Readable crypto handle – replaces 0x… with name.eth for sending ETH, ERC-20s or NFTs in any wallet or dAppMulti-chain wallet hub – the same name can hold Bitcoin, Solana, Polygon, Base and dozens of other chain addresses through ENS multi-coin recordsReverse record (Primary name) – dApps show your ENS instead of the raw address when you connect your walletPortable profile layer – avatar (ENSIP-12), website, email, social links, PGP keys, custom text, etc., live on-chain in the name’s text rec...

If you’ve tuned in this week, you may have heard of Believe and all the projects and companies that launched on it this week. As the buzz around Believe took off, the term “ICM” (Internet Capital Markets) started making its rounds again, reminding me of the chaotic weeks post-TRUMP memecoin back in January. I mean, remember my pieces on VINE and jellyjelly (holding at $48M and $35M market caps which, all things considered are respectable)? It’s round 2 for the ICM movement and it’s off to a s...

Of Cultural and Social Commentary. Big Comic Art is not just a gallery; it represents a revolution in how we connect, create, and collect art in the digital age. As we traverse this transformational landscape, we delve into the essence of what defines our artistic expression and identity. In an era where technology is woven into the fabric of creativity, Big Comic Art stands at the forefront, sparking dialogues that resonate with broader cultural themes.

We built technology systems to enable data portability, only to realise that system-to-system integration is a non-trivial lift. A far simpler solution is to create self-custodial verifiable credentials that are capable of being verified without relying on their issuers.

This time, we are looking at a movement that is quietly taking shape—one that could define who controls the next era of intelligence. While Big Tech dominates today’s AI narrative, a group of open, decentralised projects are building an alternative.

Hi Crowd! I've been using AirBnB since forever. Like, almost 20 years now. Especially for cities I go to frequently with neighborhoods I like, it's often a better experience than a hotel halfway across town at twice the price. It hasn't always been perfect, there's been waves of weirdness like shady business owners renting out 300 apartments and hiring 2 people to pretend to be 50 different hosts. I rented a place in Tokyo one time and traded messages back and forth with the host for weeks wh...

In today’s episode, we dive into the exciting potential of combining the best of Solana with Base, and how a hybrid ecosystem can bring scalability, creativity, and user accessibility together like never before.

Many of the same ideas that inspired Bitcoin are now being used to decentralize AI. By leveraging the core principles behind Bitcoin’s success, we can build collective-intelligence networks that grow smarter and stronger with each new participant.

10x faster blocks are coming soon to Base Mainnet. If you’re an app builder, node operator, or wallet developer interested in integrating with Flashblocks, read on to learn how you can start testing on Base Sepolia today.

DX Terminal, Fungi agents, Zora app traction, Crowdfund, Farcaster mini apps, mainstreamification of crypto

We’re dropping an additional $8,000 in OP to reward the top collectors from our campaign with Manifold. If you earned one of the badges during the campaign, you may be eligible to claim a reward. Here’s how it works.How Rewards Were CalculatedRewards were distributed using two core criteria:The badge you earnedYour XP ranking within that badge groupEach badge came with a different weighting to determine the share of rewards. Manifold Super Fan badges carried higher weight. XP was used to brea...

The internet doesn’t evolve – it infiltrates, ruptures, replaces. Some of the internet's most transformative shifts have historically emerged from two powerful mechanisms: brute force and Trojan horse strategies.

What a conversation with a high-end audio shop owner taught me about customer service, sales, and business in general

Brandon Donnelly 🇨🇦 @donnelly_b I want to build this in Toronto. Arthur Weidmann @arthurweidmann1 Le 58 rue de la Santé à #Paris14, livré en 2024. Archi : MAAJ 154 7:56 AM • May 14, 2025 Yesterday morning I reshared this tweet of a recently completed mid-rise building at 58, rue de la Santé in Paris. And the response was overwhelmingly positive. There was a long list of people saying: please build this in my city, I want to live here, I want to invest in projects like this, and more. Based ...

A proposal to improve Ethereum L1 scalability using Block-level Access Lists (BALs) to enable parallel validation.

It's always day 1 on the internet, getting over my creator's dilemma & learning from Fred Wilson

We're sharing our research on RRC-7755; An interoperability standard for secure cross-chain communication, without needing to trust any third parties.

DX Terminal, Fungi agents, Zora app traction, Crowdfund, Farcaster mini apps, mainstreamification of crypto

I wanted to have this be a longer piece, but I think it’s actually more of a feeling than something that can be put into words. After I became a director for a music festival, and did some work for the Burning Man project, I became enamoured with weaving the burner identity into the woman I was becoming. Brightly coloured hair, flow artistry, generally being ethereal and floaty were all things I was drawn to. The feeling I have now is despite having some of those things, I don’t have it. I th...

In last week’s newsletter, I mentioned that I would write more about tools and Technological Fitness. I’ll make good on that next week. This week we need to get spiritual. Are you down with that? Because whenever I present the five fitnesses of Open-Source Learning, I feel like I should slow down around Spiritual Fitness. I get worried that I should explain more, provide more context, and even offer preemptive reassurance so that my audience doesn’t immediately jump from the word “spiritual” ...