proxy
@proxystudio.eth
neither of these approaches will attract net-new token buyers. neither gives tokens any context, consumers are never presented with a reason to buy a token, or given a sense of what it is they will own. consumer crypto's biggest mistake would be to assume that new consumers care about tokens at all. they don't, tokens are irrelevant - totally and completely - they lack any signification outside the speculative domain. crypto doesn't have a UI problem, it has a crisis of meaning. that crisis is exactly why the market on the right has plenty of users - pump is born from existential crisis, it exists within it happily, and its users don't care. not caring is the point. but we're maxxed out on nihilism, we'll need to offer something more vital & fulfilling if we want to attract more normal users via sleek consumer crypto apps
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tomu
@tomu
"people are rewarded by airlines with points, but even without those points, people will still fly." will we have a product where the token isn’t its primary focus?
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Maretus
@maretus.eth
Farcaster is a good example of a product without a token being the primary focus.
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proxy
@proxystudio.eth
warpcast is the product, not farcaster, and its been great at giving tokens context which is one reason its attracted net-new token buyers (ex: builders who bought degen when they don't typically participate in speculative meme coin markets)
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tomu
@tomu
+ it helped to bootstrap users with current communities (degen, higher)
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