Nov 23, 2022L1s Are Doomed Unless….Reflections following Cardano Summit 2022 With Ethereum now functionally a censored network, many have been asking what L1 they should build on. With that in mind (plus an invitation from the magical Catalyst4Climate group), I attended the two-day Cardano Summit in Lausanne, and asked everyone I could the key question: “Does it work?” Cardano Community: Less Shill, More Goodwill Cardano has…Cryptocurrency5 min readCryptocurrency5 min read
May 29, 2022Tokenomics: Three Foundations for Creating a Token EconomyRequests for tokenomics consulting have been bombarding me lately. My theory is that it’s because almost everyone recognizes that nothing any tokenomics expert has told them makes any sense. Quite a few clients have reported that all the tokenomics experts tell them it’s about the marketing and the burn rate…Tokenomics7 min readTokenomics7 min read
Jan 22, 2021Group Currency: What if you could only transact as a community?Sufficiency Currency: What Communities Want Starting out with some assumptions, I returned from 11 weeks of travel including visits to 7 intentional communities (ecovillages) with a more solidified idea of what the “sufficiency currency” might look like. Before I go into that, it’s useful for me to distinguish the major differences between the Sufficiency Currency…Currency6 min readCurrency6 min read
Dec 3, 2020Road Trip in a PandemicWhen I got to Milano, I thought: How did they know? This feels just like a post-apocalyptic film. But how did the directors know this is how it feels? It’s not that surprising, of course. Cities have gone through wars and pestilence since the existence of cities. Milano after the…Pandemic4 min readPandemic4 min read
Aug 25, 2020Anonymity and Distributed Governance: A Bad IdeaI host a weekly call on distributed governance. This blog provides my personal opinions but by all means view the entire discussion here . One of the big debates in the Genesis DAO started by DAOstack was the question of anonymity. Should people be able to make proposals and ask…Anonymity5 min readAnonymity5 min read
Apr 2, 2020A better “truth machine”: Dealing with global crisisThe truth will set you free! One of the most terrifying parts of the current crisis is uncertainty. Uncertainty is one of the most terrifying things people can experience in general. Absolutely everyone I have spoken to is absolutely convinced that a lot of the information available is either biased, doctored or flat-out false. Not knowing…Cryptocurrency5 min readCryptocurrency5 min read
Mar 11, 2020COVID-19 and Governance: This is not a testI drove to Italy and back yesterday. Quiet border crossings. Between the time I left for Italy and the time I got back, the Slovenian government had changed the border crossing policy, but it takes some time to mobilize, so there was a lone officer watching traffic coming from Italy…Covid-195 min readCovid-195 min read
Feb 26, 2020Member-onlyCrypto Anthropological ObservationsBlockchain technology has spawned not only a new industry but also a set of subcultures within the cryptocurrency space. While these cultures have certain attributes in common, each group has its own individual characteristics that differentiate them from one another. This article is an anthropological overview by an author with…Crypcurrency9 min readCrypcurrency9 min read
Feb 19, 2020You don’t need a DAOIt’s time to make a DAO! Anyone can make their own DAO with Aragon or DAOstack, or just by forking Molloch. Even better, you can use an augmented bonding curve to fund your DAO, thanks to the amazing work by the Commons Stack folks, and there you have it! A…Dao9 min readDao9 min read
Feb 12, 2020DAO falloff and revivalThe last few weeks have seen some major failures in the area of DAO and distributed governance. They’ve also marked a revival of energy for DAO technology, with new initiatives that seem to pick up where the failures left a gap. Rising from the ashes… As presented in my DAO Case Study Research last…Eosio6 min readEosio6 min read
