Weekend Links - Jan 8 2022
Hi folks, I managed to get through quite a bit of reading this last week. Here were the best articles:
Vitalik's 2021 Review (Vitalik Buterin, ethereum founder):
Happy new year!
Today, a mini-tweetstorm of some of the things I've said and written over the past decade, and what I think about those subjects today.— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 1, 2022
2. Punk 6529 on how to invest in crypto:
1/ On how to make it in crypto as a normal person.
There is one rule only: SURVIVE!— 6529 (@punk6529) January 1, 2022
3. Moxie (founder of Signal) with a great piece questioning web3 and making the point that much of what works well (like Opensea) is not decentralised:
Wrote some notes summarizing my first impressions of web3: https://t.co/16MoPROOGc
— Moxie Marlinspike (@moxie) January 7, 2022
4. Reflections on the future of Stablecoins:
a. Vitalk Buterin from back in 2014 (link to his blog)
b. Blog from Trelis.com:
💵Inflation-proof Currencies💴
A thread 🧵👇
Inspired @CeloOrg #Celo— Trelis (@TrelisPay) January 6, 2022
c. Ideas for new stablecoins on Celo, forum post.
5. Tokenization:
a. Vitalik on the problems with token based platforms.
b. FTX's whitepaper, including how their FTT token is designed.