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I would counter-counter this with two points. First: I would say there HAVE definitely been some breakout successes of varying sizes over the past 5 years: from the farcaster side: Degen @clanker @bankr @neynar donut @zora from the base side: aero @hydrexfi @sportdotfun avantis edge @rainbow and many more I’m probably forgetting second: I would also argue that we sometimes suffer from unicornitis in this space, where everyone has watched one to many episodes of Silicon Valley and thinks that if it’s not a billion dollar exit, it’s not a success. The reality is that the meatspace is FULL of small to medium sized businesses that create a ton of wealth and employ half the working population in the US, and there’s no reason to believe the onchain economy won’t be similar as it matures. There are SO many examples of small to medium sized successful onchain businesses that are flourishing in this ecosystem, even despite less than ideal market conditions. Some of them may yet blow up into something larger, but even if they don’t, they are still worth celebrating imo: @bracky @betrmint @noiceapp @mintedmerch @skycastle etc etc bonus argument: trying to judge the base and farcaster ecosystems for not booming rn, while the entire crypto ecosystem is extremely bearish and retail is completely MIA is a bit like tryinf to draw meaningful conclusions from a drug trial without a control. Anyway, I’ve admittedly always been a glad half full kinda guy (a useful trait in this industry) so I’m sure I’m missing some nuances. But I do think BETR days are still ahead for those bold enough to keep believing in something around here.

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