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Proving crypto is the frontier tech backend, setting a 1 month deadline for my DeAI thesis, & please vote for my talk at Farcon!

Great to be back with you. It’s been a quiet 36 hours without our favorite Lens apps, but now we’re all on Lens Chain.

Emmy-winning director Rob Shaw and Portland’s Flannel Donut studio bring you You Play Too Much: a surreal animated series starring Fred Armisen…

In an increasingly automated world, why it's sometimes nice to lead with a few mistkaes

gm, We're hosting a Builder Day on Tuesday, April 8 in NYC with Blockaid, Anchorage, and Spearbit — focused on best practices for securing your protocol across the full stack. It’ll be a mix of short talks, demos, and time to connect with other founders. If protocol security is on your roadmap this year, this one’s for you. Full details and registration here (approval required):Variant Builder Day: Protocol Security with Blockaid, Anchorage & Spearbit · LumaJoin Variant, Blockaid, Anchorage, ...

Shepherd is an iOS app I recently launched. It's a Bible app with a built-in LLM chat. You can ask Shepherd any question about the Bible. Shepherd will help you understand scripture and explore concepts you're exploring in your faith. With a $4.99/month subscription, you can save your chats and have unlimited messages with Shepherd.Click here to download on iOS.If you ask any Christian who uses an app to explore the Bible, they most likely will recommend you the YouVersion app. The app has th...

Welcome to the third instalment of Moneyball, where we take a closer look at the business behind football. In this essay we will be reviewing Chelsea's recently released financial reports for the 2023/24 season.

a soundtrack for slowing down

Hey everyone! April’s kicking off with AI going mental, from data centers to Minecraft mastery, and we’re unpacking it all today on Unlocking the Future! TL;DRWhat’s Happening with AI This Week? 🤖​Why It Matters? 🌍​Who’s Already Rocking It? 🚀​Challenges and Concerns ⚠​Top AI Trends to Watch 🔍​Our Take 💡LISTEN HEREWhat’s Happening with AI This Week? 🤖AI’s off to a cracking start in April 2025, with breakthroughs spanning infrastructure, marketing, gaming, global competition, enterprise a...

We are being our own guru in this issue of your weekly poetry shot.

A Soundtrack for Slowing Down

Sei Network is said to be the fastest layer1 blockchain. Designed with a specific focus on optimizing defi applications, particularly decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Built using the Cosmos SDK, it leverages the Tendermint consensus mechanism while introducing unique features to enhance speed, scalability, and efficiency. Launched in August 2023, Sei positions itself as a high-performance blockchain tailored for trading, often called the "Decentralized NASDAQ" due to its blend of centralized f...

We all know what happened this week: Donald Trump’s decision on April 2 2025 to enact sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on US trade partners will go down as one of the greatest acts of self-harm in American economic history. They will wreak untold damage on households, businesses and financial markets across the world, upending a global economic order that America benefited from and helped to create.

A wealthy Chinese crypto user burned millions in ETH to warn about alleged mind-control technology, sparking debate about conspiracy theories and blockchain activism.

In a world where AI and digital tools redefine creation, the myth of “pure art” is unraveling. This post explores how attention has always been the true driver of value, not just skill or craft. From Da Vinci to Van Gogh, history shows that exposure and recognition elevate art more than the act of creation itself. As AI and NFTs shift the landscape, we must reckon with the new reality—attention matters more than we’ve ever wanted to admit.

Earlier this week I came across this cast from Dan Romero, founder of Warpcast, on Farcaster:Dan makes several insightful high-level points about the state of airdrops, issues surrounding airdrops when faced with their goals, and where they’re headed over time. As a recipient of various airdrops, it’s been interesting to observe the various approaches and tactics projects implement to bootstrap said usage pre-airdrop while quickly pivoting to retention post-airdrop.You make a good point sad c...

I didn’t set out to work in tech. I just wanted to take an art class. But a detour through computer science led me to something deeper: a path that combined logic, creativity, and human-centered thinking. This essay traces how an unexpected beginning shaped my approach to design, helping me become the kind of leader who thrives in ambiguity and builds bridges between people, ideas, and systems.

A high confidence date has been set for Pectra hardfork to go live on Ethereum mainnet on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 10:05 UTC.

Building community in an industry currently battling the very forces it originally meant to upend is beyond challenging. It's a labor of love and a perpetual source of trauma. In order to build a resilient community, one must embrace the core tenants of resiliency themselves and bake them into the architecture of the community from its inception. Kindness. Equity. Compassion. Strength. Collaboration. Empathy. All necessary ingredients for building a safe container for people to gather and bui...

Why Building Blocks? The fundamental reason is that we are a little crazy, or maybe it's just me and Collider has to put up with it. But on a more serious note, we had two main goals in mind.