Bold Crypto Thesis

Track Overview

Write an essay presenting your bold crypto thesis or theses, focusing on the Solana Ecosystem. Ensure that your bold thesis is supported by proper rationale, taking examples from TradFi/web2 or other ecosystems like Ethereum. The more outlandish or contrarian, the better.

Some topics for inspiration include:

1. Why AI will eventually converge into Crypto.

2. Why Solana will become modular and need an appchain thesis.

3. Why the points system will eventually fail for token launches.

4. Multi-dimensional fee markets on Solana.

5. Why token extensions will on-board $100 billion institutional money into Solana?

6. Why Solana needs a yield markets overhaul and how it can be done.

For more inspiration, check out topics from popular publications like Messari, Delphi Digital, and Decentralised. Bonus points for being more technical and data-backed.

Submissions Requirements:

1. The article should be published publicly on Substack, Medium, or any similar publishing site.

2. It should also be posted on Twitter, either as a long-form post or a thread.

3. While succinct essays are encouraged, submissions must be a minimum of 1000 words to be eligible. Ideally, an essay should be around 2500 words. There’s no upper cap.

4. Submissions should be in English, but translating them into regional languages will earn bonus points.

5. Note that the inspiration topics are merely suggestions; there are bonus points for writing essays on topics beyond these, as long as they stay within the theme of the track.

Prizes:

• 1st Prize: $1000 USDC

• 2nd Prize: $500 USDC

• Bonus Prize: $500 USDC for the most popular Twitter thread across all three Superteam tracks (check the other two here and here)

  
  

Other Prizes:

1. Contributor Status in Superteam

2. Best essays get Co-authorship on Superteam Substack and additional funding opportunities from Superteam Writing Grants.

Evaluation Criteria:

1. Topic and Research: The quality and relevance of the chosen topic to the theme, originality of thoughts and content, and the depth of research.

2. Writing Style: Your essay should ideally be very easy to read, well-structured with clear topics, well-referenced, concise, yet packed with insights.

3. Data and Infographics: Diagrams explaining your concepts/analysis and data/charts backing your rationale.

4. Virality: Efforts put into marketing your essay, the feedback received from the community, and the overall reach of your Twitter thread or post. Are you 'writing in public,' i.e., are you discussing your topic on Twitter or rallying the community around the topic you are writing about?

Judges:

1. Kel [Research, Messari]

2. Arjun [Head of Research, Li.Fi]

3. Thomas [Head of Growth, Squads]

4. Harsh [Co-Founder, Tinydancer]

Final notes:

1. Check out Superteam Substack for previous essays and the quality expected.

2. If you have any doubts or need help with brainstorming any of your ideas, feel free to DM Yash Agarwal (@yashhsm on Twitter/Telegram).

3. We have also created a Telegram Group to help you engage with your peers and ‘Write-in-public’ — bonus points for community engagement and how well you create hype about your essay.