Crypto Networks should NOT have charismatic leaders! Bitcoin has Satoshi, Ethereum has Vitalik, Solana has Anatoly, Polkadot has Gavin Yet, @gavofyork firmly believes that Crypto Networks should NOT have charismatic leaders! Why? If people follow a protocol because of a leader instead of the protocol itself, we are back in the “football team territory” - echochambers where everyone is fighting for their own team, network, and token Charismatic leaders create, in essence, competing echo chambers! This is the biggest thing that will prevent crypto from peacefully consolidating into something sensible If members of a crypto network look at a leader to make decisions, how have we progressed beyond what we had before Bitcoin: arbitrary leadership and blind sheep following them? This explains Polkadot and the DOT ecosystem’s vision and push towards building one of the biggest DAOs in the world: OpenGov Our conversation with Gavin Wood, the Founder of @polkadot is out this Thursday 5th June!