Explorations of the emerging crypto-economic models and their potential implications
26 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Late and slow to the game, here comes DeFi on Bitcoin There’s no doubt that Ethereum has shot out of the gate at a torrid pace when it comes to DeFi. Bitcoin, by comparison, seemed like it was standing still. I mean, it wasn’t even really a co...
23 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment jer979!!
tl;dr: The unlikely connection between humility and accomplishment. My coach, Joe, suggested I watch one of the episodes of “This is Pop” on Netflix, entitled “Stockholm Syndrome.” Apparently, the influence of Swedish producers on global pop music ov...
22 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Stuck in an industrial age mindset, we are. During the Industrial era, everyone had to show up at the exact same time and stay for the same amount of time. It’s difficult to build a car if people work at different hours. In the Knowledge era,...
21 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: a visit to Prince’s home in Minneapolis highlights a key component of creativity. On a recent trip to Minnesota, I had the opportunity to visit Paisley Park, home of the musical artist remembered as “Prince.” While the presentation was a total...
20 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Crypto is better, but it’s not perfect. It can still be gamed. Welcome to MEV. I’d been hearing the term “MEV” a few times. First on Twitter, then in a conversation, but I didn’t know what it was. Fortunately, a little digging turned up this g...
19 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: cryptoeconomic networks offers the opportunity to build cooperative systems that mimic nature and help us achieve our highest potential. I’m feeling a bit optimistic, perhaps naively so, about the future of crypto this morning. I mean, I’m nor...
16 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Phase 2 of Schopenhauer’s model of new ideas underway. One of my favorite entries from Blockchains in the Mainstream is Primavera de Fillipi’s. She quoted the German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, as saying that all radical ideas go through...
14 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Is the Fed on the path to becoming a PR outlet more than a “trusted” intermediary? I’m feeling a bit down today, even though it is Bastille Day in France. The reason I am feeling down is because I have lost more confidence in the Federal Reser...
13 Jul 2021 4 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: Radix’s innovative DLT design closely mimics how human society already works. One of the mistakes that I make a lot is referring to “blockchains” when I mean DLT, or distributed ledger technology. A blockchain is a kind of DLT, but not all DLT...
12 Jul 2021 3 minute read 0 comments jer979!!
tl;dr: business formation on the verge of disruption While most of the world focuses on superficial items such as the price of Bitcoin or Ether, the removal of miners from China, or the inevitable regulation squabbles, the real story-the part of the...
