The competitive dynamics of crypto are novel — and unforgiving — because open composability doesn’t just enable innovation, it invites disruption.

We're back with the 43rd edition of Paragraph Picks, highlighting a few hand-selected pieces from the past couple of weeks.

Farcaster just dropped a fucking bombshell: 10,000 Pro Memberships sold out in under 6 hours, raising $1.2M to supercharge its decentralised social revolution. From Mini Apps like Spaces and Pods to weekly USDC rewards, this is the social future and the community is all in.

I continue to be amazed that cities, like Paris, can make small housing projects, like this one at 18 rue Pradier, work. The site is approximately 277 m2:And yet, social housing developer Seqens built 8 floors, 15 apartments, and even used a stone facade with built-in sun shades on the windows.The total building area is approximately 1,030 m2 (~11,086 ft2). That's an average of 1,385 ft2 per floor, which would be unthinkable here in Toronto with our two required means of egress.So let's consi...

AI is surging ahead—but its foundation, data, remains centralized. At the Filecoin Hackathon hosted by Encode, 550+ builders tackled the challenge of decentralizing AI’s data layer. Over 4 weeks, 86 groundbreaking projects emerged, rethinking ownership, provenance, and ethics in AI. From agent networks to tokenized data markets, this is a glimpse into a fairer, more verifiable future for artificial intelligence.

Moody, late-night, nylon-trance, picturesque in audio & visual. ☆ ‘It’ factor alternative r&b. ☆ 15-minute reset, lighthearted, jazz, r&b, vocal soundscapes ☆ Classical hits, normiecore, nature atmosphere, Satie

If Working under the theory that time’s progression, historical accounting, and pairing with gravity ≈ meaningfully accurate representation of the term “dimension.” Then “Memory” may be a sense for utilizing this fourth variable. ☆ The same way a destination is met via three dimensions of engagement — which i’ve assumed to relate to the concepts of folding dimensions & observing corresponding taurus formations; Some 4D theorists posit that time’s folding taurus formation is beyond 2d conceptu...

Testing out paragraph mini app. ☆ This is an apex meme for real. ☆ Scrolling feels good on mobile and / command is nicer than i expected compared to a toolbar ux. Crypto’s in a weird spot because the overarching goal has been accomplished in a western narrative sense — State ledger, public broadcast support, $100k+ memetics, etc. Now the grunt work of building digital civilization begins. And we don’t have clear goals there as an industry. It’s fun and colorful and new and an evolution of lon...

Hi, and welcome to the newest edition of NFT Matrix, where I present NFT Artists’ / Regular Artist’s work. The artist I am presenting is Emily Lazar / September Mourning Piece: “Wake the Dead” LinkArtist: “” NFTMatrix: A cool rock and roll song! Piece: “Unholy” LinkArtist: “" NFTMatrix: NFTs linked to graphic novel artwork. Dramatic and colorful styling. Piece: “September’s Monsters #500” LinkArtist: “” NFT Matrix: Digital Collectables for fans of the band! Well, I hope you enjoyed this brief...

Today, we’re going to explore how smart contracts make decisions and change execution paths using control flow.What is control flow?Control flow is the logic that determines what happens next in a program. In Solidity, you use if, else, for, while, or function calls. In bytecode, those high-level keywords ar...