Crypto is in commodification cycle not innovation cycle

Apparently San Francisco has a Mountain Valley water shortage. What is going on.

scooters are alive and well in cities where they work well ghost kitchens are powering all food delivery services nfts have a pretty strong niche that still buys, trades and collects them Niches of often succeed. World domination is exceedingly rare.

I find myself using crypto more and for smaller things with ZEC + NEAR because there’s way less friction to maintaining privacy. When will @zashi_app implement 1 click @NEARProtocol swaps to any asset?

What unlocks onchain capital formation? For the same reasons crypto assets inside public companies command a premium… Onchain organizations will command a premium… When regulations are refreshed to match the innovation. CLARITY

Second, if the blackpillers are right, then what happens in the aftermath in America? In the soft landing scenario, no issue. In the hard crash scenario, you would much rather the Reds be in power after the dust settles than the Blues. Power hates vacuums so one group will win the ensuing power struggle eventually and reestablish order. If the communists take power, El Salvador may not be safe for long. Singapore and Dubai would probably be fine from what happens in the US but would still be subjected to the sphere of influence they fall under as the world recalibrates from ripple effect chaos out of America. The point I’m making here is that if the communist bear is chasing you, it is as useful to run really fast as it is to slow down the bear. Ultimately no matter where us Yellows run, we would be vassals of some sovereign since only a state and a military can, when push comes to shove, guarantee local security against foreign incursion. If an unprotected pot of gold appears on the globe, everyone will come for it. What are the Yellows but wandering pots of gold. So imo, the only options are to create security guarantees ourselves or to borrow the might of existing states by exerting soft power. In any case, power, as dirty a word as it is, matters. Singapore thrived because LKY understood both liberty and power, as did the founding fathers of America. When the Japanese came to Singapore, LKY did not cut and run (though honestly he might have wanted to here). When it came time to push out the Brits, he didn’t run either. When he faced off against the communists, again he didn’t run. Also, we should remember that he preferred to borrow the state protection of Malaysia rather than build his own but it was Malaysia who kicked Singapore out. But once the deed was done, very quickly he understood he needed a military. Every state is a family and every citizen subscribes to a protection racket. To summarize, I think the Yellow Tribe should not shy away from power. Without power, liberty is fleeting. So I say we throw in with the Red Team. If we have to make some unseemly compromises, so be it. Power is important. Like you said, the Blue force is a totalizing force that pursues scale. It’s the Borg. We just want to be left alone but they will never leave us alone. If we fight together with the Reds, in the best case, we win. In the worst case, we slow down the bear.

Good interview process. See if founders can take the heat!

Wait, did Trump just EO an decentralized health data network? Is it finally time for a medical blockchain?

I’m not a doctor, but you don’t need to be to check your spike protein antibody level. LabCorp offers it for $69 with far greater accuracy than the other labs.

Nic has made some great calls, but this one may not age so well. VCs are bringing their token investments to public markets via these vehicles, because they are too illiquid in crypto markets to be exitable. It’s a form of asset maturation in a decentralized way.