Counterpoint: “normie creators” are not meant to grok it initially 

It’s a paradigm shift into attention markets and early adopters must enjoy the excess financialization

You can’t compete with incumbents via marginal improvements (eg. payments onchain) — you have to do something bold that leverages crypto fully

yes! this! 

if you study sports betting pre-2018, the UX was optimized for insiders (math-heavy, weird acronyms, no standardization)

post-2018, the UX shifted to serve *everyone* which helped supercharge adoption (in addition to legalization) esp for younger, mobile-first users

same could happen with onchain content

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My concern is
Traditionally, followers are a creator’s asset. Creators don’t directly profit from them (except in pay-per-view models) ; instead, they leverage follower count to get brand deals.
In onchain content, however, followers buy a content coin. This makes it harder to maintain steady cash flow if the content fails to meet expectations or the coin’s price drops.

yes! also:

most creators today only know that more views = more $$

they don't know the mechanics of ad revenue or ad suitability or qualified views or CAC budgets etc

they don't know how it works under the hood, they just know that they can post and make $$ for views

idk why same can't happen for onchain content

hmm, I think legalization post repeal of PASPA in 2018 was responsible for most of the growth

also DFS carve out in 2006 UIGEA took some time for people to exploit pre-2018

i don’t disagree hence why i specifically said legalization also drove growth and intentionally called out the year 2018

hmm, I think legalization post repeal of PASPA in 2018 was responsible for most of the growth

also DFS carve out in 2006 UIGEA took some time for people to exploit pre-2018

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thing is, crypto brain drain is real

any great product thinker and maker will leave unless they are also founders or have substantial equity 

i spent 3 years in the industry with only seeing marginal changes to ux – honestly the people that can push me professionally are not here

the ux innovation to crypto will come from outside crypto

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Sports Betting:
• More tools to use the data
• More users bc of the tools
• More Usage = More Value

The data becomes more valuable the more it gets used. The easiest way to get more people using the data is to build more tools.

Unsure if this has been a net positive lmaooo