The second token is Small Love Potion, or SLP, which is the currency that fuels Axie’s economy. SLP is earned by playing the game—for example, by winning battles with your Axie—and SLP is spent through the breeding of Axies. SLP is an uncapped utility token, which is a fancy way of saying that supply ebbs and flows. SLP supply typically hovers arou... See more

-Social proof? You bet.

Just as most retailers came to the realization that being online or offline was no longer an and-or proposition, the same appears to be happening with retail resale and rental.

The mind, as a defense against the volume of today’s communications, screens and rejects much of the information offered it. In general, the mind accepts only that which matches prior knowledge or experience

“(Platforms) need to either offer some way to monetize that content on-platform, or… they'll become just a promotional hub, where people essentially advertise the content that they're monetizing on other platforms” - Josh Constine

As long as the structure of the group is informal, the rules of how decisions are made are known only to a few and awareness of power is limited to those who know the rules. Those who do not know the rules and are not chosen for initiation must remain in confusion, or suffer from paranoid delusions that something is happening of which they are not ... See more

On Patreon, the average initial pledge amount has increased 22 percent over the past two years. Since 2017, the share of new patrons paying more than $100 per month—or $1,200 per year—has grown 21 percent

Sometimes, this world is tough because we shame and diminish ordinary … We chase extraordinary moments instead of being grateful for ordinary moments until hard shit happens. Then, in the face of the really hard stuff—illness, death, loss—the only thing we’re begging for is a normal moment.

Broadly, the line between excludable and non is the line between where subscriptions vs. ads reign as business models.