September 16, 2024

Quick notes on Prions

I don' recall hearing the word “prion” until I came across this tweet back in May of this year. I have no idea what it means, but it sounds bad. So where to start? eigenrobot @eigenrobot oh 27K 12:05 PM • May 14, 2024 What are prions?Prions are misfolded proteins that can cause brain disease, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or Mad Cow’s Disease). They are not living organisms and do not contain genetic material, are not viral, bacterial, or f...

September 15, 2024

Quick notes on BTC & Blackrock IOUs

The recent cbBTC announcement from Coinbase seems to have reignited concerns about the BTC purchases by the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) being off-chain, essentially allowing them to buy BTC with IOUs. I remember seeing similar tweets flying earlier this year, and this topic has remained a thorn in the back of my mind that I wanted to get more comfortable with. I figured now would be as good a time as ever to look into the raw data. Tyler @TylerDurden I told everyone I went through the ch...

April 24, 2024

To Learn Fearlessness

My first ever NFT purchased was semui.eth, back in September 2021.While I had known and purchased crypto in the years prior, my reacquaintance with i...

April 2, 2024

On Liquidity

I've tried to write this post a couple times and I've never made it through, but it's an important topic that I've had at the back of my mind almost ...

March 29, 2024

An Ode to FarCats

If you’ve read my casts over time, you can probably guess that I’m a big fan of FarCats. One of the earliest NFT projects on Farcaster and its unoffi...

March 24, 2024

That day I claimed Degen from a Safe

Had an interesting experience this weekend and thought I would document it for my own reference, but also for anyone who may be interesting in doing ...

February 27, 2024

No Gain, No Pain

Bull market vibesCongrats on BTC 57k and ETH 3.2k 🚀I have mixed feelings whenever I see a spike in ETH or BTC value as denominated in fiat. On the o...

February 22, 2024

In pursuit of a meme

I saw this on Farcaster yesterday and was deeply affected by it, I don't know why.Maybe it is where I am in life, or in my career, that made it reson...

January 1, 2024

Resolution

2023 was a blur, to be honest.Days bled into weeks into months. While there were standout moments for sure, there was so much more that flowed right ...