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Shields Background
November 11th, 2022
Background on Shields and distribution through the Uniswap Grants Program.
On-chain SVG
December 14th, 2021
The reason on-chain SVGs matter is not why most people think. It's not just that they live on-chain with no dependencies, or that they have stronger guarantees of being around for a long time.
New Internet logic
August 28th, 2021
The Internet is now a place where everyone has an inventory.
Full effort
August 10th, 2021
Full effort > full time
Crypto governance and vote farming
June 9th, 2021
The concept of yield farming has reorganized the DeFi landscape. When you deposit money into a protocol, you can earn some tokens or funds the longer your money is there.
Stem III Auction
April 24th, 2021
I'm using Mirror to auction the third piece in my Stem copy series, based on David Rudnick's Stem series. For every Stem that David has published, I've produced a copy in Paint on my computer. This is piece 3/4 in that series, and the only one currently for sale. You can see David's original here:
Proof of First
April 9th, 2021
Speaks for itself.
NFTs are about more than art
March 25th, 2021
I'm slightly adjusting an email response I wrote earlier this week and posting it here. This was a relatively quick one, which I don't usually do, so I apologize for sloppier writing than usual.
BusinessModel-Content Fit
February 16th, 2021
In tech, we're constantly framing early stage companies around the search for product-market fit. But entering a time where individual creators are viewed as businesses of their own, I've been thinking about the reverse: "BusinessModel-Content Fit."