Thumbs' Update

Hey friends 👋 The first few times I used Ethereum, it was... messy. I didn't know what I was doing, and I ended up burning through my first $50-100 or so just failing one transaction after another. It would be fair to say that I should have done a bit more research before diving in headfirst, but it would also be fair to say that there were some serious issues with user experience (UX) that could scare away even the most adventurous among us. When I delved into the details of this new t...

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imageThis issue is brought to you with the support of Skiff, the privacy-first productivity suite. Unfortunately, Skiff was purchased by Notion and has been discontinued.Hey friends 👋 I know it’s only been about a week since I last wrote to you, but believe it or not I’ve already got a whole newsletter ready. So let’s get into it! It’s June, and you know what that means: much to the chagrin of American presidential candidates, it’s pride month! So, of course, I need to start this one off wit...

This educational content comes to you with the support of the PoolTogether Growth Team. Visit PoolTogether.com to learn more and start your prize-savings journey. You can also drop by the PoolTogether discord and join one the best communities in DeFi for friendly discussion, community-led events, and weekly community calls.Hey friends 👋 If you've been hanging around the crypto space long enough, you've probably heard people using terms like composability or money legos. Believe it ...

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Stablecoins: Digital Dollars DemystifiedThis post was originally written in June 2021. One year later, a complete rewrite was released, sponsored by Notional Finance. It has now been thoroughly revised in May of 2023 with no official sponsor. If you like what you read, please feel free to collect this post as an NFT on Optimism.Hey friends 👋 At the time of writing, there are over ten thousand tokens listed on CoinGecko, a popular site for keeping track of cryptocurrency value. These tokens a...

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This issue is brought to you with the support of Skiff, the privacy-first productivity suite. Unfortunately, Skiff was purchased by Notion and has been discontinued.Hey friends 👋 I know the month is three-quarters of the way through, but I really wanted to write another newsletter and share some updates. One thing that you may have noticed happened since the release of the last issue was that I remade the graphic. I wasn't completely sold on the artwork I'd come up with and wanted ...

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Hey friends 👋 I don't know about you, but during my formative years, I went through a particularly rebellious phase. I experimented with wildly colored hair spiked with cheap gel. I wore ripped denim, leather, and piercings, all the while immersing myself in bands that belted out anti-authority lyrics over off-key guitar riffs. At the time, I considered myself a "punk," although in retrospect, I realize that I was little more than an angsty teenager expressing defiance in relatively har...