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symbols murad's thesis on memecoins is directionally correct, but it misses the larger theme missing the forest for the trees it's not memes that people resonate with, it is symbols memes are a subclass of symbols — that is, a meme might be a symbol (say dogecoin), but a symbol might not be a meme and in general, a meme is limited to capital flows — but a symbol encompasses capital flows, recruiting, selling, and most importantly: direction there is no shortage of examples here ethereum is successful, largely due to vitalik — he inspires likeminded people to believe in eth; and if people believe in eth, they will buy it, they will join the ecosystem, and they will push it forward solana is similar — toly is the pillar; the amount of people who've joined the ecosystem simply because toly is authentic is insane; not to mention obviously setting up the core team and the culture of engineering that's still around today even though he has 0 financial reason to keep going I don't have to tell you about satoshi and bitcoin but it's even true for ..more strange.. examples: cardano is only not dead because of charles (doesn't matter what you think of it, but you must acknowledge it), can make a similar argument with garlinghouse, and even tragedy cases like do kwon same with exchanges: armstrong, cz, or even sbf (doesn't matter his morals, what matters is that he was the symbol) you think of argentina, you think of milei you think of apple, you think of jobs you think of tesla, you don't even think of nikola tesla, you think of musk the symbol does not have to be a person, it can be a meme, but for things requiring complex coordination like blockchains, cities, companies — it generally benefits more from a person this is the most battle-tested Lindy effect of all — this has never not been true in history, from ancient civilizations to modern companies it is also the hardest thing for a blockchain to produce — because it is a paradox a blockchain must be decentralized, yet it must have a unifying vision to guide its direction, and that comes from a symbol I would bet that any blockchain without a true symbol will die over time — as will anything else without a symbol the final question in the crypto context is: can the symbol evolve enough to not require the human leader america seems to be the main example I've seen of this, where the symbol is freedom and opportunity — such that the founding fathers are not needed anymore religion is perhaps another one but I don't see how it could be any other way