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before we start:
we are experimenting with a new podcast format where we chat about the most discussed stories of the week. you can listen to the first episode here
thanks to our authors and curators who shared this week's links:
0xluo.eth, mishaderidder.eth, gokhan.eth, auditless.eth, naomiii.eth, buidl.scottrepreneur.eth, rvolz.eth, pedrovilela.eth, pfedprog.eth, zinkk.eth, devmaxi.eth, macbudkowski.eth, timdaub.eth
Discussions
EFF explains how online behavioral ads fuel the surveillance industry (6 comments)
Elon Musk talks with Alice Weidel (5 comments)
News
FTX begins the distribution of lost assets
Meta moves to the Community Notes models
Pectra upgrade will double the blob count
DEGEN turns 1 year old
Roam is joining Coinbase
Essays, Posts & Talks
Georgios Konstantopoulos describes 5 levels of secure hardware
Jason Chaskin answers who were the cypherpunks
Kyle Chayka lays out the new rules of media
George Cave explores the UX of LEGO Interface Panels
Deep Worth suggests that Farcaster’s value prop is great conversations
0xluo writes a recap of things that happened on Farcaster in 2024
Dan Romero asks what's on your mind re: Farcaster?
Dan Romero explains why is growing a consumer social app hard
Mrtn shares his reflections on signal and noise
KingPost recaps top posts of 2024
Peteris Erins says that customer acquisition in 2025 is dead
Tim Carmody states that HTML is actually a programming language
Agam More writes about the startup moats in the age of AI and Startup Moats
Dashboards & reports
Dashboard: US government crypto holdings
Dashboard: Congestion pricing in NYC
Dashboard: High profile entities building on Ethereum
Report: Optimism summarizes what happened in 2024
Products
Found: Anna's Archive: largest open-source open-data library
For devs
Ilemi's Crypto Data Engineering Guide 2025
colibri: DIY crypto hardware wallet
btnhw: open-source hardware wallet
Art
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