how do people start publishing/doing research in crypto?

i’ve never had the opportunity to do something like that formally, but it’s always been appealing and seems good for career trajectory

prev: /nook, protocol @ opensea, co-author seaport & stuff.
professional @slokh and @0xalexander fanboy

what kind of research? like technical mechanism design type stuff or investor-style analysis about a sector, topic etc?

anything game/theoretical + horizon expanding vs strictly immediate-term business

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I'm kind of myself in that zone too, no idea where to begin. But I like what @a16zcrypto publishes and maybe that's a place to explore.