Weekend Links - December 31st 2021
My 2021 performance doing yield farming. TL;DR - it's hard.
A blockchain copy of company cap tables, by Balaji S. I would love to have my company shares on a blockchain, but it remains tricky for founders to implement in line with regs.
Bitcoin is boring - a perspective on why Bitcoin is not boring. As described in this article, I too went through a phase where I thought i) Bitcoin = great, ii) Bitcoin = limited compared to Ethereum, iii) actually, Bitcoin is simple and robust and Ethereum seems complicated.
How technology replaces regulation, again by Balaji S. I worry a lot about open source blockchain/payment solutions being shut down/killed by regulation. In Europe, where there are so many countries, it's not practical for a startup to get compliance everywhere. This tweet gives food for thought.
You don’t need a stamp to send an email
You don’t need a TV license to broadcast on YouTube
You don’t need a radio license to do a podcast
You don’t need to use old regulations to constrain the future https://t.co/qlCi50G2yR— Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) December 5, 2020