Crypto Attorney, Web2 Founder, Farcaster Maxi. Moderator for /law-policy

raw reactions for proxy’s comeback stream/statement:

I worked with him and team when building clankfun for over 6 months

I always found him to come across as humble and authentic online, which naturally made him easy to like for many and I’m sure was one of the big contributing factors to clanker’s success

we had some friction working together in the early days, specifically between proxy and I. I guess it’s hard to build trust in crypto, so that made sense to me. since we were pretty close partners - I built their first 3p interface, I flew to Boston (along with many others who joined) to build some trust and vibe. I think overall it was a great week and I got to know the whole clanker team alongside many other builders who I have a lot of respect for.

naturally, I found it shocking when what is now known was revealed. I was actually there at the side event where proxy was doxxed. I think I talked to him just minutes before it happened.
 
more in thread:

It’s a good thing that proxy doxxed himself and went on the record with his statement and stream.

I think it’s a despicable thing that people are trying to commit identity fraud and threaten him physically. I agree with his take that these people are “the lowest of the low”. When news first broke, I looked him up and found him on LinkedIn. To me, that was enough closure after having been deceived for many months. If you’re stalking someone in real life, I hope you face criminal consequences.

I naturally have limited trust in anything he says today, or retrospectively. I now kind of see through the aura he portrays online. It’s hard to trust when the authenticity he branded himself with turns out to be built ultimately on an entirely unauthentic foundation.

This is probably the last time I'm going to talk publicly about this topic. I prefer building over personal drama, and I just wanted to dump my thoughts so that I can get the satisfaction of having said at least some of the stuff that I've been thinking about for many months now, and to move on. 

I wish @dish, @btayengco and team all the best with Clanker. From our very first interactions, I've found them to be kind, intelligent, hardworking and straightforward. I, too, don't want this to reflect badly on them or their project.

I do hope that proxy can contribute positively somehow moving forwards. 

I also hope that Farcaster is able to learn from these events. That the culture can integrate this collective experience and fold it in somehow in a productive way, beyond just memes, beyond just bags being pumped. 

For me, this set of events churned me as a builder in crypto. I sold clankfun to a close parter of mine who I believe is the most capable at bringing it to the next level as a platform. My next project is going to be outside of the space, focusing on more traditional industries that have been around for the last century. 

I think the ability to assume trust is one of the determining factors that breed innovation in communities. I think this is one of the biggest problems to solve in crypto, that will help it become a more serious place to build. What happened with proxy and how this shapes Farcaster and CT will be telling signs on whether this scene is on a path to get this right (or at least improve)

I hope that he tells the truth when he talks about his involvement with clanker being above board - honest work from a clean slate. I hope that he did not deceive, or privately profit from Clanker in a covert way. I do have some suspicions, but I think it’s easy to have unfounded suspicions and project them onto someone where trust is broken. I'm going to look into them and share if I find anything concrete. 

I am also disappointed that there is a loud group of traders who seem to blindly defend and idolize proxy. It was my least favorite thing about the stream. My read is that they were mostly looking to pump their bags from the stream, pure financial opportunism under the guise of community. This left a sour taste in my mouth.