If we use the Balaji Network State mental model here where blockchains are Nation states. Do people realize they are saying people from poor, Third world countries have no value and should not be allowed into the West because they are from shitholes - parroting right wing extremism.
Historically, evidence shows that industrial sybils farms are run by sophisticated and well capitalised Westerners and Asians which is most detrimental to growth.
Blockchains are in the business of selling block-space, regardless of the net-worth of the buyer they are paying for the transaction. Finding PMF and retaining users is your job not insulting them as low-quality users. Projects like Arbitrum, Jupiter have been able to onboard and retain these so called low-quality users because of PMF.
We all had to start somewhere and most times starting small. This elitism and classism from Ivory Towers does not help grow the pie.
When Justin Sun deposit millions into a vault for a week to farm the native token as yield he is not a farmer. When a poor Nigerian or African interacts and does the same with his $100 he is a low-quality user. I hope you all get the courage and discernment to see it and call it.
Bookmark this. One year from now no one will care about KAITO. Incentive design is just for short term network effect. Over a period of time the expected value becomes negative and deprecates.
The Lijadu Sisters – Nigeria’s Original Alté Icons Before It Was Cool 🧵
Before Wizkid, before Tems, before “Alté” had a name, there were Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu, twin sisters leading Nigeria’s pop scene from the mid ’60s to ’80s.
The Lijadu Sisters were everything.
airdrops have gone from:
here’s surprise tokens for using our app as a thank you ❤️🥰
to:
hey dumb idiot, come grind this airdrop by posting AI slop on twitter and begging for private codes to an empty garden for 3 years and we’ll give you $5 and a discord role
41 years ago today, I was supposed to be studying for freshman finals. Instead, I started @DellTech with $1,000 and a dream. What an amazing journey it’s been thanks to our incredible team, customers, and partners. The next 41 will be even bigger and more fun power by AI and beyond. Onward! 🚀
we are all extremely dependent on caffeine, so I tried quitting coffee in the morning for 1 month
the results:
- 0 positive benefits
- reduced will to live
- existential depression
- wife left me