Liquidity is bandwidth on Bankless

web3 introduces the opportunity to create software infrastructure that is free to use forever, and that anyone can build on top of, but that rewards “the builders and participants for creating and contributing to these invaluable systems that serve society at large for many years to come.” Customers want low prices, fast delivery, and vast selectio... See more

Every social media platform struggles with the tension between liquidity and familiarity, regardless of their focus on groups vs. 1:1 or synchronous vs. asynchronous communication. Liquidity refers to the requirement that a user is able to interact with someone else roughly when they are available. If a user cannot consistently interact with someon... See more

Liquidity mining is a "a network participation strategy in which a user provides capital to a protocol in return for that protocol’s native token." Just as VC funds helped subsidize marketplaces until they reached scale, Web3 protocols can bootstrap their growth using their native token.