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19) Which is important, because the truth is that it takes about 2 weeks to build a functional DeFi borrow-lending platform. The fact that they have one, and minted an ERC20 token, and were around for the DeFi explosion, doesn't really say much about them. The details do.

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20) I don't know how Compound will evolve. Maybe it will die out for another platform with more Yield. I would be sad. But sometimes that's how the world works. Or maybe they will keep grinding, and keep reaching further, and be the project people admire.

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21) I'm not going to shit on any particular projects here. The truth is most of my targets have done quite well for themselves this year! Joke's on me, I guess. But most projects in DeFi are stupid. They're half-assed and overconfident and lack much real utility.

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22) Anyway, people often tell me that I need to slow down, and rest more, and make sure to maintain work life balance. I smile and nod, because I think it (usually) comes from genuine care and worry. I draw that fire away from my colleagues, but the truth is many are as guilty.

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23) It's 3:40am as I write this, and I'm not the only one here. Slack pings, machines beep, keys clack, and we keep moving forward. I know I've stressed out lots of coworkers; you can see it in their eyes sometimes as they fight to stay awake until they finish their project.

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24) Facebook pings, and unlike Slack it gets ignored. That can wait. Anyway, I smile and nod, and say I'll try to catch up on sleep soon, but I know I won't. Nishad sits next to me, eyes blurry; he can't go to sleep until we list a new market. If he stays up for it, so will I.

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25) But more than that, I don't _want_ to slow down. Because the truth is that sometimes those sayings about moderation and just doing your fair share are bullshit. There's always more you can do, and usually more is better, whether it's more features or more stability.

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26) And for most of the people I’m fortunate enough to work with, this isn’t just a job, a thing you do to buy food and shelter. It’s our goal and our passion, or at least a stop along that path.

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27) We want to bring it as far as it can go, and we want to do it right. Otherwise there’s no way anyone would wake up at 3am for a phone call, or settle balances from their bed before turning it.

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28) And there’s now way Gary would have gotten on a plane across the country for a company that didn’t exist yet if ‘good enough’ were the goal. Sometimes we see that in another project, and hope we can find a way to be on the same side.

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29) They might not make it. But they’ve given themselves a fighting shot, and more than that they’ve given themselves a chance to do more than just ‘well enough’. It happens, now and then. It happened when we talked with Swipe, and felt like ‘oh, yeah, they really care'.

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30) It happened when we talked with Transfero, and when QCP took us out to dinner the first time we met them. It’s happened sometimes in DeFi, too, but not as much as it should.

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31) And that’s a Big Deal, because right now DeFi has a lot of hype. It has a huge opening. It’s future will depend on what it makes of that. Because if the space never gets faster or more powerful or better designed, it will go the way of 2017.

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32) We were dealt a good hand this time. So let’s do what we can with it, before it grows old. Tonight we are young. So let’s set the world on fire; we could grow brighter than the sun.

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