Who Should Decide What Gets Censored?
Social media companies have taken heat for as long as they’ve been around. They’re accused of invading privacy and selling our data. They’re implicated in artificially boosting and suppressing certain…
Vitalik’s End Goal for Ethereum
Travelers visiting the Cundiboyacense plateau in Columbia may notice the stars hovering a tiny bit closer as they gaze up at the night sky. This destination, perched 8,530 feet above…
How Can We Regulate a Very Complex and Smart System?
Back in 2016, Medium published a sci-fi-esque question by a Canadian programmer grappling with emerging technological dilemmas. He later went on to publish a book, Proof of Stake, which posed…
What’s in Your Wallet?
Unless you’re a criminal, you probably have no need to launder money. Though the act itself is neutral, money laundering almost always points to illegal activity or tax evasion. It’s…
The 2022 Ethereum Merge: Ten Years Later
The following is a transcript obtained from the year 2032, with two crypto-journalists discussing events that happened in the ten years after the 2022 Ethereum Merge. Jared: Just to set…
The Emperor’s New Clothes – Is Transparency a Good Look?
There’s a video floating around the Internet of a family, presumably in a rural Chinese village, making toast with a toaster.