The power of learning, Ethereum , DeFi and Tech agains the Humanity

Marko Prljic
3 min readOct 23, 2019

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Hi everyone, it’s been a while since my last newsletter. I have been heads down focused on my work at ConsenSys and had to push back a bit from all the other things.

Now I’m getting slowly back on track, filtering through my sources and channelling the information worth reading.

Enjoy this issue and let me know what’s up in your quadrant.

Crypto Signals

Where Ethereum Is Going

medium.com

The foundation would be a financier of everyone inside and outside, and the internal teams had to compete for these resources like everyone else.

The future of decentralized finance

lindajxie.com
Since DeFi is still in the early days, this post covers where I think it is headed and some of the interesting possibilities that can come about.

Will Ethereum Lose Its DeFi Stronghold When 2.0 Launches?

medium.com
There’ve been many shots taken at defining Ethereum’s predominant narrative and Decentralized Finance seems to be the dart that’s hit the PMF bullseye. This perspective isn’t unique to Ethereum…

Introducing Private Transactions On Ethereum NOW! — Tornado Cash

medium.com
By default, your entire Ethereum transaction history and balances are public. All transactions can be seen on block explorers like Etherscan, and anyone who knows that you own a particular address…

GSN: The Ultimate Ethereum Onboarding Solution

medium.com
Transaction costs and gas fees are now part of your customer acquisition cost (CAC). Deal with it. Your users won’t.

WTF is Marketplace Liquidity?

medium.com
When first interviewing at Point Nine, I was asked to define marketplace liquidity. At the time, I had a vague understanding of liquidity and luckily gave a good enough answer to make it through the…

WTF is MetaGame?

medium.com
An experiment in building a digital-first socioeconomic eco-system; MetaGame is a fusion of social media and free-lancing platforms inspired by role playing games.

Product Signals

Textile

textile.io

Textile is a set of open source tools that provide a decentralized database, remote storage, user management, and more over the IPFS network.

Kara

www.notion.so

A privacy-preserving data cloud for health care

NEW MyCrypto

medium.com
*Heads up: This is a beta and it will act as such. It is expected that you will experience bugs, and we would GREATLY appreciate that if you find anything amiss, please report to us via…

Society and Humanity Signals

Bill Gates gave away $35 billion this year but didn’t see his personal net worth drop

www.cnbc.com
Microsoft founder Bill Gates added $16 billion to his net worth this year, despite giving away over $35 billion to charity, according to Bloomberg.

Former Talking Heads frontman says consumer tech is working against what it means to be human

www.technologyreview.com
We are beset by — and immersed in — apps and devices that are quietly reducing the amount of meaningful interaction we have with each other.

Random Signals

The Enneagram Institute

www.enneagraminstitute.com

The Nine Enneagram Type Descriptions

People Who Read A Lot of Books Are Way Nicer, Kinder and Empathetic, Study Shows

www.peacequarters.com
Study has shown that book readers who read about fiction, drama and romance are nicer, empathetic and kinder.

The Transformative Power of Learning

medium.com
Scholars have long acknowledged the power of learning in personal enlightenment. Those who seek awakening and enlightenment in their spiritual journey have many simple tools at hand.

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