{"id":19026,"date":"2023-06-28T14:11:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=19026"},"modified":"2023-06-28T10:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:12:50","slug":"cory-klippsten-on-the-flywheel-business-model-for-web-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/cory-klippsten-on-the-flywheel-business-model-for-web-3-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Cory Klippsten on The Flywheel Business Model for Web 3.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The FLYWHEEL SCHEME has been the dominant business model in \u201ccrypto\u201d \u201ccefi\u201d from the past three years. &nbsp;It was as dirty as ICOs, maybe worse in wealth destruction and delay of Bitcoin adoption.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Major perpetrators:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">FTX &amp; Alameda<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Celsius<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Crypto dotcom<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nexo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Babel<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Voyager<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coryklippsten\/status\/1588591383933521920?s=43&amp;t=zXw0VnDUU9g9Ec306BxNPw\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid #ccd6dd; border-radius: 12px;\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coryklippsten?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1569687200857755648\/fxiCeaqc_normal.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width:8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coryklippsten?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #292c2f; text-decoration: none;\">Cory Klippsten | Swan.com &#x1f9a2; #Bitcoin<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coryklippsten?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #7e8c98;\">\u2066\u202a@coryklippsten\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/self_serve\/media\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #292c2f; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;\">The FLYWHEEL SCHEME has been the dominant business model in \u201ccrypto\u201d \u201ccefi\u201d from the past three years.  It was as dirty as ICOs, maybe worse in wealth destruction and delay of Bitcoin adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Major perpetrators:<br \/>FTX\/Alameda<br \/>Celsius<br \/>Crypto dotcom<br \/>Nexo<br \/>Babel<br \/>Voyager<br \/>and more <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9dmvdhBGgN\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/9dmvdhBGgN<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coryklippsten\/status\/1588591383933521920?s=43&amp;t=zXw0VnDUU9g9Ec306BxNPw\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration:none;\">11\/4\/22, 12:57 PM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image0-30.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div>Basic architecture of a flywheel&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pump token price<\/div>\n<div>Mark \u2018gains\u2019 to balance sheet<\/div>\n<div>Show \u201cgains\u201d to investors<\/div>\n<div>Raise cash through equity sales<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-30-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image2-28.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image3-27.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image4-23-rotated.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WordPress\u2019d from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:650-283-8008\" dir=\"ltr\" x-apple-data-detectors=\"true\" x-apple-data-detectors-type=\"telephone\" x-apple-data-detectors-result=\"1\">650-283-8008<\/a>, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FLYWHEEL SCHEME has been the dominant business model in \u201ccrypto\u201d \u201ccefi\u201d from the past three years. &nbsp;It was as dirty as ICOs, maybe worse in wealth destruction and delay of Bitcoin adoption. Major perpetrators: FTX &amp; Alameda Celsius Crypto dotcom Nexo Babel Voyager &nbsp; &nbsp; Cory Klippsten | Swan.com &#x1f9a2; #Bitcoin \u2066\u202a@coryklippsten\u202c\u2069 The FLYWHEEL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}