1) A strong impression I've gotten from the crypto ecosystem:
Usually, there is no conspiracy; it's just disorganization and messiness and really exactly what it looks like.
Shit happens, often for silly reasons, but ones you could predict if you thought about it.
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3) Usually you can get a sense early on of how trustworthy something is.
Not always: there are some VCs that seemed very constructive, and turned out to be hilariously destructive.
And sometimes it depends on who you are: people show different selves to different people.
