Traders, DEXes, & Sex
I’ve been thinking about the influx of new DEXes (decentralized exchanges) to the market. DEXes are a big thing, doing billions in trading volumes per day. There are so many DEXes everywhere now. It’s difficult to understand what’s the go-to-market strategy for them to gain traction. Especially, considering that most of them are forks of Uniswap (v2) and don’t come with any noticeable improvements. So for many of them, it seems to be a hope-based venture that MAYBE somehow they’ll gain tracti...
Traders, DEXes, & Sex
I’ve been thinking about the influx of new DEXes (decentralized exchanges) to the market. DEXes are a big thing, doing billions in trading volumes per day. There are so many DEXes everywhere now. It’s difficult to understand what’s the go-to-market strategy for them to gain traction. Especially, considering that most of them are forks of Uniswap (v2) and don’t come with any noticeable improvements. So for many of them, it seems to be a hope-based venture that MAYBE somehow they’ll gain tracti...
A Look Into DAOs
I’ve been increasingly fascinated by DAOs. I understood the concept a long time ago, but never really spent time thinking about the opportunities DAOs present. And as DAOs are playing an increasingly bigger part in the crypto industry, I wanted to write a short intro of DAOs to whoever might be reading this. To start off, we should understand what a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) is. I found the best definition of a DAO from an article written by Brian Fakhoury at Underscore blog...
A Look Into DAOs
I’ve been increasingly fascinated by DAOs. I understood the concept a long time ago, but never really spent time thinking about the opportunities DAOs present. And as DAOs are playing an increasingly bigger part in the crypto industry, I wanted to write a short intro of DAOs to whoever might be reading this. To start off, we should understand what a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) is. I found the best definition of a DAO from an article written by Brian Fakhoury at Underscore blog...
Whistleblower Publication
I am going to write about an idea which I’ve been thinking about quite a lot. It’s a difficult one to execute for many reasons, but it’s also extremely exciting. And I think it’s also dangerous. It’s difficult because I have not seen a DAO as well-functioning as would be needed to execute and operate this particular idea. The dangerous part is self-evident. Nevertheless, rather than keeping it in my drawer, I’ll publish the raw litepaper here as perhaps there are people who’d like to give it ...
Whistleblower Publication
I am going to write about an idea which I’ve been thinking about quite a lot. It’s a difficult one to execute for many reasons, but it’s also extremely exciting. And I think it’s also dangerous. It’s difficult because I have not seen a DAO as well-functioning as would be needed to execute and operate this particular idea. The dangerous part is self-evident. Nevertheless, rather than keeping it in my drawer, I’ll publish the raw litepaper here as perhaps there are people who’d like to give it ...
Estonia: How To Drive A Country Off The Rails
Crypto now has 150 million users. When the internet had 150 million users, the adoption rate and user base were growing 60% per year. Crypto adoption is growing 113% per year, or almost double the growth rate of the internet. Yes, computers are second nature to us now, and accessing crypto today may be a tad easier than it was to access the internet back then. But to argue that the adoption rate of crypto is somehow trivial is a fool’s game. The crypto market cap today (Oct 2021) is around 2....
Estonia: How To Drive A Country Off The Rails
Crypto now has 150 million users. When the internet had 150 million users, the adoption rate and user base were growing 60% per year. Crypto adoption is growing 113% per year, or almost double the growth rate of the internet. Yes, computers are second nature to us now, and accessing crypto today may be a tad easier than it was to access the internet back then. But to argue that the adoption rate of crypto is somehow trivial is a fool’s game. The crypto market cap today (Oct 2021) is around 2....
It's A PR War
The crypto industry has been keeping a keen eye on the US authorities. We have the infrastructure bill, which if passes, sets unbearable KYC requirements on all industry participants (including miners). And now, the SEC is demanding more power over cryptos through their interpretation that almost all cryptocurrencies and Defi protocols are securities. There’s no doubt that it’s a land grab. The incumbents have understood that the very system their incumbency depends on, is under threat of bec...
It's A PR War
The crypto industry has been keeping a keen eye on the US authorities. We have the infrastructure bill, which if passes, sets unbearable KYC requirements on all industry participants (including miners). And now, the SEC is demanding more power over cryptos through their interpretation that almost all cryptocurrencies and Defi protocols are securities. There’s no doubt that it’s a land grab. The incumbents have understood that the very system their incumbency depends on, is under threat of bec...
