All about crypto

This is an index of posts that cover topics related to crypto. The articles explore cover a range of topics such as environmental impacts of crypto, AI-driven research methods, the future of web3, layer 3 blockchains, NFTs, and onchain assets. It also discusses decentralized social media, prediction markets, and the importance of permissionless money and modular blockchain design.

What is a Universal Money Address?

A Universal Money Address Standard leverages the Lightning Network to enable payment handles that are easy to read, share, and remember.

Unpacking the Electric Capital Developer Report 2023

This a look at some of the highlights from the Electric Capital Developer Report 2023.

Why the Bitcoin ETF approval matters, sliced three ways

Here's a quick look at the good, the bad, and the ugly in regards to the Bitcoin ETF news.

Remember when people printed email? What that means for the future of money in four frameworks

There are any number of ways that the future can unfold money-wise. What’s for sure is that the way we understand money now is changing. The biggest driver of change is that everything is moving digital.

What if crypto’s killer use case is helping to slow greenhouse gas emissions?

Crypto, blockchain, decentralized whatever is often viewed as unnecessary, or in fact, damaging to big picture issues like global climate change. But what if that thinking is all wrong? What if planetary-scale problems can benefit from planetary-scale solutions?

In the media: Algorithm-driven account closures and the need for permissionless money

There are a lot of reasons why the shift to open money makes sense. One of them is that the world is changing. Increasingly algorithms and AI will start to make decisions about our lives. In that kind of world, permissionless, open money will become an important tool.