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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
What is the most likely pathway for blockchains to go mainstream like the internet, mobile, or AI? a) Skeptics won over by arguments b) Apps beat Web2 versions c) Degen economy > Wall Street. Apps irrelevant. d) Abstracted payments rails. Apps irrelevant e) Blockchains never go mainstream
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Ribin Ruck
@na
f) goes into textbooks and permeates boringly?
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Michael Gingras (lilfrog)
@frog
My reactions a) unlikely - skeptics and believers make up small minority of people who even know what a blockchain is, even if skeptics won over b) would love this to be the pathway c) this feels like the mainstream use case today, but lower TAM than internet/mobile d) same as c e) c and d will likely prevent this
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Gabriel Ayuso
@gabrielayuso.eth
Build products and services that don't make sense for centralized parties to try and build because it doesn't fit their incentive models. I guess that means B although we can go beyond Apps since that is a very centralized concept (each app is its own little box).
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Dan Finlay 🦊
@danfinlay
b) in a way where it consumes and plays the part of c & d. When apps normally incorporate value systems that can give users benefits that the normal app/economy complex can’t or won’t, then it will become natural. Like how mainstream vegetarianism depends on lower cost, more delicious meat substitutes.
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Ben - [C/x]
@benersing
B
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@timigod.eth
(b) most definitely. But I think (c) is also a huge factor and what we’ve mostly seen thus far. However, most people don’t interact with “finance/wall street” so I guess that’ll likely not be “mainstream”.
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@lsankar.eth
strong belief it's c), but over a couple more cycles (i.e. likely not quite there this cycle) will take aging out of 1 more gen of execs
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@m-j-r
of these options, b) if c) includes SMEs issuing tokens & tokens directing SMEs, then I think there could be interesting mainstream productivity -> entertainment meta-narrative. but b) directly addresses soft tech as a relative safe bet, insulated from IRL costs/curveballs.
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depatchedmode
@depatchedmode
d, imo With b to follow, and then maybe c if it’s ever possible to untangle those things with clarity.
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Santicristobal
@santicristobal
I would say a combination of B and D. What's your take?
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