The Love Moat
Love is the bridge, but also the moat - the sacred boundary that protects and nurtures what we hold dear. Allow our Founder, FP Lee, to share a bit about the philosophy that fortifies our community, uniting us in purpose and care.
"I believe in doing things the right way. Not just in product execution, but ethically and morally. I have a very strong sense of justice and rightness: that good people should win, that it's better to do things right, than to win at all costs. I'm quite idealistic in this way. This is both a strength and a weakness."
"I want Sanctum to 'make crypto earnest again', or at least if we can't do that, gather the earnest under our umbrella and make them rich and happy and fulfilled. With the TGE we were trying to show the whole world that a better, more ethical TGE is possible. "
"When they know Sanctum, let’s make sure they also learn the story of Sanctum — the story that isn’t just 'this team made a lot of money for investors', but rather the story of Sanctum conducting a free and fair launch, uplifting the earnest, changing peoples’ lives, no listing fees to CEXes, overcommunicating. Let’s make sure people learn that you can treat everyone fairly, without fucking over anybody, and still win."
"The only moat that we can build — the only moat that is worth building — is love. When people love you and believe in our mission, they will fight for us, they will forgive us, they will root for us."
"In our dealings with our customers, partners and community, we must make sure that we treat them with the utmost respect. Love them, celebrate them, be grateful for them." "If I were to sum it up, it’s to be earnest in everything we do. Be earnest in shipping world-class products, be earnest in how we treat everyone we meet."
"Unlike capital and time, earnestness is subjective, and hard to measure. But what are we here for, if not to solve hard problems?" "We're building a brave new world. that's REALLY scary, and so every single real user that we onboard is precious." "We need to find these bad actors and zero them out. The better we can do that, the more we can reward the users that actually want to build this new world together. Then we can make them very rich and happy, and fulfill our end of the bargain."
Earnestness and the Gift Economy
"What exactly is Sanctum? It’s not just another “liquid-stake protocol” on Solana, and their actions show why it’s more than that. Their scope is expanding, and their partnerships with other protocols and projects demonstrate their ambition to build something much greater, and to make crypto a better place for everyone."
"Sanctum offers something unexpected: a Philosophy. A set of principles and values that shape its identity. It becomes clear that Sanctum is indeed like a clan, a family, a school, a sanctuary."