i firmly believe that this post is mourning the wrong thing. the problem isn’t spending time in crypto, it’s mistakening the noise for the signal. don’t let the degens and the drama convince you this space is small, when it’s actually the largest canvas tech has ever had

OP says crypto feels like toys. toys are how we experiment with anything new. the first airplanes were toys. the first computers were toys. what look like toys now are prototypes for the future rails of governance, finance, civilization. 

the whole point is that it isn’t finished, and that’s what makes it hard—and worth it.

keep building.

https://x.com/howdymerry/status/1886079805961253213?s=46

Reading the OP commiserate on a couple of levels and I'm concerned that "'early" and "toys" are easy excuses for a space that's unwilling to level up.

At what point are we not early? At what point are permissionless slot machines not enough to justify the investment? Not answering these questions is a hazard imo.

Founders

You know how they say “an LA 6 is a NYC 9” or whatever?

Well in founder caliber terms:

A web2 4 is a crypto 10

Product quality and user retention are graded on a curve in crypto relative to Web2.

Bootstrapping user interest with 10X gambling is easy mode and we still can't really retain much after the token drop.



https://warpcast.com/androidsixteen.eth/0x8cf0bcac

Founder, designer, & product guy at /basepaint and /eigenlayer

Product quality and user retention are graded on a curve in crypto relative to Web2.

Bootstrapping user interest with 10X gambling is easy mode and we still can't really retain much after the token drop.

https://warpcast.com/androidsixteen.eth/0x8cf0bcac

https://warpcast.com/androidsixteen.eth/0x8cf0bcac

I’ve been in and out of crypto for 7 years but the one constant is that “it’s still so early” 

I’d say we aren’t early anymore and need to stop using that as a crutch