Alex Wittenberg

Trying to imagine what will be built upon the coming deep liquidity bandwidth is as difficult as someone in 1995 with dial-up internet trying to imagine Netflix streaming videos to a mobile phone. The future innovation that deep liquidity bandwidth will unlock will be even more significant. 

When people own their own content, including its data and metadata, they own its distribution as well. They become the new intermediaries.People become the new platforms.

Explicit > ImplicitClear decisions after meetingsNo clear decision? Make that explicit too.Clear ownersNo clear owner? Make that explicit too.Hear everyone's opinionsMake explicit who makes the decision 

I stumbled across a key insight that may or may not have been spotted before: lorecraft is the evil twin of marketing.

A computer inference however may draw upon massive data and complex correlations, you can’t argue with the machine, and you can’t see how to change. You have no say and governance is replaced with management […] 

NFTs are not securities, and thus perfectly legal as commodities. They are more like artwork or souvenirs, whose prices also fluctuate. Just because a signed photograph of Kanye West gets more valuable if West is more famous doesn’t mean it qualifies as a stock. But $APE is much closer to a security, because it’s not an artwork; it’s money. It’s al... See more

Questions for the candidateWhat criteria would you use to hire someone to do this job if you were in my seat?How would your spouse or sibling describe you with ten adjectives?I think we’re aligned in wanting this to be a good fit, you don’t want us to counsel you out in six months and neither do we. Let’s take the perspective of ourselves in six mo... See more

One of the most valuable things a protocol can fund is ecosystem development, which can eventually serve as a competitive edge. Pilot programs by Uniswap and Compound have proposed $750,000 per quarter in grants that might be reduced or expanded based on their effectiveness. 

The problem of distraction can just as well be framed as a problem of loneliness. Sometimes we turn thoughtlessly to our devices for mere distraction, something to help us pass the time or break up the monotony of the day, although the heightened frequency with which we may do so may certainly suggests the signs of compulsive behavior. Perhaps it i... See more