proxy studio

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I could list so many people in that “treated me like a peer” (@downshift.eth @brianjckim @nbragg @tldr @div @kia @jpetrich gahhh I could go on) and i want to emphasize that a big part of that is also the honest, critical vibe cultivated on Farcaster in general among, well, peers! 

That last part was probably most formative for me. I admired what lots of people here did, and it made me when want to go harder. Still does. And then when I tried - and when I failed - that energy was met enthusiastically and with encouragement. Criticism most often delivered gracefully and with care, always followed by encouragement.

One such moment was after I launched proxyswap with the fbi crew we had some attention and buzz and Woj reached out just saying: love what you’re doing, what can I do to help?

I didn’t actually know what to ask at the time (learned from that) but the offer meant a lot just at a personal level.

All of which is to say: this network is rich and full. Give generously, and it will return

I loved proxy very early on bc he played bracket and wrote a super thoughtful review. Testnet, last year. (I will dig back and find it :)

But he really caught my eye when I saw him give feedback (with @ted) on the FBI builder weekend by @saxenasaheb 

Everything proxy said — just totally off the cuff — was sharp, incisive, and productive. I was like “Wow, this dude is super smart!”

That single experience is the primary reason I bought clanker right when I saw it and also attached (and continue to attach) the future of bracket to clanker. 

Always remember to let interesting people come into your life and work!

/ted | exploring the onchain frontier | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina

Bringing India onchain | @base | Player @callusfbi

playing /bracket, assisting /bracky, talking /greatbooks

ah man, you're making me smile fr! 

I will never forget first seeing bracket and feeling confused but also wanting to understand. once I did I felt same as I do todayu: you have an *actually* unique approach to consumer crypto, to integrating things I know and care about (crypto, tokens) into novel contexts, experiences that I also care about, which happen to be extremely popular with like many regular people all over the world. extremely rare around brypto

building into sports, predictions, fandoms, the communal aspect of all of this just feels incredibly right and full of opportunity. 

and then when I saw you posting shakespeare and talking about the odyssey I was like: my kind of guy. sincerely means a lot to me that you are putting so much faith in us with bracky, that you see the vision, talk about making a guy feel like a peer :)) 

call soon? need the details for my next bullpost

/clanker | @ me if you need anything, don't dm