with every step forward in artificial reflections of humanity, true human networks increase in value. I don’t mean tech scanning humans for verification, I mean literal human networks
as it gets easier and easier to digitally/ artificially replicate humans, actual human behaviour will continue to regress towards true network effects
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the reason(s) for a network should be that it makes things either uniquely possible on top or multiples better
the two ways to get there are
- start with a behaviour or proposition (usually as the app/ front end), protocolise it, scale into being the network others utilise for that (hyperliquid)
- already have a huge advantage in something that you can protocolise and let other people build on top of
so the way to build a chain is ironically probably not to build a chain
the amount of dogshit projects that have TGE’d at multi-billion dollar valuations is diabolical
all of these teams are either not building anymore or have pivoted to the next shiny narrative - perp dexs and tokenization plays this cycle
the playbook of launching a chain or a ‘network’ with the sole purpose of demanding a high valuation is one of the biggest reasons why the industry isn’t further ahead and has burnt billions in capital
we got played and allowed it to happen all because they’d give us a tiny sliver of the pie
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proof of humanity is still imo one of the biggest opportunities for crypto
the internet is going to be full of bots and agents, thats a given now and its fine
but i also think humans will want their own corner of the internet where being human is the feature
crypto is actually perfect to create that primitive
prove once that you are human, carry that proof across apps and let networks decide when they want human only access
that is wayyyy bigger than it sounds and imo will be the first major non financial crypto use case
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