The consensus is forming fast. Nicky Sap's piece landed this week with a decisive verdict: "Even if the future of crypto is social, the future of social is clearly not crypto." Dan Romero announced Farcaster's pivot in December—wallet-first, trading infrastructure, "come for the tool, stay for the network." Two platforms, same retreat. The story seems settled: financialized social failed. I want to offer a different lens. Not because I think the consensus is wrong, but because I think it's in...

Building something new in 2026

Imagine a man sitting in a dimly lit room, surrounded by influential figures, as a medium enters a trance and begins to speak in voices not her own. This isn't a scene from a sci-fi movie; it’s a real episode from the life of Gene Roddenberry, the visionary creator of Star Trek. In the 1970s, Roddenberry wasn’t just writing scripts to explore "the final frontier"; he was participating in channeling sessions that would inspire him to create a universe of interstellar peace and galactic federat...

Every day, millions of dollars are silently extracted from DeFi traders. Not through hacks or exploits, but through something far more insidious: the public mempool. MEV bots, front-runners, and sandwich attacks have turned transparency into a tax on every trade. But what if there was a way to trade in silence? The Horizen x Thrive Builder Funding Program is now in full swing. With 16 approved projects in the pipeline and more under evaluation, we're launching a Project Showcase to give the c...

This article builds on our previous post, which outlined the philosophy behind building an autonomous ETH accumulation engine. Here we revisit the core primitives: Long Bonds, CDT, and debt redemption. Some of this will feel familiar. Some is intentionally different. The design has evolved based on our experience since launch. This post focuses on what changed, and why.

Today was a travel day. We made our way through parts of North Goa, passing smaller towns and quieter stretches that don’t always make the highlight reels. It felt good to move slowly and actually notice where we were—how people live, how the towns are laid out, how different corners of the same place carry different rhythms. Nothing needed to be optimized.

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