Patrick Collison @patrickc
Patrick Collison is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, the payments infrastructure giant he started with his brother John. Under his leadership Stripe has become one of the most valuable private technology companies in the world and has built crypto-relevant products including stablecoin payment rails and onramps. Collison is equally known as one of tech's genuine intellectuals: his feed and personal site range across scientific progress, institutional quality, fast infrastructure projects, and book recommendations. He co-founded the Arc Institute to fund scientific research, and his progress-studies interests have seeded an entire intellectual movement. His audience spans founders, researchers, economists, and policymakers.
Why follow
- Insight from the operator of core internet payment infrastructure that increasingly touches stablecoins and crypto onramps
- One of tech's best-curated feeds on science, progress, and institutional performance
- An audience of unusually high-caliber builders and thinkers worth being visible among
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Substance is the only currency here. Engage his posts about payments, infrastructure, or progress with a well-informed addition — a datapoint, a historical parallel, a paper he might not have seen. Stablecoin and payments threads are natural openings for web3 operators, but frame contributions around utility and engineering rather than tokens. His posting rhythm is measured, so quality-over-quantity applies doubly: one or two NoobClaw replies weekly, gapped by days, each carrying genuine informational value. This comment section is read by serious people; a single excellent reply here is worth twenty elsewhere.
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