1/ @kofinas was on the @BanklessHQ podcast w/ @RyanSAdams & @TrustlessState to discuss how the world is changing, how instability can lead to global escalation, and what role tech dependency has I hope you enjoy this podcast summary 🧵A changing world2/ @kofinas grew up in the 90s when the 🌍 had settled w/ unity in a #unipolar moment. In 2016 w/ Trump's election, the tenor and the US-China relationship changed. A #bipolar order is usually more stable but we are not there & uncertainty w...

1/ @kofinas was on the @BanklessHQ podcast w/ @RyanSAdams & @TrustlessState to discuss how the world is changing, how instability can lead to global escalation, and what role tech dependency has I hope you enjoy this podcast summary 🧵A changing world2/ @kofinas grew up in the 90s when the 🌍 had settled w/ unity in a #unipolar moment. In 2016 w/ Trump's election, the tenor and the US-China relationship changed. A #bipolar order is usually more stable but we are not there & uncertainty w...

"#Crypto/web3 is only for greedy traders & has no use cases". Total BS and today I want to give you an example of why I love this ecosystem so much: https://indexafrica.io is the first African indexer on @graphprotocol and invented for Decentralized Philanthropy (#DePhi). First, let's look at the @graphprotocol: The Graph is an indexing protocol for querying networks like #Ethereum and #IPFS via subgraph. If you are an indexer you receive query fees and indexing rewards each time someone...

"#Crypto/web3 is only for greedy traders & has no use cases". Total BS and today I want to give you an example of why I love this ecosystem so much: https://indexafrica.io is the first African indexer on @graphprotocol and invented for Decentralized Philanthropy (#DePhi). First, let's look at the @graphprotocol: The Graph is an indexing protocol for querying networks like #Ethereum and #IPFS via subgraph. If you are an indexer you receive query fees and indexing rewards each time someone...

Mark Cuban came back to the Bankless Podcast. Since the last appearance on the podcast he researched, invested, and given the market condition, lost a lot of money. Nevertheless, he has lots of optimism about the future of crypto. Learn or get burned https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1539603319445921795Differences compared to the last bear marketHe made it through the last bear market and he clearly sees some difference between the 2017 crash and the current bear market: Back then it was ...

Mark Cuban came back to the Bankless Podcast. Since the last appearance on the podcast he researched, invested, and given the market condition, lost a lot of money. Nevertheless, he has lots of optimism about the future of crypto. Learn or get burned https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1539603319445921795Differences compared to the last bear marketHe made it through the last bear market and he clearly sees some difference between the 2017 crash and the current bear market: Back then it was ...

1/ Is there a successor to nation-states? @balajis proposes the idea of a #networkstate powered by #crypto #web3 technologies. We shouldn't assume that nation-states are eternal 🧵This Twitter thread summarizes the @BanklessHQ podcast & should help to understand this novel ideaThe Network Archipelago2/ Nation-States are only a few hundred years old after they replaced some form of monarchy in most areas. Do we need an alternative? @balajis argues that the post-world-war-era is ending & p...

1/ Is there a successor to nation-states? @balajis proposes the idea of a #networkstate powered by #crypto #web3 technologies. We shouldn't assume that nation-states are eternal 🧵This Twitter thread summarizes the @BanklessHQ podcast & should help to understand this novel ideaThe Network Archipelago2/ Nation-States are only a few hundred years old after they replaced some form of monarchy in most areas. Do we need an alternative? @balajis argues that the post-world-war-era is ending & p...

Blockchain - A difficult and controversial topic1/ #Blockchain is a very complex and controversial subject. Is it one of the rare technological paradigm shifts seen by mankind, or is it just some online gambling money? The topic is masterfully explained by @aantonop, who inspired me to write this condensed summary thread 🧵First Contact2/ When @aantonop first heard the term #bitcoin, he thought "Ha, NERD Money!" When he looked into it 6 months later and read Satoshi's Whitepaper, he was ...

Blockchain - A difficult and controversial topic1/ #Blockchain is a very complex and controversial subject. Is it one of the rare technological paradigm shifts seen by mankind, or is it just some online gambling money? The topic is masterfully explained by @aantonop, who inspired me to write this condensed summary thread 🧵First Contact2/ When @aantonop first heard the term #bitcoin, he thought "Ha, NERD Money!" When he looked into it 6 months later and read Satoshi's Whitepaper, he was ...

Joshua Rosenthal PhD in History is a crypto-native historian and talked about the parallels between the Renaissance, American Revolution, and #Crypto and how we can learn from history. If you missed it, this article is for you:Let’s travel to medieval timesImagine yourself as a medieval peasant. After centuries of static, permission society ruled by kings, two decentralized technologies converged: Ledger-based financial primitives (double-entry bookkeeping) and new permissionless communicatio...

Joshua Rosenthal PhD in History is a crypto-native historian and talked about the parallels between the Renaissance, American Revolution, and #Crypto and how we can learn from history. If you missed it, this article is for you:Let’s travel to medieval timesImagine yourself as a medieval peasant. After centuries of static, permission society ruled by kings, two decentralized technologies converged: Ledger-based financial primitives (double-entry bookkeeping) and new permissionless communicatio...

I. PurposeThis Governance Framework provides guidance for Marketing Guild members regarding the organization and operations of the Guild, including the management of labor, and funding of projects within the Guild.“An ideal constitution features a version of separation of powers intended both to grant political primacy to evolved cultural rules and to limit the influence of groups that demand interference with competitive social processes.” - Friedrich A. HayekMarketing Guild MissionOur missi...

I. PurposeThis Governance Framework provides guidance for Marketing Guild members regarding the organization and operations of the Guild, including the management of labor, and funding of projects within the Guild.“An ideal constitution features a version of separation of powers intended both to grant political primacy to evolved cultural rules and to limit the influence of groups that demand interference with competitive social processes.” - Friedrich A. HayekMarketing Guild MissionOur missi...

1/ I listened to @Liv_Boeree on the @lexfridman podcast talking about #Moloch. It inspired me to write a Thread about this phenomenon & why this ancient demon god is responsible for so many problems we face today. 🧵 I hope you enjoy the thread and my thoughts about #MolochMoloch in Metropolis 1927Who is Moloch?2/ #Moloch originates from the Canaanite religion and was a demon god who gave power to tribes to win wars but in return, they had to sacrifice their children to Moloch. The essence is...

1/ I listened to @Liv_Boeree on the @lexfridman podcast talking about #Moloch. It inspired me to write a Thread about this phenomenon & why this ancient demon god is responsible for so many problems we face today. 🧵 I hope you enjoy the thread and my thoughts about #MolochMoloch in Metropolis 1927Who is Moloch?2/ #Moloch originates from the Canaanite religion and was a demon god who gave power to tribes to win wars but in return, they had to sacrifice their children to Moloch. The essence is...

Bankless HQ Podcast Episode 128Luke Gromen joined RyanSAdams and David Hoffman to talk about why we are in one of the scariest Macro Set-Ups in the last 20+ years. A high-density talk that we try to simplify for you in an Article in order to get a better understanding of what is actually going onThere are three reasons why the situation at the moment is scaryThe first global sovereign #debt bubble since WW1 in developed markets (money printer goes brrr)#Resource scarcity: Energy gets more exp...

Bankless HQ Podcast Episode 128Luke Gromen joined RyanSAdams and David Hoffman to talk about why we are in one of the scariest Macro Set-Ups in the last 20+ years. A high-density talk that we try to simplify for you in an Article in order to get a better understanding of what is actually going onThere are three reasons why the situation at the moment is scaryThe first global sovereign #debt bubble since WW1 in developed markets (money printer goes brrr)#Resource scarcity: Energy gets more exp...

1/n The #Ethereum #Merge is coming around Sept 14th. It isn't easy to predict the exact date bc/ it is defined on terminal total difficulty but it will happen around this date. 🧵But what is the merge and why is it so important? The following thread should help to explain itThe MergeWhat is the Merge?2/ What is the #Merge? It is a long-awaited change from #ProofOfWork to #ProofOfStake or to be more precise the merging of the #PoW Execution Layer with the #PoS Execution Layer. This will b...

1/n The #Ethereum #Merge is coming around Sept 14th. It isn't easy to predict the exact date bc/ it is defined on terminal total difficulty but it will happen around this date. 🧵But what is the merge and why is it so important? The following thread should help to explain itThe MergeWhat is the Merge?2/ What is the #Merge? It is a long-awaited change from #ProofOfWork to #ProofOfStake or to be more precise the merging of the #PoW Execution Layer with the #PoS Execution Layer. This will b...

The Rise and Fall of LunaAlgorithmic Stablecoins always failed in the past but the novel mechanism of Terra/Luna seemed to be a new success recipe to overpower over collateralized stable coins like #DAI. @stablekwon was pretty sure that this new idea will win: https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1506494471873081352 On May 9th #TerraUSD started to lose its Dollar-Peg and a cascade of events was triggered. The resulting Narrative (Terra/Luna Collapse) triggered an even bigger panic. Here is a...

The Rise and Fall of LunaAlgorithmic Stablecoins always failed in the past but the novel mechanism of Terra/Luna seemed to be a new success recipe to overpower over collateralized stable coins like #DAI. @stablekwon was pretty sure that this new idea will win: https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1506494471873081352 On May 9th #TerraUSD started to lose its Dollar-Peg and a cascade of events was triggered. The resulting Narrative (Terra/Luna Collapse) triggered an even bigger panic. Here is a...