Initial Impressions: Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
"A curling meditation on thought, memory, and language"
Initial Impressions: Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
"A curling meditation on thought, memory, and language"
FarCat Fellows Program, Part 1
Invoking a Farcaster ecosystem development program through story and metaphor
FarCat Fellows Program, Part 1
Invoking a Farcaster ecosystem development program through story and metaphor
Ronan Pt 1
Ronan is a Pluriverse-inspired Solarpunk in pursuit of the Good. This vignette describes his preparation for a hunt in psychic realms, as he prepares for inevitable battles with Moloch and other demonic forces. The how’s and why’s of getting to where he was were never made clear. He’s since accepted that some things are better left unexplored, at least for now. One thing was clear, though — at that moment he was on a hunt, or at least what felt like one in hindsight. Not for white stags or wi...
Ronan Pt 1
Ronan is a Pluriverse-inspired Solarpunk in pursuit of the Good. This vignette describes his preparation for a hunt in psychic realms, as he prepares for inevitable battles with Moloch and other demonic forces. The how’s and why’s of getting to where he was were never made clear. He’s since accepted that some things are better left unexplored, at least for now. One thing was clear, though — at that moment he was on a hunt, or at least what felt like one in hindsight. Not for white stags or wi...
A Pocket Guide to DAO Frameworks
Originally published with Content Guild for Tally blog in October 2022.A Pocket Guide to DAO FrameworksAn introduction to the essential on-chain infrastructure that helps run today’s biggest DAOsWhat is a DAO framework?Frameworks are structures around, in, and on which things are built. The structures that frame the things take some cogent and mutually agreed upon form (e.g., rules, laws, guidelines). DAOs are coordination frameworks for humans and computers to do things together on the Inter...
A Pocket Guide to DAO Frameworks
Originally published with Content Guild for Tally blog in October 2022.A Pocket Guide to DAO FrameworksAn introduction to the essential on-chain infrastructure that helps run today’s biggest DAOsWhat is a DAO framework?Frameworks are structures around, in, and on which things are built. The structures that frame the things take some cogent and mutually agreed upon form (e.g., rules, laws, guidelines). DAOs are coordination frameworks for humans and computers to do things together on the Inter...
Micro Moments Matter in DAOs
Originally published with Content Guild for Tally blog in April 2022.Micro Moments Matter in DAOsA discussion of specific points in time that all individuals experience on their path to active meaningful contribution in DAOs.Active contributors are the lifeblood of DAOs. Without them, DAOs don’t scale. All DAO contributors share a set of specific experiences that happen along their journey. In this piece, I describe those experiences as micro moments. I shine a light on three specific micro m...
Micro Moments Matter in DAOs
Originally published with Content Guild for Tally blog in April 2022.Micro Moments Matter in DAOsA discussion of specific points in time that all individuals experience on their path to active meaningful contribution in DAOs.Active contributors are the lifeblood of DAOs. Without them, DAOs don’t scale. All DAO contributors share a set of specific experiences that happen along their journey. In this piece, I describe those experiences as micro moments. I shine a light on three specific micro m...
How Are NFTs Stored?
Originally published with PubDAO on Decrypt Learn in August 2022.How Are NFTs Stored? On-Chain, Off-Chain and Decentralized StorageThe data that makes up the content of NFTs needs to be stored somewhere—but not all NFT storage techniques are created equal. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are, ultimately, a form of digital media. And just like other digital media—from the words written in Decrypt articles to YouTube videos and streamed music—NFTs, in their most basic form, consist of data made up o...
How Are NFTs Stored?
Originally published with PubDAO on Decrypt Learn in August 2022.How Are NFTs Stored? On-Chain, Off-Chain and Decentralized StorageThe data that makes up the content of NFTs needs to be stored somewhere—but not all NFT storage techniques are created equal. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are, ultimately, a form of digital media. And just like other digital media—from the words written in Decrypt articles to YouTube videos and streamed music—NFTs, in their most basic form, consist of data made up o...
What Are the Different Types of Bitcoin Nodes?
Originally published with PubDAO on Decrypt Learn in July 2022.What Are The Different Types of Bitcoin Nodes? How the Bitcoin Network is MaintainedThe underlying infrastructure of the Bitcoin network is secured and maintained by nodes—find out what they are, and how they work.Bitcoin nodes are the underlying infrastructure of the Bitcoin network, securing and maintaining it. But despite their importance, Bitcoin nodes are often misunderstood or not understood at all. In this article, we’ll ex...
What Are the Different Types of Bitcoin Nodes?
Originally published with PubDAO on Decrypt Learn in July 2022.What Are The Different Types of Bitcoin Nodes? How the Bitcoin Network is MaintainedThe underlying infrastructure of the Bitcoin network is secured and maintained by nodes—find out what they are, and how they work.Bitcoin nodes are the underlying infrastructure of the Bitcoin network, securing and maintaining it. But despite their importance, Bitcoin nodes are often misunderstood or not understood at all. In this article, we’ll ex...
