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Alex Masmej

@alexmasmej
8 posts
2026-01-22
I attribute this to Farcaster being too early and focused on crypto professionals at the expense of traders ("Slack" vibe instead of fun CT jokes). Hindsight 20/20, of course. I respect builders and their product discipline was frankly inspiring. Farcaster taught this industry
2026-01-22 View on X
The Block

Neynar, a startup focused on decentralized social media infrastructure, is acquiring Ethereum-based social media project Farcaster from R&D firm Merkle

- Decentralized social media infrastructure firm Neynar is acquiring Farcaster, the Ethereum-based protocol that was last valued at $1 billion.

2026-01-21
I attribute this to Farcaster being too early and focused on crypto professionals at the expense of traders ("Slack" vibe instead of fun CT jokes). Hindsight 20/20, of course. I respect builders and their product discipline was frankly inspiring. Farcaster taught this industry
2026-01-21 View on X
The Block

Neynar, a startup focused on decentralized social media infrastructure, is acquiring Ethereum-based social media project Farcaster from R&D firm Merkle

Partner offers  —  Quick Take  — Decentralized social media infrastructure firm Neynar is acquiring Farcaster …

2025-12-01
One man's conflict of interest is another's skin in the game.
2025-12-01 View on X
New York Times

How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefit his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts

Calls Conflict Claims “Nothing Burger” Mike Pearl / Gizmodo : 438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government Mark Toon / Protos : David Sacks sends si...

One man's conflict of interest is another's skin in the game.
2025-12-01 View on X
Axios

The reaction to NYT's David Sacks story aside, Sacks is pushing policies to help the US win the AI race, which also benefit him, his allies, and even his foes

Top of the Morning  —  I come here neither to praise nor pillory David Sacks, the venture capitalist who spends half …

2023-11-20
Win win move by Satya & sama. Instead of suing OpenAI & waste time: • get sama + Greg to push AI free from that amateur board • no fundraise nor NewCo, can get back to work ASAP thanks to MSFT unlimited ressources • sama can exit later whilst MSFT guarantees themselves equity
2023-11-20 View on X
TechCrunch

Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI

Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” …

2021-04-06
The Facebook leak shows that owning tons of user data is not an advantage anymore It's a *liability* @tryShowtime pre-loaded 100,000+ profiles without owning anyone's content. This is the future we're building towards.
2021-04-06 View on X
Insider

Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019

how to check if your phone number was leaked Christianna Silva / Mashable : Mark Zuckerberg is using Signal, according to phone number leaked in Facebook hack Ankita Chakravarti / ...

2021-03-08
By the way, if @jack never accepts the bid, he's proving a point: you can't buy the most valuable tweet. https://twitter.com/...
2021-03-08 View on X
The Verge

After Jack Dorsey promoted an auction on the site Valuables for an NFT of his very first tweet, the bids for “just setting up my twttr” reach $2.5M

2020-04-26
agree w/analysis, but this assumes that founders stubbornly pursue zero-sum games Smart founders will rationally choose a new space w/early-Internet advantages: -low barriers of entry -positive-sum -unsaturated -outsized impact/profit potential That's crypto & DeFi today 1/3 https://twitter.com/...
2020-04-26 View on X
luttig's learnings

The internet tailwinds that propelled meteoric growth in Silicon Valley are stalling, which will accelerate zero-sum games between startups and incumbents

The Internet tailwinds that propelled Silicon Valley's meteoric growth for decades are stalling out.  The ripple effects will jolt the tech industry.