One of the reasons we failed to achieve widespread adoption is that the market has shifted from seeking an alternative vision of big tech to making investment decisions based on social signals and the pursuit of short-term profits.
An important consequence of this is that Web 2 Like is happening, creators of any kind will only be successful if they first attract a large audience. Why do you need to attract a large audience on Instagram? Crypto projects have a better chance of getting the resources they need if they acquire a large audience.
The downside? It's almost impossible for the founder of a tech company to stand out.
Any sane person would think that product engineers would rather work on the product than slagging off X. In the current #cryptocurrency market, this is not the case.
Without supporters, nothing will work. The only way to get meaningful support is to have a resume with experience in big tech.
marketing, which was lacking in cryptocurrency, is now the only game in town. Take a look at Berachain. The main thing about this project is that they are a party company. They are well known and hundreds of people line up for their parties.
However, not many partygoers know about the work of Berachain. To be fair, the team has a solid track record as engineers, but without their founder's constant tweets, they probably wouldn't be as successful.
What was different about 2014?
In 2014, #bitcoin was mainstream. The cyberpunk ethic was strong. Cryptocurrency was still a niche area, and developers were focused on creating products that aligned with their vision of increasing access to finance, protecting privacy, and removing restrictions.
At the time, those who launched projects had to demonstrate serious engineering ability, to develop a minimum viable project.
Funds were raised through initial coin offerings, and projects had to create a community that would invest in what they believed in.
what projects today call a community is often a collection of mercenaries assembled with the promise of distributing money.
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