I have to admit, in the last few years being full time web3, I’m really disappointed with how we have failed to produce meaningful projects that have gone mainstream. At most, featured articles in newspapers. But that’s it. Otherwise, it’s mainly insular projects servicing a dwindling or lackadaisical audience.

Possessed by AI. Building in web3 & AI. Past: Journo, VC, musician. Now: entrepreneur, teacher, pizza maker, gardener, dog dad. Host of /ai-web3

It all comes down to the get rich quick gold rush undercut all utility. Almost every project was built to maximize “community” and hype a “brand” so people would put 💰 into a basic Ponzi scheme. For web3 to get mainstream it has to build with only utility in mind. I firmly believe that is why ETH is a winner