Gryphonboy's Crypto Journey
Gryphonboy's Crypto Journey

Gryphonboy's Crypto Journey

Dedicated cryptocurrency advocate! I hold the majority of the assets I discuss. This is not investment advice. Views and analysis expressed are my own and pertain to projects that I am invested in and passionate about. Support my work by tipping what you can here or you can support me directly by donating to gryphonboy.eth


Who Will Control Our AI Assistants? Centralization vs Decentralization in AI Development

8 Apr 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

Artificial intelligence is advancing at an unprecedented pace, with centralized companies pouring vast resources into developing powerful AI models. However, an alternative approach known as decentralized or distributed AI is also emerging. Centraliz...

Financial Alchemy: Alchemix's Vision for a New Model of Borrowing and Its Broader Technical and Philosophical Implications

5 Apr 2024 4 minute read 1 comment Gryphonboy

Full disclosure: I am a long time user of the alchemix.fi protocol and hold the ALCX token. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, refers to financial services such as savings and loans built using blockchain technology and smart contracts, with the goal...

Beyond Borders: Towards a New Politics of the Digital Domain

2 Apr 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

The internet has developed into a vast virtual domain connecting billions worldwide in ways never seen before. As interactions have increasingly migrated online, the web's founders may have envisioned it as a decentralized network with no borders. Ho...

The Ides of March: Cryptocurrency's Struggle for Legitimacy in the Eyes of Wall Street

31 Mar 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

March 2024 proved a pivotal month for cryptocurrency. On the surface, Bitcoin achieved new heights, notching its seventh consecutive monthly gain and longest uninterrupted winning streak in history. Yet beneath the celebrations, turbulence was stirri...

A Standard for Sentience: Technical and Ethical Hurdles for Shared AI Networks

27 Mar 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

Decentralized technologies have long promised a more open alternative to systems controlled by powerful corporations. Nowhere is this vision more consequential than in the realm of artificial intelligence, where a few tech giants have come to dominat...

Keys to the Kingdom: The Disruption in Technology Platforms Saga

25 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

Disclosure: I am eligible for the Saga Airdrop because I was an active staking participant on the Celestia blockchain. (I wrote about Celestia in this blog) Platform disruptions have historically transformed entire industries by unlocking new poss...

The Case for a Higher Gas Limit: Technical Requirements and Community Considerations

22 Mar 2024 5 minute read 1 comment Gryphonboy

The gas limit is a fundamental parameter governing transaction processing on the Ethereum blockchain. As the world's largest decentralized computing platform, Ethereum faces immense pressure to scale its transaction capacity to meet growing user dema...

Risk and Rewards: A Critical Look at BlackRock's Pioneering Tokenized Fund

21 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

When Financial giant BlackRock announced the launch of the first tokenized fund on Ethereum, heads turned across the crypto world. As the largest asset manager on the planet, BlackRock's move signals growing acceptance of digital assets at the highes...

Decentralized Work: Exploring the Promises and Pitfalls of Bountycaster's Peer-to-Peer Freelancing Model

19 Mar 2024 4 minute read 2 comments Gryphonboy

The rise of the gig economy has disrupted traditional work models, yet many online freelancing platforms remain centralized with painfully high fees. Enter Bountycaster - an ambitious experiment aiming for a fairer, more open future of work through b...

Proto-Danksharding Explained: What the Dencun Upgrade Means for Ethereum

13 Mar 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

Crypto can get complex. As an explainer, my goal is simple - make it make sense. Today we start our look at Ethereum's big Dencun upgrade which takes place today. Ethereum is the second largest crypto after Bitcoin. It lets people build apps using sm...