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Thesis 2024: Bitcoin Building Szn
Throughout early Q1, The Tinkering Society will be sharing four themes it believes will drive freedom of choice and decentralization across 2024. There’s an old philosophical problem posed by Irish politician William Molyneux in the 1600s. This is the excerpt: “Suppose a Man born blind, and now adult, and taught by his touch to distinguish between a Cube, and a Sphere of the same metal, and nighly of the same bigness, so as to tell, when he felt one and t’other; which is the Cube, which the S...
Thesis 2024: Bitcoin Building Szn
Throughout early Q1, The Tinkering Society will be sharing four themes it believes will drive freedom of choice and decentralization across 2024. There’s an old philosophical problem posed by Irish politician William Molyneux in the 1600s. This is the excerpt: “Suppose a Man born blind, and now adult, and taught by his touch to distinguish between a Cube, and a Sphere of the same metal, and nighly of the same bigness, so as to tell, when he felt one and t’other; which is the Cube, which the S...
Thesis 2024: Decentralized Social
Throughout January, The Tinkering Society will be sharing five themes it believes will drive freedom of choice and decentralization across 2024. Genetic memory is a concept in Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. It allows individuals to tap into the experiences of their ancestors that are locked dormant in their cells. Once they are able to remove those inherent restrictions, their capacity for understanding and growth multiplies. Decentralized social media platforms have emerged as an antidote to i...
Thesis 2024: Decentralized Social
Throughout January, The Tinkering Society will be sharing five themes it believes will drive freedom of choice and decentralization across 2024. Genetic memory is a concept in Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. It allows individuals to tap into the experiences of their ancestors that are locked dormant in their cells. Once they are able to remove those inherent restrictions, their capacity for understanding and growth multiplies. Decentralized social media platforms have emerged as an antidote to i...
Solving Fractured Liquidity with Size Lending
Most successful first generation DeFi products were pool-based. Aave struggled to get traction with a P2P model (as ‘EthLend’) until they conceptualized their pool-based model with variable rates. The aggregated liquidity and simplicity (along with a confluence of DeFi Summer hype and low interest rates) built Aave into a product currently valued at more than $1B. Recently, we’ve seen order book DEXs like GMX and dYdX thrive where we once only had pool-based DEXs like Uniswap. And yet lending...
Solving Fractured Liquidity with Size Lending
Most successful first generation DeFi products were pool-based. Aave struggled to get traction with a P2P model (as ‘EthLend’) until they conceptualized their pool-based model with variable rates. The aggregated liquidity and simplicity (along with a confluence of DeFi Summer hype and low interest rates) built Aave into a product currently valued at more than $1B. Recently, we’ve seen order book DEXs like GMX and dYdX thrive where we once only had pool-based DEXs like Uniswap. And yet lending...
Size: A Fixed Rate Lending Marketplace
Disclaimer: The Tinkering Society helped ideate and develop Size. We’re excited to see Size v1 live on Base after over a year of research and development by Size contributors. As far as we know, it is the first fixed rate lending protocol to unify liquidity across all loan terms/maturities, paving the way for deeper fixed rate liquidity and some innovative use cases.Let’s take a quick look at how it works and it can make a splash.Size: a Marketplace for Fixed Rate LoansUnder the surface, Size...
Size: A Fixed Rate Lending Marketplace
Disclaimer: The Tinkering Society helped ideate and develop Size. We’re excited to see Size v1 live on Base after over a year of research and development by Size contributors. As far as we know, it is the first fixed rate lending protocol to unify liquidity across all loan terms/maturities, paving the way for deeper fixed rate liquidity and some innovative use cases.Let’s take a quick look at how it works and it can make a splash.Size: a Marketplace for Fixed Rate LoansUnder the surface, Size...
Thesis 2024: Censorship Resistance
Each of our collective, whether developer, growth, or product, is passionate about freedom of choice and decentralization. Throughout January, The Tinkering Society will be sharing six concepts it believes will drive change across 2024. The term meteoric rise is a clunky phrase. The original Greek word meteōros roughly translates as “high up or suspended from the ground”, but of course we are now critically aware that meteors do indeed fall. It’s really something that’s been allowed to filter...
Thesis 2024: Censorship Resistance
Each of our collective, whether developer, growth, or product, is passionate about freedom of choice and decentralization. Throughout January, The Tinkering Society will be sharing six concepts it believes will drive change across 2024. The term meteoric rise is a clunky phrase. The original Greek word meteōros roughly translates as “high up or suspended from the ground”, but of course we are now critically aware that meteors do indeed fall. It’s really something that’s been allowed to filter...
