I Keep Failing, but I’m Still Here. Looking for Brutal Feedback on CryptED.

It’s been a while since I last posted on Indie Hackers, but the site never left my bookmarks. Even when I wasn’t active, I kept coming back, reading, learning, and quietly building (and failing).

And if I’m being honest, most of the things I’ve built have failed.

MillionDC was my first attempt, meant to help people in developing countries learn the basics of startups when local economies weren’t providing enough opportunities. No traction. Dead.

Then I built StartupInTaiwan,com, trying to help foreigners navigate Taiwan’s startup landscape. It actually got traction. People found value. But it stayed too niche, crashed repeatedly, and for a long time, I couldn’t afford to maintain it.
It’s barely breaking even now, but at least it’s alive again.

Despite all the flops, I never stopped building.

Along the way, I started a Master’s in Global Development Practice at Harvard Extension School. I wrote papers on blockchain, tokenization, and their potential in developing countries, underprepared.

My latest paper dives into that gap. And that’s precisely what led to my newest project: CryptED

CryptED is a gamified learning app that teaches real blockchain/Web3 fundamentals and the real risks, especially for users in developing countries who often get caught between hype and scams.

We’re now part of the Harvard Innovation Labs and entering the President’s Innovation Challenge. But none of that matters if real users don’t find it helpful.

Why I’m Posting This Here

Indie Hackers has always been the one place where people didn’t sugarcoat things for me. Some of you even became friends, especially fellow foreigners in Taiwan.

So after all this time, I’m back to ask for what IH does best:

Brutal, honest feedback.

Try CryptED, break it, tell me what sucks.

iOS is here - https://apps.apple.com/tw/app/crypted-blockchain-education/id6747925774?l=en-GB

Android is here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.crypted.crypto&hl=en

Harvard Innovation Labs page is here - https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/venture/crypted

Retention is my biggest struggle right now. If this becomes another project that fails, OK, as long as I understand why.

But I’m hoping it doesn’t.

Thanks for reading. And if you’ve failed as many times as I have… I see you. Let’s keep going.

I'm third from left :)