Remember how Airbnb actually got big? They didn't rush the marketplace.

First came the boring stuff nobody talks about - identity checks, review systems that actually meant something, quality photos, ways to settle arguments when things went south, and payment rails that worked. Trust had to exist before growth could happen.

Once users felt safe, the flywheel spun like crazy.

Most crypto projects? They flip this script entirely. Launch the token, hype the tech, promise the moon. The trust layer? That's a problem for later. Or never.

Maybe that's why so many Web3 marketplaces struggle to escape the early adopter bubble while platforms built on solid foundations end up changing industries.

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OnChainDetective

· 10h ago

nah this tracks. ran some wallet clustering analysis on 47 failed web3 marketplaces—transaction patterns screaming rugpull signature before the infrastructure even existed. airbnb's payment rails weren't sexy but they were *traceable*, verifiable, human-scale trust. crypto projects skip that entirely and wonder why adoption plateaus. historical data doesn't lie.

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Rugman_Walking

· 10h ago

To be honest, the people in the crypto world are the kind who do things backwards; they trade cryptocurrency first and then think about how to use it.

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