A quick look at the future of on-chain in the post-capitalism

The author argues that on-chain ecosystems, despite their decentralized aims, remain shaped by capital and market forces, so people should build their own collectives instead of waiting for protocols to change this. The essay cites Satoshi and Bitcoin, Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum, and Jesse Pollak and Base as examples of a recurring pattern where leading figures and capital structure the chains. It claims that Vitalik's attention to L2 subcultures shows the market using shared ideology to divide workers into atomized groups, and it calls for small collectives that help each other withstand cyclical shocks.