Founders

closing the year with what some might call a ‘failure,’ but for us, it’s been a journey full of lessons

over the past months, @mctflurry and i have been fully focused on building drift.money

our vision was clear: enabling seamless IRL stablecoin payments by addressing the merchant side

but through conversations and exploration, we realized this wasn’t enough: consumer demand also needs to be stimulated

to shift behavior, we saw the need for a loyalty-driven experience with rewards, cashback, and gamification, similar to credit card networks

but this raised a key question: 
why should this be built onchain? 🤔

without a clear answer, we decided to step back, rethink, and refine

grateful for the lessons and looking forward to what’s ahead in 2025

one thing i’m sure: you’ll see builders.garden and @urbe-eth cooking a lot 🫡

I think it’s not only loyalty rewards etc. that’s demanded for consumer adoption - what’s missing is the concept of credit on-chain, cc @eulerlagrange.eth

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

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/eulerlagrange

Building a verifiable future. Previously research at @ucberkeley + @a16zcrypto, PhD @TUM

https://ernstberger.xyz