Subscribehttps://opensea.io/collection/2023-half-marathons-1 A few months back I started with a goal to 1 single half-marathon. I ran that marathon at an 8:04min/mile pace. I was proud of my time, but left me with a new goal:Run a sub 8min/mile pace half-marathon.I’ll be short and sweet: I fucking murdered this goal. Read below to learn about my training strategy, roadblocks, and what I learned about myself during this race. https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xD05C0485dE86a302C3Ab52f38C480F1...

Subscribehttps://opensea.io/collection/2023-half-marathons-1 A few months back I started with a goal to 1 single half-marathon. I ran that marathon at an 8:04min/mile pace. I was proud of my time, but left me with a new goal:Run a sub 8min/mile pace half-marathon.I’ll be short and sweet: I fucking murdered this goal. Read below to learn about my training strategy, roadblocks, and what I learned about myself during this race. https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xD05C0485dE86a302C3Ab52f38C480F1...

SubscribeNothing about this blog is early but here we go: Few things I learned today: Background: Multiple dApps were exposed to a hack/phishing attempt thatd rained multiple Ledger wallets. Basically in a Ledger employee fell for a phishing scam that opened up code for a hacker to drain wallets when they connected to a dApp. Ultimately, (in my own opinion about web3 wallet and infrastructure and not to bash a company) I deeply believe that hardware wallets like Ledger should NEVER be connect...

SubscribeNothing about this blog is early but here we go: Few things I learned today: Background: Multiple dApps were exposed to a hack/phishing attempt thatd rained multiple Ledger wallets. Basically in a Ledger employee fell for a phishing scam that opened up code for a hacker to drain wallets when they connected to a dApp. Ultimately, (in my own opinion about web3 wallet and infrastructure and not to bash a company) I deeply believe that hardware wallets like Ledger should NEVER be connect...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: The Graph Everyday it seems like there is a new trend in the crypto and web3 space. Every project has a lot of potential because the industry is so new you really have no idea with competitve advantage will ultimately win. However, you can make assumptions. One project I’ve been trying to learn more about recently is The Graph. In short, The Graph is a data indexing and querying service for blockchain data that is simply put: hard to query. The Graph learns...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: The Graph Everyday it seems like there is a new trend in the crypto and web3 space. Every project has a lot of potential because the industry is so new you really have no idea with competitve advantage will ultimately win. However, you can make assumptions. One project I’ve been trying to learn more about recently is The Graph. In short, The Graph is a data indexing and querying service for blockchain data that is simply put: hard to query. The Graph learns...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today:Today I learned Mirror.xyz integrated creator rewards for writers who are publishing on their platform. I only started writing on Mirror this fall and one of the complaints I had was the fact that there was no “Rewards” system for interaction on the platform.Why is this important?Coming from a fresh freelance writer this gives me confidence that the utilization of decentralization is evolving on the platform. In normal writing blogs, the platform itself woul...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today:Today I learned Mirror.xyz integrated creator rewards for writers who are publishing on their platform. I only started writing on Mirror this fall and one of the complaints I had was the fact that there was no “Rewards” system for interaction on the platform.Why is this important?Coming from a fresh freelance writer this gives me confidence that the utilization of decentralization is evolving on the platform. In normal writing blogs, the platform itself woul...

Did not post this yesterday, but I’m going to make sure it gets done.SubscribeOne thing I learned yesterday: Yesterday I learned of a new surf spot in Carlsbad. Just north of the Carlsbad state beach you can take stairs down to the water and then you get a secluded spot to surf or hang out without a lot of people bothering you. Gratitude: Being able to surf in December at noon on a Wednesday. PTO has been treating me well. I was able to see a big group of high school friends last night and ba...

Did not post this yesterday, but I’m going to make sure it gets done.SubscribeOne thing I learned yesterday: Yesterday I learned of a new surf spot in Carlsbad. Just north of the Carlsbad state beach you can take stairs down to the water and then you get a secluded spot to surf or hang out without a lot of people bothering you. Gratitude: Being able to surf in December at noon on a Wednesday. PTO has been treating me well. I was able to see a big group of high school friends last night and ba...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today:I can set up a google analytics ID for this blog. As I’ve said in my affirmations: I will learn to use web3 tools to grow my blog. This is a good stepping stone to get comfortable using statistics and trying different marketing tools for the blogThe grass isn’t always greener on the other side. I’ll leave it at that.Gratitude: 1. Grateful to have played golf today on a monday at noon. Feels great to be on PTO and just sit back and relax without a worry. Very...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today:I can set up a google analytics ID for this blog. As I’ve said in my affirmations: I will learn to use web3 tools to grow my blog. This is a good stepping stone to get comfortable using statistics and trying different marketing tools for the blogThe grass isn’t always greener on the other side. I’ll leave it at that.Gratitude: 1. Grateful to have played golf today on a monday at noon. Feels great to be on PTO and just sit back and relax without a worry. Very...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: I learned about the different ways that AI is going to revolutionize how businesses operate. From product design, to innovation, experimenting, testing, knowledge, problem solving. It is really fascinating the different capabilities that AI has. Specifically, I learned that Microsoft is releasing /has released Microsoft Co-Pilot. Where it can give someone with no technically background and ability to code in English. This would be huge for me because then I...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: I learned about the different ways that AI is going to revolutionize how businesses operate. From product design, to innovation, experimenting, testing, knowledge, problem solving. It is really fascinating the different capabilities that AI has. Specifically, I learned that Microsoft is releasing /has released Microsoft Co-Pilot. Where it can give someone with no technically background and ability to code in English. This would be huge for me because then I...

One thing I learned today:I suck at golfThe Holidays is what you make of itPerspective of happinessGratitude:Thankful to have family to spend Christmas withA stomach that is overly full from all the food provided + leftoverAffirmations: I will run the 2024 NYC marathon in under 4:00:00 I will use web3 marketing tools to grow my blog 10% every month Miracle Morning: Read: No Workout: No Make my bed: yes practice gratitude: yes Affirmations: Yes meditate: no Merry Christmas Eve

One thing I learned today:I suck at golfThe Holidays is what you make of itPerspective of happinessGratitude:Thankful to have family to spend Christmas withA stomach that is overly full from all the food provided + leftoverAffirmations: I will run the 2024 NYC marathon in under 4:00:00 I will use web3 marketing tools to grow my blog 10% every month Miracle Morning: Read: No Workout: No Make my bed: yes practice gratitude: yes Affirmations: Yes meditate: no Merry Christmas Eve

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: Double check where you’re flying out of NYC. Went to Laguardia and was really flying out of JFK. Had to uber to JFK and cut the check-in line, and TSA line and sprint through the airport with Appa to make it to the gate with 5 minutes to spare. Definitely learned my lesson, but kinda wish I was a fly on the wall because that scene must’ve been hilarious. Gratitude: Just for being home. Today was so stressful but giving my mom and dad that hello hug after pa...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: Double check where you’re flying out of NYC. Went to Laguardia and was really flying out of JFK. Had to uber to JFK and cut the check-in line, and TSA line and sprint through the airport with Appa to make it to the gate with 5 minutes to spare. Definitely learned my lesson, but kinda wish I was a fly on the wall because that scene must’ve been hilarious. Gratitude: Just for being home. Today was so stressful but giving my mom and dad that hello hug after pa...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: EigenLayer and reStaking has been taking the Web3 community by storm this week. I was familiar with EigenLayer, but was not totally understanding what their product was or how it worked. Here is my best attempt to explain what they do and why reStaking provides values to users and developers. Users on Ethereum can stake their ETH with a validator node such as Coinbase, Rocketpool, Lido, etc. However, when a user stakes their ETH into a validator pool they r...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: EigenLayer and reStaking has been taking the Web3 community by storm this week. I was familiar with EigenLayer, but was not totally understanding what their product was or how it worked. Here is my best attempt to explain what they do and why reStaking provides values to users and developers. Users on Ethereum can stake their ETH with a validator node such as Coinbase, Rocketpool, Lido, etc. However, when a user stakes their ETH into a validator pool they r...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: A friend of mine showed me dexscreener.com. It’s a cool website with a lot of different customizable components that you can make to track different DEXs, trading pairs, protocols, and networks. I haven’t gotten the chance to put too much into action just yet, but this could be a good tool to track your trades and keep up with DeFi activity on-chain. https://dexscreener.com/ Gratitude: I’m grateful that around the holiday time that I have very minimal to be...

SubscribeOne thing I learned today: A friend of mine showed me dexscreener.com. It’s a cool website with a lot of different customizable components that you can make to track different DEXs, trading pairs, protocols, and networks. I haven’t gotten the chance to put too much into action just yet, but this could be a good tool to track your trades and keep up with DeFi activity on-chain. https://dexscreener.com/ Gratitude: I’m grateful that around the holiday time that I have very minimal to be...

One thing I learned today: Today I read an article on account abstraction, it’s purpose, and value. Here is the link to it: nft://10/0xF6B19441705766D96C198CCCe0715d759A448b02/?showBuying=true&showMeta=true In summary, account abstraction uses smart contracts for wallet infrastructure to improve the user experience with dApps and migrate away from the need to store private keys. ERC-4337 is a decentralized non-resistant standard that is used for account abstraction without using off-chain sma...

One thing I learned today: Today I read an article on account abstraction, it’s purpose, and value. Here is the link to it: nft://10/0xF6B19441705766D96C198CCCe0715d759A448b02/?showBuying=true&showMeta=true In summary, account abstraction uses smart contracts for wallet infrastructure to improve the user experience with dApps and migrate away from the need to store private keys. ERC-4337 is a decentralized non-resistant standard that is used for account abstraction without using off-chain sma...