I spent the last few years working across Web3, technical content, community, product education and founder outreach.
One problem keeps showing up
Building a good product isn't enough. People still have to understand it, trust it and see why it matters before they can use it.โคต๏ธ
I just got robbed in Vietnam ๐ป๐ณ
It happened while my phone was getting fixed.
When I came out of the shop, I noticed someone had stolen my motorbike helmet.
The repair guy could see I was confused, asked what happened, and when I told him, he offered me his own helmet.
I didn't take it.
Instead I walked over to some ladies nearby to ask if they knew what happened.
They said theyโd seen my helmet on the bike, but nobody saw it get taken.
So I asked them to show me on Google Maps where I could buy a new one.
Then it started raining.
Like, biblical levels of rain.
After about 400m of walking to the helmet shop, one of the ladies I'd spoken to suddenly pulled up on the side of the road next to me.
She'd put her coat on and come after me to take me to the shop herself, because if I went on my own they'd charge me the foreigner price.
She negotiated with them, I spent $20 on a new helmet and that was it.
When I got back to my bike with the new helmet, we talked for a bit and she told me she's opening a bakery!
Her name is Vy, she showed me around the bakery, and said next time I come back to Vietnam I should visit her (which I will!)
None of that would have happened if my helmet hadn't been stolen.
6 months in Vietnam and this is the worst thing that's happened to me.
One person did something bad, and it got completely outweighed by how kind and generous everyone else was.
If you ever get the chance to live in Vietnam, take it โค๏ธ๐ป๐ณ
Did you know these three were once on the same team at OKCoin back in 2014?
@cz_binance@heyibinance@star_okx
They were once known as the โBitcoin Iron Triangleโ (ๆฏ็นๅธ้ไธ่ง).
Back then:
โข Star Xu (ๅพๆๆ): Founder of OKCoin, leading the companyโs overall direction.
โข Yi He (ไฝไธ): Responsible for marketing, branding, and business development.
โข CZ (่ตต้ฟ้น): Joined OKCoin as CTO in June 2014, reportedly after being introduced by Yi He.
In 2015, CZ left OKCoin following disagreements with Star Xu. Yi He also left the company that year.
Then, in 2017, CZ founded Binance, and Yi He joined as co-founder.
More than a decade later, all three have become some of the biggest names in crypto.
From teammates to competitors. What a history!
Honestly you shouldn't have typed this here. Being truthful is not hard
I feel for all of them being laid off, but this hurtful embarrasment is a lot. You are literally saying they were not doing their work and we haven't heard their side.
Maybe you replaced them with AI ๐๐
Today weโre laying off a large part of the Airtable team.
This is not a reflection of their work but a reflection of our deep belief that small teams ship more and better.
For Airtable, better is about to look like:
- A new Core team shipping your top requests monthly (already 30+ shipped in 3 weeks)
- Upgraded Omni, Airtable Canvas, a stronger MCP, and BYO agents, coming soon
- New Performance and Infra teams focusing on speeding up bases and increasing limits on records, fields, and syncs
To everyone leaving: thank you. If youโre hiring, these are excellent people and worth a call.
i love teasing CZ from time to time, but honestly, this time i think Star Xu has gone too far.
competition is healthy, but constantly attacking your rivals wonโt make your own product better.
CZ has a point here. real leaders focus on building, not tearing others down.
the best way to win is to build something people genuinely love. respect. ๐ค
Buy from the official store โ get your data leaked.
Buy from an official reseller โ get your funds drained.
Where are we even supposed to store our crypto now?
@BitcoinBond_007@simpleminingio Wil you continue to have more reward Bitcoins come to you from mining or you only have rewards when you are the first person to correctly solve the mathematical work