Austin Castellaw
@austincastellaw
Austin Castellaw
Since the advent of Optimistic Rollups (ORUs) and Zk-Rollups (ZRUs), the paradigm has changed.Computation is run off-chain by high-end machines (the provers) while posting a fraud proof (on ORUs) or a validity proof (on ZRUs) on a settlement chain, which can prove the computation integrity, or in other words, that the computation has been executed... See more
Thoughts on on-chain gaming
Distributing tokens through public sales: Some projects decide to conduct public sales and facilitate price discovery. The first drawback is that public sales expose projects to regulatory risks. A typical sale demands an ‘investment of money,’ so these projects are seen as unregistered securities that may attract regulatory issues.
kadeemclarke.eth • Lockdrop + LBA: The Future of Tokenomics?
The cycle is pretty much - creator attracts viewers on Y → Y becomes the ideal platform for viewers to view their creators → Y uses creator to attract more creators → Y gets more creators, earning them more money, allowing them to attract more creators → but now Youtube virtually has monopoly over all other similar platforms and creators → They get... See more
x_fren • Not Found
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
Evan Fisher • A fundamentals driven crypto investment firm
Yet these two roles are in opposition to each other. A token needs to be exchangeable in order to be liquid. But the more liquid a token is, the less effective it can be as a pure signal of reputation.
Andreessen Horowitz (AZ) • A Novel Framework for Reputation-Based Systems
ParaSwap - DeFi Aggregator
paraswap.io
Web3 emphasizes the freedom of the individual. In an ideal Web3 world, creator A is on a decentralized platform Z instead, which is run by smart contracts and gives creators more of their revenue. On top of that, platform Z probably has some tokens like $ZDAO that control governance - and this tokenization of governance disallows unilateral... See more
x_fren • Not Found
-Trust and self-awareness are key to having conversations around performance and compensation. DAO tools are about facilitating hard conversations and personal growth.
Chase Chapman • Page not found
-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.