Devin Baker

The regulatory environment is clearing a path for builders to realize the potential of tokens as a new digital primitive, akin to what websites were for previous generations of the internet. With regulatory clarity, more network tokens will be able to complete their economic loop by generating revenue that accrues to tokenholders — creating a new... See more

One way to rethink these platforms is to think about all the users across the 90-0-1 ratio; to figure out how to share a platform's overall value with all its contributors, big and small. In the creator economy, this means rewarding readers and curators alongside creators.

Our digital systems generate noise and there's little the algorithms can do... See more

In the creator economy, the curatorial role has been replaced by algorithms, and this is a problem for several reasons. The algorithm cannot sense vibes. It doesn't understand culture. It cannot understand how a piece of creative work does or does not fit within a certain milieu. It cannot tell what is worth recommending and what is not without... See more

When giving a toast, short and sweet is always best.

Legacy Industrials , or Incumbents, have vertically integrated supply chains designed around older technologies and processes. Deep Tech companies have unproven technologies that, if they work, could be a very powerful building block for many businesses. Vertical Integrators integrate a number of cutting-edge-but-proven technologies; what they need... See more

Bitcoin is not popular with millennials and Gen Z because they are rebellious or ideological.

It is because:

It is the only major asset where the asset base is not already owned by the seventy-plus cohort.

Housing? Owned.

Equities? Owned.

Bonds? Owned.

Private equity? Owned.

Land? Owned.

Bitcoin is the only vessel where younger cohorts can accumulate a... See more

Analogizing the current era in tech with the recent, software-dominated era is a mistake.

A much better analogy would be the Second Industrial Revolution in America, the Gilded Age when entrepreneurs built businesses using every new technological tool at their disposal to pull humanity to a new level of prosperity and became unbelievably rich in... See more

The ecosystem is exploding, and there are murmurs of a “Subnet Summer” to rival DeFi Summer in 2020. Today, there are over 100 subnets, and new subnets are registered every 2-3 days. Most subnets are equivalent to Series A startups, in terms of product maturity. There is much optimism, but success requires further execution. TAO’s long-term success... See more