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Blockchain

A database with a cost structure looking for a problem.

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PayPal

Peter Thiel & Max Levchin · 1998

PayPal is a case study in opportunistic infrastructure: built on a dead-end tech idea, it succeeded only after latching onto a specific, messy, high-volume use case — eBay auctions — and charging for reliability in a trust vacuum.

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Adam Neumann

Adam Neumann didn’t pivot — he rebranded failure as infrastructure.