Comparison of Alliance.xyz (web3 acclerator) vs YC by founder who's done both

The author, a founder whose company Slise.xyz (a web3 ad network) went through Alliance's ALL9 batch, concludes that Alliance is a strong choice for web3 companies and, for them, more useful than YC, mainly because of hands-on mentors and access to the team's network. The article credits the Alliance team's personal network for helping founders reach top crypto figures, but says cross-cohort connections between portfolio companies are weak, and that the Telegram group and forum are largely inactive. It also reports about 50 inbound investor messages from demo day, a TechCrunch article, and terms with no equity taken in the program's favor, though average investment of around 250k is described as insufficient to lead a seed round.