added a caching layer to https://t.co/EWguU8JpX6 so everything should feel noticeably faster now.
working on cleaner, more readable charts next. small changes, but the goal is to make the whole terminal feel less like crypto software and more like something normal people actually want to use.
one person I’ve been especially inspired by while building is @seyong.
watching him build @fomo has been a reminder that the way you onboard the next generation is not by asking them to become crypto experts first.
you obsess over the product, listen to users constantly, ship relentlessly, and make the underlying complexity disappear.
I am building a very different product, but I want to bring that same mentality to normie markets.
make the trenches understandable. listen to the normies. keep shipping until using crypto feels natural to people who have never touched it before.
if you know anything about how hard I work, you know I’m going to push https://t.co/EWguU8JpX6 as far as I possibly can.
crypto does not need another terminal built for the same people already trading every day. it needs products that make the first trade feel obvious.
I want to help onboard the next wave of users, teach them the trenches, and give them the tools to actually participate without feeling lost.
I’m going to iterate relentlessly until normies have a real place to start.
https://t.co/e9R96Rq5nY
this is what the space should be focusing on.
the next generation of crypto users will not arrive already knowing what slippage, bundles, bonding curves, liquidity, or holder concentration mean.
we need to stop building only for people already in the trenches and start building the infrastructure that gets everyone else into them.
onboard the normies.
$SOL is still down -75% from all time highs, $BTC is still down -50% from highs
we have way better mobile & consumer UX experiences for trading this cycle, cross-chain & easy to onboard w/ zero crypto experience
more qualified builders aligning token-equity for diversified sector exposure + interest of institutions picking up w/ RWA narratives / Clarity Act interest / serious tech cos like Stripe & Robinhood adding their names to the ring
people realizing how much you can make in a short amount of time trading because of AI stock performance past few years *and* existing proof of concept in crypto specifically with people making a lot off memes past couple cycles w/ some hitting 80B+ market cap starting from 0, while the current most popular memes like $ANSEM still trading sub 100M circ market cap
infra & sentiment is in place for this cycle to have the most retail participation its ever had, combination of serious narratives around trading perps on established companies to the degen setup of trading memecoins & microcaps - both will attract speculators in droves, especially if teams execute well on their mobile app plans which will bring in a lot of net new users that previously found it too hard to get onboarded & trade crypto
what are some things you guys want to see added?
I’m building this in public and could use all the feedback I can get while I keep iterating.
if there is something you wish trading terminals did better, I want to hear it.
looks like https://t.co/EvmqCnMsMa is getting hit with a lot more traffic than expected.
adding a caching layer now so pages stay fast while traffic keeps scaling.
good problem to have.
https://t.co/I5tjkv9JSU
five short guides that take you from knowing absolutely nothing to setting up a wallet, making your first trade, reading a chart, and avoiding the scams that catch most new users.
then, for everything else:
https://t.co/Ld9obOSOHc
a plain english dictionary for the words crypto expects you to already understand. liquidity, slippage, bundles, rugs, FDV, snipers, gas, market cap, and everything in between.
if normies are coming onchain, the first step should not be figuring out what everyone is talking about.
I’m open to all feedback from you guys while I iterate on this in public.
what you’re looking at now is the very first version of https://t.co/EWguU8JpX6, designed to make trading feel understandable from the moment someone lands on the terminal.
I’m going to be working on this relentlessly and pushing updates around what you guys actually want, what feels confusing, and what you think is still missing from a terminal built for normies.
I also have a team working on daily video content that will break down the trenches in plain english, from bonding curves and bundles to liquidity, rugs, fees, and everything else new traders usually have to figure out on their own.
the product and the education layer are going to improve together.
https://t.co/e9R96Rq5nY
my previous project, claudius, was an experiment in autonomous systems and what happens when you give an AI persistent memory, a browser, resources, and the ability to exist continuously on the open internet.
today I’m switching gears completely and building something for the betterment of the @solana ecosystem.
I have spent enough time in the trenches to realize just how much knowledge we casually assume everyone already has.
to us, words like bonding curve, migration, liquidity, slippage, bundles, priority fees, snipers, holders, creator rewards, market cap, and price impact are normal vocabulary.
to someone buying their first coin, it is complete nonsense.
we have spent years making trading faster and more powerful for people already deep in crypto, but very little time making it understandable for the person arriving for the first time.
my plan is to build the infrastructure that gets normies into the trenches.
https://t.co/EWguU8JpX6
Introducing https://t.co/EWguU8JpX6, a trading terminal built specifically for normies, with an interface designed for someone entering the trenches for the first time.
people are increasingly gravitating away from trading terminals like Axiom, Terminal, Photon, and others toward simpler experiences like @fomo. not because they care less about trading, but because most people do not want to learn an entire new operating system just to buy a coin.
getting started in crypto is still unnecessarily intimidating.
you open a trading terminal and immediately get hit with charts, wallet labels, bundle percentages, holder tables, liquidity numbers, migration progress, fees, transaction settings, and dozens of buttons with almost no explanation of what actually matters.
experienced traders can read that information instantly.
a normie cannot.
crypto is going to onboard another generation of traders. I want their first experience in the trenches to feel less like opening Bloomberg Terminal and more like opening something they already know how to use.
a real trading terminal, built for normies.
https://t.co/e9R96Rq5nY
crypto is finally making a comeback and normies are starting to return.
the problem is getting started still feels way harder than it should. wallets, slippage, charts, fees, rugs, bundles, there is an entire learning curve standing between someone and their first trade.
we’re going to change that.