At the Founding of m&WDAO: We Need Satoshi Nakamoto
This piece traces the origins of the proposition "AI+Web3 = a civilization that knows where to stop", the urgency brought by this turning of the era, and the sense of mission behind m&WDAO launching this project.
This article was published in ThePrimedia’s media columns, including ForesightNews, MarsBit, and other outlets.
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As m&WDAO’s Founder, Jerry calls for the blockchain industry to find a “Satoshi-like figure” who can establish order for AI, arguing that talk of AI as a threat is no longer a false alarm: AI is iterating far faster than Web3 is developing, and the window of time is closing
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The article looks back at the optimism of 2023 about AI-threat talk, when blockchain was expected to establish order for AI through infrastructure such as DePIN; two years on, Web3 applications have fallen short of expectations while the risk of AI spiraling out of control has intensified
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It proposes the solution of “AI + blockchain = AI+Web3 = a civilization that knows where to stop”, advocating the use of blockchain’s decentralization, smart contracts, and other properties to build order for a digital civilization, while worrying that the profit-chasing nature of commerce may hold technology back from being a force for good
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m&WDAO plans to pool crypto resources through an “on-chain + off-chain” approach to incubate “AI + blockchain” practice, but the author admits that if the AI singularity arrives early, building order will still depend on top-down design anchored in blockchain
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The article closes with its central question: Will Satoshi reappear — or under what conditions might he? — hinting that the industry today still lacks a top-down, systematic solution
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