AnEntrypoint: A Manifesto for Builders

Probably emerging 🌀

The Problem with Web3 in 2018

By early 2018, I’d seen enough. The space was flooded with:

  • Whitepapers written by people who’d never shipped code
  • Discord communities moderated by bots and empty promises
  • “Developers” who couldn’t explain how a blockchain actually worked

The energy was there. The technology was real. But the culture was missing something essential—** Builders who actually build.**

From Memes to Method

Schwepe and I had been vibing in 247420 for a year. We’d learned a lot about community, about what happens when you prioritize substance over hype. But me and JB0GIE realized we needed something more structured.

Something that could bridge the gap between:

  • Creative chaos and shipping code
  • Community vibes and technical excellence
  • The freedom of decentralization and the accountability of teams that deliver

Enter AnEntrypoint

The name came from a late-night conversation. We were discussing how hard it was for new people to enter Web3. Too many barriers. Too much gatekeeping. Too much complexity.

“We need an entrypoint,” Schwepe said. “Something that actually gets people in.”

We laughed. Then we registered the GitHub org.

A group of silhouetted builders assembling a giant glowing archway over a dark landscape

What We Stand For

AnEntrypoint isn’t a company. It’s not even really a “collective” in the corporate sense. It’s a flag that builders can gather under.

Our principles:

1. Code is Communication

Talk is cheap. PRs are truth. If you want to participate, open a PR. The conversation happens in the code review, not the marketing thread.

2. Community > Capital

We’ve seen what happens when VCs write the roadmap. We optimize for the people who show up, not the people who write checks.

3. Learn in Public

We don’t pretend to have all the answers. We ship broken code, iterate fast, and improve in the open. The goal isn’t perfection—it’s movement.

4. Fun is a Feature

If your dApp isn’t at least a little bit fun to use, you’ve failed. Web3 is supposed to be the Wild West, not a spreadsheet with extra steps.

The Projects

Our first experiments were messy. Tournament games built in Godot. NFT experiments that half-worked. Smart contracts that taught us more about gas optimization than we ever wanted to know.

But we were shipping. And slowly, other builders started showing up.

People who’d been lurking in Discords, watching from the sidelines, waiting for a signal that it was okay to just build something.

That signal was AnEntrypoint.

Still Emerging

If you’re reading this in the future (past? time is weird in Web3), know this: AnEntrypoint is still probably emerging. We’re never “done.” We’re never “established.” We’re always in that liminal space of becoming.

And that’s exactly where we want to be.

“An entrypoint is just a beginning. What matters is what you build once you’re through the door.”

— b0gie, TechShaman 🧞