
Tradeoffs of the Permaweb
Thirty-three days ago, Scott and I had the idea to engage the Lurker community in the content creation process. We asked everyone to offer an idea for what we should focus on in the next episode. We’d randomly choose one of the ideas, and then when we auctioned off that episode as an NFT, that person would get 50% of the proceeds, with everyone who offered an idea sharing 25%. This seemed to be a good way to surface interesting content and take advantage of Mirror’s economic tools to engage t...
DAOs brought me back to crypto
When the people I loved most in crypto, the OGs at r/EthTrader, broke off and formed a new subreddit, r/EthFinance in 2019, I was bummed. I migrated to r/EthFinance with them, but I could never get comfortable with the signaling of the moniker r/EthFinance at the top of the stack. I was more excited by DAOs than DeFi. If we needed a new name, why not something more inclusive, like r/EthEverything? At the time I became obsessed with Ethereum in 2016, I was a middle manager at a big company. I ...

Why Aren't Mirror Authors Publishing?
Thank you to Dan Conway for the opportunity to share this essay on Mirror as a contributor to Conway's Corner, and also for his support of my entry in $WRITE RACE. Last week, I made my first push as a contestant in Mirror’s $WRITE RACE. Like many others who are participating in this interesting onboarding contest, I was initially drawn to Mirror based on the premise of a decentralized publishing platform. Having ended up around 6,400 votes shy of breaking into the top 10 required to rece...
Crypto, mental health, UFOs, movies, democracy and donuts.



Tradeoffs of the Permaweb
Thirty-three days ago, Scott and I had the idea to engage the Lurker community in the content creation process. We asked everyone to offer an idea for what we should focus on in the next episode. We’d randomly choose one of the ideas, and then when we auctioned off that episode as an NFT, that person would get 50% of the proceeds, with everyone who offered an idea sharing 25%. This seemed to be a good way to surface interesting content and take advantage of Mirror’s economic tools to engage t...
DAOs brought me back to crypto
When the people I loved most in crypto, the OGs at r/EthTrader, broke off and formed a new subreddit, r/EthFinance in 2019, I was bummed. I migrated to r/EthFinance with them, but I could never get comfortable with the signaling of the moniker r/EthFinance at the top of the stack. I was more excited by DAOs than DeFi. If we needed a new name, why not something more inclusive, like r/EthEverything? At the time I became obsessed with Ethereum in 2016, I was a middle manager at a big company. I ...

Why Aren't Mirror Authors Publishing?
Thank you to Dan Conway for the opportunity to share this essay on Mirror as a contributor to Conway's Corner, and also for his support of my entry in $WRITE RACE. Last week, I made my first push as a contestant in Mirror’s $WRITE RACE. Like many others who are participating in this interesting onboarding contest, I was initially drawn to Mirror based on the premise of a decentralized publishing platform. Having ended up around 6,400 votes shy of breaking into the top 10 required to rece...
Crypto, mental health, UFOs, movies, democracy and donuts.
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We’ve been lurking in the shadows for most of our lives. Biding our time. Waiting for our moment. Just chilling out, frankly. But also learning and growing stronger. Preparing to make our mark. But then deciding we can always make our mark tomorrow. “We’re here, aren’t we,” we tell ourselves. “Isn’t that enough?”
Like you, we are members of five or six DAOs. DAOs are a lurker's dream. These are extraordinarily interesting and rewarding places to hang out. They are bursting at the seams with passionate, productive people. There are enough talks to join and action items to complete to fill a productive person’s calendar for a year. It’s all very fascinating to watch. There are governance dramas, difficult staffing decisions to contemplate, and new Seasons to browse and monitor at one’s leisure. DAO’s are growing up before our eyes, and we are proud to be a part of it, from a safe distance.
Unfortunately things have gotten personal lately. Lurkers have been abused, discounted and criticized. Many of us have been forced to join a committee, draft a marketing plan, or worst of all, weigh in on a difficult decision via snapshot. This is not what we were built for. The popcorn is getting cold in the living room, and they’ve got us doing dishes in the kitchen.
We can’t stay silent any longer (though often times we do). So we’ve started Lurker as a place for Lurker-related commentary and NFTs. It’s a collaboration between two all-time-great labor fakers: Dan Conway and Scott Benson. Dan’s the writer, Scott’s the designer. Each episode of Lurker will be collectible as an NFT. There will be fifteen episodes in Season One, which will involve spectacular and potentially scandalous observations about web3. Each NFT will feature our spiritual leader or one of his crew. Please meet,

We’ve also opened a server on Discord to support lurkers, wherever they are. If you want to talk about crypto, DAOs, writing or design, join us. We will have regular bull sessions, with absolutely no follow-up action items for you. We will help lurkers in whatever ways we can.
To get us off on the right foot, we will airdrop a limited-edition NFT of Lurky to the first twenty people who pick up this Season One, Episode One NFT, and also follow us on twitter @lurkerDAO and join the Discord. Only twenty three of these Hello World Lurky NFTs will ever be minted. Three will remain in the LurkerDAO treasury.
OK, gotta go, we’ve got some Discords to peruse (camera off). Hope to see you soon.
We’ve been lurking in the shadows for most of our lives. Biding our time. Waiting for our moment. Just chilling out, frankly. But also learning and growing stronger. Preparing to make our mark. But then deciding we can always make our mark tomorrow. “We’re here, aren’t we,” we tell ourselves. “Isn’t that enough?”
Like you, we are members of five or six DAOs. DAOs are a lurker's dream. These are extraordinarily interesting and rewarding places to hang out. They are bursting at the seams with passionate, productive people. There are enough talks to join and action items to complete to fill a productive person’s calendar for a year. It’s all very fascinating to watch. There are governance dramas, difficult staffing decisions to contemplate, and new Seasons to browse and monitor at one’s leisure. DAO’s are growing up before our eyes, and we are proud to be a part of it, from a safe distance.
Unfortunately things have gotten personal lately. Lurkers have been abused, discounted and criticized. Many of us have been forced to join a committee, draft a marketing plan, or worst of all, weigh in on a difficult decision via snapshot. This is not what we were built for. The popcorn is getting cold in the living room, and they’ve got us doing dishes in the kitchen.
We can’t stay silent any longer (though often times we do). So we’ve started Lurker as a place for Lurker-related commentary and NFTs. It’s a collaboration between two all-time-great labor fakers: Dan Conway and Scott Benson. Dan’s the writer, Scott’s the designer. Each episode of Lurker will be collectible as an NFT. There will be fifteen episodes in Season One, which will involve spectacular and potentially scandalous observations about web3. Each NFT will feature our spiritual leader or one of his crew. Please meet,

We’ve also opened a server on Discord to support lurkers, wherever they are. If you want to talk about crypto, DAOs, writing or design, join us. We will have regular bull sessions, with absolutely no follow-up action items for you. We will help lurkers in whatever ways we can.
To get us off on the right foot, we will airdrop a limited-edition NFT of Lurky to the first twenty people who pick up this Season One, Episode One NFT, and also follow us on twitter @lurkerDAO and join the Discord. Only twenty three of these Hello World Lurky NFTs will ever be minted. Three will remain in the LurkerDAO treasury.
OK, gotta go, we’ve got some Discords to peruse (camera off). Hope to see you soon.
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