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Carra Wu
@carrawu
product @p0; prev @a16z @apple @hololens; math @harvard
New York, NY
Joined April 2018
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    how did a photo of MY apartment posted by someone ELSE get 1.1k likes
    maybe there are exceptions to New York or Nowhere
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    Web3 native business models: a thread🧵
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    This is a product I have dreamed about for years-- an events system for the entire internet. It brings some of the design principles I love about crypto (observability, arbitrage, composability) to the much larger offchain world. I'm monitoring: > a product (1996 runway
    Today, we're launching the Parallel Monitor API. Define a query once and receive ongoing updates whenever new related information appears on the web. It's like a web search that's always on, or a webhook for the entire web. parallel.ai/blog/monitor-a…
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    Play to Earn: a 0 to 1 Explainer This is the first thread in a series on P2E games, which will run every other day starting today until my brain is empty. H/t @AriannaSimpson, @gabusch, & @cdixon, who've each contributed different mental models to my thinking on this topic.👇
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    I want to write about Play to Earn / player owned economies in the context of monetary policy history, global macro trends, and game evolution. Also want to draw out some of the key assumptions that have to hold in order for a metaverse to succeed. Insights also apply to NFTs👇🏼
    I have 1 $WRITE token to give to someone to join the @viamirror publishing community. Reply or QT with why you want to write on Mirror — response with the most crowdsourced likes/support in 24 hours gets the token! 📝
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    The gaming industry is in the midst of an M&A arms race— a period of consolidation unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. What does it mean for the future of games? tl;dr: I’ve never felt more sure that web3 is the future of games
    Games M&A accelerates as @Sony x @Bungie (behind iconic franchises like Destiny, Halo, etc) The number of standalone game studios that can build high-quality, games-as-a-service is dwindling fast
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    As a New York loyalist and someone who grew up gripped by a Didionesque obsession with the City, it pains me to admit that San Francisco, for the first time ever, feels like the center of the world.
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    Every web3 community will need to think about game design as a core competency. 🧵
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    gm. The rumors are true! We have invested in @FWBtweets, a DAO that has become the de facto home of web3’s growing creative class. a16z.com/2021/10/27/inv…
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    Intro to Virtual Economies in P2E Game Design This is the 2nd thread in a series on play-to-earn (P2E) games, which will run every other day until my brain is empty. H/t @eddylazzarin @gabusch @Tocelot @thejiho for contributing to my thinking here 🦾
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    Just spent 2 hrs larping as a student @ the ETHDenver university blockchain club meetup. 80 kids talking ZK games, direct to L2 dApps, omnichain liquidity provision… I’ve never felt anything like the energy in that room. The kids are alright.
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    Web 3.0 = the artist formerly known as "crypto"