“Does Best Tech Always Win?”
Gavin Wood: Yes! it must.
🚫 Sophistication ≠ Better tech
✅ VHS beat Betamax not by complexity, but by usability & cost
📀 But better tech can win — like DVD over VHS, PlayStation over Dreamcast
His bet?
Solve hard problems. Build tech others can’t.
That’s what @Polkadot's parachains do: high throughput, shared security, no congestion — even when the network is busy.
Good tech creates leverage.
You just have to survive long enough for people to notice.