2026-01-20 23:00:12

You know what made Amazon unstoppable? A deceptively simple rule: run the experiment, sort out the arguments later. Back in 2002, Bezos spelled it out at MIT—and the logic is bulletproof. Innovation doesn't happen in conference rooms. It happens when trying something new doesn't drain your entire budget.

Think about it. If every experiment feels like a financial gamble, your team plays defense. They get cautious. They kill ideas before they even breathe. But when experiments are cheap to run? That changes everything. You iterate faster, learn quicker, kill the duds without bleeding cash, and scale the winners.

For crypto projects and Web3 builders, this hits different. The space moves at light speed. Projects that can spin up cheap testnets, launch minimal viable protocols, gather real user feedback—those are the ones who win. The ones stuck debating feature roadmaps in Discord? They're already behind.

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OffchainWinner

· 7h ago

This is the true principle: cheap trial and error is the way to go. --- Arguing in Discord for a long time, but we've already been left far behind by others. --- There's nothing wrong with that; lower costs mean taking bigger risks. --- Web3 projects must iterate quickly; dragging things out will only lead to elimination. --- It sounds simple, but few actually do it... --- Cheap testnets have indeed changed the game; they are the breeding ground for innovation. --- The less money spent, the higher the success rate—ironic, isn't it?

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SchrodingerWallet

· 7h ago

Honestly, the low-cost trial-and-error approach really outperforms those project teams in Web3 who only know how to hold meetings. Teams that don't dare to iterate quickly deserve to fall behind. In Discord, after arguing about the roadmap for a long time, others have already launched testnets.

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Frontrunner

· 8h ago

To be honest, this logic works perfectly on-chain, but the key is that most teams simply can't do it. I've seen too many projects arguing in Discord; they should have died long ago. Cheap trial and error > expensive trial and error, this is a hard truth.

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ApeWithNoChain

· 8h ago

Honestly, arguing about the roadmap project in Discord for so long, I already lost. Cheap trial and error is the way to go. --- That's why some teams are always brainstorming, while others are taking action. --- The logic of Amazon is crucial for Web3; many projects fail because they think too much and do too little. --- Cheap testnets > flashy presentations. Why is this so hard to understand? --- The speed of running experiments determines everything. Web3 is all about this. --- It's better to get started than to argue; the faster the iteration, the easier it is to find the real thing. --- Projects still discussing in meeting rooms have already been left far behind. --- Low trial-and-error costs allow for bold innovation. Most Web3 projects have misunderstood this. --- Speed to market is the key to victory; simple and brutal but truly effective. --- Cheap experiments > perfect plans. This has been the eternal truth.

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