PSA: I started here and I continue here in order to build products that make users’ lives better, create a fairer and more equal financial system, and most importantly build a system of ownership that can be accessed by those very same users.
These principles are what drew me to build on Ethereum in 2016, drove me out in 2017 when ICO mania was its (first, as it turns out) complete antithesis, and was the single foundational demand I made when I re-entered the space and we founded Kujira in 2021. It’s been our north star ever since.
It seems they’re being tested again.
Let me be clear, we have the conviction, the tools, the runway and the mandate to finally see this through and I do not plan on going anywhere else. We are fortunate though, we have an incredible mission-led team, and a shared experience, history and learnings from the last ~10 years of building on blockchains, and the resources to execute.
But tested they are. This isn’t some hype driven disillusionment like ICO mania, NFTs, hollow VC chains with inflated valuations, or meme coins. It’s easy to attribute those to hype, greed, the general human condition. Instead it’s a quieter, more insipid meta. Well respected teams selling out and abandoning token holders. Founders moving on without any regard to the communities and token holders that put them in that position.
I understand that markets and times are hard these days. I’m sure for some forgoing those core values in order to stay alive is justifiable. Unfortunately as the proverb goes - the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
However, through all of this, my original statement stands. We do this in the open, together, and for each other, or we don’t do it at all.
We continue ⚒️
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Are you prepared for, not only how you'll trade, but hold, your Cosmos assets when Osmosis and Keplr Wallet close down?
I give both 6 months tops.
1) Osmosis. No secret it's moving on. Community pool OSMO is being burned. Community pool BTC is being used to plug the recent exploit.
2) Keplr wallet. No posts on X for 5+ months. Stopped supporting new chains already. Costs of supporting the wallet outweighting revenue.
Be warned.
@lex_node@CBarraford Thorchain is fighting a good battle.
They made a lot of mistakes along the way, but they are still here, stubbornly defending core crypto principles.
. @CBarraford did amazing in the most hostile ambush ever and they couldn't even find a way to clip him to make him look bad despite doing the most; it actually won me over to the THORchain side of this "debate" whereas I was a bit skeptical before . . .
I'll never understand founders like Pacman.
Incredible standing in the market with top protocols like Blur and then Blast, the best investors backing him, all the attention you could possibly ask for.
And instead of building something huge and lasting out of all that, rather decided to max extract the shit out of it for a quick buck in the short term.
Too many such cases, unfortunately. Which is exactly why we should appreciate the few brilliant, honest builders so much more. the ones who refuse to take the path of least resistance.
If you find one, just go perpetually long.
Human motivations are funny hey
You get oppressed, and so you
Fear the thing
Fight the thing
Replace the thing
Become the thing
Then without moral direction, ultimately become the oppressor
…or just get paid by the original oppressor to lie for their own gain