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May 19 11 tweets 3 min read
What is the future of Ethereum?

Last week, Vitalik Buterin co-published a paper predicting Ethereum's future.

I read the 37-page paper and interviewed its co-authors so you didn't have to.

[🧵 THREAD]
The future according to @VitalikButerin revolves around soulbound tokens (SBTs).

SBTs are NFTs that can't be transferred after they are received.

Once you receive an SBT, you hold it in a Soul wallet forever.
I interviewed paper co-author @glenweyl.

He predicts that SBTs will be available for early uses by the end of 2022.

He also said, "I suspect the 2024 up cycle will focus on them."

But, wait - what's the point of NFTs that can never be transferred?

Here's 3 use cases.
Use case 1: Universities could give SBT degrees to their graduates.

If universities gave NFT degrees now, graduates could sell them to anyone online.

But if a graduates receives an SBT degree, he would not be able to transfer or sell it.
Use case 2: A company is trying to hire people who went to Conference X.

Because Conference X gave out SBT badges to its attendees, no one can buy a badge on an open market.

The company could then filter candidates for verified attendees of Conference X.
Use case 3: A DAO wants to build a community of environmentalists.

The DAO can airdrop SBTs to attendees of environmental conferences and graduates of environmental programs.

@vitalikbuterin calls this a "souldrop".
Vitalik and his team call this world a "Decentralized Society".

I believe this is the future of web3 and the broader online world.

With scammers and fakers galore, having real on-chain credentials is key.
Here is the full paper with free access:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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I also wrote a thread based on a research paper done on the most profitable NFT collectors.

3 professors studied 692 collections and 300,000+ unique wallets.

They found 6 tricks the experts knew, but I didn't.

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Apr 20
2 professors analyzed 692 NFT collections and 300,000+ wallets' transactions.

They found 6 tricks experienced traders use to make ~10% more profit per sale.

I read their 40-page research paper and asked them questions so you don't have to.

[🧵 THREAD]
A joint team from U. Chicago & Temple U. split 300,000+ wallets into experienced traders & new traders.

Experienced = wallet with at least 6 mints & 11 trades from generative collections

Research showed experienced traders get 10% higher returns per trade.

Here's their tricks:
Trick 1: Avoid roadmaps (what!!!)

Projects with roadmaps are 8.5% less likely to sell out.

After 7 days, they're up 9.8% from mint prices...

BUT after 28 days, they're down 5% from mint prices.

Why? Too many projects over-promise and fizzle out.
Read 12 tweets
Jan 20
how I unfucked my brain by understanding mimetic desire in twitter communities:
mimetic desire is wanting things because our role models want them.

the idea was propagated by Stanford prof. Rene Girard, his ex-student Peter Thiel, and author @lukeburgis.

mimetic desire can be great or awful.

let's start with 3 examples of mayhem.
ex. 1 - in the wellness-tech world, everyone wants an @eightsleep.

I started saving up for one.

after reflection, I realized I have zero issues with temperature when sleeping.

I only wanted an Eight Sleep because my role models like @tferriss had one.
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