The Separation of Mind and State | Announcing Venice

Dependence Day stands for something greater: the principle of dependence; the notion that each of us exists at the behest and pleasure of those who wisely rule us.

Defi is finance based not on the subjective behaviors of men, but on the immutable law of code. It is powerful and important, and if you care about protecting consumers, it is the greatest set of advancements toward that end in all of human history. Against the innumerate flaws of man, this is our savior.

Considerations of principled crypto regulation, and a response to Sam Bankman-Fried.

Ponder it and realize that Democracy—the “consent of the governed”—is a shallow veil indeed.

Below is a letter written to Ross Ulbricht, via a friend’s visit to see him in prison on Sunday Sept 25, 2022. Ross has been caged (double life sentence plus forty years) for the “crime” of operating a website (Silk Road) which enabled consenting adults to buy and sell various drugs deemed illegal by the US government.

As perhaps the first traditionally-structured VC-backed corp to transition fully into a DAO, here’s an overview of ShapeShift’s prior form as a centralized entity, and how it now compares as a DAO.

Bitcoiners who are already using custodians for these services: realize that you can get better rates, and true financial sovereignty, by leaving those custodians and utilizing defi.