Everyone talks about Web3 giving users true ownership, but reality hits different in 2025.



Farcaster? Couldn't crack product-market fit, now they're betting on wallets instead. EigenLayer? Remember when they were supposed to be the next big infrastructure play? Fast forward to today—layoffs happened, and suddenly EigenCloud is their new direction.

Turns out building the "new internet" is harder than the pitch decks made it seem.
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APY_Chaser
· 2025-12-12 19:00
Really, the decentralization of ownership we were promised—now everyone's pivoting, it's hilarious.
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GasFeeWhisperer
· 2025-12-11 00:47
It's the same old rhetoric again. What happened to the promised revolution? Instead, everyone is just changing the track and business models. Isn't that just a way to avoid fundraising?
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WhaleShadow
· 2025-12-09 20:51
Another "next-generation internet" project has changed course, LOL. What happened to the previous whitepaper?
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BridgeNomad
· 2025-12-09 20:49
yeah, seen this plot before—liquidity fragmentation always wins in the end. watched farcaster's tvl migration patterns closely, their pivot reeks of failed optimal routing assumptions. eigenlayer had trust assumptions that didn't age well ngl
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liquiditea_sipper
· 2025-12-09 20:44
Haha, really, every time they say they're going to change the world, but then they just pivot to a new track. That's Web3 for you.

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Tweak the pitch deck, keep fundraising, who cares how the product is?

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Farcaster ran out of money? Switched to the wallet business now. The infrastructure dream is gone.

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Always hyping up the new internet, now everyone's scrambling with layoffs. Isn't it ironic?

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Eigencloud, eigenwhatever, my tokens still haven't gone up 😅

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Is this what they call "real ownership"? Well, I do truly own the experience of getting rekt.

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It's all about raising money round after round. They really think they're changing the world?

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Web3 infrastructure never figured out what it wanted to do. Only realizing it now, huh.

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Lay off a bunch of people, change direction, keep telling the story, keep growing the crop of noobs.
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GateUser-9f682d4c
· 2025-12-09 20:37
To be honest, I've heard the "next generation internet" story so many times that I'm kind of immune to it now. With Farcaster and EigenLayer's recent moves, it just feels like they're putting on a new disguise to keep telling the same story.
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