web3 protocols enable two types of decentralized ownership:
#1: ownership of content (tokens, NFTs, data)
#2: ownership of the protocol itself
controversies about VCs owning web3 are *all* about #2—fair enough.
but don't forget #1 is revolutionary and impossible in web2.
🧱Alternative funding model (inspired by cooperative breweries)
Get 1,000 people to chip in $1,000. Make them members/ co-owners.
Put each person's name on a brick behind the bar.
Let them brag to their friends that they co-own the bar
Apply this to other businesses