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The key to unlocking consumer adoptionoriginally published 1.24.24 via Volt Capital 2023 catalyzed a fresh wave of enthusiasm around “consumer crypto,” in part driven by the rise of products like friend.tech, but also by an acknowledgement of the industry’s over-investment in infrastructure vs. end-user applications. Many now predict that 2024 will be a breakthrough year for crypto’s application layer, as teams building everything from games to DePIN services to social experiences compete to ...

The key to unlocking consumer adoptionoriginally published 1.24.24 via Volt Capital 2023 catalyzed a fresh wave of enthusiasm around “consumer crypto,” in part driven by the rise of products like friend.tech, but also by an acknowledgement of the industry’s over-investment in infrastructure vs. end-user applications. Many now predict that 2024 will be a breakthrough year for crypto’s application layer, as teams building everything from games to DePIN services to social experiences compete to ...

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MEV Series Part I: Blockspace Markets Across Ecosystems

originally published 2.24.23 via Volt Capital The MEV conversation until this point has been focused almost exclusively on Ethereum, however this series explores MEV within the Solana and Cosmos ecosystems. This article will highlight a diverse range of approaches to address MEV and associated incentive alignment challenges, including comparative analysis of tradeoffs. By broadening the conversation, we can learn from the various experiments being run in the wild to better anticipate potentia...

MEV Series Part I: Blockspace Markets Across Ecosystems

originally published 2.24.23 via Volt Capital The MEV conversation until this point has been focused almost exclusively on Ethereum, however this series explores MEV within the Solana and Cosmos ecosystems. This article will highlight a diverse range of approaches to address MEV and associated incentive alignment challenges, including comparative analysis of tradeoffs. By broadening the conversation, we can learn from the various experiments being run in the wild to better anticipate potentia...

Beyond 721 & 1155: Revisiting the NFT Design Space

Exploring the latest innovations in non-fungible token standards, utility & metadata infrastructure.originally published 6.29.23 via Volt Capital ‍ In the bull market, trends around Google searches for the word “NFT” were often cited as a proxy for adoption and popularity, but ironically, this term fading out of the lexicon entirely will likely be the real signal of mass adoption. We’ll know meaningful progress has been made when the implementations of NFTs are so widespread and generalized t...

Beyond 721 & 1155: Revisiting the NFT Design Space

Exploring the latest innovations in non-fungible token standards, utility & metadata infrastructure.originally published 6.29.23 via Volt Capital ‍ In the bull market, trends around Google searches for the word “NFT” were often cited as a proxy for adoption and popularity, but ironically, this term fading out of the lexicon entirely will likely be the real signal of mass adoption. We’ll know meaningful progress has been made when the implementations of NFTs are so widespread and generalized t...

Mapping The Evolution Of Blockchain Bridges

originally published 12.8.22 via Volt CapitalWhere we've beenIn the early days of smart contract platforms, the consensus view was that there could only ever be a handful of L1s – maybe even only one – that truly mattered. The bridging approaches of the day reflected this, as many were designed to be pairwise and/or asset-specific bridges that focused exclusively on basic functionalities like moving bitcoins to Ethereum. As the landscape evolved further, we saw the emergence of numerous ...

Mapping The Evolution Of Blockchain Bridges

originally published 12.8.22 via Volt CapitalWhere we've beenIn the early days of smart contract platforms, the consensus view was that there could only ever be a handful of L1s – maybe even only one – that truly mattered. The bridging approaches of the day reflected this, as many were designed to be pairwise and/or asset-specific bridges that focused exclusively on basic functionalities like moving bitcoins to Ethereum. As the landscape evolved further, we saw the emergence of numerous ...

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MEV Series Part II: Understanding Order Flow Extractable Value

originally published 3.29.23 via Volt Capital Part I of this MEV Series focused on blockspace markets across ecosystems, specifically:The rise of MEV on Ethereum, R&D efforts around incentivizing decentralization and competition in these markets.The proliferation of PBS (proposer-builder separation) across ecosystems including Solana and Cosmos.An overview of distinct approaches to MEV-related challenges that we see emerging within these various ecosystems.‍ Part II will focus on the order fl...

MEV Series Part II: Understanding Order Flow Extractable Value

originally published 3.29.23 via Volt Capital Part I of this MEV Series focused on blockspace markets across ecosystems, specifically:The rise of MEV on Ethereum, R&D efforts around incentivizing decentralization and competition in these markets.The proliferation of PBS (proposer-builder separation) across ecosystems including Solana and Cosmos.An overview of distinct approaches to MEV-related challenges that we see emerging within these various ecosystems.‍ Part II will focus on the order fl...

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The Meta Problem

The problem beneath the problemsJust a few hours before I began writing this, I was added to a Twitter Circle for the first time, which was cool because I very much enjoy the more unfiltered and intimate vibe of close friends social content. I figured I’d enjoy this new feature too if there was a similar concept at play, and sure enough, Twitter Circles lets users send tweets only to a select group of up to 150 people (a “circle”). I found this pretty interesting and quite clever, as it made ...

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The Meta Problem

The problem beneath the problemsJust a few hours before I began writing this, I was added to a Twitter Circle for the first time, which was cool because I very much enjoy the more unfiltered and intimate vibe of close friends social content. I figured I’d enjoy this new feature too if there was a similar concept at play, and sure enough, Twitter Circles lets users send tweets only to a select group of up to 150 people (a “circle”). I found this pretty interesting and quite clever, as it made ...

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Mysticism & The Meaning of Life

On existential angst & modern religionWe used to have frameworks for meaning & purpose; blueprints for How To Be that we could look towards for guidance on what to strive for and how best to live our lives. Although far from perfect, these frameworks provided us with stories, knowledge and identities that we could use to make sense of the world and our place in it. They equipped us with tools that we could use to navigate the inevitable chaos and suffering that seem to be built into the exper...

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Mysticism & The Meaning of Life

On existential angst & modern religionWe used to have frameworks for meaning & purpose; blueprints for How To Be that we could look towards for guidance on what to strive for and how best to live our lives. Although far from perfect, these frameworks provided us with stories, knowledge and identities that we could use to make sense of the world and our place in it. They equipped us with tools that we could use to navigate the inevitable chaos and suffering that seem to be built into the exper...

The DeFi Appchain Design Space

originally published 10.19.22 via Volt Capital The design space for blockchains has recently opened up: we no longer just have “monolithic” chains, but also:“modular” chainsdata availability & consensus layersrollups & execution environmentsapplication-specific chains and more.With many options to choose from, the most important question becomes not which design is best for decentralized platforms but which design gives decentralized platforms the best chance at competing with their centraliz...

The DeFi Appchain Design Space

originally published 10.19.22 via Volt Capital The design space for blockchains has recently opened up: we no longer just have “monolithic” chains, but also:“modular” chainsdata availability & consensus layersrollups & execution environmentsapplication-specific chains and more.With many options to choose from, the most important question becomes not which design is best for decentralized platforms but which design gives decentralized platforms the best chance at competing with their centraliz...