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Crossing the Chasm: Building a web3 Portfolio

Cryptocurrencies, popularized by Bitcoin, seem to be on the cusp of breaking beyond mainstream awareness and into mainstream acceptance. For the last decade, crypto was largely ignored or scoffed at. During this…
The Digitization of Fine Art

While the general public sentiment seems to be “NFTs dead”, there are sophisticated ways to view the market objectively. If we’re to replace generalized sentiment with first-principles, we might eventually conclude that…
Hidden Meta: Quantifiable Real-World Value Accrual

There’s a lot of blockchain projects out there. Thousands or more. It takes a lot of personal attention and community cooperation to take account. A cooperative community scans broadly across several sectors…
A Crypto Example: The Carnival

I intended to write this in 2017. After researching Bitcoin in 2013, news articles starting catching my and pulled me more deeply into the cryptocurrency world. The Bitcoin white paper was a…
Recent Revenue Models in web3

Not in it for the metaverse. I’m not even in it for the tech. I’m in it for the models. For new ways to create, measure and exchange value. One tiny part…
Is web3 Overhyped?

Now’s about the time that people with tangential awareness of web3 sink into the feeling that the whole thing was overhyped and it’s going nowhere. It wasn’t overhyped. It never has been.…
DAOs and Commerce

DAOs have become a popular discussion point in web3 circles. The jury is out, however, on if they’re a fad or viable new model. Like a lot of web3 terms including ‘metaverse’,…
The DNA of Product Differentiation

“How can there be so many video conferencing softwares? It’s like one creates a new feature and the rest copy it. What’s their goal?” A talented entrepreneur asked me this question recently.…
Framework Part 3: Set and Setting

‘Set’ is the mindset, attitude and mood of a person. ‘Setting’ is the environment and situation they are in. The right mindset in the right setting is powerful. Our web3 Set and…
Framework Part 2: Filter

A filter encapsulates a person’s experiences and understandings. It adds tint to the person’s sensory experiences, translating the world around them into something their mind can examine. I wonder if we choose…
Framework Part 1: Horizon

To begin to understand a person, look to their horizon. Capture a glimpse of what they yearn for. Dream for a moment in the direction in which they dream. Your horizon is…