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The best part of waking up

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We need to realign incentives so that infrastructure, apps, and users win together. New approaches are emerging: app-specific chains where value more directly flows back to the application's community. When users and communities have skin in the game, they’re more invested in a platform’s success. The next wave of web3 growth will come from networks with economic models where value flows to those who use and help contribute to them. Infrastructure should serve the apps and users, not extract value from them.

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I see something special in @zora's new app/path. I think people are trying to box it into something like a "token launcher" that it is not. If you look at the user experience and behavior it is very different. Optimistic and hopeful it breaks out. Would be huge for crypto apps.

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Fit Protocols that are application-centric and purpose-built are the future of value creation and capture

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So apparently the GTM now is to launch a token then convince someone to launch an ETF for it?

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I guess this proved rational thinking syndrome is bad

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I’m getting increasingly frustrated with how many “smart KOLs” are so focused on ETH value capture vs Ethereum value creation So many people are saying the sole focus should be on increasing rents, which is so short sighted I’m coming to the conclusion they’ve never built real products that create real value for real users That is the bigger problem in web3 and Ethereum that needs to be solved for. Not pumping ETH bags If you’re here to actually build something important and believe in Ethereum, it’s time to stand up with us and lead

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Outside of crypto, the two things I am most interested in are NHI/UAPs and why raisins are the worst dried fruit

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Unprecedented changes in US crypto policy. Government working collaboratively with industry for the first time in 11 years. These aren’t just talking points, it's real transformation. Still early, but feels very real.

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Having spent over a decade in crypto, I'm proud the U.S. chose only Bitcoin for its strategic reserve. The decision sets the right example to the world and solidifies America's leadership and commitment to decentralized and credibly neutral technologies.

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After more than a decade in crypto, one truth stands out: building cool tech isn't enough. When I was at IDEO, we said that crypto-powered applications that create real impact for real users and businesses would eventually be all the matters. That time is now here.

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Ethereum is at a pivotal moment in its history. Some see its diversity and competing priorities as bugs—problems to be solved through greater centralization, alignment, and coordination. But it's missing the point. Ethereum's richness and heterogeneity isn't a bug—it's Ethereum's greatest feature. The freedom to innovate, compete, and pursue many visions is exactly what makes Ethereum powerful. We don't need more of a push top down. We need more bottom up collaboration with a boost from EF for things that work. It isn't about technical research or scaling debates. It's about remembering what Ethereum stands for: freedom, permissionless innovation, and empowering and uplifting communities—and amplifying the solutions they're building to change the system and create real impact.

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I didn’t join the crypto industry 11 years ago to help it recentralize Decentralization for community ownership is the whole point of crypto I don’t care how few teams care about this deeply because it’s what people, communities, and the world needs

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There are now very few great projects in crypto left that stand for something important and are fighting to follow through on it. @syndicate is one of them.

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Don't just build something Don't just believe in something Stand for something

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It is such an incredible privilege to work with the most GOATed team in crypto on the planet. Caleb Chelsea Daniil Eric Gus Isaac Jorge Justin Kristen Kristina Oleksii Pranav Raihan Sam Shaan Sheldon Sid Swoosh Will

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From Fat Protocols (2016) to Fit Protocols (2025) https://x.com/ianDAOs/status/1895162141222805671

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Come find us at ETH Denver We want to interview and amplify your project and community

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Come find us at ETH Denver We’re interviewing and amplifying builders and their communities with @boysclub

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If you're going to ETH Denver next week - DM me or join one of our events

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