Gav isn’t just building protocols anymore, he’s building the life he wants!
Six months ago, @gavofyork made a decision:
To spend the next 10 years building products that let him live inside Web3.
Even if he stopped coding or talking about tech,
he realized he’d still need the right tooling to live the kind of life he imagines.
So he decided — if no one’s building it, he will.
This also means:
🧩 @Polkadot shifting from tech platform → product ecosystem
💡 From building protocols → building real-world use cases
🪩 From decentralization as an idea → decentralization as a way of life
“This is something that I wanted to spend the next 10 years on” — Gavin Wood
The philosopher who wrote protocols
now wants to turn Web3 into his operating system for living.🏄♀️
💥 Gavin Wood: The age of selling technology is over — DOT must find its real economic purpose.
For a decade, @gavofyork has been the most steadfast preacher of decentralization.
From Solidity to @Polkadot's multichain architecture, he has built worlds out of code — entire ecosystems shaped by logic and conviction.
But in this conversation, he speaks not of protocols or abstractions. He speaks of life.
“The next ten years of Polkadot are the next ten years of my life.”
With that sentence, Gavin opens a new chapter —
transforming from the architect of protocols into the creator of products, from designing systems to redefining the social contract of the digital age.
In this half-hour dialogue, he reflects on the split between the philosopher and the warrior within himself,
on the cage of industrial thought we’ve inherited,
on the true meaning of decentralization,
and on why Polkadot must build an economy — not just a network.
His central insight resounds:
“Decentralization isn’t a slogan — it’s a structure where systems verify themselves, heal themselves, and never depend on trust in any single human.”
Whether it’s turning @paritytech toward a product-driven future,
designing a DOT-backed stablecoin,
or reshaping OpenGov’s fiscal and voting mechanics —
Gavin’s ambition now reaches beyond technology.
He is no longer building a blockchain, but the first blueprint of a society native to the information age.
This conversation is both a technical reflection and a personal confession —
a meditation on destiny, freedom, and responsibility.
It reveals a new Gavin Wood —
no longer hidden behind the code,
but standing on the front line,
rewriting the future with his own hands.
🎥 Original video:
📘 Full Chinese translation by PolkaWorld:

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