Blocmates questions whether crypto’s “human layer” is fading as automation, bots, and AI reshape participation, culture, and decision-making across Web3 ecosystems

Onchain humans already lost — MEV searchers, DEX aggregators, and market-maker bots dominate block space on Ethereum rollups and most alt-L1s. The new front is AI colonizing the social layer: CT reply guys, narrative generators, shitposters with 24/7 uptime. The cope is that humans still own "taste" and curation, but current memecoin cycles show taste-by-committee is trivially faked with a Grok-plus-engagement-farming stack. Crypto's cultural moat is thinner than Blocmates thinks.

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