Here's Why I'm Bullish On Wolf Game
Wolf Game is crazy interesting because it combines NFTs, DeFi, staking, and game theory. When they first launched there was an exploit in the contract that caused them to pause minting and ultimately migrate to a clean contract without exploits. When this happened the Shepherd was transparent, paused the current contract, and communicated to the community effectively. https://twitter.com/wolfdotgame/status/1462665060908736515? After several people in the discord recommended creating a bounty ...
Here's Why I'm Bullish On Wolf Game
Wolf Game is crazy interesting because it combines NFTs, DeFi, staking, and game theory. When they first launched there was an exploit in the contract that caused them to pause minting and ultimately migrate to a clean contract without exploits. When this happened the Shepherd was transparent, paused the current contract, and communicated to the community effectively. https://twitter.com/wolfdotgame/status/1462665060908736515? After several people in the discord recommended creating a bounty ...
Getting Started with DeFi
The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) is fascinating. There’s many aspects that most people have not experienced in their lifetime including staking, lending, earning rewards, and more. In this post I’ve outlined a few things that I think are interesting moves:Buying and Staking AXS on RoninYou can buy AXS on any centralized or decentralized exchange. When you buy AXS on a centralized exchange like coinbase, you’re purchasing it on Ethereum. To stake your AXS you need to move your AXS fro...
Getting Started with DeFi
The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) is fascinating. There’s many aspects that most people have not experienced in their lifetime including staking, lending, earning rewards, and more. In this post I’ve outlined a few things that I think are interesting moves:Buying and Staking AXS on RoninYou can buy AXS on any centralized or decentralized exchange. When you buy AXS on a centralized exchange like coinbase, you’re purchasing it on Ethereum. To stake your AXS you need to move your AXS fro...
What to do first when getting started in web3
Recently a lot of people have asked me how to get started with NFTs and web3 in general. I created a guide for how to get started in web3, which is an overview of the space and things I think are interesting and worth reading about. This post is a step-by-step guide on what to do first in the space. Here’s an overview of what I’m recommending:Purchase crypto on an exchangeSetup a self-custody walletPurchase ENS namePurchase a LedgerGo to Uniswap and swap ETH for another tokenBuy an NFT on Ope...
What to do first when getting started in web3
Recently a lot of people have asked me how to get started with NFTs and web3 in general. I created a guide for how to get started in web3, which is an overview of the space and things I think are interesting and worth reading about. This post is a step-by-step guide on what to do first in the space. Here’s an overview of what I’m recommending:Purchase crypto on an exchangeSetup a self-custody walletPurchase ENS namePurchase a LedgerGo to Uniswap and swap ETH for another tokenBuy an NFT on Ope...
Ryan's Web3 Getting Started Guide
This is a brain dump of what I think is a good overview to get started learning about web3. Let start by looking at why web3 matters. Below is a really good tweet thread by Chris Dixon, a partner at a16z, who is focused on web3. https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1442201621266534402 Why web3 matters: https://future.a16z.com/why-web3-matters/Quick summary:Web1 (roughly 1990-2005) was about open protocols that were decentralized and community-governed. Most of the value accrued to the edges of t...
Ryan's Web3 Getting Started Guide
This is a brain dump of what I think is a good overview to get started learning about web3. Let start by looking at why web3 matters. Below is a really good tweet thread by Chris Dixon, a partner at a16z, who is focused on web3. https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1442201621266534402 Why web3 matters: https://future.a16z.com/why-web3-matters/Quick summary:Web1 (roughly 1990-2005) was about open protocols that were decentralized and community-governed. Most of the value accrued to the edges of t...
Create, Manage, and Grow a Crypto Index Fund with TokenSets
Last week I was laying in bed and thought of a genius idea - there should be a platform that allows anyone to easily create an index fund with crypto tokens. People could follow the top index funds or creators of those index funds. The creators of the index funds could charge a fee, like % of assets under management, to everyone who invests into their fund. I was really excited about this idea so I quickly wrote down a ton of thoughts on the idea.Initial mockups of the ideaBrain dump on how I...
Create, Manage, and Grow a Crypto Index Fund with TokenSets
Last week I was laying in bed and thought of a genius idea - there should be a platform that allows anyone to easily create an index fund with crypto tokens. People could follow the top index funds or creators of those index funds. The creators of the index funds could charge a fee, like % of assets under management, to everyone who invests into their fund. I was really excited about this idea so I quickly wrote down a ton of thoughts on the idea.Initial mockups of the ideaBrain dump on how I...
