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31 Jul 2020 3 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: The desired outcome is noble, but the SEC’s latest regulatory initiatives only serve to highlight the inherent weaknesses when compared to the native strengths of crypto-economic systems.. There was an op-ed in the WSJ a few days ago by the cu...
29 Jul 2020 4 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: a simple change being anything but simple turns a health insurance management problem into a moment of reflection. By way of a fax machine. I needed to make one change to our health insurance policy. All I wanted to do was switch the “Primary...
28 Jul 2020 3 minute read 1 comment jer979!!
tl;dr: Anyone can claim to be a Navy SEAL. But not everyone is. On personal reputation systems and a zero trust world. I receive an unsolicited email from a recruiter the other day. He was inquiring as to whether NSM was hiring and, if so, were we lo...
27 Jul 2020 4 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Time marches on and through. The enemy of time lies within each of us. “What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me; and that I stands in need of the aims of my own kindness,...
24 Jul 2020 3 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Follow the money. The devs and hackers going after bug bounties certainly will. One of my favorite authors in the crypto space is Trent McConaghy, CTO of Ocean Protocol (discl: I own a tiny amount of it) I recently read one of his latest posts...
23 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Turns out that the Chinese already get the idea of crypto private keys. They’ve been using it for centuries. There was a fascinating article in the WSJ a few days ago entitled The Real Power Brokers In China: Those Who Wield the Rubber Stamps ...
22 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: The Covid ‘trough of disillusionment’ is upon us. Buckle up. I rarely watch the network evening news, but every now and then, it’s worth it. Mostly just to get a sense of what is going on, since I tend to live in a bubble of my own making. Ton...
22 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Insurance rates skyrocket with a teen driver, but there’s a dividend. Crazy as it may be to believe, I actually had a blogreader ask me if my daughter had passed the test for her driver’s license. I went on a long venting rant in The Driver’s...
17 Jul 2020 3 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: if you can’t control your attention, you can’t win the game, no matter what game it is. I’ve been thinking about the themes of the “Attention Economy” and the “Billion Channel Universe” for over a decade now. It was all based on a post I read...
17 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Know where you are on the adoption curve. Be aware of where others are. Behave accordingly. Easier said than done. There came a point in my journey of crypto exploration where I just kind of threw up my hands and said, “I really don’t care to...
