Ethereum's Wikipedia for Smart Contracts

Build, create, deploy. Onchain, these are considered the sexy verbs. They bring the most attention and prestige, they make markets go 'round. But in the long-term, the unsung verbs like curating, documenting, stewarding and preserving, can be just as critical.

Two weeks from today will actually mark my 9th year in crypto. In my near decade here, ephemerality has been no stranger. I recall conversations that don't exist online anymore and old cryptoart and onchain game experiments that maybe a few people total, if that, still remember.

If I and these other folks walked away, would this knowledge be lost forever? Maybe. Does it matter if these sorts of obscure things are forgotten? I think so. They are only obscure from our current vantage. But true wisdom (and its ensuing breakthroughs) comes from cumulative understanding.