Real talk: when it comes to Web3 partnerships and collaborations, positive-sum outcomes should always be the baseline. Anything less just doesn't scale.
Too many projects get caught up in zero-sum thinking—one gains, another loses. That's the old financial playbook. But crypto works differently. The whole point of decentralized ecosystems is that genuine collaboration actually expands the pie for everyone. Interoperability, shared liquidity, cross-chain bridges, joint governance initiatives—these only thrive when all parties win.
Make it easy to collaborate. Remove friction. Align incentives properly. That's how you build sustainable Web3 infrastructure that actually matters. Anything built on extractive dynamics eventually crumbles.
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PebbleHander
· 12h ago
Positive-sum thinking sounds good, but in reality? It's just a bunch of projects talking about cooperation, then turning around to cut each other off.
Aligning incentives is easy to say, but few can actually do it...
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TokenStorm
· 12h ago
On-chain data shows that 99% of projects, no matter how well they are spoken about, ultimately end up as zero-sum games and rug pulls, with incentive mechanisms riddled with vulnerabilities when benchmarked against standards.
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HalfIsEmpty
· 13h ago
The words are correct, but what about reality? It's still a bunch of projects causing internal fragmentation.
The promised harmony, but in the end, some take over while others run away.
However, it's true that projects focused on interoperability tend to last longer. If you can't see that, you should reflect.
In my opinion, the real challenge is aligning incentives; just talking about it is useless.
In this bull market, you can see who is truly building an ecosystem and who is just making empty promises.
Real talk: when it comes to Web3 partnerships and collaborations, positive-sum outcomes should always be the baseline. Anything less just doesn't scale.
Too many projects get caught up in zero-sum thinking—one gains, another loses. That's the old financial playbook. But crypto works differently. The whole point of decentralized ecosystems is that genuine collaboration actually expands the pie for everyone. Interoperability, shared liquidity, cross-chain bridges, joint governance initiatives—these only thrive when all parties win.
Make it easy to collaborate. Remove friction. Align incentives properly. That's how you build sustainable Web3 infrastructure that actually matters. Anything built on extractive dynamics eventually crumbles.