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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐅𝐢 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 DeFi is a fast moving space just try stepping away for 4-7 days, come back, and you'd feel like a semi-newbie 🥲 Also look around your mutuals Many who started learning DeFi aren’t here anymore Some went back to Web2 or their 9-5 Some just… disappeared After observing this pattern for a while, I noticed a few rabbit holes that quietly push people out of DeFi 👇 1️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝑭𝒊 I know someone who openly said 'I’m here to make money from InfoFi platforms, once that era ends, I’m out' That clarity kept him focused Your reason could be → Building a product that solves a real problem → Creating content to onboard others → Hunting bounties and airdrops strategically → Mastering the tech because you genuinely enjoy it When your why is clear, burnout reduces ⊙⁠.⁠☉ 2️⃣ 𝑻𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 DeFi is not something you finish learning Yet many people approach it that way They jump from, DeFi → NFTs → DAOs → Infra → ZK → AI …all in one week That’s overwhelming Learning DeFi is gradual Start with the basics Then evolve Trying to absorb everything at once is a fast track to quitting 3️⃣ 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 Reading about DeFi without interacting with it gets exhausting For instance someone who studies liquidity pools but has never added liquidity will struggle to feel how it works DeFi clicks when you use it, not when you just read about it 4️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆 You’ve probably met this type Ask them, What’s your focus in DeFi? Their answer, 'I do everything' check back in a few months, they’re usually gone. → scattered learning drains energy ⊙⁠.⁠☉ 5️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒚 when asked, most experienced builders say the same thing 'If I were to start again, I’d build in public from day one' you don’t need to be an idolo, just share your learning journey 6️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 There’s a difference between a group chat and a community In a real community people notice when you disappear They check in They pull you forward It’s hard to quit with such a system 7️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 here's where an accountability partner comes in Someone who Knows your goals Tracks your progress Calls you out when you slack growth accelerates when someone is watching and you’re watching back @0xmelissa19 once said at some point she even had to give money to people any day she doesn't show up 🥲 8️⃣ 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 Not everyone deserves your attention find people already walking the path you want and lock in with them you can learn directly (by being in their classes, spaces, DMs, community) or indirectly by observing from a distance both work if you’re intentional ಠ_ಠ If you read this far, you’re probably not the type to quit Have you ever felt like giving up on Web3? What helped you push through? Let's talk in the comments

0xRayner_'s tweet photo. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐅𝐢 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲

DeFi is a fast moving space

just try stepping away for 4-7 days, come back, and you'd feel like a semi-newbie 🥲

Also look around your mutuals

Many who started learning DeFi aren’t here anymore

Some went back to Web2 or their 9-5

Some just… disappeared

After observing this pattern for a while,

I noticed a few rabbit holes that quietly push people out of DeFi 👇

1️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝑭𝒊

I know someone who openly said 'I’m here to make money from InfoFi platforms, once that era ends, I’m out'

That clarity kept him focused

Your reason could be

→ Building a product that solves a real problem

→ Creating content to onboard others

→ Hunting bounties and airdrops strategically

→ Mastering the tech because you genuinely enjoy it

When your why is clear, burnout reduces

⊙⁠.⁠☉

2️⃣ 𝑻𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆

DeFi is not something you finish learning

Yet many people approach it that way

They jump from, DeFi → NFTs → DAOs → Infra → ZK → AI
…all in one week

That’s overwhelming

Learning DeFi is gradual

Start with the basics
Then evolve

Trying to absorb everything at once is a fast track to quitting

3️⃣ 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔

Reading about DeFi without interacting with it gets exhausting

For instance

someone who studies liquidity pools but has never added liquidity
will struggle to feel how it works

DeFi clicks when you use it, not when you just read about it

4️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆

You’ve probably met this type

Ask them, What’s your focus in DeFi?

Their answer, 'I do everything'

check back in a few months, they’re usually gone.

→ scattered learning drains energy

⊙⁠.⁠☉

5️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒚

when asked, most experienced builders say the same thing

'If I were to start again, I’d build in public from day one'

you don’t need to be an idolo, just share your learning journey

6️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚

There’s a difference between a group chat and a community

In a real community people notice when you disappear

They check in

They pull you forward

It’s hard to quit with such a system

7️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔

here's where an accountability partner comes in

Someone who

Knows your goals

Tracks your progress

Calls you out when you slack

growth accelerates when someone is watching and you’re watching back

@0xmelissa19 once said at some point she even had to give money to people any day she doesn't show up 🥲

8️⃣ 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆

Not everyone deserves your attention

find people already walking the path you want and lock in with them

you can learn directly (by being in their classes, spaces, DMs, community)

or indirectly by observing from a distance

both work if you’re intentional

ಠ_ಠ

If you read this far, you’re probably not the type to quit

Have you ever felt like giving up on Web3?

What helped you push through?

Let's talk in the comments

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