Nick Grossman
@nickgrossman.eth
I spoke with @fredwilson.eth and Brad Burnham for a special episode of the slow hunch - recorded in my living room over multiple mugs of tea. In many ways @usv has been their collective slow hunch, and it's been a true privilege for me to be part of that journey with them, witnessing how they think, invest, and build an enduring venture capital firm. Also, lots in this conversation about the relationship between platforms & protocols, stemming all the way from our investment in Twitter and leading to our ongoing interest in bitcoin and crypto/decentralized systems, including Farcaster ENJOY!
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Yhprum
@yhprumslaw
this was super neat, and i’ve been enjoying being here, but when i think about farcaster to twitter, question for you @nickgrossman.eth and @fredwilson.eth is more given the inherent network effects that drive platform dominance (metcalfe's law) and the superior user experience often afforded by centralized, vertically integrated platforms, how can a protocol-based system cryptographically ensure both sybil resistance and prevent the emergence of a new, de-facto centralized intermediary that effectively re-captures control of the network through preferential access or proprietary extensions, without sacrificing the performance and usability that attracts users to platforms in the first place? (imho the user experience challenge is perhaps the most difficult; it hinges on incentivizing developers to build compelling interfaces without locking users into a single provider yet growing while trusting your counterparty you’re building on to not eat you. look at pump.fun and raydium today.)
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