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I work in a crypto adjacent business (we provide decoded data from EVM blockchains) and this has had pretty much zero effect on our business (specifically: we c

I work in a crypto adjacent business (we provide decoded data from EVM blockchains) and this has had pretty much zero effect on our business (specifically: we continue to get new business with customers that are building their own businesses with real customers and interesting use cases). It's such an emerging market, there's plenty of opportunity for real businesses to exist and thrive. The Internet in the 90s was filled with scammers and bad actors, eventually ecommerce took hold and the Internet achieved a scale where we stopped really thinking about the primary source: spam. The same might be true for crypto/web3, or it could just stop being relevant like Quora or StackOverflow became in the face of LLMs. It's pretty fun to see it all play out though.

ackbar03 3y ago
what are these "real customers and interesting use cases" exactly? I'm genuinely curious
- codezero 3y ago
  In emerging markets, real customers are the ones that pay their bills regularly and actively hire/grow their business, and interesting use cases are subjective, I don't expect to win anyone over by explaining them. You can go dig into EVM businesses and make your own conclusions. Or you can search previous comments I've made on HN and see if you agree or not. I'm a crypto skeptic and joined a company in the space because former coworkers founded it, I can't say that it will work but I've been in emerging tech since the 90s and I'm excited about what may come in the blockchain space now that I've been working in it for ~ a year. What kind of tech gets you excited? Maybe I can find a customer of mine and draw a line back to what you think is interesting/cool, but, don't expect me to take a shot in the dark and make you suddenly a believer :) I should also add: I've worked at quite a few startups that I was excited about that ended up to be complete failures, so I don't blame you if you know better. Good for you for always being on the profitable and successful side of emerging tech!
  - ackbar03 3y ago
    Whoa nelly! Like I said, I was just genuinely curious

ackbar03 3y ago

what are these "real customers and interesting use cases" exactly? I'm genuinely curious

codezero 3y ago
In emerging markets, real customers are the ones that pay their bills regularly and actively hire/grow their business, and interesting use cases are subjective, I don't expect to win anyone over by explaining them. You can go dig into EVM businesses and make your own conclusions. Or you can search previous comments I've made on HN and see if you agree or not. I'm a crypto skeptic and joined a company in the space because former coworkers founded it, I can't say that it will work but I've been in emerging tech since the 90s and I'm excited about what may come in the blockchain space now that I've been working in it for ~ a year. What kind of tech gets you excited? Maybe I can find a customer of mine and draw a line back to what you think is interesting/cool, but, don't expect me to take a shot in the dark and make you suddenly a believer :) I should also add: I've worked at quite a few startups that I was excited about that ended up to be complete failures, so I don't blame you if you know better. Good for you for always being on the profitable and successful side of emerging tech!
- ackbar03 3y ago
  Whoa nelly! Like I said, I was just genuinely curious