Kiwi News Recap #92: 14/04/25 - 20/04/25
gm,
as always we prepared 7 highest signal Ethereum links you probably missed last week.
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What's on the menu today:
"We are not giving up, so don‘t give up on us!" - says Tim Daub
Kiwi is in a tough spot funding-wise, but Tim shares an encouraging perspective in the comments.
Why would you even keep money on L2s?, asks Evan Van Ness
It sparked an interesting discussion on Kiwi, where misha, timdaub, tomw1808 and macbudkowski shared their takes on Evan's tweet.
Vitalik equates privacy to freedom, and Tim asks if it's also the case for normies
Because do normal people really need that much privacy if most of the time, people don't even care about their lives much?
Chinese Android phones shipped with fake apps, targeting crypto users
Scammers have reached the next level of sophistication, and received over $1.6M in stolen funds in the last 2 years.
Privacy as a social problem, not a technology problem, by Ed Felten
In this 2009 essay, Ed says that technology should support social norms, not try to replace them.
My first time using stablecoins, a story by ABB Memo
ABB shows how complex stablecoins are for people outside crypto, as he spent 75 minutes trying to send USDT to a friend. He says that we need to get as easy as Venmo to achieve adoption.
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Provocative and timely, the piece challenges conventional wisdom but occasionally conflates correlation with causation—a caveat worth addressing
gm, as always 7 highest signal Ethereum links you probably missed last week! [1] "We are not giving up, so don‘t give up on us!" - says Tim Daub -> 2 comments [2] Why would you even keep money on L2s?, asks Evan Van Ness -> 6 comments [3] Vitalik equates privacy to freedom, and Tim asks if it's also the case for normies -> 3 comments [4] Chinese Android phones shipped with fake apps, targeting crypto users -> 2 comments [5] Privacy as a social problem, not a technology problem, by Ed Felten -> 1 comment [6] My first time using stablecoins, a story by ABB Memo [7] Product: Enscribe *** All links handpicked by the Kiwi community. Link to the recap below 👇
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Explore the latest insights on Ethereum with @kiwi's roundup of seven key links missed last week. Topics include funding challenges, discussions on privacy, apex crypto protocols, experiences with stablecoins, and more. Check out the compelling conversations shaping the landscape.