ethereum is literally the opposite of communism
> property rights baked into code
> permissionless wealth creation
> no forced redistribution
> radically open markets
> voluntary coordination
> no central planning
y'all are acting like the founder of ethereum seized the means
personal update
after a 3.5‑year ride as part of the mantle founding team, i’m stepping back from day‑to‑day.
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working at mantle has been the
crypto startups keep making the same fatal mistake:
> raise a ton of money
> feel pressure to scale
> hire like they’ve already made it
> build a post-pmf org before reaching pmf
but reality?
> you haven’t made it
> pre-pmf is pure chaos
> you have to embrace the suck
> hire
dear noobs with fancy CVs,
your harvard degree & faang title mean nothing here
crypto rewards humility, curiosity, reputation, hustle, protocol knowledge, product sensibility, and cultural fluency
i'll take a hungry gen z over your linkedin clout any day
crypto twitter is a bunch of racist, anti-semite, homophobe "freedom maximalists"
but the second our dear leader of ethereum drops a sarcastic joke? full meltdown.
short bus behavior
craziest shit ever
so i’m in bangkok, and it’s pouring rain, like biblical-level downpour. no grab cars left so figured i’d just hop on a motorbike, get there, easy. famous last words.
i get this driver who looks a little intense.. got that wild glint in his eye, but i’m like,
for the sake of our industry
lets end this echo chamber nonsense
every major ETH conference is the same 10k multicycle crypto twitter folks going from one side event to another
we have lost the plot
i see no effort whatsoever toward educating the locals on crypto. no one is