Toady Hawk, co-founder of Betrmint, shares challenges, the value of distribution and building long-term partnerships to keep the flywheel spinning.

Mentions: Boost, Layer3, Farcaster

"What if the tokens themselves could be the avenue to bring distribution to content creators, artists, founders, and other builders?" — Toady Hawk, co-founder of Betrmint

Mentions: Blueprint, Boost, Layer3, Farcaster, Base, Zora

" A token is an accelerant. If you're on an upward trajectory or a downward trajectory, that token is going to accelerate you." — Abram Dawson, co-founder of Splits

"Smart contracts want to be free." — Abram Dawson, co-founder of Splits

"Blockchains will fundamentally change the way companies will be formed and will exist." — Abram Dawson, co-founder of Splits

status: squishy

"You've got a token. Now, what?"

Adrian and Jordan, co-founders of Empire Builder, discuss monetizing your brand and sharing value amongst your community and holders.

Adrian and Jordan, co-founders of Empire Builder, on what pulled them into building onchain and why it changes what's possible.

There are more options now for founders to raise initial capital to build. "Put something out there and just have the token be live from day zero." — Sean Brennan, founder of Regent

Mentions: Base, Clanker, Flaunch, Bankr, Uniswap, OpenSea

Sean Brennan, founder of Regent, got creative with NFTs for the $REGENT token launch. Each Animata pass comes with a perpetual option to buy $80 of tokens at a set FDV of 1.6M.

Mentions: Farcaster, Base, Bankr, OpenSea

"These agent tokens are gonna be different from any existing token." — Sean Brennan, founder of Regent

As more agents come onchain, Regent is aiming to empower them to create onchain identities, launch tokens, control treasuries, and be self-sovereign.

$CLANKTON vs. $CLANKTON

What happens when anyone can just clank it, bid on it, and be deemed the one?

Instead of clanking it himself, Jake, founder of QR, turned it into a social experiment using QR, the onchain attention machine.

Mentions: Bertwurst and Starl3xx

compounding distribution

"...you have to plant a bunch of seeds, and water them a little bit, and then see which ones you actually end up caring about and wanting to water more." — Jake, founder of QR

Attention is fleeting. So, how do you sustainably hold people's attention?

Jake, founder of QR, shares his insights on attention decay.

curiosity wins over ambition

Does every project need its own token?

JRF, founder of Atlas, asked in a Looti campaign, "Should we clank Looti?" Here are his thoughts on why the answer is "No."

tokens as a well

loved this analogy about communities forming around wells

websites as agent minds

linktree with superpowers

"This whole system of links that exists on the internet is unbelievably powerful.  That's really what most social apps are. They're links pointing to other links, pointing to databases." — JRF, founder of Atlas

What is the internet you want your kids to have?

JRF, founder of Atlas, shares his views on building an ethical relationship with the internet and technology.

community currency

agency over algorithms

A FICO score or social score for tokens and users?

Sahil Dewan, founder of Cura, defines context-specific, reputation scores.

"It's really customizable. I think of tokens as like a blank canvas, and the creator paints the picture of it to tell the full story."
— Jack Dishman, founder of Clanker

Mentions: Firkin

Whether you're a creator, business, or developer, Jack Dishman, founder of Clanker, shares how different use cases show the flexibility of tokens.

Mentions: Max Jackson, Operating System, Sequel Movies, Zemm, Data Baseball

You can't manufacture culture. It happens organically. Jack Dishman, founder of Clanker, shares how [Clanker Originals] become the cultural hits that pave the way for other builders.

belonging 💜

Why Sahil Dewan, founder of Cura, says you should stop renting your audience

Why Sahil, founder of Cura, is shamelessly bullish on Farcaster channels