Waterbongo

I’ve been a builder throughout my life. But it’s been a one-way path, where I find a problem and I fix it for myself. I bought EVs, a few things I hated about it… So what did I do? Just tore it apart and rebuilt it the way I wanted it to be. I turned frustration into engineering. That’s itch is what brought me to Web3. Prediction markets have been giving me trouble for so long, and I decided to fix it. More on that soon.

@Fortunezxz narrative gets you in, product decides if you stay

when will you realize the internet rewards attention not perfection? William banks goes from unknown comedian - fake prison arc - viral escape - drops tokens - makes money - reinvent himself again. Its looks messy and controversial ik but one thing is clear: He moved. He experimented. He didn’t wait. Meanwhile you’re still overthinking your first post. In crypto speed + narrative > silence. wen will you start?

@BuzzMalx if this is true, tooling around attribution is long overdue

I'm currently leading the largest investigation on CT based on our research, in the last 24 hours creators have stolen over 3.7k posts. this marks a new all time high since 2021. we've been closely monitoring the situation and documenting multiple cases. i'm now in contact with federal authorities, further actions are being discussed. if you've stolen a post recently, you might want to start worrying.

@MaxuOnchain good reminder, especially for people new to the space

If you’ve switched to doing Web3 full time, read this. Don’t just chase what’s paying right now. Lock in your niche and build your network solid so you always have some side hustles running in the background. Because when the bear market hits, things slow down quick, leads dry up, deals stop coming in, and if you don’t have a stable source, you’ll feel it immediately. I’ve been through a few cycles myself, early on I didn’t think like this and made mistakes. Now I just focus on staying prepared. I always try to have multiple sources of stable income. Making money in Web3 isn’t that hard when the market is good, but the real game is how you position yourself during those good times so you don’t struggle when things get bad. shoot your questions my way, if you’d have any.

@Angello3400PRMR institutions are here, just depends how fast retail adapts

Secret to growing your followers is simple: don't post 😂 Crypto has matured and institutions are now officially part of this financial disruptive market Do you think Q3 will be great? Will we see any high-quality new projects this year? Enjoy your special weekend!

@Smitty_xyz you start copying what you see daily without realizing

Everyone needs to log out of their profiles ASAP Then create a new account Curate a new timeline Observe, study and learn The entrepreneur/SaaS/Indie Hacker side of Twitter for example is a whole different world People there don't yap about building social presence They showcase their products They ask for advice because they've hit a roadblock, and others give that advice They hit 10-50k MRR like it's a morning walk and only start mentioning it when they're hitting 6fig MRRs It's absolutely insane just how much they mog CT They even inspired my lazy ass to try build something Not the 700th social cards wrapper, but an actual money making app that i can sell You need to have 5 different timelines at least, and you need to scroll and absorb them daily

@CaptainCKeth narratives rotate faster than people expect

Niches are a double-edged sword. InfoFi was hot → InfoFi creators dominated. AI was hot → AI creators dominated NFTs were hot → NFT creators dominated. When your niche wins, you win. When your niche loses, you lose.

@0xForecaster personal friction cuts through a lot of guesswork

@waterbongo very true. the best products usually come from people trying to fix something that personally annoyed them

I spent months trading on prediction markets before touching my product. I used the product like crazy… took 100s of trades/week. That’s when I realized what’s actually broken.. There’s no shortcut for building a real product. Market analysis, and competitors research is secondary. The most important thing is to first understand what you’re dealing with. You can’t design for a frustration you haven’t felt.

@0xWassie @quipnetwork the compute + rewards loop is clean if execution holds

most people overcomplicate @quipnetwork it’s actually simple you run a node on @quipnetwork you contribute compute to @quipnetwork you earn $quip from @quipnetwork that’s it but under the hood @quipnetwork is doing something most people miss → quantum + cpu + gpu inside @quipnetwork → real optimization problems running on @quipnetwork → 13k+ users already testing @quipnetwork → 500+ nodes scaling across @quipnetwork not fake activity real compute and rewards on @quipnetwork are performance based → more uptime → more jobs solved → more rewards no guessing no farming noise just contribution and the best part you don’t need special hardware to join @quipnetwork start with a normal laptop scale later inside @quipnetwork this is how real depin starts small → consistent → scalable most people will wait for mainnet a few are already inside @quipnetwork learning how @quipnetwork actually works early edge is not money it’s understanding

@greenytrades attention fragmentation changed social energy a lot

I fully understand why 20-year-olds don't go out anymore. When I was 20: drinks were $4, social media wasn't the main character, we could sit through a conversation without checking our phone and a night out cost maybe ~$50. Now a night out is $150 - $200 minimum, attention spans are cooked from 8-second TikToks and half the group is filming "content" instead of actually being there present. Can't even blame them for staying home honestly.

@MaisonGhost the danger is when vibes replace all filtering

i don’t even care about the fundamentals anymore if the vibes are right i’m already halfway in

@ugwumx clear writing quietly compounds more than people expect

the web3 space pays people who: – can write clearly. – can test products. – can trade. – can manage communities. – can create contents. – can explain complex things simply. - can shitpost you need to be able to contribute to this industry one way or the other. what’s your strength and what are you doing to get better at it?

@haxxernS7 clean example of distribution doing the work

Listen to this if you want to grow your brand. Most people try to get noticed by big accounts like this: - “please follow me” - “check my profile” - “i’ve been supporting you for months” It doesn’t work. Ever. Here’s what actually does 👇 Yesterday I posted a simple engagement post asking people who they want a follow back from (keeping an engaging graphic) I didn’t tag Medusa, didn’t even expect her to see it. But the post got traction & then she said she’d seen my name enough times to remember me. That’s the lesson. You don’t get noticed by asking to be noticed. You get noticed by creating something worth noticing. Build things that pull people in. The right people will find you.

@hantengri this is where boring SaaS quietly prints

years of getting rugged in crypto have forced us to develop a collective defense mechanism. we have zero tolerance for even the slightest red flag and naturally approach everything as a potential rug pull so expecting a general altcoin rally in this environment would be delusional. what’s more likely is a bull run where only a select few coins break out, and whoever finds those coins makes it

@ItIsRaymo manual workflows turning into software is still the cleanest wedge

Regulation creates more startup opportunities than technology GDPR forced every company in Europe to rethink data storage. Entire categories got built: cookie consent tools, data mapping software, compliance dashboards. CCPA did the same in California 2 years later. The companies that built for GDPR had a playbook ready. Here's how to find the next one: 1. Track what's passing in legislation through connections When New York passed pay transparency laws in 2022, every HR tool suddenly needed a salary band feature. Most didn't have one yet. That was a gap that a handful of tools built into. 2. Look for regulations with 12-24 month implementation windows That's your build timeline. If compliance is required in 6 months, you're too late. If it's 3 years out, it's too early. 3. Check which industries are impacted GDPR hit everyone. Most regulations are vertical-specific. New crypto reporting rules only affect exchanges and wallets. Tighter field. 4. Find the manual process companies are using today Before consent management platforms existed, companies had legal teams reviewing every cookie manually. That's a $50K/year process waiting to become a $500/month tool. 5. Build the compliance tool, not the compliance service Services scale linearly. Software scales exponentially. Don't be the consultant filing the reports. Be the tool that generates them. 6. Sell it 6 months before the deadline Panic buying starts when companies realize they're out of time. Your best customers show up in Q4 if the regulation hits January 1st. 7. Make it stupid simple to implement Compliance buyers aren't evaluating features. They're evaluating time to deployment. The tool that goes live in 2 days beats the one that takes 2 weeks. The best time to build wasn't when the regulation passed. It's right now, while everyone else is waiting to see what happens.

@stacy_muur execution over everything showing up clearly here

Solana topped the app revenue charts for a really long time. But in the ongoing week, Hyperliquid is currently ahead $18M vs Solana's $17.8M, a slim margin. Perps are really playing out as the killer app for crypto infrastructure. Hyperliquid bet the entire chain on execution quality for derivatives, and it's working.

@0xdogacan utility alone feels more fragile long term

Sometimes an NFT project succeeds because it has strong utility. Sometimes an NFT project succeeds because the community truly owns it. The second one is stronger and lasts longer.

@StarPlatinum_ hard part is the identity gets tied to the game

James Wynn had >$90M in profit He lost it all and launched a presale The man who begged you to buy $1 of Bitcoin in 2012 now promotes scams Machi has been liquidated countless times 2017 accounts still trapped in the CT game No one talks enough about the importance of knowing when to walk away Leave the casino before it consumes your soul

@pawnie_ consistency is the only edge that lasts

5 things I learned after years in Web3: 1. Community > followers 2. Consistency beats talent 3. 90% of projects die in silence 4. Nobody's waiting for your next post 5. Reply guy strategy doesn't work unless you stand out Which truth hits hardest?

@JordanOnChain surviving days are part of the process

Some days you’re locked in Some days you’re just surviving Both count but it’s the consistency that separates people 🫡

@hmalviya9 10k users isn’t small if each one costs you money

Just realised the Claude token usage cost to run an intelligent app with 10K monthly users(engaged weekly) comes around $10K per month. How many rookie founders can afford that for 3 months.. very very few that simply means we gonna have a major investing and distribution funnel getting built around 0-1 cycle of the product itself unlike 1-10 what we have seen in the past.. the new wave is simple. You vibecode an interesting app, scale it to a 10K users, and start getting funding, and acquisition offer meanwhile.. and there are more distribution channels coming up for app apart from popular social media… content and code.. you need to do both if you are really serious about doing something productive in your life while being active on the internet..vibecode.