I’ve been using Mastodon for over a year now and since the platform has grown considerably over the past couple of years, I thought it best to describe my feelings regarding the platform and whether I plan to stay. I left Twitter a while ago, well before Elon Musk acquired it. I’ve already expressed my thoughts about the acquisition in another post so I won’t be elaborating here. The main reason I left is because I felt like the platform wasn’t giving me enough in return for my time and energ...

I’ve been using Mastodon for over a year now and since the platform has grown considerably over the past couple of years, I thought it best to describe my feelings regarding the platform and whether I plan to stay. I left Twitter a while ago, well before Elon Musk acquired it. I’ve already expressed my thoughts about the acquisition in another post so I won’t be elaborating here. The main reason I left is because I felt like the platform wasn’t giving me enough in return for my time and energ...

Photo by Vivek Kumar on UnsplashWhat is Orca Protocol?Orca Protocol is a DAO implementation tool and scaling solution that aims to change the way DAOs are created and managed. It accomplishes this by dividing a larger DAO into smaller modular working groups called "pods". Each pod has its own Gnosis Safe multi-signature wallet and utilizes membership NFTs to verify the identities of its members. Each pod that is created through Orca Protocol is registered with the ENS and is designated its ow...

Photo by Vivek Kumar on UnsplashWhat is Orca Protocol?Orca Protocol is a DAO implementation tool and scaling solution that aims to change the way DAOs are created and managed. It accomplishes this by dividing a larger DAO into smaller modular working groups called "pods". Each pod has its own Gnosis Safe multi-signature wallet and utilizes membership NFTs to verify the identities of its members. Each pod that is created through Orca Protocol is registered with the ENS and is designated its ow...

Okay so, This is probably the fifth draft of this article that I've written so far. The reason being is that ever since Musk bought Twitter, there is some fresh new hullabaloo going on as he vigorously attempts to burn the company down to the ground in almost every conceivable way. I was going to make this article about exactly why I quit Twitter but I feel that is irrelevant at this point. Instead, I'm mostly going to focus on why crypto folk are fooling themselves by believing tha...

Okay so, This is probably the fifth draft of this article that I've written so far. The reason being is that ever since Musk bought Twitter, there is some fresh new hullabaloo going on as he vigorously attempts to burn the company down to the ground in almost every conceivable way. I was going to make this article about exactly why I quit Twitter but I feel that is irrelevant at this point. Instead, I'm mostly going to focus on why crypto folk are fooling themselves by believing tha...

Wasn’t sure what to put here, but I thought this photo looked niceHey yall. Been a while. I suspect hardly anyone reads this substack as I’ve only made a handful of articles, but I felt it best to write up an update as to what’s been going on and why I’ve been gone for a while. Granted a few months isn’t that long as far as a blog goes, but regardless, I thought I’d throw out an update anyway. This article is mostly about getting my thoughts out on paper and trying to make sense of how I’m fe...

Wasn’t sure what to put here, but I thought this photo looked niceHey yall. Been a while. I suspect hardly anyone reads this substack as I’ve only made a handful of articles, but I felt it best to write up an update as to what’s been going on and why I’ve been gone for a while. Granted a few months isn’t that long as far as a blog goes, but regardless, I thought I’d throw out an update anyway. This article is mostly about getting my thoughts out on paper and trying to make sense of how I’m fe...

Photo by Jens Peter Olesen on UnsplashThere once was a dream, a dream called RomeMarcus Aurelius was the Emperor of Rome from 161 to 180 AD. He was also known as the last of the emperors who reigned during the Pax Romana, a relative golden age for Rome. However, by the time Aurelius was in charge, the cracks in the empire were beginning to spread; strife and contention both within and without the walls of the empire were common during Aurelius's rule, including civil unrest and barbarian...

Photo by Jens Peter Olesen on UnsplashThere once was a dream, a dream called RomeMarcus Aurelius was the Emperor of Rome from 161 to 180 AD. He was also known as the last of the emperors who reigned during the Pax Romana, a relative golden age for Rome. However, by the time Aurelius was in charge, the cracks in the empire were beginning to spread; strife and contention both within and without the walls of the empire were common during Aurelius's rule, including civil unrest and barbarian...

This article is a submission for the SayMore + Purple Essay Contest on Farcaster. If you use Farcaster, find me at @alditrus, https://warpcast.com/alditrus.This is a mushroom. More precisely, a mushroom is a general descriptor for a species of fleshy organisms known as fungi. The mushroom you see above is just a fruit body of a fungus, a small appendage of a much larger organism with complex underlying structures that grow deep underneath the soil. Most people take for granted just how immens...

This article is a submission for the SayMore + Purple Essay Contest on Farcaster. If you use Farcaster, find me at @alditrus, https://warpcast.com/alditrus.This is a mushroom. More precisely, a mushroom is a general descriptor for a species of fleshy organisms known as fungi. The mushroom you see above is just a fruit body of a fungus, a small appendage of a much larger organism with complex underlying structures that grow deep underneath the soil. Most people take for granted just how immens...

Photo by Markus Winkler on UnsplashI'll be making short posts like this occasionally to let my readers know what I've been up to and fill them in on some of the projects I'm working on. These will likely be short free-form rambles so don't expect anything too fancy. These past few weeks have been quiet for me. I’ve been preoccupied with my new day job so I haven't been very active in web3 aside from posting on Twitter a lot. Now that I'm settled into my new job, ...

Photo by Markus Winkler on UnsplashI'll be making short posts like this occasionally to let my readers know what I've been up to and fill them in on some of the projects I'm working on. These will likely be short free-form rambles so don't expect anything too fancy. These past few weeks have been quiet for me. I’ve been preoccupied with my new day job so I haven't been very active in web3 aside from posting on Twitter a lot. Now that I'm settled into my new job, ...

Photo by Lina White on UnsplashBack in the days of ancient Rome, whenever there was a major military victory, it was a tradition to parade the general and his soldiers through the streets to celebrate their accomplishments. Throughout the procession, a servant was seated directly behind the general who would continuously repeat the phrase “Memento Mori” over and over. It was a reminder to him that although people were placing him on a pedestal and giving him accolades, he was but a man and wa...

Photo by Lina White on UnsplashBack in the days of ancient Rome, whenever there was a major military victory, it was a tradition to parade the general and his soldiers through the streets to celebrate their accomplishments. Throughout the procession, a servant was seated directly behind the general who would continuously repeat the phrase “Memento Mori” over and over. It was a reminder to him that although people were placing him on a pedestal and giving him accolades, he was but a man and wa...

Photo by Vladislav Klapin on UnsplashHello there! This is my very first substack article. By way of introduction, I am Block Mage (@BlockMageDAO on Twitter) and I am an avid blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiast. I am especially passionate about DAOs and the potential they have to create a more fair and egalitarian society. I’m currently learning more about the web3/defi/DAO ecosystem and teaching myself how to code smart contracts in Solidity. I don’t necessarily aim to become a developer...

Photo by Vladislav Klapin on UnsplashHello there! This is my very first substack article. By way of introduction, I am Block Mage (@BlockMageDAO on Twitter) and I am an avid blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiast. I am especially passionate about DAOs and the potential they have to create a more fair and egalitarian society. I’m currently learning more about the web3/defi/DAO ecosystem and teaching myself how to code smart contracts in Solidity. I don’t necessarily aim to become a developer...