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23 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Web2 and web3 are going to co-exist for a long time. New business models & technologies does not mean the complete supplanting of what already exists.

Instead, there are now new tools in the toolset for builders & creators, which means more choice and possibilities.
...and for users, web3 brings the opportunity to participate in the ownership & wealth creation of a new generation of products that distribute value via tokens.
To completely dismiss either web2 or web3 is a mistake.

CT runs on Twitter—it's good at its "job to be done," which is disseminating information broadly.

Millions of creators *are* monetizing through advertising and subscriptions and other web2 models.
But there's also entirely new types of networks and platforms and creators that don't exist today, that could exist with new business models and incentive structures.
Let's stop the culture wars, treat topics with nuance, and be kind to each other 💜

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20 Dec
Dropping the last essay of 2021 💥

The Web3 Renaissance

This is the story of how the web2 internet broke the business model of media, and how web3 holds promise to tilt the scales in favor of creators.
every.mirror.xyz/y_WLA-Tk3VF5uP…
Written in collaboration with @kplikethebird and @every, this essay is available as a collectible NFT on Mirror!

Strong "The medium is the message" moment
every.mirror.xyz/y_WLA-Tk3VF5uP…
25 years ago, Bill Gates wrote an essay, "Content is King," that predicted a flourishing of user-generated content on the internet, but challenges in monetizing it.

His prediction has been spot on in both regards.
Read 25 tweets
15 Dec
Music monetization on the internet is unquestionably broken. With a payout of $0.003 per song stream, a musician needs 6 million plays annually to earn $18,000.

I'm so excited to support @soundxyz_ in their quest to let 1M artists live off their music, leveraging NFTs & web3.
Web2 monetizes attention: each play of a video/song contributes the same revenue, regardless of how intensely a fan loves the creator's work.

Web3 monetizes passion: digital scarcity via tokens enables creators to capture fans' full willingness to pay.

This ability to decouple audience size from monetization is one of the most powerful effects of web3 for creators.

Creative industries, by definition, are those in which artists incite love from fans; to-date, there has just been no ways to capitalize on that on the internet.
Read 8 tweets
12 Dec
Web3 applications lack some traditional sources of defensibility, but have a new powerful one: tokens.

Let’s explore “token network effects” ⬇️
There are roughly two stages in building a new network:

1 - Bootstrapping & attracting new users (the cold start)
2 - Retaining users & maintaining network effects

Tokens are helpful for both stages, but for the purposes of this thread I’ll be focusing on (2).
Defensibility in web2 comes from proprietary data network effects. Each application is a walled garden, and a bigger user base translates into more utility vs. competitors.

The social network with most data, content, users, etc. is more valuable.
Read 24 tweets
30 Nov
In marketplaces, transaction frequency & building user habits is more important than having the highest overall GMV.

Let's consider NFTs on Solana vs Ethereum through this lens, by comparing @MagicEden_NFT vs. @opensea:
In the last 30 days:

- Magic Eden GMV is ~1/10th of Opensea ($216M vs. $1.9B)
- But 2x as many transactions are happening on Magic Eden vs. Opensea: 2.27M vs. 1M
- 1/2 as many users for Magic Eden: 107K vs. 228K

(this is 2 months after Magic Eden launched, btw!)
This means each user on Magic Eden is transacting 4x as much as Opensea users.

Magic Eden users are doing ~20 txns/month, vs. OS users are doing about 4.4 🤯
Read 6 tweets
28 Nov
DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) represent the next step forward in the labor movement.

A thread 🧵
Some history: the labor movement grew out of the Industrial Revolution, when workers organized together to fight for their common interest and negotiate with employers for better working conditions & pay.
The legacy of the labor movement is all around us. Among other things, it brought us: minimum wage, abolition of child labor, equal pay for equal work, fair employment, family leave, etc.

These rights didn’t just happen spontaneously—they were fought for by organized workers.
Read 20 tweets
10 Nov
Pinching myself that I got to write about the future of creators & ownership in @TheEconomist

"Creators will harness their power, leading to the birth of a new set of platforms that confer ownership and control—and treat creators as first-class citizens"

economist.com/the-world-ahea…
Much love to everyone whose feedback helped shape this piece: @arampell @LilaShroff @patrickxrivera @jessewldn @danshipper

Above all, thank you to all the founders who are building towards a more meritocratic internet, in the @AtelierVentures & @variantfund portfolios & beyond!
Our portfolio companies are hiring across the board — if the vision outlined in this piece resonates with you, please fill out this talent form to be connected!

variant.fund/contact/talent
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