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before we start, here's some important news:

we are running a new writing contest inspired by Vitalik's "L2s as a cultural extension of Ethereum" essay. you can learn more here.

and here are the top links of the last week:

News

MakerDAO is now 'Sky'
submitted by timdaub.eth | 5 comments

TON had a six-hour outage
submitted by timdaub.eth | 3 comments

Brazil plans to fine anyone who tries to use X via VPN
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

SEC threatens OpenSea because they believe NFTs are securities
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 2 comments

Ethereum Foundation under fire for lack of transparency in treasury management
submitted by lilping.eth | 3 comments

Arbitrum deletes the vote supporting Tornado Cash devs legal defense
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Periphery contract of Aave was hacked
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments

Coinbase wallet changed user's .eth to base.eth
submitted by timdaub.eth | 1 comment

Farther turns into a DAO
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

Essays & Talks

Tim Daub asks if Kiwi News is OK if its founders are arrested?
submitted by timdaub.eth

Gnosis community discusses the impact of Maker migration
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 4 comments

Jason Cohen shows when you can really say you're profitable
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 2 comments

Jeff Goins reminds us that the Internet is meant for fun
submitted by lilping.eth

Yancey Strickler describes why you should own that you're not for everyone
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 3 comments

Chris Carella reflects on his 696 days of consecutive casting
submitted by timdaub.eth

Chris Carella is re-introducing Purple
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 2 comments

Simon de la Rouviere explains what is programmable IP licensing good for
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

David Hoffman writes about Argentina's crypto moment
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 1 comment

Josh Baker says that L2s should be decentralized, even against their will
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

OP team explains how (and why) the Superchain drives fees to the OP Collective
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

Paul Graham describes Founder Mode
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Anu Atluru describes the marginalization of touch in a digital world
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 4 comments

Ashley Rindsberg describes how Wikipedia is left biased
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 1 comment

Andre Cronje explains why DeFi matters
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Philip Sheldrake reflects on the ‘digital identity’
submitted by tudorizer.eth

Reggie James calls for saving the Internet
submitted by 0x54A8…f7a6

Tim Daub reflects on the state of things in August 2024
submitted by timdaub.eth

Dashboards & Reports

Sorella Labs' visualization of what happens on the builder side of Ethereum
submitted by 0x1E92…C2d4 | 1 comment

Josh Stark shares updates on EF spending
submitted by timdaub.eth

Hildobby's Ethereum NFT Market dashboard
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

Chandan lists all protocols that made more than $100 million
submitted by naomiii.eth

Franklin Templeton analyzes DeFi lending protocols
submitted by timdaub.eth

Products

Railway: Private DeFi Wallet
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments

Kiosk: Farcaster client for creators
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 5 comments

Degencast: Farcaster client for content and channel curators
submitted by qiaoliang.eth | 2 comments

Warpcast introduces Blocks
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 2 comments

For devs

Signed web pages with SXG
submitted by zinkk.eth | 1 comment

Gnosis asks their stakers for opinions
submitted by dirtynode.eth

Monerium explains their v2 token contract
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

FIP: Introducing Ordering
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Dyne shows how to connect to DarkIRC
submitted by lilping.eth | 1 comment

Circle's CCTP Noble mint bug
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

Art

NFT: Ascension
submitted by miragenesi.eth

In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched 2 blockchains
submitted by timdaub.eth | 1 comment

MP describes Aurabonding
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

AI

LMSys chatbot arena leaderboard
submitted by timdaub.eth

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