Folks here are helping me narrow down what I don’t like about crypto. I see the argument that it is a way to freely move currency even in the face of authoritarian governments. 

I guess on the one hand, I just don’t believe that governments can’t find a way to crack down on it. All the crying from crypto folks about the tyrannical SEC suggests governments still do matter. 

But more importantly, I think it’s a much better use of time and energy to organize and fight to stop those authoritarian governments from existing in the first place. I see so many brilliant people spending so much time on this thing that is literally separate from reality (it’s right there in the name crypto) when that energy could be put to more fruitful use. Anyway, no final conclusions, just some evolving thoughts.

the conflation of anti-censorship properties and asset origination regulations is a somewhat clever rhetorical slight of hand that is either ignorant or dishonest

the second point about separate from reality is just redacted, I can’t even attempt to steelman it

pretty crazy that a social net on TikTok’s scale is doing this too

Shane Gillis Alexander https://t.co/zTNsvjxPWD

n i k o l a e s t h e t i c

thought this was funny, idk why

https://x.com/nikolaesthetic/status/1900844793556619350?s=46

meanwhile, in the social media region about as distant as you can get from farcaster

meanwhile, in the social media region about as distant as you can get from farcaster
https://archive.is/nFkXN

i honestly cleaned up at warpslot today (3/5 winners)

they are simply giving away free money

Memes

social token

10+ users playing our live game the last two rounds.

Reminder, the game runs every hour on the hour.

And we're giving away Pixiedust (real $$) prizes.

$SOCIAL

https://socialtoken.fyi/frames/chat

we have a fun crew of regular players. pretty cool to see regulars duking it out

Memes are intertextual and referential but Coins don't make these properties as legible as they could. When I see $horsephin I wish I could trace its evolution back to $horse and follow the network of references. Even better if attention and value could flow through it too.

0xC88E76E7b8024475045fAa69616162CA1D3D97fc

i think story protocol is trying to trace IP like this

i don't really understand how story and others who have tried this can enforce media attribution though. people have to want to attribute it and the incentives don't encourage that

the correct approach is something i'm calling "swerve coding"

riding the vibes but with your hands on the wheel

more good work music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJi5na897Y&t=201s&ab_channel=REALISTIK

Apparently I'm $EDGE Disruptor aligned!

See what the Spectral Lab says about you.

there's so much cool infra out there now, most of which i'll probably never get around to trying

there's so much cool infra out there now, most of which i'll probably never get around to trying

https://blog.biconomy.io/launching-biconomy-network-the-application-layer-to-make-a-thousand-chains-feel-like-one-2/

Vibe coding is to engineering as guitar hero is to being a rock star

https://zora.co/coin/base:0xd3ee1c08f95f728ddda29ce54caf4b9d026aa243?referrer=0x5CE8F76c9896e9a9b216F068a09Cf211A7983966

generated thru a fun frame from @tusharvrma

18 | Developer | exploring web3 | Agent 002 @callusfbi | Building /farview

they seem to be giving away free money in the casino frame 🤔

base-builds

1 hour since @warpslot released

~2,000 spins
400+ users

JUST KEEP SPINNING.

https://warpslot.fun

Trading

What's your rationale for why eth has performed so poorly this cycle?

The $SOCIAL app was one of the Top 25 frames on Warpcast this week and received dev rewards.

*Also*, a good time to announce we're working on an audio spaces feature in the frame! 👀 🗣️

can't remember the last time i marveled at a chart, but this thing is beautiful

naturally, things turned south right after this cast

MJC

@mjc716