just got back from 2 weeks in kenya and landed to SVB news on fri. so glad its not what we all feared but also cant help but reflect on how other markets have had to deal with unstable and unreliable banking for far longer than us, and how some incredible innovation has come out of that. seeing mpesa live was amazing

so many lessons for crypto: 1) the avg person doesnt care abt sexy tech or VC trends, they care about utility 2) there are tons of valid use cases if you look outside the privilege of North America 3) distribution is key - every corner shop (even remote!) serves as an onramp so its ubiquitous, even for the last mile

Also i went on safari and learned so much about community from observing animals in the wild lol. AMA