If a project team is trying to make you feel dumb, then that's a red flag because nothing is ever too complex to understand if it's legit.

We've gone from L1s to L2s, and now we have L3 blockchains pushing the scalability narrative, but the sad truth is that as high-sounding and innovative as a project's vision and mission statement is, it means nothing if people don't understand why they need you and your products.

Some weeks back a project accused its community of not reading its roadmap correctly, but that doesn't make any sense because the community members are way more than the team, so if there's a misunderstanding, then it's probably by design.

Of course, the team is to blame because they didn't communicate clearly enough for anyone to understand.

If you're a founder or team member and you're genuinely struggling to communicate clearly to your community, then you probably need to hire experienced hands to help you brainstorm and simplify your message.

You can't bootstrap everything, and this window of market uncertainty is best time to build and get your product together.