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It’s time for a ‘flight to quality’ - Thrive founder Daniel Jacobs
The Crypto Beat
32 minutes
5 months ago
It’s time for a ‘flight to quality’ - Thrive founder Daniel Jacobs
The Block's Head of Growth, Tim Copeland, was joined by Thrive Founder Daniel Jacobs.
In this episode, Jacobs shares how Thrive uses a mix of expert and AI agent reviewers to validate contributions, making grant funding faster, fairer, and ensure they are supporting the creation of value. Jacobs also critiques the value-extraction mindset in crypto and advocates for a shift toward long-term value creation and ecosystem sustainability.
OUTLINE
00:00 – Introduction
01:03 – The Origin of Thrive
04:23 – Reviewer Incentives
05:35 – AI Agent Adoption
08:52 – Confirming AI Accuracy
12:36 – Comparisons to Kaito
13:58 – Growth Metrics
16:26 – Challenges in Crypto Grant Funding
20:50 – Extracting vs. Creating Value
25:07 – Are VCs good for the space?
28:37 – Moving into “Fundamental Season”
30:07 – Interesting projects
31:17 – Daniel’s Predictions for 2025
31:42 – Closing Thoughts
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Guest links:
Daniel Jacobs - https://x.com/thrivegiraffe
Thrive Protocol - https://x.com/thriveprotocol
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The Crypto Beat
The Crypto Beat is a live streaming podcast focused on topical crypto news events. The podcast will feature multiple guests who are deep in the crypto industry sharing their views on the topic of the day. It will be available across X, Twitch and YouTube and made available afterwards on popular audio platforms.
