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Be a parasite
When you watch a large shark in a nature documentary, you may observe an interesting phenomenon: it is often surrounded by small fish.
These fish, although considered parasites, play a useful role.
They clean the shark by eating the waste, algae and crustaceans on its skin.
In return, they benefit from an easy source of food.
It's a win-win situation.

So you need to become a "useful parasite".
A Layer 1 needs its Layers 2.
Layers 2 need projects, applications, decentralized or centralized exchange platforms etc...
And yourself.
You don't need to be a blockchain developer or engineer.
You can launch your own Token or NFT collection with no-code applications such as Side.xyz
This also applies to larger companies.
Take Apple and its iPhone, for example.

Apple did not create every component of the iPhone.
For the battery, they source from Samsung, use OLED screens from Samsung or LG, and for the camera, they choose Sony.
This strategy also works with communities.
By finding groups of entrepreneurs or value creators, you can become a net-contributing parasite.
This means that you take advantage of the resources and energy of these communities, but in such a way that your contribution is greater than what you get out of them.
Otherwise, you risk being rejected.
By navigating in this way, it's possible to capture a large enough share of the market to survive, and in rare cases, like Apple, the parasite can even become larger than its host.
JACQUES - SPACE EXPLORER
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