Austin Adams
InvestorAdvisor at Variant Fund
About
Austin Adams is an advisor at Variant, focusing on mechanism design for protocols and technical guidance for early-stage builders. He is building Whetstone Research, a mechanism design research firm, and advises Uniswap Labs, having contributed code to Uniswap v4 and written papers on L2 chain design, MEV, and the economics of onchain markets. He previously worked in research at the Federal Reserve.
Austin Adams @aadams
the problem with creating a builder-focused marketplace is that you must either invent new things to bring them distribution/novelty or be forced to cannibalize those who trusted you cannibalizing is a deal with the devil - you win in the short term but lose in the long term
Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 29
Austin Adams @aadams
if you are just coming around to hooks and you are a solana builder, then reach out to @dopplerprotocol. we are the first team bringing the programmability of hooks to solana https://t.co/VekLEHYp9E
Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 36 · ⇄ 3
Austin Adams @aadams
.@dopplerprotocol world order https://t.co/QvPqjMLn5I
Jul 23, 2026 · ♥ 27 · ⇄ 3
Invests in
Crypto & Web3
