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Author: NingNing
Does DeSci need MeMe coins?Do MeMe coins need DeSci?Can DeSci really become a destructive innovation like DeFi?
During this period of time, lurking in the unconscious abyss of PVP on the chain, I observed it for a long time and interpreted and unfolded DeSci narrative in the phenomenal world:
From http://Pump.fun imitation Pump Science launches the immortal drug $RIF $URO meme coins for on-chain PK, to @0xAA_Science detonates Scihub related memecoin attention war, to Bio Protocol, Vita DAO, ResearchHub and other OG DeSci projectsOld trees and new flowers, and finally today when the market thinks that the DeSci narrative is about to become a past, Andrew Kang came to the high school and invented a narrative: 2024 DeSci = 2019 DeFi.
Fantastic’s new narratives such as “open source of scientific papers” and “reshaping scientific research paradigms” have made some people who span the scientific research community and the encryption circle extremely excited with the naked eye.In the eyes of us, old Chinese who have been immersed in left-wing ideology for many years without knowing it, MeMe coins with positive externalities are full of justice.
But the question is, does MeMe really need to have positive externalities like DeSci?I agree with Toly and cryptocurrency. MeMe coins do not need positive externalities. Its first nature is the 2020s lottery, which is to sell the ultimate volatility to young people who fantasize about getting rich overnight.The young players born in the Z era have an opportunity to participate in wealth distribution.
Giving a lottery with high value and significance is the practice of Chinese Sports Lottery and Welfare Lottery.Doing this will eventually attract many unknown stupid people to pay IQ tax, making the director (the dealer)’s pockets plump, and there is no real externality.
But another fact is that meme currency trading is a typical attention to tokenized market, so it obeys the laws of communication.A good narrative (whether it is a positive externality narrative or a Cult culture) is a good social media spreading meme virus.From this perspective, DeSci is not bad, it is a common goal for the market of honors.
So, does DeSci need meme coins?To be precise, does DeSci need the sudden wealth effect and market attention brought by meme coins?The answer is yes.
As an unpopular track, although there are endorsements and investments from institutions such as Coinbase, Binance, Pfizer, as well as Brain Armstrong, CZ, and Vitalik, the DeSci project has always been regarded by the market as the positioning of social currency (pretending to be a demand) in the bigwig circle, andNot favored and allocated by mainstream funds in the market (who still remembers Celo’s ReFi narrative in the previous cycle?).
Finally, can DeSci really become a destructive innovation like DeFi?There is a little hope.Let me quote Pope’s philosophy of science here. Science is not only about truth, but also about power, but also a religious power of a scientific community, which pays special attention to Taoism and academic meridians.
Whether it is scientific research DAO, Pump Science, or the pirate-style plundering mentioned in Toly’s tweet, it is trying to challenge and innovate the scientific community through new organizational methods, new fundraising and donation paradigms, and new collaboration methods.Existing power structure.
Although it is a little spark, it can give people warmth and hope on a cold winter night.
But to be honest, DeSci does not have the financial attributes as high as DeFi, and lacks the two powerful tools of composability (Lego stack) and cyclic leverage. It is difficult for DeSci to create a new level of 100 billion out of thin air like DeFi, which was like DeFi back then.assets.
