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This was an eventful week.

Here are the top Kiwi picks:

News:

• Kiwi got the RetroPGF grant, and Tim thanks the whole Kiwi community for the support [submitted by timdaub.eth]

• Talking about the OP RetroPGF3 - the results are here, and you can check them in this spreadsheet [submitted by macbudkowski.eth]

• SEC approved Bitcoin Spot ETF [submitted by timdaub.eth]

• Twitter/X has dropped support of NFT pfps [submitted by ciefa.eth]

• Circle confidentially files for the IPO [submitted by ciefa.eth]

• Although we don't talk about meme coins at Kiwi, $DEGEN has been created by Jacek, our community member, and they promoted Kiwi among the Farcaster audience. So just dropping info that their airdrop claims are live [submitted by macbudkowski.eth]

Essays:

• On the 15th anniversary of Hal's "Running bitcoin" tweet, we share his Bitcoin and me story [submitted by macbudkowski.eth]

• Mitsuhiko shows - using the example of 3D printers - how going full Open Source without focusing on UX & business model can become a risky path for a business [submitted by veekay.eth]

• Arnaud reflects on crypto's unfulfilled promises and shows how other technologies, such as PCs & credit cards, took off [submitted by tomwaite.eth]

• Jason explores where - in the era of social media - have all the websites gone and what we can do about it [submitted by polluterofminds.eth]

• Chris Carella shows how Network Common Goods can overcome the limitations of Public Goods [submitted by ccarella.eth]

• James McComish shares some ideas on how to improve the OP RetroPGF [submitted by timdaub.eth]

• Polynya argues that we should burn the surplus RetroPGF [submitted by ccarella.eth]

• Yash Bora takes us on a deep dive into Hivemind-as-a-Service [submitted by yashbora.eth]

• Rhys Lindmark's essay shows how protests work and argues that crypto is a networked nonviolent protest [submitted by macbudkowski.eth]

• Nitya reminds us that crypto’s unique advantage is that users can onboard once, then transact everywhere onchain [submitted by timdaub.eth]

• Why our digital culture needs more friction [submitted by mishaderidder.eth]

Art:

• Dashboard for the 1,200,000 OP prize pool "We ❤️ The Art" contest [submitted by macbudkowski.eth]

• See You There - an NFT that captures the provenance of its own ownership [submitted by timdaub.eth]

• Depatchedmode experiments with the English language through their Unglish NFT [submitted by depatchedmode.eth]

• Phil from Bright Moments shares his thoughts on selling generative art [submitted by ccarella.eth]

• Kaloh's podcast episode about the evolution of art in the age of NFTs and AI [submitted by kaloh.eth]

Products:

• zkSync transactions are now available on Etherscan [submitted by ciefa.eth]

• You can now easily generate RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds directly from a Farcaster Hub [submitted by mabcudkowski.eth]

• Uniswap supports EIP-6963 which means it's easier to switch between the wallets [submitted by thatalexpalmer.eth]

• r/Ethereum shares some product feedback and explains why they're not on Farcaster [submitted by timdaub.eth]
  

For devs:

• Ethereum Magicians shared their ETH Denver 2024 Rollcall [submitted by timdaub.eth]

• Ethereum Research team answers technical & non-technical questions during Reddit AMA [submitted by macbudkowski.eth]

• Tutorial on how to rice your MacOS [submitted by destiner.eth]

• ENS Proposal: Free use of DNS names in ENS [submitted by macbudkowski.eth]

AI:

• Reggie James shares some thoughts on the powers & limitations of the AI companions [submitted by timdaub.eth]

If you'd like to learn more about Kiwi and our community, you can dig in here.