Tokens are rocket fuel, not cruise fuel
DePIN: Hype or the Next Trillion-Dollar Market? - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2025 (TOKEN2049)
“Tokens are rocket fuel: they help you launch and bootstrap a network, but once you’re in orbit you have to run without the fuel, or like very less fuel… somehow we got to orbit using hot air balloons instead of rocket fuel.” — 00:31:23
Context: His summary of DePIN token-incentive sustainability, noting Akash reached “orbit” without token-bootstrapped supply.