Thread by @kaiynne

Here’s my list:

1. L2 migrations and attempts to consolidate around a solution will take up most of the year, fragmentation and forks will ensue across different scaling solutions. Basically what a lot of VC’s imagined in 2016/17 but their L1 bags will still end up worthless.

https://twitter.com/defiprime/status/1343587775908605952

2. 1559 will be a game changer for the Ethereum community. The wealth effect will dwarf that of Bitcoin and since many ETH holders are builders we will see a mass proliferation of new projects as these gains are reinvested in the ecosystem.

3. UX will improve massively, we have the components but they are just now being stitched together. @austingriffith will keep being a mega-chad single handedly pushing us forward.

4. Risk solutions will start to attract more institutional capital to defi for good and ill. Right now it’s a crazy little petri dish of experiments, it will get more serious and more boring in some ways.

5. The options space is going to get much more sophisticated and liquid and it’s going to be a major threat to CeFi platforms by the end of the year.

6. Same thing for futures. L2 plus all the other defi advantages will blow away the cefi competition once large market makers become comfortable playing in the space.

7. Tokens will continue to provide hyper-growth fuel for bootstrapping networks, and experimentation with distribution, value capture and governance will accelerate.

8. @AndreCronjeTech will launch 58 new projects. And will eventually be revealed as a shapeshifting lizard person from Rylon 5, a race of super intelligent Caiman like people seeking to bring enlightenment to lesser planets.

9. We will have a 150m+ dollar defi hack and the industry will survive.

10. Regulators will still be trying to work out wtf to do about all this, meanwhile good actors will continue to abide by solid ethical principles building and offering fair, transparent and open access to financial services for anyone in the world.

11. @DegenSpartan will become less cynical as he hits billionaire status and decide to dedicate himself to bringing good cheer, high yields and hentai to all the impoverished children of the world.

12. Me, @rleshner, @StaniKulechov, @haydenzadams, @fcmartinelli, @koeppelmann, @StefanDGeorge, @newmichwill will create “the society of former semi-benevolent dictators”. Each member gets a chance to be the dictator to assuage our desperate need for power.

That’s my list, though I haven’t had a coffee yet this morning so maybe I’ll think of some more dumb stuff later. Also I’m savings the best for my @synthetix 2020 wrap up.