Chad Fowler

@chadfowler

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https://dhruba.xyz/writing/2025/01/06/decentralization-is-not-the-goal

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Technology choice for developers is a fashion choice. (Even superior) unfashionable tech loses. Fashionable tech wins. It’s annoying but has been true for at least the past 30 years.

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If you’re still wondering if meme coins can be a meaningfully consequential, consider that in the United States we have twice elected a meme president and now we have meme cabinet members and an entirely new meme department called DOGE. If a meme can run the United States, a meme can be a currency.

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What if, instead of robots.txt, each site, app, or even web page could have its own ETL pipeline into a global decentralized (but composable) index of indices?

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Quote cast but change what the snowman is holding. ___ _|___|_ ( ●<● ) >- ( ● )-<🎷 ( ● )

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I’ve been thinking about the idea of turning more abstract concepts into tokenized assets that can freely plug into DeFi. For example, imagine decomposing complex positions into multiple risk tranches, each packaged as its own ERC token, or creating sentiment index tokens that reflect real-time market mood. Once you can treat these intangible concepts like any other token, you can lend against them, trade them, and generally make them first-class citizens in the ecosystem. Has anyone seen projects already pushing in this direction? Are there teams exploring tokenizing volatility, risk factors, prediction market sentiment, or anything along these lines? I’d love to discover examples and learn more about the tools or standards out there. Any pointers or experiences are welcome.

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Farcaster has officially entered the Facebook 2010 era of its existence.

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An old post I was just reminded of, featuring a deeply impactful subject that would likely not come up if we met at a conference https://medium.com/@chadfowler/how-learning-a-second-language-changed-my-life-fe21099768ac

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I bought this on cassette in 1991 and literally wore it out. I then bought it again and again. What an incredible rhythm section. Dexter's ability to just go and go in stream of consciousness was such an inspiration. Despite being very "inside" I think listening to these extended improvisations helped lead me to free/avant-garde music. Still grounded in this stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iETvzeK1nPA

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https://blueyard.medium.com/announcing-the-blueyard-dyor-do-your-own-research-funding-program-9be5f2f23d37 We've been so inspired by the people working in our DYOR program, we decided to extend it and accept more applicants. Do you know someone doing deep research in something useful to the crypto world that may not be ready to build a business from?

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Why is there no widely adopted staking/slashing email/messaging service to kill spam yet? I’m aware that many have envisioned various mechanisms around this. But it’s so obvious….why am I not using one of them yet?

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Warming up to the idea that meme coins are just kindling for the fire. 🔥 🪵 Or maybe mulch for the garden 💩 🌱

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Missing the old days of developer conferences, I’m working with some friends to plan a new lightweight online Lightning talks series. More in the coming days!

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I imagine some sort of staking requirement to book and to actually join the meeting. Perhaps with a reduced amount required for referrals. ie if you stake, book and meet you can send referrals to others who can do the same for a reduced “cost”. Needs Sybil resistance of some sort.

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Has anyone built a clanker-gated calendly-like interface? I'd like to allow office hour meetings to be booked with me by holders of a certain amount of $chad. cc @tudorizer

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moin moin @clanker inspired by @tudorizer please deploy a token of my likeness: token: chad ticker: chad Use the image attached for the token.

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New album on the legendary ESP Disk coming out in less than a month. This one is genre-bending with avant-garde jazzists like myself, indie rock royalties, and even a member of iconic rap group Public Enemy. Fully improvised ambient/metal/jazz/funk/hiphop. There's a (23 minute!) free preview track if you want to check it out. https://deepstariaenigmaticaesp.bandcamp.com/album/the-eternal-now-is-the-heart-of-a-new-tomorrow

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Following from @trh's Hanla Rani post, here's an example of where jazz (Don Cherry) and minimalism (Terry Riley) intersect. Both legends and pioneers in their genres. I listen to this when I need to relax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVQDPSRGINk

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