---
title: "no one will save you ★"
date: "2025-09-03"
published: "Sep 3, 2025"
description: "everyone is too busy pumping their glorified database 'building an ecosystem' is the new 'lets make it a DAO' picking a chain is the new Dante's inferno..."
canonical: "https://aaronjmars.com/writings/no-one-will-save-you"
source: "https://aaronjmars.substack.com/p/no-one-will-save-you"
author: "Aaron Elijah Mars"
---

# no one will save you ★

everyone is too busy pumping their glorified database

'building an ecosystem' is the new 'lets make it a DAO'

picking a chain is the new Dante's inferno journey

if you are lucky, you end up on a clueless ecosystem with too much money & 6 months late ideas (we need a token launchpad & a prediction market ASAP !!)

if you have sinned too much, you end up pumping someone else valuation, in exchange for some free exposure & vanity testnet metrics

![William Blake watercolor of Capaneus the Blasphemer lying under a rain of fire in Hell](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!74ew!,w_728,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c3bfeb4-6afe-4368-a453-9cb386e7b3c7_610x435.jpeg)

ecosystems never really cared about your funny little consumer app, it's just about spending $1 to $10 back, the best trade ever

why is pump fun worth $1B and solana $115B ?

why is pump fun worth $1B and solana $115B ?

why is pump fun worth $1B and solana $115B ?

you are onboarding retail ? we are onboarding retail

![William Blake watercolor of Dante fleeing the three beasts as Virgil appears](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I65d!,w_728,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd4155e1-95d9-4678-8a12-493084505466_1140x784.jpeg)

crypto is just a fog of war where everyone hide their masters

everyone lies, but the lie become more & more complicated every cycle

the current deal nowadays is earning $10M by faking $1B of valuation

so the game plan is, stop comparing yourself

stop giving a fuck about KOLs, chains, VCs, protocols or numbers

![William Blake watercolor of the lovers](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8pGs!,w_728,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ed42c46-c29c-457c-8b85-637dd3225910_1046x770.jpeg)

 do something cool

do it for yourself

do it with some cool folks

do it for them

and if you are a believer

do it for the crypto ethos

you gotta be heaven to see heaven

![William Blake watercolor of Dante and Virgil on a rock above sinners in Hell](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5y0z!,w_728,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdecbdef-d2b6-4259-9255-bd34b3def738_1280x900.jpeg)