Author's Note:
Recently, I have become a flexible worker, so I have picked up the public account that has been on hiatus for half a year.
And because I have too many cats to take care of, in order to save some money for cat food, I have formed a small team with a few friends, and we welcome all kinds of Web3 business inquiries. We can handle everything related to product and technology, and we are not in the business of reselling.
This year, I have been involved in various things. I have been working on both Web2 and Web3 businesses concurrently, and I have also developed a mature product for the metaverse. If you are interested in this metaverse product, you can chat with me privately. It can be directly deployed on Web2 or on a chain for direct deployment on Web3.
In addition, some friends have messaged me asking why they can't find me on X. It's because I have been permanently banned, most likely because I talked about cracking machines related to a certain hell. The X team told me that this won't be restored. So on X, I only have a small account. When I start updating regularly, I will explore more distribution channels.
Main Text:
The Web3 industry is currently in an awkward phase. People inside are eager for outsiders to join, while outsiders feel like they are being kept out.
Let's first separate the investment dimension and we will find that Web3 does not produce truly meaningful products. Although we can explain from various more vertical and subtle aspects that some projects or technologies are competitive, such as DEX improving capital efficiency, Layer2 improving transaction speed and reducing transaction fees, and ZK improving security and privacy. Although they are indeed good products and technologies in the micro-level competition of the Web3 vertical track, from a macro perspective, they have not driven the growth of the Web3 industry, but only competed for existing Web3 users.
The more the products sink at the micro level, the higher the professionalism and threshold requirements for users, and the fewer the absolute number of these users. After observing Web3 for the past two years, I found that most projects are developing towards the micro level. For example, those who work on NFTs will make them 3D, dynamically change based on wallet assets, and be compatible with other metaverse projects, etc. However, in my opinion, these developments will not drive the industry forward, but only further limit the number of users.
So what are the macro-level products? We can refer to the big brother of NFT, BAYC. BAYC is probably the most well-known Web3 IP in recent years, with cross-border collaborations in trendy brands, fashion, clothing, and various other fields. BAYC undoubtedly played a major role in the NFT Summer a few years ago.
Therefore, macro-level products are those that stimulate the participation of more incremental users and expand the user base of the Web3 industry. These projects are effectively promoting and expanding the influence of Web3. Although high-threshold, highly specialized vertical Web3 projects have their own value, I believe they do not contribute much to the expansion of the industry.
So, when I say that the Web3 industry is in an awkward phase, I mean that it is currently not actively acquiring incremental users, but eagerly waiting for external funding and incremental users to come in. This may be the situation of the Web3 "walled garden": people inside are eager for outsiders to join, while outsiders feel like they are being kept out.
Continuing the analysis without considering the investment dimension: in the current awkward phase, what kind of track can break this delicate walled garden situation? I believe the core lies in two major tracks, NFT and RWA.
There is no doubt that NFT has had considerable success, including but not limited to cross-border IP collaborations like BAYC, Reddit's three million NFT users (not to mention token points), and various virtual art curation cases. All of these prove that NFT is a major track that attracts more incremental users.
On the other hand, RWA is a major track that attracts more incremental capital. Its characteristics of crossing borders, low thresholds, and even ignoring geopolitics can bring more users into the Web3 field to purchase real-world assets. Because RWA is based on the mapping of real-world assets, more people can truly utilize Web3 technology and enjoy a borderless utopian financial world without having to bear the volatility risk of crypto assets.
In conclusion, I believe that after the awkward phase of Web3, the industry will inevitably move towards the incremental market. The recent hype around the BlackRock spot ETF event may become the catalyst for the next wave of industry development. Whether it is capital or users, the focus will be on expanding the incremental market and growing the Web3 industry.
Author: Liu Ye Jing Hong
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