# Square 1 ## Recent Posts - [Making Sense of LRTs](https://paragraph.com/@square1/making-sense-of-lrts): A high level overview of LRTs and why they are important - [Crawl Before You Run](https://paragraph.com/@square1/crawl-before-you-run): Financial nihilism, fundamentals, and will crypto amount to anything? - [Following Up](https://paragraph.com/@square1/following-up): more thoughts on the 2024 crypto cycle... and more detail on the tech driving momentum - [Paradigms Driving Crypto Cycles](https://paragraph.com/@square1/paradigms-driving-crypto-cycles): A lil history of technology + narratives driving previous cycles, and a new TG group! - [Attack on Terra](https://paragraph.com/@square1/attack-on-terra): Quick explainer on Terra Luna and the fiasco unfolding. - [Alpha Birds Reflection](https://paragraph.com/@square1/alpha-birds-reflection): Lessons learned from creating a Moonbirds Album as a DAO - [SZN-1 Essential Album Governance](https://paragraph.com/@square1/szn-1-essential-album-governance) - [Proposal Lifecycle on SZNS](https://paragraph.com/@square1/proposal-lifecycle-on-szns) - [DAO Rugability and Architecture](https://paragraph.com/@square1/dao-rugability-and-architecture): Guidelines for building a DAO by leveraging Soft Proposals, Hard Proposals, and Unilateral Decision-Making in the context of Rugability. - [NFT DAO SZN](https://paragraph.com/@square1/nft-dao-szn) - [Core Mechanisms of Defi](https://paragraph.com/@square1/core-mechanisms-of-defi): Find a quick summary of the Defi mechanisms available today. - [New Year Reflection on Tokenomics](https://paragraph.com/@square1/new-year-reflection-on-tokenomics): HNY! Here's a quick stream of consciousness reflection on how token economies work. - [Governance is Messy](https://paragraph.com/@square1/governance-is-messy): A brief DAO history and a call for better UX. - [NFT Mania!!](https://paragraph.com/@square1/nft-mania): Some thoughts on NFTs, and a massive release of Season 1 videos! - [Another Release and Lending Thoughts](https://paragraph.com/@square1/another-release-and-lending-thoughts): Find the first two episodes of season 1 on youtube, and check a quick essay on undercollateralized lending - [Square 1 Continues!](https://paragraph.com/@square1/square-1-continues): Season 2, Youtube, Tiktok, newsletters, and more! - [Deep Dive 12: a conversation with Sid Powell](https://paragraph.com/@square1/deep-dive-12-a-conversation-with-sid-powell): DAOs, Defi, and Capital Markets - [Deep Dive 10: the Web3 Experience with Griff Green](https://paragraph.com/@square1/deep-dive-10-the-web3-experience-with-griff-green): Examining crypto nomadic life, the DAO hack, tokenomics, and more! - [Deep Dive 9: the importance of Defi with Stani Kulechov](https://paragraph.com/@square1/deep-dive-9-the-importance-of-defi-with-stani-kulechov) - [Deep Dive 8: Democracy Earth with Santi Siri](https://paragraph.com/@square1/deep-dive-8-democracy-earth-with-santi-siri): Also, a note on meme coins, and we bought our first NFT! ## Blog Information - [Homepage](https://paragraph.com/@square1/): Main blog page - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@square1): Subscribe to updates ## Optional - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@square1/): Complete post archive - [Sitemap](https://paragraph.com/@square1/sitemap-index.xml): XML sitemap for crawlers