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I quit DeFi three times. I keep coming back because the code is more interesting than the community is toxic.

burnoutpassion— Blog post, 2022
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I gave away all the YFI tokens. No pre-mine. No team allocation. People thought I was insane. The community disagreed.

communitydefi— Twitter/X, 2020
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YFI went from $3 to $40,000 in two months. I didn't keep any. I wanted to prove that a fair launch could work.

convictionfair-launch— Interview, 2020
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I build in public. That means I fail in public. Crypto Twitter has no forgiveness for failure.

buildingcriticism— Twitter/X, 2021
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I've built 20 protocols. Not all worked. But the ones that did changed DeFi forever.

defiinnovation— Interview, 2023