I know this sounds crazy, but we still want to give it a try. I wanted to write a book a long time ago, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to finish it, even though I paid the money.
The reason for this idea was initially to deliver value to Oasis members.
Since this year when the Oasis was rebooted and renamed as Web3 Oasis, I've been thinking about how to do something different.
First, we expanded the internal courses. Initially, to lower expectations, we said there would be one class a week, but now no week has had fewer than one class.
After thinking about it, I can provide members with some closed-door interviews to dig into guests' pockets and share some practical insights, so I invited Gaopeng to share recently and provided some grid strategies for reference.
Thinking further, we realize that not everyone will see the content we discuss, so why not create a printed internal publication to mail out quarterly? This way, we can review the highlights of the past, and it also has a sense of ceremony.
Currently, the rights of Web3 Oasis include not only these but also offline activities. The first offline event will start on May 18, and Oasis members can bring a friend to participate for free.
In the future, Web3 Oasis is more like a community rather than a place to attend lectures, and we are still exploring this path.
Speaking of this printed publication, because it is benchmarked against the Red Book, let's temporarily call it the Green Book.
Initially, I thought we could provide benefits to our internal members by synchronizing articles and course content. But at two o'clock in the morning on the day before the offline training, Juzuo posed a question in the group:
In fact, I hope this doesn't turn into our advertising manual. Although we've output most of the key content, wouldn't it be more valuable and provide a better user experience if we included good content from other people from the members' perspective?
The next day, I met with the team and felt that this could work because there are indeed many good contents in the industry, but they are scattered online and no one is specifically collecting and integrating them.
From the user's demand perspective, if someone can continuously provide high-quality content, it will naturally save time costs and expand their understanding of the industry, since the content that can be included is at least of a certain level.
Therefore, the positioning of the Green Book has shifted from internal learning materials to something similar to industry reference.
Just to update everyone on the progress, this is not a spontaneous idea, but something we have been preparing for a long time. The content module sorting is nearing completion, and the cover and back cover are in design. Typesetting and printing have also been arranged.
We expect to meet everyone in mid-May, with only the first batch printed at 500 copies. Members attending the event can pick up a copy on-site, and we will also distribute some copies of the first internal reference.
But now we face a problem, which is what to name this publication.
At first, we casually called it (Green Book), but now we feel that directly calling it (WEB3 Oasis) is more appropriate. Today, I asked in the community and on social media, and quite a few people support both names.
To be honest, I'm a bit conflicted right now. I hope everyone can give some suggestions, or if there are better names, please help us think of one.
This is a typical thing I like to do: it doesn't have to make money, but it must be meaningful.
From the perspective of enhancing user experience, costs will certainly increase, not only in terms of money but also in time and effort, and this project will definitely not be profitable.
Since officially operating the Oasis in March, the number of members has not been large, mostly returning old members.
If it were purely to deliver value to members, we have done reasonably well, but in my view, it still feels insufficient and not what I want it to be.
During this time, some people said that we only have this few members, and it's not worth the effort, especially since the delivery is only getting more expensive. Why waste time and money on this?
But that's not important because it has meaning.
Many people are currently lost in a sea of information and fast pace, and they don't have the time to calm down and think about themselves and the industry.
To be honest, I don't like players shuffling around on-chain every day, nor do I appreciate practitioners who are always thinking about how to fill their own pockets quickly.
Many players who genuinely care about the industry and produce quality content are often drowned out by jokes, conflicts, and misleading information.
Web3 seems to have become a money-making machine, and no one cares anymore about why this industry emerged in the first place.
That day I told the team that I hope it can become a publication like (New Youth), which can truly influence a generation's understanding and thinking of the industry and allow us to look further into what this industry might become.
In my opinion, this is the retro trend of the industry, this is where the sand settles to reveal the gold, this is Oasis's external label, this is the carrier of our spirit, and it is also a testament to a collective consensus.
People in the crypto circle don't only have the path of trading coins; they must also be individuals. We don't expect to achieve something huge, but if one day it becomes the largest printed publication in Chinese Web3, I think that goal is worth striving for.
So the question arises, what do you think this internal reference publication should be called? I look forward to your answer.
I am Juzuo, the founder of Web3 Oasis and an expert in recovering digital assets.