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The Harsh Reality of Onchain Games | Internet Explorers Ep. 75
What if a game you built today could still be played a thousand years from now?
Onchain gaming is one of the hardest bets in crypto — and Kamigotchi is taking a radically different path to survive. Lethe joins to break down why most projects fail, and how building the simplest possible game could create a world that lasts for centuries.
Later, Jaimin from Beans joins to share how they’re turning Internet speculation into a daily game of discovery.
Plus: the future of three-person unicorns, AI-native teams, tokenized subforums, and how Plastic Labs could reshape memory and personalization for AI apps.
This episode unpacks:
- How Plastic Labs is leveling the AI playing field with user memory tech
- Why AI-native startups are scaling massive impact with tiny teams
- How tokenized subforums like Subs could reinvent online communities
- The case for three-person unicorns in the AI era
- Kamigotchi’s vision: a decentralized MMORPG that lasts for centuries
- Technical hurdles in building fully onchain games today
- Why Celestia and Initia were chosen to launch yominet
- Beans’ launch strategy: daily token drops tied to internet sites
- How Beans plans to rival algorithmic content feeds
- Lessons from shipping speculative crypto apps in today’s market
Chapters:
00:19 — Internet Explorers Kicks Off: Topics Preview 02:33 — Plastic Labs $5.35M Raise and AI Personalization 06:04 — Tokenized Forums: Exploring Subs.Fun 10:39 — The Rise of Three-Person Unicorns 17:22 — Lethe Joins: Kamigotchi’s Origins and Vision 21:55 — Why Building Onchain Games Is Brutally Hard 23:52 — Designing Kamigotchi: Simplicity or Death 28:28 — Launching on Initia and Celestia 32:12 — Building a Game Studio for the Long Term 36:35 — Jaimin Joins: Beans and Speculating on Internet Attention 43:05 — Inside the Beans Token Launch Mechanism 47:04 — The Bigger Vision: Beans as a New Social Layer 55:36 — Building in Solana vs EVM 59:08 — Farcaster Miniapp Spotlight Announcement 1:01:15 — Closing Thoughts and Sign-Off
Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer Internet experiences.
Join us live on Twitter/X, Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET.
Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS?si=4cda0ac044dc4c6a
Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers
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By Seed ClubWhat if a game you built today could still be played a thousand years from now?
Onchain gaming is one of the hardest bets in crypto — and Kamigotchi is taking a radically different path to survive. Lethe joins to break down why most projects fail, and how building the simplest possible game could create a world that lasts for centuries.
Later, Jaimin from Beans joins to share how they’re turning Internet speculation into a daily game of discovery.
Plus: the future of three-person unicorns, AI-native teams, tokenized subforums, and how Plastic Labs could reshape memory and personalization for AI apps.
This episode unpacks:
- How Plastic Labs is leveling the AI playing field with user memory tech
- Why AI-native startups are scaling massive impact with tiny teams
- How tokenized subforums like Subs could reinvent online communities
- The case for three-person unicorns in the AI era
- Kamigotchi’s vision: a decentralized MMORPG that lasts for centuries
- Technical hurdles in building fully onchain games today
- Why Celestia and Initia were chosen to launch yominet
- Beans’ launch strategy: daily token drops tied to internet sites
- How Beans plans to rival algorithmic content feeds
- Lessons from shipping speculative crypto apps in today’s market
Chapters:
00:19 — Internet Explorers Kicks Off: Topics Preview 02:33 — Plastic Labs $5.35M Raise and AI Personalization 06:04 — Tokenized Forums: Exploring Subs.Fun 10:39 — The Rise of Three-Person Unicorns 17:22 — Lethe Joins: Kamigotchi’s Origins and Vision 21:55 — Why Building Onchain Games Is Brutally Hard 23:52 — Designing Kamigotchi: Simplicity or Death 28:28 — Launching on Initia and Celestia 32:12 — Building a Game Studio for the Long Term 36:35 — Jaimin Joins: Beans and Speculating on Internet Attention 43:05 — Inside the Beans Token Launch Mechanism 47:04 — The Bigger Vision: Beans as a New Social Layer 55:36 — Building in Solana vs EVM 59:08 — Farcaster Miniapp Spotlight Announcement 1:01:15 — Closing Thoughts and Sign-Off
Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer Internet experiences.
Join us live on Twitter/X, Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET.
Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS?si=4cda0ac044dc4c6a
Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers