Validation
In an ecosystem, risk is shared.
Not through contracts. Through signals.
When someone credible bets on an idea — publicly — something shifts.
For everyone watching.
One yes — from the right person — multiplies.
But the people who could change everything keep it private.
They back things quietly. They endorse privately. They never put their name on it.
And the ecosystem stays stuck at the risk level it started with.
Validation isn't charity.
It's the mechanism that makes everything else move faster.