how did @megaeth go from having one of the most successful ICOs in years, with over $1.39b in commitments and arguably more hype than @monad, to struggling for ecosystem traction and having their BD block me(lmao)? the responses to yesterday’s post got me thinking. is it funding? community? or market conditions? i don’t think it's any of those , at least not primarily from my perspective, the biggest issues were: > poor communication > limited builder support > favoritism toward @megamafia-incubated projects > over-engineering instead of using proven solutions disclaimer: this is mainly from a builder’s POV. i spent close to a year building on MegaETH and worked with many teams in the ecosystem. I) builder support for the longest time, @bread_ felt like the only person consistently helping teams while much of the broader team was difficult to reach. the result was predictable: bottlenecks, slower execution, and frustrated builders. II) MegaMafia the issue wasn't supporting incubated projects but rather the gap it created between incubated and non-incubated teams incubated projects were held to extremely high expectations, many struggled to meet them, and that reflected poorly on the ecosystem meanwhile, non-incubated teams often felt like second-class citizens when it came to attention and support both from the foundation and potential investors III) over-engineering the Terminal is probably the best example instead of using proven infrastructure, MegaETH often chose to build custom solutions why not run @merkl_xyz campaigns like you did with Aave? users always cared about outcomes more than novelty imo if mega wants to succeed it’ll have to go all in on communication, ecosystem strategy, builder retention, resource allocation and execution will they be able to pull it off? gMega