Founders

ecosystems like eth op and farcaster will trick you into thinking you’ve made a compelling product because there’s a “kumbaya let’s all win together mentality”. 

Use my app I’ll use yours!
Use my app and I’ll give u a boost here with my large fc following!
Use my chain I’ll use your app!

it’s negative signal and will keep you from the truth: you’re product isn’t compelling enough

Two founder lessons:

Farcaster is a good place to get early users. Not going to solve all your problems, but can help get you started. e.g. Unlonely

Building your brand as a gadfly can attract attention in the near term, but suboptimal in the long term.

third lesson: 
don’t idolize founders when they give advice
trust yourself above all else

Definitely don’t idolize. I’ve had good results with being intellectually honest about when to trust myself.

Idaf about anyone’s opinion on zktls. 0% chance you’ll think of something I haven’t.

There is wisdom you can’t obtain from thinking alone. Like how to gain adoption for a consumer product.

Working on building zkTLS infra/products. A ruthless empiricist and meme connoisseur.

/opacity
/eulerlagrange

Successful founders take a shit like the rest of us 😉