Haven't done one of these in a while—AMA!

What’s the business case you presented to VCs to get funding for Farcaster?

1. Build credibly neutral decentralized protocol
2. Grow protocol with a great app
3. Monetize the app

Netscape model (with the difference being that the web was pre-existing)

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1. Build credibly neutral decentralized protocol
2. Grow protocol with a great app
3. Monetize the app

Netscape model (with the difference being that the web was pre-existing)

https://danromero.org/product-led-protocols.html

Very interesting parallel, esp since we know in retrospect where they succeeded and where they failed.

'field of dreams' fallacy for protocols. well put! I don't think I'd seen this before