splits

Splits talked to @dish about running Clanker: becoming a startup founder almost by accident (!), earning an ecosystem, and the push and pull of trust in the noisy, boisterous crypto scene

My favorite quote from Jack: "You can't say some things that you want to say, that your emotions want you to say. You have to turn 

the Big Idea running through this piece, which @w and @abram have been discussing all year: "trustless" systems ironically make trust more valuable than ever. solid crypto infrastructure moves trust up the stack, from the smart contracts to the social contracts

like @dish said: "we lock the LP positions to prevent rugs. Our contracts are verified and audits are open-sourced." this is a big part of Clanker's fundamental value prop to builders: business legos that Just Work™ and interoperate with the rest of the ecosystem

("You could do it independently, but we save a lot of time and energy leading up to launch and actually get you to the meat of what you want to build with these tokens.")

once that groundwork is laid, the next level is relationships and community. Clanker has built an incredibly strong and distinct brand which has weathered multiple rollercoasters, and now @dish is figuring out how to extend and expand that brand with collaborators and partners