2026-01-04 01:24:58

I co-developed a product (DeDash) with Yogesh, specifically to solve this problem — and the result was that despite the huge market demand, promotion was extremely difficult.

The reality is: many users' holdings are in a loss. In this situation, the last thing they want to do is spend real money to pay for a CTO feature of a DEX. This tool changes all that — allowing users to perform necessary operations without additional costs. What seems like a simple requirement actually reflects a common friction cost issue across the entire DeFi ecosystem.

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GasBankrupter

· 01-07 01:21

This pain point hits the mark. Who would still be willing to spend money when they've incurred losses? They're all drained by fees.

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DAOdreamer

· 01-06 16:53

Honestly, this is what Web3 should really be about. Many products just haven't grasped the true pain points of users. Losing money on tokens and still asking for more? Who the hell would want to do that? I respect the idea behind DeDash. The issue of friction costs is well said; the ecosystem has been made overly complicated like this. High demand makes promotion difficult—this is a common problem across the entire on-chain ecosystem, right? Completing operations for free? DeFi is just starting to have some real character now. I want to ask how it can be sustainable in the future—how can it survive without charging fees? This kind of product should have appeared long ago; why didn't anyone think of it before? Forget it, I still want to see the actual results before saying anything. A good concept is one thing, whether it works or not is another.

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AltcoinHunter

· 01-05 22:49

Damn, isn't this the current pain point of DeFi? Who would be willing to spend more money when they are losing? --- The trick of free tools is brilliant, directly reducing users' psychological burden. This is the true understanding of the market. --- Speaking of which, isn't the reason why promotion is difficult because people in the crypto circle are all poor? No matter how good the product is, if they don't have money, it's useless. --- The idea behind DeDash is interesting; saving on transaction fees really hits the pain point of small investors. --- Wait, are you saying that creating a free tool can solve friction costs? Feels like you're underestimating the annoyance level of crypto users. --- Really, the era where people don't want to spend a penny has arrived. No matter how elegant the product is, it must be free first. --- Got it, this is the current state of DeFi—users are poor, projects are hard to promote, and contradictions are deadlocked. --- So, in this day and age, product creators really need to take users' wallets seriously.

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RooftopReserver

· 01-04 08:37

Haha, this is the magic of Web3. No matter how big the demand, it can't be sold. Forcing heroes to die for a penny. --- Really, all the coins are losing so much that who still has the mood to spend money? Free is the way to go. --- The issue of friction costs in the DeFi ecosystem is well said, but... promoting it is difficult. Looks like we need to think of other ways. --- Got it. It's about solving the pain point of "no one willing to spend money" in DeFi. --- Free features sound good, but how to commercialize them later? Do you have a plan? --- It's also tough to compete with so many loss-making users, but this shows the demand is real. --- This is the typical Web3 dilemma: good products are hard to promote, and it's the era of traffic dominance. --- So the key is not the product itself but how to make users willing to use it. This approach is correct.

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FlyingLeek

· 01-04 01:54

Hmm... This is the real pain point in DeFi. When experiencing losses, who would want to spend money? It directly breaks the defense.

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GlueGuy

· 01-04 01:53

No matter how big the demand is, someone has to pay for it. This is the real bottleneck.

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SatoshiHeir

· 01-04 01:52

It should be pointed out that you have touched upon the deepest contradiction in DeFi—the fundamental poverty of users. On-chain data shows that 80% of retail investors are simply unable to pay for tools during a bear market, which is not due to a lack of market education, but rather a paradox within the economic model itself. I am optimistic about the direction of DeDash, but the core difficulty in promotion is that free tools cannot establish a cognitive premium; ultimately, it still depends on community effort to break the deadlock.

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faded_wojak.eth

· 01-04 01:51

This is the paradox of DeFi—such high demand, yet no one is willing to pay... All the coins are losing value, who still has the energy to spend money?

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ShibaMillionairen't

· 01-04 01:28

Really, there's no denying it... Who wants to spend money when they're at a loss? --- The vampire tax in the DeFi ecosystem is indeed outrageous, gotta admit that. --- Free tools are the key during a bear market, got it. --- I understand that promotion is difficult, but the product's logic itself is correct. --- The pain point of friction costs is well known in the industry, but no one has changed it. --- Yogesh is reliable, finally someone is taking action. --- When users are broke, they actually need this kind of thing more, a paradox... --- DeFi is now just a pile of stacked fees that cut into users' profits.

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