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Helium (& Oracles)
Helium, the people powered network, started a (decentralised) wireless revolution in a category now called Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) ten years ago. The first hotspots launched in 2019 and according to the website has since become “the world’s largest contiguous wireless network, with nearly 1 million Hotspots deployed in over 50,000 cities and 175 countries”. This project is an…
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Chainlink
Chainlink is one of the most fundamental infrastructure projects necessary for blockchains to be adopted in the coming decade. As Sergey Nazarov, the co-founder of Chainlink Labs, says, blockchains have the ability to replace brand based promises into trust minimized systems backed by cryptographic guarantees. Moving to cryptographic proofs to back a plethora of agreements…
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Communities & a theory on Democracy vs Authoritarianism
After being a (digital) nomad for the past two years I have been dropped into over 100 distinct communities. After touching so many people and cultures it seems like a community is defined as a group where a desired behavior and character is enforced/supported. People from everywhere want the same thing… a better life for…