congratulations to the Farcaster team for their success especially over the past week, it's been awesome to see so many people so excited about using and building in web3 again
I've been confident that web3 social would have the most potential of any use case at the application layer, an entry-point for non crypto-natives to being on chain, and it seems that we're beginning to finally see it break out mainstream as the first big use case that is not purely speculative
regardless of what area of the space you're working, if you're not recognizing, using, and collaborating with people and teams doing cool stuff just because you think they are competing, then you will quickly become irrelevant.
people can easily see through attempts to promote only the things they have investment or ownership in, when you only "pump your bags" we see it. though I see this the most with the VC crowd.
scarcity mentality has no place here imo, if there's one thing I've learned is that this is not a zero sum game, there are infinite opportunities and every improvement in ux, speed, cost, adoption, etc.. is a win for everyone here.
we are not only rebuilding the financial layer of the world, we're building a completely new infrastructure layer that I believe the entire world will be using in one way or another at some point in the (near) future.
we need better apps. we need more experimentation. we need more collaboration. we need faster, cheaper networks
web3 is no longer just on-chain, we're seeing it blend in with AI, gaming, social, serverless, video, file storage, countless other experience that will be imagined over the next few years.
I'm in awe of the number of people I've met over the past 3 years who have gone on to found million dollar companies, Developer DAO members who have found life-changing opportunities, and people who came in junior who are now leaders in their communities
I've never been more fired up to be working in this space, and look forward to building with you all now and in the future
Speaking from own experience be careful out there on aping into random coins, it might be fun for a while, not get too excited and ape more than you can afford. Memecoins that can go up, can also go down, and in most cases there is no technology or innovation to back the valuations.