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1kxnetwork
Token network investment firm with the thesis of embedding cryptoeconomic incentives into everything; transactions, computation, storage, prediction, power.
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Towards Digital Self-Sovereignty: The Web3 Identity Stack
Towards Digital Self-Sovereignty: The Web3 Identity Stack
On the evolution of internet identity, a layer-by-layer overview of web3 identity infrastructure, and where we go from here
Nichanan Kesonpat
Dec 7, 2022
Augmenting Culture: The Emerging Field of Digital Fashion
Augmenting Culture: The Emerging Field of Digital Fashion
On the state of digital fashion, from digiphysical and AR to avatar wearables and decentralized brands
Justin McAfee
Nov 30, 2022
Crypto Yield Sources: Not All Yield is Created Equal
Crypto Yield Sources: Not All Yield is Created Equal
One of the main advantages of decentralized finance is that it is open for anyone to participate, from anywhere, at any time. With this…
Mikey 0x
Nov 21, 2022
Seedless Self-Custody: On MPC and Smart Contract Wallets
Seedless Self-Custody: On MPC and Smart Contract Wallets
An overview of the cryptowallet landscape. Covers conventional, MPC, smart contract wallets and the outlook for the wallet ecosystem.
Nichanan Kesonpat
Nov 16, 2022
Application-Specific Blockchains: The Past, Present, and Future
Application-Specific Blockchains: The Past, Present, and Future
While the initial applications of blockchains were around money and finance, the last several years have seen a proliferation of…
Dmitriy Berenzon
Oct 4, 2022
Indexing the universe of blockchains with Covalent
Indexing the universe of blockchains with Covalent
Over the past 2 years, DeFi and NFTs have ushered new users into crypto by the millions, driving demand for more complex use cases and…
Nichanan Kesonpat
Jul 20, 2022
Virtual Beings: A New Internet-Native Medium for Shared Storytelling
Virtual Beings: A New Internet-Native Medium for Shared Storytelling
The increasingly virtual nature of our shared social experience will exponentiate the population of virtual beings over the next few…
Justin McAfee
May 19, 2022
Unbundling the unit economics of venture capital via DAOs
Unbundling the unit economics of venture capital via DAOs
Service DAOs, Incubation DAOs, Investment DAOs
Peter ‘pet3rpan’
May 5, 2022
Service DAOs - Landscape, Challenges, and Solutions
Service DAOs - Landscape, Challenges, and Solutions
Whereas traditional companies look to consulting firms for advice, protocols and DAOs often have entirely different needs, operating…
Terry Chung
Apr 6, 2022
WalletConnect: The Narrow Waist Protocol Between Wallets & Dapps
WalletConnect: The Narrow Waist Protocol Between Wallets & Dapps
Our thesis on WalletConnect and how it will drive the flywheel for wallets and dapps.
Nichanan Kesonpat
Mar 9, 2022
Show me the Liquidity: Evaluating NFT Financialization Methods
Show me the Liquidity: Evaluating NFT Financialization Methods
Before the advent of DeFi primitives, the only way for users to acquire cryptoassets were through ICOs, OTC trades, or centralized…
Nichanan Kesonpat
Feb 24, 2022
Sinks & Faucets: Lessons on Designing Effective Virtual Game Economies
Sinks & Faucets: Lessons on Designing Effective Virtual Game Economies
For a virtual in-game economy to maintain economic equilibrium — the relative stability of its core currency and items — it must balance…
Terry Chung
Jan 19, 2022
Play to earn economies as base layer protocols for games
Play to earn economies as base layer protocols for games
The biggest P2E ecosystems will be community first.
Peter ‘pet3rpan’
Dec 22, 2021
Unifying Cross-Chain Liquidity with Connext
Unifying Cross-Chain Liquidity with Connext
The multi-chain market has arrived. Thanks to years of research, open source development, and the learn-in-public ethos of crypto developer…
Nichanan Kesonpat
Dec 1, 2021
A Guide to DAO Treasury Diversification Sales
A Guide to DAO Treasury Diversification Sales
How to structure a treasury diversification sale in a positive-sum way
Justin McAfee
Nov 24, 2021
Organization Legos: The State of DAO Tooling
Organization Legos: The State of DAO Tooling
DAO Operations is a budding crypto vertical that remains underserved. With over 1,000 Snapshot spaces, 700k governance token holders, and…
Nichanan Kesonpat
Sep 15, 2021
Blockchain Bridges
Blockchain Bridges
Building Networks of Cryptonetworks
Dmitriy Berenzon
Sep 8, 2021
Nexus Mutual and Defensibility in Cryptonative Insurance
Nexus Mutual and Defensibility in Cryptonative Insurance
How Nexus Mutual becomes the generalized risk protocol for crypto and beyond.
Nichanan Kesonpat
Aug 4, 2021
zkSync: Scalability Without Compromising Security
zkSync: Scalability Without Compromising Security
Network congestion and high fees on Ethereum have created a ripe market for EVM-compatible L2s and competing L1s. Because developers could…
Nichanan Kesonpat
Jul 13, 2021
How to grow decentralized communities
How to grow decentralized communities
Community building for token networks
Peter ‘pet3rpan’
Jun 10, 2021
Fungible Non-fungibles: The Financialization of NFTs
Fungible Non-fungibles: The Financialization of NFTs
While non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been around since early 2018, they were initially used for a fringe use-case (collecting digital…
Dmitriy Berenzon
Apr 27, 2021
How to assess new community building hires for token networks
How to assess new community building hires for token networks
Understanding what matters, and what doesn’t
Peter ‘pet3rpan’
Mar 25, 2021
How communities gain operational autonomy over time
How communities gain operational autonomy over time
How DAOs become DAOs
Peter ‘pet3rpan’
Mar 22, 2021
Hard thing about communities
Hard thing about communities
The challenge of starting communities
Peter ‘pet3rpan’
Mar 22, 2021
Guide on launching grant programs for token network communities
Guide on launching grant programs for token network communities
Bootstrapping community resource allocation
Peter ‘pet3rpan’
Mar 3, 2021
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