As an early active user, developer, and investor in DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and NFTs, I found an incredible amount of potential within these exponentially growing fields. Without question, Web3 is changing what is possible on the internet.Focus right now:-- Infrastructure (Airweave, Helium, Akash, etc)-- L2 (layer 2) applications-- Zero-knowledge proofs/Validium rollups (SNARKS, STARKS)-- Fraud proofs (Optimistic rollups)-- NFT development on L2-- Polygon L2 ecosystem (Miden, Hermez, Zero)-- Gaming on Solana-- L1 (layer 1) bridging/interoperability via Cosmos/TendermintMy philosophy: -- Ethereum is a global settlement layer-- Other L1s including Solana will compete for L1 (layer 1) space-- Many current L1 competitors will move to L2/execution layer.-- Cosmos is the interoperability layer for particular set of highly configurable niche L1's-- L2 rollups (Zk & Optimisitc) is the primary user application layer-- Polygon will be an internet of blockchains on top of EthereumSome of my favorite L1s, L2s and side chains:-- Ethereum-- Solana-- Terra-- Avalanche -- Polygon-- Near-- Optimism-- Arbitrum-- StarkNet-- Zk-syncSome of my favorite DeFi dapps:-- Uniswap -- Aave-- Maker-- Compound -- Curve-- Synthetix-- Yearn Finance-- Harvest Finance-- Instadapp-- Ren-- dYdXDeFi and other crypto activities I participate in:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yield-farming-- Liquidity mining-- NFT’s-- Social DAOs-- Orderflow Trading-- Narrative/Swing trading -- On-chain analysis