Legitimate commercial opportunities.
WHAT THE GENUINE DEMAND IS FOR
Wallet and key management tooling Analytics and reporting Tax calculation Payment integration Security auditing Educational material Node and infrastructure services
WHY THOSE SPECIFICALLY
They serve people already participating, rather than recruiting new participants.
WHAT THAT DISTINCTION MATTERS FOR
Whether your revenue depends on others' losses.
WHAT TAX AND REPORTING TOOLS ADDRESS
A real and growing obligation, poorly served locally.
WHAT PAYMENT INTEGRATION ADDRESSES
Businesses wanting to accept assets without handling them.
WHAT EDUCATION ADDRESSES
The substantial harm caused by ignorance, particularly here.
WHAT TO BE CAREFUL WITH
Services that could facilitate fraud Products whose marketing implies returns Anything requiring you to hold customer assets
WHY THAT LAST POINT
It is a regulated activity with serious obligations.
WHAT TO ESTABLISH BEFORE BUILDING
Which regulated activity, if any, you conduct.
WHAT TO BUILD FIRST
Something addressing a problem you have observed directly.
WHAT TO AVOID
Building for the sector's peak rather than its ordinary state.
WHY
Activity is cyclical, and businesses sized for peaks fail in troughs.
WHAT TO SIZE FOR
The quiet periods.
WHAT TO MEASURE
Whether customers would pay in a downturn.