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11) But there were also hundreds of hours spent learning, investing, building relationships, and tweeting over the course of June and July that lead up to the announcement.
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SBF
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12) Why bother with the slow roll? Well, first of all, we wanted to be confident in the vision and product, and that took time. And part of that was talking to tons of teams across the DeFi ecosystem, bouncing ideas around to make sure we weren't missing big things.
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13) Second, we wanted to give the world context on how we saw DeFi, and give time for debate and discussion. I wanted my thoughts to be aired out in the open before asking people to believe in them.
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14) And third... It wasn't something I'd really done before, but it was a campaign that I was excited about. It gave me time to build out the backdrop for Serum carefully and creatively.
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15) I'm really excited about the future of Project Serum, and of SRM (and MegaSerum!). And usually I'm frustrated with the past: usually I see mostly the ways I fucked up, or could have done better. But I'm really proud of the pre-announcement buildup for Serum.
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SBF
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16) So, I've grown to appreciate the advantages of preparing for an announcement. I've also grown to appreciate the value of shooting for the highest upside I can even more than I used to. And so we've spent a lot of the last 6 months planning for what that could look like.
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18) But there's more coming; pieces to help reach towards the best version of what we can build. Some of it's been a long time coming; some exploded onto our consciousness over a weekend. Some have been leaking through in our plans.
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19) I'm really excited to be able to share some of those with everyone over the next month.
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