Open Source Contributions and How Networking Actually Works in Web3

There is no single moment where I decided to "network in Web3". Every connection that turned into real work happened through a chain of small honest actions, a tweet reply here, a cold text on Wellfound there, a friend's referral, a comment on an article. Looking back at Day 55 of this series, the pattern is clear: in Web3, networking and open source contribution are the same activity wearing different clothes. If you want to keep up with this 60-day Web3 journey, you can follow me on X, on Medium, on Future, and you can join the Web3ForHumans Telegram community. The connections that produced real paid work in my journey so far: Coinmonks on Medium led to Bitquery, a Wellfound cold message led to the Tether contract, a Twitter follow through a mutual friend led to Tim K's Think Tank, and a friend invited to Fensory. None of these started with a LinkedIn connection request. None came from a job board. All of them started with something small and public. What Open Source Actually Means i