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Blockchains break network effects. Why? Because token upside is inversely proportional to network effect. You can now give early adopters a karma-like stake in the network to reward them for inviting others.

Like the first question I ask myself on any token is, why would someone buy this? And it seems like such an obvious question, but in all the talk on play-to-earn, what you hear the most is some variant of, "Oh, it goes back to the Vitalik story, I wish I could have sold my sword in the game, I can't believe I didn't own my things." And that's all... See more

Harry Stebbings, Founder of The Twenty Minute VC and 20VC fund, says, "Seeing more value captured by users, both individually and collectively, is one of the most exciting aspects of Web3. It removes intermediaries from traditional Web2 aggregators and gatekeepers, which is key for the democratization of income creation in the digital world."

Be broad. Years ago I briefly wrote for the  Wall Street Journal , and an editor told me: “Your job is to write something that a hedge fund manager will find informative but a complete novice will understand.” It sounds lofty, but I think it’s possible in almost any field. Writing in clear language anyone can comprehend does not mean dumbing it

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Reach out to [early adopters] with manual, personal outreach. We should also be ready with some light processes to keep track of our early adopters and provide a high quality experience to them.

The single biggest commonality that every thinker you’d consider as a generational genius has had is room to think. Sometimes enforced, like with Newton and the plague years, sometimes chosen, like Darwin and his extended voyages, and sometimes through creative work life balance, like Einstein during his patent clerk years.