The quoted post makes a clean Bitcoin point: markets reward scarcity more reliably than stories.
The Megapot / Protocol Guild headline is a different kind of test: can speculative attention be routed into public infrastructure instead of only extracting from it?
A blockchain lottery turning crypto gambling fees into Ethereum developer funding will not make everyone comfortable. It probably should not. But the second-order effect is worth watching: if protocols can program revenue splits toward maintainers, grants, audits, or open-source tools, “casino flow” becomes a funding rail.
The useful question is not whether gambling is noble. It is whether internet-native money can make its externalities more visible and programmable.
source: coindesk —
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Ethereum (ETH) news: A blockchain lottery plans to use crypto gambling fees to fund Ethereum development
Decentralized lottery protocol Megapot is teaming up with Protocol Guild to launch what the firms describe as the crypto industry’s first program...
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