Real talk on political capital:

"Politics isn't about spending money on a campaign, it's about spending money before the campaign so you've already won." - @ejzim

This hits different in crypto. The projects that win aren't the ones with the biggest marketing budgets at launch.

They're the ones that spent years building:

→ Developer ecosystems

→ Community trust

→ Regulatory relationships

→ Strategic partnerships

By the time retail hears about it, the outcome is already decided.

Same playbook for airdrops, governance votes, and protocol wars. Early positioning > late campaigning.

The game is won in the trenches, not in the spotlight.