Derek Brown

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[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

I’m pro-innovation.

Pro-datacenter.

Pro-progress.

But details matter and putting one next to a zoo is a nonstarter for me.

https://t.co/xqZjEqu2m7

[MO @embrron]

Every great market starts by making something previously invisible tradable.

Options made volatility tradable or Futures made future prices tradable.

Prediction markets are doing the same thing now, But for variables we never had markets for:

• event probabilities
• conditional outcomes
• belief distributions

New market primitives are turning things we could only talk about into things we can finally trade.

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

@MingDeFi thanks for the kind words and for reaching out, but I don't have time right now. all the best!

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

Long obedience in the same direction.

[Nick Tomaino @NTmoney]

One of the hardest things about building a crypto product is balancing being relevant in the moment and also enduring. So much of what we’ve seen the past 15 years has been easy come, easy go. What looks like short term winning is actually long term losing.

It takes a rare mental strength and belief in a greater mission to pull it off. But it’s more achievable than you think.

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

@yekiM_o Also, buy some Randy Johnson cards.

Namely because I just want gUNIT

[good @thenarrator]

if we let the most powerful information primitive in modern finance die under the label of “just gambling” because we couldn’t tell the story right it would be a tragedy

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

@thenarrator I know for a fact that there's one in your inbox that's not another aggregator, another terminal, or another dashboard. ;)

[valko @valko]

#btcpizzanash

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

This is wild.

As someone who has a genetic history of heart disease, I couldn’t be more thankful to the scientists behind this.

Even if not a true “cure”, it’s almost certainly a step in the right direction.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Eli Lilly has done it.

They've gone and made what seems to be a powerful, permanent gene therapy for LDL cholesterol.

That means they'll be able to effectively prevent most heart disease with a single infusion!

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

@yekiM_o NFL: gMENDOZA, gLOVE
NBA: gFLAGG, gANT
MLB: gWITT, gELLY
Soccer: gGULER, gNEVES, gCAVAN (maybe too early)
M:TG cards (gLOTUS, gTIMEWALK)

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

@MLeeJr Easily top 10.

[Evan Solomon @Evanzsolomon]

The issue with most prediction market startups is that they’re building features, not apps

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

“It’s always fun to believe in founders, give them a check, and see what comes out the other side. You guys have *far* exceeded what we expected.”

Heard this from an investor today. Means a lot. Still much to do.

All credit to the NewCo team.

A joy and privilege to lead them.

[. @playboicurrryy]

cashier: cash or card

me: card

cashier: ok

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

Congrats to SGA for winning MVP.

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

@iiiitsandrea yeah

[basil @0xbasil]

this. but for everything you buy.

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

@AlexH_Johnson Same. Happy to show you - I'll shoot you a DM. :)

[Derek Brown @derekbrown]

Agreed with Alex, but i don’t believe that it’s a flaw with prediction markets as a technology.

Rather, it’s a flaw with how prediction markets are being used today.

True information markets are coming.

[Alex Johnson @AlexH_Johnson]

The only way that you can say that most people aren't using prediction markets for entertainment when a majority of prediction market volume comes from sports bets is to argue that most people betting on sports through prediction markets are doing so in order to hedge real economic risks, which is absurd.

[Charms @charmsai]

Millions spend hours with AI characters.

But characters forget, creators don't earn, and the best experiences sit behind paywalls.

We raised $1.5M to build the character economy with @lattice_fund, @cbventures' Base Ecosystem Fund, @JME_Ventures; bootstrapped by @worldcoinfnd.