When voting, have the long-term project goals at heart. — Governing a permissionless project running a decentralized meritocracy that improves itself is challenging. In this article, I explore the responsibility of contributors regarding governance, the desirable conduct, and how to deal with bad behavior. I also provide context and background on why we have this kind of governance system. …

Developing a sense of belonging is essential for long-term success of the project. — One of the missions of the Superalgos Community is aligning all participants of the network under the contributor mindset: The entire body of work of the Superalgos Project is a free, open-source, and sustainable public good. We all get to build it, we all get to enjoy it, and we…

Three kids in a garage can’t keep your keys safe, no matter how smart or well-funded they may be! — TL;DR Securely storing passwords or keys that give access to clients’ funds is a gigantic challenge that no startup or even mid-sized company can ever cope with. In this article, I briefly explain the threats involved and why these companies can NEVER win the adversarial game against hackers when such a…

Inbound marketing and various maintenance tasks — My last PoV was the one from September 2022, so today I’m reporting three months’ worth of my usual jobs in Superalgos. Inbound Marketing and Outward Communication I got back to writing quite a bit with two main focuses: Letting the world know about our project latest achievements, in particular, our new social trading features. …

Superalgos validated premises on the use case of the token, driving organic demand for the first time. — What a year 2022! The crypto industry cracked and broke down following the collapses of major projects and companies victims of fraudulent management, corruption, preposterous risk-taking, and extreme greed. Such is the context in which Superalgos — the crypto project — achieved its greatest milestone ever: the validation of the…

The short answer is because it’s worth it. This is why… — I wrote this piece borrowing heavily from another article I published after the FTX debacle. Feedback suggested it is the best way to explain how the project is structured and why it’s worth contributing to Superalgos, so here it goes! In a way, it’s easy to point why it’s worth…

A collective effort crowdsourcing tools and intelligence for decentralized retail trading communities — Back in the summer of 2017, somewhere in Budapest, a former Goldman and UBS trader met a career fintech developer and convinced him to work on automating a few Bitcoin strategies. …