Ethereum

has anyone written thoughtful long-form yet on crypto apps & their history / struggles?

what would you say are the top 3-10 crypto apps created so far?

gas is low rn bc we haven't had a new app breakout in awhile and the infra is ~overbuilt. memecoins didn't make it, pms are a maybe / unknown tam. crucially, it is the low gas itself that will allow the experimentation that will lead to new apps. so the app<>infra cycle goes

- community formation
- governance

maybe two others

off the top of my head, abstractly:

- storing value
- transferring value
- fundraising
- exchanging value
- borrowing/lending
- collecting/provenance
- ? something about prediction markets, as separate from predictions/provenance
- ?