@therosieum i think the problem runs deeper than just short product cycles. crypto is financial at its core, which means most users and most use cases are speculation first. when everyone is here to chase the next 100x, attention will always move faster than value creation. founders are
@SidP95 yep, i never said they're wrong for pivotting
@therosieum Sooo we have: - founders who pivot at the earliest chance - VCs who only chase new narratives & early visions (not finished products) - users who only use because it’s either new or cause they’re farming Seems the only way to get out of this hellish threesome is to hard pivot
@therosieum Goated article, shows someone with skin in the gane.
@BowTiedNaija skin do be in the game haha
@therosieum Narratives burn out in weeks. The edge in venture isn’t timing them but backing founders who survive each one.
@benmeyer154 love the approach, how common it is tho?
@therosieum incredibly accurate article! that’s why I think what happened with the Zcash interest renewal is inspiring. The devs and the chain never pivoted, and now we’re seeing renewed attention on the privacy front. Attention will probably shift to a new hot narrative soon, but there
@ika_xbt zcash is a great example!
@therosieum 300K views!? Are you famous?
@ClaireJRennie she is famoussssss
@therosieum thank you for this article
@arthurissir thanks for sharing ;))
@therosieum Great write up.
@0xairtx thanks!
@therosieum rosie banger sundays
@blingohno rosie banger sundays
@therosieum you know it's good when I've dmd it to 3 ppl already
@taydotfun damn, thanks ;))
@therosieum Been waiting for a rosie article for some time now! 😈
@NFTFlow_ <3 need to write more tho
@therosieum banger as usual
@kashvii NO U <3333
@therosieum Couldn’t agree more. Building long-term in crypto feels like swimming against the current - not because builders don’t want to, but because the current itself rewards velocity over depth. The question is: can we design a system that values persistence as much as hype? The space
@therosieum Maybe builders just need to lean towards building products that have more real world use cases. That way they’ll be able to appeal to both OG crypto users and none crypto users.. Use case will always outperform narratives in my opinion
@therosieum Or you just build straight for 8 years.. Been around since 2017
@therosieum "maybe the product is the pivot" is the realest line. crypto founders have optimized the grift to an art form. raise, narrate, exit, repeat. it works until it doesn't
@therosieum Beautifully written
@therosieum too true to be accpted. do not forget we came here for freedom, individual sovereignty and believe
@therosieum That's where the "alpha bonds" come in. Not many in crypto understand or has explored this functionality. In short; it allows tokens to act as blue chip stocks. Where the typical price action of tokens through pump and dump are heavily negatively effected.
@therosieum Cut through to founders who never wanted to be founders but needed to become one in order to pursue the software they want to see in this world. Remove the noise of status seekers and quick gains. Find the ones who build because they have a vision and are realizing it.
@therosieum or actually the product you built is not good enough? Still having OG builders like Polymarket, Aave, Uniswap, Farcaster, maybe MakerDao(now Sky), Intuition, Rabby wallet.... lets build something user can actually use daily not chaotic copy-paste stuff.
@therosieum Sounds like cope tbh Most founders in crypto only care about the social signaling associated to being a founder in crypto and less about actually building products. Sure there's an element of being too early, short attention spans, etc but as a founder, your job is to solve
@therosieum This is long and useless. Crypto is no different from any other startups. Only a few superstars rise, the rest are straight into the trash can. 🗑️