JD

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crypto is a universal, global business model. most apps/products today need to target based on Geo-- factors include discretionary income, credit cards, payment support. Display & mobile products have different features & restrictions on their model not crypto. & that's the TAM

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blockchain's big unlock in consumer is providing services to individuals that were previously impossible or prohibitive. the tech NOW makes it available. i think that's why we'll see an explosion of applications integrating & leveraging stablecoins, w/ a focus on global first.

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one of those songs that you gloss over or scroll past & then months down the road, your buddy sends it to you and you're like "this is amazing!". so don't waste time & just press play now. https://open.spotify.com/track/3cY2nHVVX2ZER1ttxGzLav?si=909220592f8a4daf

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the challenge of consumer applications & experiences in crypto can be attributed to who these companies are building for -- mainly developers. & if you build for devs with hopes that they will build for consumer, you still need to understand consumer GTM, product and models.

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most crypto cos should have vastly different metrics that drive their success. each company should define their own lead metrics, and measure against those -- vs. today, measuring against industry-wide KPIs. lag metrics lead to building short term capture, lead metrics drive towards product durability.

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"optimizing for value capture today feels premature." https://hackmd.io/@mikeneuder/ethesis

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think most of the consumer bottleneck in crypto could be attributed to the industry over indexing on bottom of the funnel mechanics. traditionally, markets scale and the biggest businesses are built through capturing the bottom (data, revenue). crypto started there & has maintained 99% of its energy there. when really TAM is about expanding outside of the presumed metrics of "Crypto" by providing valuable technology & experiences to consumers they aren't getting elsewhere. or said differently, the only reason "crypto" remains a separate consumer category is that the development is fostering the existing customers & perceptions of what they want. it's a cycle to spin out of.

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consumer crypto should be gauged less on value captured and more on value created. the former provides short term wins, capturing high velocity moments through behaviors which already exist. the latter creates or expands markets, catalyzing new behaviors which can have significant longer and more durable markets.

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nhl season looms.

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“You can't use twentieth century metrics and concepts to analyze twenty first century demand and perception.” https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/09/05/one-more-oasis/

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to kick off the wave of adoption for the first class of consumer crypto companies, founders will measure their success more like SaaS & Commerce businesses than Social, Media or Gaming businesses. we are still in the phase of defining customers & audience in crypto. we have core users, mercenaries, bots... all of which are still in their value discovery phase. where clicks, users and views worked to show web2 growth, in web3 -- similar to high TVL growth in DeFi -- those metrics are often fragile and misleading. for consumer crypto to shine, it's less focus on output metrics and more focus on its unique consumer behaviors-- this will shepherd foundations where incentives drive new and efficient ways to transfer value. then we're off to the next step.

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think we'll see continued investment towards applications that expand beyond the crypto echo chamber. apps targeting crypto consumers need to be great at capturing revenue velocity. apps targeting those outside will balance web2 familiarity with web3 primitives-- & build a business on durability.

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Boys. Men. Gods. Shittttttt. https://www.gq.com/story/four-days-with-phish

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just hit play. a moment in time so perfect that it will never ever happen again. and that's how it should be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bwMqliLXZQ

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are "users" a correct metric for consumer crypto? what others?

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many in crypto don't see this (or admit this?) yet because of incentives. L1s & L2s have been pushed as the great networks & been the best way to get liquidity for investors/teams-- thus far. consolidation is happening. will be clear infrastructure winners. then apps takeover.

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believe app sector, not blockchains, will drive the largest network effects in consumer crypto. & much will be done in the middle a la embedded wallets. if you like the AOL analogy, nothing clearer than "Wallets" as a portal for ID > auth > navigate > experience > data > repeat.

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i think data as currency is difficult, but it does feel like an obvious path is related to the prompt "share data with ____ to better your experience?" Software providers send this (MSFT word crashing!), health apps send this, etc. There's a desire to leverage that voluntary data to better product. So offer $ for it!

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nothing more "web2 to web3" or "web3 onramp" or "real world use cases" than DePIN. it's just called DePIN so anyone outside of crypto has no idea what it means-- but they'll get the products.

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