business side to work. I've learned a lot and changed a couple theses around the "crypto-curious".

I'm now much more in line with how @0xdesigner is thinking: https://x.com/0xDesigner/status/1870956606693015928

Would love to hear more about your continued understanding of the space, when you have the time.