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Degrees of Reader Power in Decentralized Narratives

“The goal is not to onboard people to Ethereum. The goal is to onboard people to openness and self-sovereignty. We fail if we don't onboard people. But we also fail if we achieve mass adoption of walled gardens with no self-sovereignty left.” https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2002094047037382671?s=20 The concern expressed by Vitalik Buterin reflects a principled defense of Ethereum’s original ethos: sovereignty, openness, and permissionless innovation. That ethos remains foundational. Howev...

It's not always as straightforward as it may seem to measure the size of a city or urban region. There's the problem of which urban boundary to use. And then once you've landed on that, there's the additional problem of estimating how many people live within it. This can be particularly challenging when it comes to informal settlements, where there isn't reliable population data. The most common approach is to use the continuous built-up area as the urban agglomeration, as opposed to any sort...

ZM hope everyone’s doing well and feeling grounded heading into the final ZAO Fractal of 2025. Today feels like one of those quiet milestones — not loud, not flashy, just meaningful. We’ve got the ZABAL AMA kicking off at 5 PM EST, then the ZAO Fractal at 6 PM EST. Same circle, same intention, one last time this year.

​​People here call this a "paradise," but as I sat in the ship’s library with Robin analyzing the local news archives, a chilling pattern emerged. This tragedy wasn't a freak accident; it was the punctuation mark on a disastrous year for maritime safety here. ​I pulled the logs for 2025. This year alone, the waters of Labuan Bajo have claimed at least four vessels. If you zoom out to 2024, reports suggest there have been nearly 15 maritime incidents in these waters in just two years. In the Gran

In the constantly shifting narratives of the Web3 industry, “growth” remains a central theme. Yet the real challenge facing the market today is not growth itself, but whether that growth can be sustained. Recently, the AP.Root Plan, launched by the AP ecosystem, officially went live. Within just three days of launch, the plan recorded over 100,000 queue orders, a figure that has drawn notable attention amid an increasingly rational market environment. Unlike projects that rely on short-term h...

Mikoshi, a short-term binary options market on Oasys, is excited to announce the partnership with My Crypto Heroes and its community token, TORA. As part of this collaboration, any wallet holding MCHC or TORA on Oasys L1 will be eligible for privilege for the upcoming Mikoshi campaign when Mikoshi officially launches. To celebrate our partnership, we’re awarding pOAS to everyone who likes and reposts this announcement on X. For full campaign details and participation steps, please see the art...

Recently, in late December 2025, Nick Shirley, a 23-year-old independent journalist and YouTuber, became the center of attention for his viral investigative video. Here are the main points of the news story:Investigation into Alleged Fraud in MinnesotaNick Shirley uploaded a 42-minute video alleging a massive fraud scheme (spanning billions of dollars) involving social assistance funds in Minnesota, United States. Investigation Target: He visited several locations listed as daycare centers an...

​This is the Risk Society theory (Ulrich Beck) coming to life: we have created hazards (climate change) that our social institutions (insurance, emergency management) can no longer contain. For my generation, the question isn't "Where do I want to live?" anymore. It's "Where is it safe to live?" The lesson from the burning coast is brutal but necessary: We cannot build our future using the maps of the past. The coastline is changing, and our economic systems need to change with it, or we’ll all