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0xCodexVCThe Sovereign Protocol Hiding in Plain Sight
I’m a true believer in crypto as a tool for global self-sovereignty. After shutting down Laguna Games, I came to the realization that I only want to work with people who share this ethos. I’ve reached a point in life where most of my net worth lives behind seed phrases, not bank logins. I’m no longer interested in spending time with tourists. Too many people have flooded the space chasing easy money and hype. I’m here for something deeper. The true cypherpunk spirit survives in small pockets ...
0xCodexVCMining Intelligence
Since 2024 I’ve been circling Bittensor's ecosystem trying to form a thesis around it. What initially grabbed me was the idea that you could incentivize useful work. Since launch, Bitcoin bootstrapped the world’s largest supercomputer by paying people to brute force a math puzzle. The futurist in me loves the thought experiment that you could aim this same power at intelligence instead. Simple idea, but it turns out to be fucking complicated in practice. At a high level, Bittensor splits the ...
0xCodexVCThe Three Laws of LLMs
It's been a few weeks since my last post, and I'm feeling the weight of the challenge I've undertaken. How do I build an intelligent AI system I can trust implicitly? Against the backdrop of this hobby project, I've found myself increasingly reliant on centralized LLM tools for work at Codex, especially on the coding front. Re-reading my last post, I realize I was too optimistic and a bit naive. I greatly underestimated the complexity, both technically and practically. Yes...
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On January 22, 2025, I closed the book on an 8-year journey.
Rebooted in 2020 from Beyond Games, Laguna Games set out to build mobile free-to-play games, landed a publishing deal with WB, turned down an acqui-hire offer, and ultimately pivoted into the wild west of crypto gaming with Crypto Unicorns. It became my greatest success—and, in the end, my greatest failure.
At its peak, Crypto Unicorns sold $25M in digital assets, hit $100M TVL in The Dark Forest: Act One, and launched a token at a $2.5B FDV. It was the kind of momentum you dream about—until it wasn’t. When we launched the MVP game in March 2022, we faced a cooling market and cracks in our economic model. Inflation spiraled, demand dried up, and momentum never returned. Scaling the team and executing at the breakneck pace required to inflect growth through the bear market proved to be a battle we could not win.
Now I’m shifting my focus to Codex Venture Partners, a crypto fund I formalized in 2020 buying the Covid dip. We harvest opportunity from the digital frontier by securing networks, concentrating liquidity, and cultivating yield.
This blog will serve as a space for me to share lessons, reflections, and ideas gleaned from my 16 years as a software entrepreneur and 8+ years navigating the crypto landscape. To everyone who has been part of the journey so far, thank you. And to those just joining, welcome.
On January 22, 2025, I closed the book on an 8-year journey.
Rebooted in 2020 from Beyond Games, Laguna Games set out to build mobile free-to-play games, landed a publishing deal with WB, turned down an acqui-hire offer, and ultimately pivoted into the wild west of crypto gaming with Crypto Unicorns. It became my greatest success—and, in the end, my greatest failure.
At its peak, Crypto Unicorns sold $25M in digital assets, hit $100M TVL in The Dark Forest: Act One, and launched a token at a $2.5B FDV. It was the kind of momentum you dream about—until it wasn’t. When we launched the MVP game in March 2022, we faced a cooling market and cracks in our economic model. Inflation spiraled, demand dried up, and momentum never returned. Scaling the team and executing at the breakneck pace required to inflect growth through the bear market proved to be a battle we could not win.
Now I’m shifting my focus to Codex Venture Partners, a crypto fund I formalized in 2020 buying the Covid dip. We harvest opportunity from the digital frontier by securing networks, concentrating liquidity, and cultivating yield.
This blog will serve as a space for me to share lessons, reflections, and ideas gleaned from my 16 years as a software entrepreneur and 8+ years navigating the crypto landscape. To everyone who has been part of the journey so far, thank you. And to those just joining, welcome.
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