cryptoleft

politics

This is fascinating ….

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america

I got excited reading this

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-present-crisis-and-the-end-of-the-long-90s/

Detroit and Windsor protest and wave to each other across the border

Detroit and Windsor protest and wave to each other across the border

https://www.freep.com/videos/news/politics/2025/03/22/protesters-in-detroit-wave-to-co-protesters-across-border-in-canada/82614856007/

Financial Times reports 1.5B in Capex unaccounted for in latest Tesla earnings.

"Perhaps the assets will show up next quarter"

Financial Times reports 1.5B in Capex unaccounted for in latest Tesla earnings.

"Perhaps the assets will show up next quarter"

https://www.ft.com/content/62df8d8d-31f2-445e-bfa2-c171ac43db6e

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.

@ryangrim the best answer I've seen to this question question is Arjun Bhaptani Bankless Summit talk last year.

Reporter at Drop Site News, co-host at Breaking Points/Counter Points

@ryangrim the best answer I've seen to this question question is Arjun Bhaptani Bankless Summit talk last year.

https://youtu.be/ZtRmPaLOaRw?si=mXRjxArUb6ngCTyS

Memes

Come on Down to the White House Auto Mall!

Come on Down to the White House Auto Mall!

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/s/y59XEac4pz

I'm a Builder-Pragmatist (-3.0, 4.5) on the Onchain Alignment Chart! Check out your position:

US not invited to March 11 NATO summit 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/us-wasn-t-invited-to-summit-of-military-representatives-in-paris-ap/ar-AA1AEkHd

Thank you @laurashin for your thoughtful balanced coverage on $LIBRA and Milei.    This story shows how much we need your journalistic rigor and integrity!

Crypto Journalist 🎙 Host @unchainedcrypto https://linktr.ee/unchainedpodcast

Thank you @laurashin for your thoughtful balanced coverage on $LIBRA and Milei.    This story shows how much we need your journalistic rigor and integrity!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMSQONRAcA

Debate

Farcaster

It's not clear how to use the web client.   The fact that 14% of users have figured out how to do this is amazing!    Here's how I did it:  

1. copied a link to a cast from the mobile app using the share button
2. use the magic paste from mobile clipboard  IOS -> MacOS to past the url into chrome
3. click the login button
3. authenticate from the mobile App using the QR code and confirming from the app

It's very cool and amazing.  But how is anyone supposed know this?   I only tried because @dwr.eth posted stats on web vs mobile so knew that it web must be possible.   I'm not sure how I would do this on android without the magic Apple mobile to clipboard hack.

Really curious.  What am I missing?

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

Base

My wife Sara started the family on its crypto journey in 2017 when she opened a Coinbase account and bought her first BTC with her phone while she was on her lunch break. Today she did her first onchain USDC transaction on Base. What an amazing UX!  Success is not guaranteed but the pieces are in place!

My replies to threads don’t seem to be working and I’m not sure why?  I get a toast that my cast was successful but it’s never recorded.   Am I doing something wrong?

Ethers

What version of ethers are most folks building on?

Peter Ogilvie

@pogilvie