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Sep 30, 2020

Twitter Lists Are Underrated

Lists can help solve some of Twitter’s major pain points — “Unfollowing everyone on Twitter and switching to lists for better control of my feed. Nothing personal, love you all! “ — Github CEO Nat Friedman 9/19/20 Twitter is my favorite social network. It is a treasure trove of enlightening blog posts, news articles, research papers, and video content that I…

Twitter

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Twitter

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Feb 5, 2020

Against Crypto Maximalism

Originally posted on my personal blog Bitcoin is one of the 21st century’s most remarkable innovations. The ability to send and receive value over the Internet without relying on a centralized intermediary signifies a paradigm shift in the evolution of money. Bitcoin’s disruptive influence has extended far beyond money and…

Bitcoin

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Against Crypto Maximalism
Against Crypto Maximalism
Bitcoin

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Jan 7, 2020

Evolution vs. Revolution

Originally posted on my personal blog When I first discovered Bitcoin in 2011, I believed it would be widely recognized as an important and valuable technology within a few years. Now, nearly nine years later, it’s almost painful to look back and realize how naive I was. I’d like to…

Cryptocurrency

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Cryptocurrency

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Jan 1, 2020

Books I read in 2019

Originally posted on my personal blog This Year’s Favorites Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages, by Carlota Perez Dark Age (The Red Rising Series, Book 5), by Pierce Brown Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it, by Martin Ford Tiamat’s Wrath (The Expanse Series, Book 8), by James S. A. Corey Hayek’s Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek, by Bruce Caldwell

Books

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Books

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·Mar 11, 2019

Corporate Influence on the Adoption of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains

Bitcoin eliminates the role of a single central authority in the creation and use of money, but its fate will be largely be affected by the actions of centralized corporate third parties. I’ve reviewed how some of the world’s largest companies integrating blockchains into their operations and thinking about the…

Blockchain

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Corporate Influence on the Adoption of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains
Corporate Influence on the Adoption of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains
Blockchain

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·Feb 28, 2019

Practical Applications of Decentralized Prediction Markets

How cryptocurrency-powered markets could disrupt betting, finance, forecasting, scientific research, and governance — Introduction In early 2016, I speculated that decentralized prediction markets could give us the power to easily “Google” the probability of any imaginable event occurring.¹ …

Blockchain

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Practical Applications of Decentralized Prediction Markets
Practical Applications of Decentralized Prediction Markets
Blockchain

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·Dec 12, 2018

Evaluating Drivers of Cryptocurrency Mass Adoption

The current massive downturn in cryptocurrency markets feels strikingly different than previous ones. Amidst the all too familiar proclamations of Bitcoin’s death and assertions that cryptocurrency is a scam, I’m starting to see clear signs of meaningful adoption beyond speculation. These are some of the forces that I believe will…

Cryptocurrency

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Evaluating Drivers of Cryptocurrency Mass Adoption
Evaluating Drivers of Cryptocurrency Mass Adoption
Cryptocurrency

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·Nov 12, 2018

The State of Ethereum-based Video Games

An increasingly large number of influencers are arguing that games will help facilitate mass adoption of blockchains, and that blockchains will significantly disrupt the gaming industry. The highest number of games are currently being built on Ethereum’s blockchain, so I decided to take a look at some of the most…

Ethereum

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The State of Ethereum-based Video Games
The State of Ethereum-based Video Games
Ethereum

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·Oct 19, 2018

A Hodler’s Tale

Lessons Learned From My Seven-Year Journey Down the Cryptocurrency Rabbit Hole — Hodl is an intentional misspelling of the word “hold,” which is used among cryptocurrency enthusiasts when encouraging traders to resist the urge to sell one’s holdings in response to market fluctuations. — Know Your Meme I started buying Bitcoin around $7/BTC and Ether around $1/ETH. …

Bitcoin

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A Hodler’s Tale
A Hodler’s Tale
Bitcoin

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·May 16, 2018

Some of the World’s Most Influential Individuals and Institutions are Embracing Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains

Within 10 years, cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based technologies will be used by billions of people and largely integrated into the global economy. If I’m wrong, then a disturbingly high number of successful people working at important organizations are wasting time and money integrating useless technology into their systems. Nasdaq Nasdaq is open to becoming cryptocurrency exchange, CEO says Once the space matures, Nasdaq is open to becoming a platform for trading cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, according to…www.cnbc.com

Bitcoin

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Some of the World’s Most Influential Individuals and Institutions are Embracing Cryptocurrencies…
Some of the World’s Most Influential Individuals and Institutions are Embracing Cryptocurrencies…
Bitcoin

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