#37 – Colin Armstrong: Paragraph, writing onchain

Into the Bytecode

This is my conversation with Colin Armstrong, the founder of Paragraph.

Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 intro
- 00:00:49 Substack network effects
- 00:03:53 new business models
- 00:15:32 the content layer and the economic layer
- 00:21:18 sponsor: Privy
- 00:22:34 mechanisms to think about as a writer
- 00:29:32 markets and social networks as forces of chaos
- 00:33:42 building for the crypto-native vs the general audience
- 00:40:43 emails vs wallets
- 00:48:23 ARPU is higher in crypto
- 00:51:52 algorithm for finding product-market fit
- 00:57:10 sponsor: Optimism
- 00:58:15 focus + urgency
- 01:02:51 learnings from Google
- 01:07:58 creating is fulfilling
- 01:11:35 outro

Links:
Colin Armstrong on X: https://x.com/colinarms
Colin Armstrong on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/colin
Paragraph: https://paragraph.xyz/

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