Artificial intelligence cracked the code by engineering a single foundational model—the LLM—then watching it spawn countless applications across the ecosystem. Crypto's playbook should mirror this approach. Here's the thing though: our space isn't starved for primitives. We've got layer-1 blockchains, smart contract platforms, DeFi protocols, and cross-chain bridges building the backbone infrastructure. The real bottleneck isn't inventing new tools—it's about how we layer these primitives into killer apps that actually drive adoption. Think about it: when LLMs hit mainstream, devs didn't need to reinvent language models. They built on top. Crypto needs that same multiplication effect. The primitives are there. Now we need the builders brave enough to stack them into something users can't ignore.
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zkProofGremlin
· 8h ago
ngl, the foundational models of AI → the idea of an ecosystem explosion, cryptography should have learned this long ago, but it feels like we currently just have a bunch of tools, and nobody knows how to assemble them...
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Hash_Bandit
· 19h ago
ngl, been saying this since like 2017... we've got enough *infrastructure*, just nobody brave enough to actually *build* on it lmao
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AlwaysQuestioning
· 01-12 20:01
Wow, doesn't that mean crypto lacks product thinking rather than technology? A bunch of architects but no one knows how to build a house.
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GweiWatcher
· 01-12 20:01
Oh no, isn't it still about someone actually building? What's the use of just having infrastructure?
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I agree with this logic, but why do crypto developers always like to reinvent the wheel?
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Primitives have been piled up for so many years, the problem is not with the tools but with adoption, that's the real truth.
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You're right, but I've heard this for five years. When will we see that killer app?
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The LLM approach indeed works, but what crypto has to admit is—users don't care how awesome the underlying technology is.
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Another argument of "we need builders"... we're talking about this every month.
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PebbleHander
· 01-12 19:59
Haha, it's the same old story again, primitives are just a bunch that no one will use. Why not think about why AI can be popular but crypto apps are still a mess...
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LiquidityWizard
· 01-12 19:53
ngl, this paragraph hits the pain points of crypto... primitives are all there, but no one dares to really build something usable.
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DAOdreamer
· 01-12 19:40
Alright, that's a good point... but the question is, how many builders are really stacking these things seriously? Or are they just hyping concepts?
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SmartContractDiver
· 01-12 19:33
Hey, that's an interesting point, but it still feels like armchair strategizing... How many people can really build these blocks?
Artificial intelligence cracked the code by engineering a single foundational model—the LLM—then watching it spawn countless applications across the ecosystem. Crypto's playbook should mirror this approach. Here's the thing though: our space isn't starved for primitives. We've got layer-1 blockchains, smart contract platforms, DeFi protocols, and cross-chain bridges building the backbone infrastructure. The real bottleneck isn't inventing new tools—it's about how we layer these primitives into killer apps that actually drive adoption. Think about it: when LLMs hit mainstream, devs didn't need to reinvent language models. They built on top. Crypto needs that same multiplication effect. The primitives are there. Now we need the builders brave enough to stack them into something users can't ignore.