In the early 2000s the United States went to war with the Taliban in Afghanistan, which began a frustrating, expensive 20 year war which yielded no definite outcomes. Guerrillas proved that it was possible to continue to exist in spite of being occupied by a huge conventional force--simply by hiding.…
Cryptocurrencies offer incredible opportunities to make investing more tangible for regular people. Traditionally, common stock in public companies is the most practical starting point for the investor journey. Unfortunately, understanding what a stock represents is hard. Anyone who has ever tried to explain exactly what stock is and how it…
DAOism is the belief that every large scale human organizational problem can be solved with some blockchain proposal making and voting software. Is that idea oversimplified? Yes. Do I care? No. I'm inspired by the idea that DAOs change everything: corporate structure, common goods management, and the legislative process In…
In a marketplace of alternatives, with marketing lower network fees, is Eth likely to be overtaken as the most important smart contracts platform? Short answer: No. Why is that likely the case? Because probabilistically, if 90% of all the blockchain developers are trained on EVM compatible languages, then when innovation…
Stablecoins solve the predictable value problem, but introduce entanglement with the concerns of governments, and no one wants that.…
If you're curious about investing in Yearn vaults, so was I. Here's some things I found out.…
Growing up, one of my distinct memories was mom doing crossword puzzles while drinking coffee every morning. This is how I've been treating LeetCode. Last year, there was a 4 month period where I studied data structures and algorithms while practicing with LeetCode problems in preparation for job interviews. It…
I don’t understand liquidation bots, but I want to. So I set out to figure out how they work. I quickly found this medium article: Creating a liquidation script for Aave DeFi protocolAnd got liquidated to test itCoinmonksIván Alberquilla I wanted to get a high level idea of how…