Austin Castellaw

Defensibility in web2 comes from proprietary data network effects. Each application is a walled garden, and a bigger user base translates into more utility vs. competitors.  The social network with most data, content, users, etc. is more valuable.

But there are other issues:

Doesn’t this sound great? Well, yes! Now, this is just one of the many examples of this ability to “Web3-anize” assets, i.e to convert from the older way of doing things to a newer model. I would like to further expound on this idea by just taking you on a journey to envision what an increasingly tokenized world could look like.

The pattern of boom and bust is easy to explain: the token prices appreciate when the game is growing and people are ever increasingly putting in money to buy assets and play.

Capital is flowing into crypto. Over $20B in crypto funds have been raised since the start of 2021 per Dove Metrics. Dry powder is abundant, but liquidity is asymmetrically distributed. Most capital is focused on early-stage, private projects. That’s not sustainable. While retail investors have been able to consume the float of historical crypto... See more

-DAO tooling is all about making it easier for humans to collaborate online. Human Resources traditionally exists to have tough conversations with employees. Zach is hoping this gets decentralized and we can create tools where we aren't looking for arbiters.