Revisiting "What I'm excited for this build cycle"

Two years ago today, I wrote a post on what I was excited for during the newly begun crypto winter (post-Terra, pre-FTX, most people were in denial).

I wanted to revisit the list to see if / what progress had been made.

1. The Merge is successful and energy use meme goes away.

It happened. It was and the only people who are complaining are intellectually dishonest members of Elizabeth Warren's anti-crypto army.

2. One of the Ethereum L2s breaks away from the pack, de-risking tech choice for builders.

It happened. @base was the clear break out but I would say there's progress in the @optimism @arbitrum and Polygon ecosystems.

3. More practical implementations of zero-knowledge proofs (e.g. Dark Forest) enabling consumer use cases, e.g. trustless anonymous polls or token-enabled experiences.

Not yet. There have been a few interesting experiments from Personae and Opacity, but nothing break out.

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Revisiting "What I'm excited for this build cycle"

Two years ago today, I wrote a post on what I was excited for during the newly begun crypto winter (post-Terra, pre-FTX, most people were in denial).

I wanted to revisit the list to see if / what progress had been made.

1. The Merge is successful and energy use meme goes away.

It happened. It was and the only people who are complaining are intellectually dishonest members of Elizabeth Warren's anti-crypto army.

2. One of the Ethereum L2s breaks away from the pack, de-risking tech choice for builders.

It happened. @base was the clear break out but I would say there's progress in the @optimism @arbitrum and Polygon ecosystems.

3. More practical implementations of zero-knowledge proofs (e.g. Dark Forest) enabling consumer use cases, e.g. trustless anonymous polls or token-enabled experiences.

Not yet. There have been a few interesting experiments from Personae and Opacity, but nothing break out.

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https://danromero.org/excited-for-this-build-cycle.html

crypto’s winter checklist: 2 wins, 1 still MIA. keep building!