I've abandoned the industry where the enigma of individual gains is covered with layers of bullshit and deceit. These realities of state-wide production exclude the typical European unions' impact: producers constantly have to guess or ask each other personally for the average temperature in the room according to on-hands budget. As a result, the less you know how much money your close producer friend has, the better you sleep at night. Blockchain is different (duh). At first, you a...

I've abandoned the industry where the enigma of individual gains is covered with layers of bullshit and deceit. These realities of state-wide production exclude the typical European unions' impact: producers constantly have to guess or ask each other personally for the average temperature in the room according to on-hands budget. As a result, the less you know how much money your close producer friend has, the better you sleep at night. Blockchain is different (duh). At first, you a...

As I look back, it seems like a lot has happened, but our team achieved not much actual progress. For simplicity's sake (and as a personal accountability model), it might be reasonable to share a list of events, decisions, and small actions during the working hours of the past month. A personal part about a resume It's been a rather bumpy start to the year. Getting sick (and then again), searching for a new place to live (as the landlord of the current apartment of almost four years...

As I look back, it seems like a lot has happened, but our team achieved not much actual progress. For simplicity's sake (and as a personal accountability model), it might be reasonable to share a list of events, decisions, and small actions during the working hours of the past month. A personal part about a resume It's been a rather bumpy start to the year. Getting sick (and then again), searching for a new place to live (as the landlord of the current apartment of almost four years...

Some people started reading, so I want to establish a few things first:Probably the most important one: I'm definitely NOT crypto/web3 expert, nor a professional investor/degen-type guy. 5 months in, I'm still figuring all this out. Lots of stuff I'm going to post will look like an amateur hour for some, and that's okay.Consider this page as a personal diary, roadmap for a career pivot, liner notes, or just a collection of different interchangeable opinions.I'm not a ...

Some people started reading, so I want to establish a few things first:Probably the most important one: I'm definitely NOT crypto/web3 expert, nor a professional investor/degen-type guy. 5 months in, I'm still figuring all this out. Lots of stuff I'm going to post will look like an amateur hour for some, and that's okay.Consider this page as a personal diary, roadmap for a career pivot, liner notes, or just a collection of different interchangeable opinions.I'm not a ...

It's been 45 days since a particular set of events fucked up nearly all aspects of my work life and mental state. A short summary of the last few weeks: All my close friends and teammates have left the country.The global financial institutions cut off most of our logistics and production processes. The projects we've been working on are now stuck in limbo.My personal finances took a massive hit, even with all the savings.I've not been particularly successful in battling depress...

It's been 45 days since a particular set of events fucked up nearly all aspects of my work life and mental state. A short summary of the last few weeks: All my close friends and teammates have left the country.The global financial institutions cut off most of our logistics and production processes. The projects we've been working on are now stuck in limbo.My personal finances took a massive hit, even with all the savings.I've not been particularly successful in battling depress...

As a person who spent nearly a decade inside a creative content production mechanism and grew exhausted by it, I can say straightforwardly that building an NFT collection sucks. It's not a technical thing nor a matter of utilization. By this point, you've seen so many collections that it almost feels like there's no room for complicated stuff. And while diving head-on into building "something creative and unique," you constantly think that your taste is terrible and the mass au...

As a person who spent nearly a decade inside a creative content production mechanism and grew exhausted by it, I can say straightforwardly that building an NFT collection sucks. It's not a technical thing nor a matter of utilization. By this point, you've seen so many collections that it almost feels like there's no room for complicated stuff. And while diving head-on into building "something creative and unique," you constantly think that your taste is terrible and the mass au...

With video content production entirely off my hands, I've been taking a few weeks off recently to sit and conceptualize the leap forward with my partners into the web3-oriented realm. The short backstory: after a few pretty uneventful attempts at creating a promising web2 digital studio in Russia, we started discussing during the summer of 2021 the next steps in our business endeavors and where we see our collaboration the next couple of years. The web3 as a market (or the fundamental te...

With video content production entirely off my hands, I've been taking a few weeks off recently to sit and conceptualize the leap forward with my partners into the web3-oriented realm. The short backstory: after a few pretty uneventful attempts at creating a promising web2 digital studio in Russia, we started discussing during the summer of 2021 the next steps in our business endeavors and where we see our collaboration the next couple of years. The web3 as a market (or the fundamental te...

This will be a brief one. This post attempts to let go of the anger that has consumed me since February 24th. I spent the first few days of that period in a dopamine rush: how can I profit from all this. But later, a little excitement of profits turned into full-scale desperation. This invasion was unlike anything I've seen in my lifetime. No one could predict this, and seeing all the experts inside Russia making this statement and apologizing for not connecting the dots beforehand assur...

This will be a brief one. This post attempts to let go of the anger that has consumed me since February 24th. I spent the first few days of that period in a dopamine rush: how can I profit from all this. But later, a little excitement of profits turned into full-scale desperation. This invasion was unlike anything I've seen in my lifetime. No one could predict this, and seeing all the experts inside Russia making this statement and apologizing for not connecting the dots beforehand assur...

I recently stumbled upon a familiar pattern that surrounds me in almost every work field I have ever touched: when suddenly everything seems unpromising. You make something inside your information bubble, and when it bursts, no one understands. Or even worse, no one even looks your way. For better or worse, I've decided to write more often. To share the process, pieces of research, opinions, well, almost every single part of worthy enough information. In my second entry, I wrote that I c...

I recently stumbled upon a familiar pattern that surrounds me in almost every work field I have ever touched: when suddenly everything seems unpromising. You make something inside your information bubble, and when it bursts, no one understands. Or even worse, no one even looks your way. For better or worse, I've decided to write more often. To share the process, pieces of research, opinions, well, almost every single part of worthy enough information. In my second entry, I wrote that I c...

I've never been this excited before. Since I was 16, I have always kept a private diary. Writing for me was a way to share all the questions and insecurities with the only person that I thought would understand – myself. Especially it mattered when the time has come to stick yourself to the particular future, preferably the one which will not disappoint the relatives and provide the necessary financial support. On that ground, it was pretty difficult to come clean and loud with the state...

I've never been this excited before. Since I was 16, I have always kept a private diary. Writing for me was a way to share all the questions and insecurities with the only person that I thought would understand – myself. Especially it mattered when the time has come to stick yourself to the particular future, preferably the one which will not disappoint the relatives and provide the necessary financial support. On that ground, it was pretty difficult to come clean and loud with the state...