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Part 1 - Crypto launchpads have become mostly net-extractive casinos. I’m tired of seeing users getting rekt and good teams getting harmed, when it doesn’t have to be this way. So I’m working with the $aol CTO team to launch something a bit different: an ecosystem, including a launchpad, that’s not just a home for memes - but a fair launch platform for builders and users. Over a few tweets (one now, another in an hour or so, etc) I’m gonna introduce myself, what the USA(.)fun platform is gonna be, and try to answer some common questions I’ve gotten from partners and investors. Brief intro to me: my name is Ogle (obviously) - over the prior decades, I’ve built (and sometimes exited) several large tech businesses in the Web 2 space. I’ve been in crypto since late 2012, entering because of cypherpunk alignment and a general interest in new technology, cryptography, and social experiments. I’ve spoken at virtually all major crypto conferences, have been on most of the major podcasts, in most major newspapers, and was listed as a “most influential person in crypto” in Coindesk for helping to recover over $500m of hacked funds from people and protocols who have been harmed by “bad guys” in crypto over the years. I am an advisor to World Liberty Finance on the security side of things, and a major ongoing supporter of net-positive projects in crypto, including Bonk. I am also co-founder of Glue, which is a blockchain focused on helping new people get on-chain safely and easily. We’ve been valued as high as $1.41b because many people see the vision there, but my expectation is that as it continues to grow, even more will realize the true value of helping get more Americans Online, Literally. $AOL For hyper-clarity, nothing I’m working on or discussing is endorsed or affiliated in any way with any other company that is mentioned unless or until something otherwise is said by another company. As you can see, I’m someone who likes to build big projects with big values that are able to touch a lot of people. I’m hoping this project can be part of that process, so in the next tweets, I’ll be describing in more detail what exactly is being built and why it matters. I’ll post part 2 asap, hopefully in less than an hour -