Current Approaches

The current market is polarized between simple crypto projects and 'online-first' networking/social network applications. Both approaches have not yet helped users simultaneously create economic value tied to real contributions while building meaningful real-world connections, so they have not yet given users a genuine sense and capacity for freedom.

• Misalignment in incentive mechanisms: Although the crypto market is developing very rapidly, only a few projects create real value for users; most are still designed to maximize project-side benefits by attracting participants' time, data, or capital. Because such mechanisms place users in an exploited rather than empowered position, very few projects truly give them a genuine sense and capacity for freedom.

• Conflict of interest with users: Many social network platforms and connection apps optimize for on-app time, data, and advertising; accumulated value primarily resides with the platform, and users have no share in the "connection economy" they themselves create.

• Online-first, minimal real-world conversion: Product flows are designed around on-screen interactions (chat, like, swipe, join group), but lack sufficiently strong incentive mechanisms and trust layers to bring users to verified meetings, so most connections stop at the surface.