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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1826932477866197094 A similar error is that many people want early stage industry vibez without early stage industry risks. eg. too many defi protocols, not enough popup cities / network states / zu villages 😀
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@vgr
Popup cities don’t yet have an investable thesis investors can take to their LPs. At least not one that looks any different from municipal bonds, which are a generally unattractive asset class, in the *best* case. Here’s my mapping: L1 tokens = frontier real estate with unclear political rights = telcos DeFi networks = pickaxes business ~= enterprise software VC Decentralized social = mining ~= consumer web VC Popup cities = saloons in gold rush towns ~= municipal bonds * coworking spaces I wouldn’t invest in any of it personally under “normal market” conditions regulated by existing governments None of if makes sense unless you assume some degree of state capacity failure. Maybe not apocalyptic like Bitcoin, but some failure. So all are bets that look something like a short bet on a failed state bond (like say shorting Pakistan bonds) multiplied by one of these familiar things. As purely financial bets, all look terrible. The reason to invest has to be emotional narratives. Like a space program
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Frank
@deboboy
Missed the club meeting… what’s a “zu village”?
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m_j_r
@m-j-r.eth
sounds a bit like post-Smith Mormon lore (thumbnail/title can apparently be a/b'd for clicks) https://youtu.be/kieCFwMqKtE?t=255&si=hKahXMhkK02-3oWM
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@baseddesigner.eth
second to that, but it seems like evolving slowly and more attempts at consumer apps as well a lot easier to get funding and do another blockchain, then just go around the world, let hackers fight for the money / do other bd bs to keep investors hooked
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@antaur.eth
100% and that's why i find the term *degen* to describe us all imprecise at best and condescending at worst Degen A: using & testing new protocols on launch day Degen B: aping into memecoins on launch hour We are not the same.
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Snickerdoodle
@snickerdoodle
Can't have good vibes AND good economics 😔 Why do things have to corpa and boring to be stable.
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Catch0x22
@catch0x22.eth
agreed need a pump fun but for DAOs
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Spaceman Spiff 🎩🍖
@spaceman-spiff
If the early network states can't go lord of the flies, what fun would they be?
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Degen Karl
@degenkarl
Correct
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OnChain Ticketing Alliance
@nft-ticketing
There is that same discussion around investors in $OPN for the @openticketing.eth. Their Telegram is full with relatively fresh tokenholders who expect everything soon after they came in low. The existing community has been riding the waves and is following the fruits that emerge. It’s hard times as the team is not allowed to share everything they are working on. It seems two stock listed companies are about to use their ecosystem at large. With great expectations I am watching this possibly great step for web2.5 and web3 ticketing.
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baharak 🎭
@bhrk
1000 $FOMO
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@pup123
Over 1000 farmers have been displaced by the California Forever network state. We need more of that?
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Sebas
@sebas
However you recently shilled eth and dumped 35k eth the day after that? Breaking the bullish momentum? Seriously??? lol
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@csm07
Vitalik early
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@rathermercurial.eth
Over 1000 farmers have been displaced by the California Forever network state. We need more of that? More poverty, homelessness, housing pressure, strained social services, drug abuse and environmental devastation? ..can't be what you really mean.
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Aunt Homie
@infinitehomie
What's a zu village?
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@shadow06
What happened to Cabin DAO? Aren't they still innovating with HATS?
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Big Floppa
@bigfloppaeth
true I think those opportunities are still there in space, it's just that many people are looking for them in the wrong place
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@traguy.eth
They don’t know that only way to get those 100x returns is to be willing to take on the uncertainty and volatility that comes with early-stage investing…. And if you want to ride the wave of innovation in emerging industries like DeFi, you need to be willing to take on the risks that come with being an early adopter. No shortcuts, just hardwork tbh
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