I was always focused on the consumer side of crypto, even before the narrative made it popular.
I knew that without real users and use cases, we’re just playing with the “cool stuff” we built.
A few days ago, I stumbled upon an old unlisted YouTube video of mine, my final project from 2021 for the @Consensys Ethereum Developer Bootcamp.
It’s 12 minutes long, and my presenting skills weren’t as good as now, but I still find it cool 🙂
I chose to build a PoC for an NFT e-commerce dApp as my graduation project.
https://t.co/R7cwnMx2fS
"Should we start with some rakija, we are in Belgrade". The best podcast ever, @stableschool!
Thanks @0xsvjstu, @PAR_abolic and the rest of the team for spreading rakija gospel 🙏
Special thanks to lady Kajmak for gifting excellent rakija to @TokenBrice that he was able to share with others.
working with Kajmak Studio means partnering with experienced professionals, hitting the kpis that matter and gaining peace of mind...
and locals also get a bottle of homemade rakija as small token of gratitude, everyone else gets one shipped (just like my fren @TokenBrice) 🫡
A month ago, I posted this. All the opportunities early-stage Web3 founders will have during September and October. I also promised we'd tackle them all at @copycatnow.
So, let's see if we delivered on that promise. During September and October, we submitted Copycat to:
1. @base Batches (we weren't selected)
2. @arbitrum Open House Singapore + Buildathon (rejected as well)
3. Stocklana @solana Hackathon (waiting for results)
4. Clock In Solana Mobile Hackathon by @solanamobile x @radiants (results Nov 10)
5. @colosseum World Fair (waiting for results)
6. @monad Metropolis (waiting for results)
So, promise delivered. Not bad, not bad.
But more importantly, during that time, we:
- Built the production version of the app (fully functional and submitted to the Solana Mobile dApp Store, awaiting review)
- Added support for trading tokenized stocks and pre-IPO assets on Solana with a little help from @dflow, @PreStocks, and @PythNetwork
- Added support for Arbitrum, @RobinhoodCrypto, and - Monad, so users can trade across multiple markets
- Added cross-chain deposits and withdrawals
- Added 220 all-time best FOMO traders you can start copying instantly
- Opened our closed alpha and started gathering our first data and feedback, which will help us improve the app tenfold
I call this a success, but it's only the beginning 💪
If you're an early-stage Web3 startup founder, this September may be the most important month for you in a while.
There are currently 6–7 ongoing opportunities, and you can double down on many of them.
1. @ETHGlobal Tokyo IRL hackathon is in a few days.
2. @colosseum went multi-chain for the first time, with a lot of EVM chains joining. Whatever you build during ETHGlobal Tokyo, you can submit there as well. But you need to keep building.
3. If @arbitrum or Robinhood Chain is on your list for those two hackathons, you can also apply for Arbitrum Open House.
4. You can combine a @monad integration and the currently ongoing Monad Metropolis hackathon with Colosseum.
5. If your project has a mobile app and supports @solana, there's a @solanamobile hackathon too.
6. And last but not least, Stocklana hackathons for anyone building anything stock-related on Solana, with Perps & Prediction Markets and Consumer Apps on Solana Mobile hackathons starting soon.
But your goal shouldn't be getting bounties, or even winning. The main goal is getting as many eyes as possible on what you're building and turning it into a business, instead of simply building a hackathon project.
That's what we'll do with @copycatnow. And the best thing is, we can actually attack everything on this list.
Fun times, finally!