a16z:当前加密领域最有效的3种PMF模式

marsbitОпубліковано о 2026-04-30Востаннє оновлено о 2026-04-30

作者:Jason Rosenthal,a16z

编译:Yuliya,PANews

编者按:产品市场契合度(PMF)决定了加密初创公司的生死存亡。在当前的市场环境下,盲目的资本扩张和脱离战略的空投已无法掩盖PMF的缺失。本文总结了目前在加密领域最有效的3种PMF模式,下面为文章原文:

产品市场契合度(PMF)是决定一家公司生死存亡的最重要因素之一。找准了,你就有成功的机会;找错了,任何东西都救不了你。

在当前的市场环境中,更多的资本投入并不能保证成功,反而可能让企业在错误的道路上走得更远。许多企业依赖增长黑客和不断的空投活动,这些策略与真实的市场战略脱节,是一种对未找到PMF的逃避行为。实际上,某些使加密货币如此强大的元素,如代币和网络效应,也可能会在公司寻找产品市场契合度的道路上误导他们。

好消息是,随着稳定币等杀手级应用的出现,以及传统金融(TradFi)和其他消费者的更广泛采用,加密行业的强大团队正在更快地找到产品市场契合度(PMF)。这一趋势为处于PMF前期或正在进行转型的团队提供了重要参考。当前,有三个有效的模式正在发挥作用,值得关注。

模式一:与高端客户合作,打造他们需要的产品

在你的赛道里,找出那些最懂行、实力最强的潜在客户,跟他们一起打磨产品。他们想要什么,你的产品就做成什么样。

这种做法虽然比闭门造车、直接面向大众发布产品要慢,但只要你的首个客户每天手里过账几万亿美元,他们愿意用你的产品,这比上多少次头条、刷多少数据(TVL)或者吸引多少散户眼球都要值钱得多。产品市场契合度的确切定义就是你的产品能引起广泛客户的共鸣,而这些旗舰客户正是衡量产品认可度的最佳指标。

现在很多加密初创公司和传统金融巨头频频联手发布新产品,这说明什么?说明现在的产品走向,其实是这些大机构在拍板。区块链正在悄悄接管全球的金融基础设施。

模式二:寻找指数级增长曲线并抢占先机

有时PMF来自于更好地服务现有市场。而有时它来自于在市场完全理解之前看清市场的发展方向,并尽早定位以占据重要地位。

当前AI代理正迅速转变为经济参与者,成为自主的参与者,能够调用API、部署资本并以机器速度执行交易。人类干预的假设正在比预期更快地崩溃,这意味着AI在金融和商业领域的角色正在不断增强,逐渐取代传统的人类决策模式。

以代理商务(agentic commerce)为例,Merit Systems的CEO Sam Ragsdale和创始人Ryan Sproule很早就看到了这一点,并正在基于x402构建AgentCash。AgentCash允许 AI 代理使用加密货币支付 API 访问费用,这为一个无需人工管理账单的程序化交易世界提供了基础设施。

支付是代理成为行动者而非助手的关键。谁能构建这些基础设施,谁就将拥有未来代理经济的基础性组成部分。

模式三:先做自己最忠实的首个客户

那些真正能活得长久的基础设施公司,从来不会傻等外部开发者来验证自己的技术行不行。他们会先在自己的平台上开发应用,用实际行动向大家证明自己的基础设施值得被使用。

亚马逊率先采用了这种模式,并将其运用到亚马逊云服务(AWS)中,他们并没有一开始就向初创公司推销AWS,而是为自己的电子商务业务构建了所需的基础设施,经过大规模验证后,再逐步将其对外开放,供其他企业使用。

目前,ZKsync创始人兼Matter Labs首席执行官Alex正在采用类似的策略。他没有将Prividium作为一个抽象的企业产品来销售,而是将其锚定在一个具体的应用程序上:代币化存款。最终推出的Cari Network使得包括Huntington Bancshares、First Horizon、M&T Bank、KeyCorp和Old National Bancorp在内的美国地区银行能够通过区块链技术即时在机构之间转移客户存款,而这些资金从未离开受监管的银行体系。ZKsync不仅构建了区块链的基础设施,还亲自跑出了一个杀手级应用。

三种模式,一个基本事实:通往PMF的最快路径不是在黑暗中摸索迭代。而是选择正确的游戏,并在其他人加入之前带着坚定的信念去玩。

与那些其验证能带来复利效应的客户共同构建。在达成共识之前抢占曲线先机。成为你自己第一个最好的客户。

选择适合你产品的那一个,然后行动起来。

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