观点:摧毁“四年周期”论,加密货币才能真正跨越鸿沟

链捕手Pubblicato 2024-09-13Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-09-13

作者: Matti

编译: Luffy , Foresight News

 

不久前,我发表了自己对 cryptotwitter ( CT ) 的一些思考。出乎我意料的是,这些观点在社区引发了激烈的讨论。我不确定我的观点是否超出了批评者的理解范围,或者我触动了 CT 的既得利益。

CT 很容易骗人

这并不是说人们在 CT 上不会偶然发现有用的投资建议。 CT 是一种新颖的信息狂欢形式,是一部永无止境的肥皂剧,情节和反派都非常荒谬。它是一个娱乐阵地。 

这段经历让我开始思考加密货币的现状。在某个时刻,我突然意识到:加密货币已然是主流。它可能不是主流采用,但它是主流娱乐。你周围有多少人没有听说过加密货币?今天加密货币已经是美国总统大选的一个热门话题,它怎么可能不是主流呢?

人们喜欢当「早鸟」,他们自欺欺人地认为早点行动就能够赚钱。参与是成功的前提条件,而 CT 是一个延续这种观点的虚假先知。这个是 Alpha ,那个是 Alpha …… CT 是一个以销售代币作为娱乐的真人秀。

CT 对行业来说既不是坏事也不是好事,它只是加密货币主流化的一种表现。从卑微的无政府资本主义到巅峰时期的理想主义文化,如今的加密货币正在经历抖音化,并以中本聪无法想象的方式包装呈现给消费者。

这就是我们融入主流的方式

CT 的代表人物曾写道(大致如下):「泡沫迹象与主流采用之间难以区分。」主流的问题在于你失去了早期机会。

加密货币已经采用了自己的天定命运文化。无论您是比特币、 ETH 还是 SOL 最大主义者,您都会相信四年周期的传说。几乎所有人都相信加密货币注定会成长,每四年就会有一次大牛市突然出现,带领我们走向富饶之地。

但随着行业规模不断扩大,模仿和借用变得比创新更有价值。加密行业现在借助四年周期的口号,延续着「早起就是优势」的理念。这种情况可能会改变,参与可能还不够。自满的后果最终会到来。

需求是发明之母,但不幸的是,有大量的资本专注于短期游戏(价格上涨),也有大量精明的创始人知道如何玩风险投资的选美大赛。过去两年,既没有需求,也没有真正触发创新的因素。

这就是为什么目前加密货币只将宏观干预视为救命稻草,无论是降息还是新总统政府。这表明我们期望从自上而下的资本流入(例如 ETF ),而不是自下而上的创新中获益。问题是这场游戏是否迟早会破裂。

当前,风险投资公司难以筹集到新资金,风险投资行业因投回报减少而受到严格审查。加密货币也是如此,但有一个前提,即现有的加密货币 LP 在 2021 年左右已经获得了回报。这一次不会发生这种情况,因为吹捧账面收益的基金很快就遭遇了残酷打击。

救星是什么?把金融畸形当作唯一出路,并希望更大的傻瓜来拯救我们,这表明我们已经堕落到何种程度。问题是大多数人甚至毫不掩饰这一点。我从来没有见过:站在牛市的边缘,每个人都迫不及待地想要卖出。

加密货币「四年周期」的概念需要被彻底摧毁,只有这样加密货币才能真正跨越鸿沟,成为一种全新的事物。只要「四年周期」的概念存在,默认的激励机制就是 :

  • 优先考虑短期行为(无论是建设者还是投资者) 
  • 延续「更大傻瓜理论」,因为人们总是相信当前的周期最终会崩溃。

随着唾手可得的创意被采纳,加密货币正在变成一场零和游戏。创始人和「社区」庆祝没有任何产品的大规模融资,并以此作为胜利。虽然 X 和 Y 得到了来自各方的资助,但他们掩盖了一个事实,他们没有像上一个周期( DeFi )那样的真正的技术创新。

除了傻瓜式地希望有人接盘,我们还相信什么呢?我们相信 CT 吗?它不过是一个情绪放大器?我们相信 alpha ,还是相信自欺欺人的叙事?

瞧,这就是我们唯一剩下的……叙事。我们强行灌输自己不相信的故事,只希望别人会相信。但是没有叙事,就不可能有牛市和采用!是的,但只有当你不把它们当作叙事时,叙事效果才最好。

真正的叙事不是在推特上制造出来的。它们是由创新锻造出来的,创新激发了人们的热情,然后又变成了自以为是的狂妄自大。这就是狂热,狂热必须有其基础。我们没有这种基础,我们只想传播——利用 Meme ,通过推特将空洞的叙事变成现实。

我自己也犯过这样的错误。通过大声呼喊「文化!」来掩盖产品缺陷算不得是一种好方法。我们一直在培育的唯一文化是利用空洞的叙事和暴力的社区文化,而这些文化的强大程度只取决于价格表现。但也许,我们终究不应该低估愚蠢的可预测性。以前,愚蠢不是总能让我们免于灭亡吗?或者,也许在某个角落,一项重大创新正在酝酿? 

我没有答案。我怀疑,如果市场没有达到新的高度,我们就会进入一个不可预见的领域,这在短期中期内可能会很痛苦,但对加密货币的创新来说却是好事。

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