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@escottalexander
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I'm convinced that the future of crypto development, just like the future of crypto itself, isn't to onboard people (devs) to "crypto".
Instead it's to present comprehensive solutions for building valuable apps - crypto primitives just happen to be part of the software stack.
Just like AI is now part of the stack. Like backend frameworks, frontend, mobile, and cloud are all part of the stack.
Crypto and blockchains are becoming a part of the stack, and this is how it should be presented to developers.
Crypto is not an exclusive primitive. You shouldn't have to choose to be a crypto dev or a non crypto dev. We should not be marketing to crypto devs only.
In fact if you've built anything, you know crypto apps have to integrate (many of) the same libraries and SDKs as regular apps.
AI will increasingly become ingrained into all software, including crypto. We should lean in on this, especially as the value proposition of verifiable AI - a primitive that only crypto can deliver - becomes more and more apparent and in demand.
And with AI-assisted IDEs, this becomes an even easier value proposition to realize because the developer can lean more and more into natural language to accomplish the large majority of their work.
We should present a new definition of a full stack developer:
- Frontend / Mobile
- Backend
- Cloud
- LLMs
- Smart contacts
- Verifiable off-chain compute
By being capable with this stack, developers increase their value and hire-ability by orders of magnitude.
IMO there is zero downside to adding more firepower to a developer's skillset and toolkit.
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