https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xd5e793C08ce6e4bc225b64F19496629A81873C22/646 This is embedding a Wapuu NFT via the NFT block. https://quixotic.io/collection/0x62007C1e6b17b9f28434B3B24e9654aA12439eCb This is embedding a Mirror article via presumably oEmbed. https://opensea.io/assets/0x62007C1e6b17b9f28434B3B24e9654aA12439eCb/101 And this is embedding the same article via the NFT block. And it is editable.

I heard an analogy on a podcast (frustratingly I can’t find it now) about how Trump appeared to be a clown, and people laughed at him. But when the people looked at him again, he held up a mirror, and they saw that they too were clowns.Image by jacqueline macou from PixabayThat is, after all, the traditional purpose of a clown.Clowns, of course, are very serious and important people. At their simplest, they remind us of the silliness of things: that the world we have created is ridiculous. Th...

I originally wrote this for a friend who was looking to get some exposure to this asset class but since then others have asked for it so I thought I’d share a modified version publically. First: DYOR – Do Your Own Research. The crypto space comes without the guard rails of traditional finance. You can lose everything, easily, instantly and irrecoverably in a large number of ways. Trust, but verify. Disclaimer: This is not financial advice, just my best understanding based on years of my own r...

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It seems inevitable that giving groups of very techno-savvy people powerful new cryptographic tools, opportunities to make generational wealth, autonomously and anonymously self-organise and assert economic influence will lead to the bad bits of humans rearing their ugly heads too. I really enjoy learning about cybersecurity and crypto. This post is just a way to explore my thinking. I hope the things I’m writing about don’t happen. Maybe by writing about them I can help prevent them in some ...

I’m an ambassador for Grant for the Web for the WordPress ecosystem. As part of my work there, I’ve created a content series about how to use Web Monetization on WordPress sites. I hope you enjoy it: https://webmonetization.dev/wordpress/

This was an event for BIMA where I co-chair the blockchain council with Paula Pettit: https://bima.co.uk/events/web3-what-do-brands-agencies-need-to-know/BIMA Blockchain Breakfast Briefing: Web3 changes the rules, breaking away from traditional centralized models of the internet and moving towards a world where communities profit through collaboration and decentralization. In the final BIMA blockchain event of the year, David Lockie and Paula Pettit host a breakfast briefing that aims to answ...

I’m a Zoologist by degree. I work in digital now but zoology (and science in general) is a philosophy and mental model that doesn’t leave you. I’m not the first person to observe that we’re undergoing a new era of techno-evolution. I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while and COVID-19 brings a sharp relief to my thoughts, so here we go. A species is defined as: a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. My argument is t...

https://community.webmonetization.org/divydovy/david-lockie-wordpress-ambassadorship-grant-report-18527573-2113 Go give it a read and give me some feedback!