part two of the Farcaster special edition—a nontechnical, non-serious, semi-informed guide to navigating crypto twitter's cooler, less unhinged, socially decentralized cousin
a special edition about how getting kicked off LinkedIn ended up being the hard fork I needed, and why decentralized landing pads like Farcaster are here to stay
thoughts on how to market lending, borrowing, and trading without the suits, bullshit fees, and waiting periods of traditional finance
why "read/write/own" isn't just crypto bro marketing speak—and what I think I've learned after 6 months of pretending to understand decentralization
why I'm not providing liquidity—and what I’m doing instead (because I actually like DeFi)
blackbird.xyz in nyc: gorgeous ui meets search functionality from 2003 (plus a new podcast episode of Still Downloading)
how to stop fomo-ing into tokens at 3am and actually build a strategy that doesn't require checking charts every five minutes
how to look at crypto's financial blueprints when your calculator skills peak at restaurant tips and your investment strategy is "seems legit"
where money lives now, why distributed ledgers matter (or don't?), and my half-assed attempt to understand the tech that's eating the world
decentralizing ALL the funding decisions, earning ETH while doing good, and why public goods deserve our collective attention
deep in self-custody wilderness, fumbling with seed phrases, and why your crypto needs its own damn apartment
navigating the sober side of crypto, finding financial zen in market chaos, and why the unsexy coins might be your portfolio's best friend
