Web3 aims to expand ownership re: A) economic upside &B) governance. IMO:
A is underrated—Giving upside to >1000x more stakeholders can disrupt the network effects of aggregators
B is overrated—There'll be some positives, but we'll experience the downsides of unclear leadership
For products to work at scale they need sustainable business models and networks. Would love to see more discourse in web3 about the complex financial incentives conflicts that we’re going to see if the movement goes beyond DeFi/trading-related use cases. A few examples👇
In a world where the amount of things you can speculate on is ever increasing - it’s more efficient to find the next airdrop than contribute meaningfully to a single project.
The result is a depleted treasury and lots of speculators, with no resulting impact on retention/growth.