Max

Growth & Community Lead | Web3 & Games
Building retention & referral systems
Calling out Web3 marketing

Currenly launching CosmoFox 🦊

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

This account is where I share what actually works —
and why most popular “best practices” don’t.

I’ll write about:
– retention & engagement loops
– Telegram-first growth
– referrals without farming
– real mistakes behind “successful” launches

[Zylo @Zylo_Ecosystem]

People don’t have “roles”.
They have changing contexts.
Systems that force you to start from zero every time are just outdated.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@Arun__993 if smth exists - it has haters

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@0xZyaf anyone tired of gming as bad as me?

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@hush_web3 Invest wisely

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@AstaWeb3 whats the point of all these bullshit messages each day? feeding X algorythms to get attention from more fake and bot accs?

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

If users leave when rewards stop — you never had users.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@Hey_Aivetra lol, guide

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

Launching some new stuff soon

[Zylo @Zylo_Ecosystem]

Zylo is not a product.
Not a game. Not a service.
It’s an economic layer that connects everything into one system.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

DAU matters more than followers.
Always. Obvious? Well, not for everyone.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

If users leave when rewards stop — you never had users.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@0xEthan Wish I’d read this earlier. Would’ve optimized harder.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@Justin_Bons Yeah hard to enjoy being a billionaire if your knees hurt walking to the fridge.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@vibhu Agree.
The only real signal is whether teams adapted — product, UX and retention assumptions from 2018 don’t survive today.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

Good example of leverage.

Same thing applies to community & growth — deep product understanding beats hacks every time.

[pashov @pashov]

I made $600k USDC in ~20 months of doing solo smart contract security audits ('23-'24)

It all started when I was reading the Uniswap V2/V3 docs. I saw some whitehat (now OG in the space, @samczsun) had done a "solo" audit for them.

I was like "what? Solo audit? How good must have he been, so that he can do audits just by himself?". I felt motivated and impressed, but I was just starting out still, so I moved forward and forgot about it.

I started actively posting my journey on X - public learning for web3 security. I did some contests on code4rena/Sherlock and had a busy calendar to do every contest possible. One of my posts gathered attention, and I got a comment.

"Would you do a review for me? DM".

I did an "audit" for $600 USDC for 6 hours of work. Found 2 High and 2 Medium severity issues. Made a PDF report. The dev was very happy with the work. I published on socials - got a second comment/DM and did a second solo audit.

From then I went on to do 50+ solo audits and make $600k, working all by myself, so having pretty much 100% profit. Bought a few nice things, upgraded my lifestyle a bit, but I also truly fell inlove with ethical hacking and building sustainable businesses - creating long-term value for all parties involved.

That's how I started Pashov Audit Group, my current web3 security audits company, where we secured many many many billions of dollars for blockchain projects. Been a fun journey, but I am far from satisfied.

I will be using crypto my whole life, my wife and my kids will be using it, and their wives/husbands and kids. It's a long-term thing. That's why short term profit isn't something I get excited about. I'm a long-term thinker, and the only way to prove it is to keep going. Ending this year on a positive note - 2026 will be huge for all of us🔥

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[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@bloodweb3 weird question in post pumpfun era

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

Community is not Discord/TG + mods.
Community is behavior you can predict. Thats what a good community lead should do.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@Senpai_o1 Crypto is the rails.
Web3 is what people try to build on top of them.
You can absolutely be in one without the other.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@mert @cozypront This is exactly why “same market cap = same value” is a misleading take.
Supply changes (unlocks vs inflation) matter more than the headline price comparison.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

What I learned the hard way:
Giveaways don’t build communities.
They build professional hunters.

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

@kristinbrownyy @zealy_io Yeah thats discouraging

[Max @Maxfromweb3]

Seems like vibecoding almost ruined @zealy_io with all those scripts. Look, i will add a task to comment this post and it will have 200+ comments in less than a couple of minutes.