Alex Wittenberg

Just as the rise of influencers and fall of corporate legitimacy left individuals to become the primary distribution for brands and eventually to form their own (Tyler, Rihanna, even George Clooney), a few individual devs can take the place of entire corporations in building decentralized financial rails. 

Narratives of inevitability have the effect of foreclosing thought and deliberation. If outcomes are inevitable, then there’s nothing to do but assimilate to this pre-determined future, to go along for the ride prepared for us whatever the consequences. As Lauren Collee has recently put it, “Techno-determinist futures … are used to habituate us to... See more

“Deep liquidity” means preserved value when trading between tokens. “Thin liquidity” means loss of value when trading between tokens.

What is Forefront’s North Star?Who is Forefront for?How can Forefront build a community that takes care of its people and makes a consistently positive impact on the ecosystem?Candidly, these are questions that every DAO should be answering from Day 1. But during Season One, it quickly became clear that the answers to these questions were... See more

But the most interesting expansion of the PFP mania is taking the logical next step beyond a simple profile picture. Using an NFT as a proof of identity, and being able to use that identity in more interesting ways than just your social media avatar. 

Although A.I. technology can’t address the scarcity of qualified mental health care providers — there are not nearly enough to meet the country’s needs, said Dr. Bentley — there’s hope that it may lower the barriers to receiving a correct diagnosis, assist clinicians in identifying patients who may be hesitant to seek care and facilitate... See more

Tokenized: coordinates around a commonly held token on a blockchain.

Many of these brands (eg Instacart) sit far down the purchasing funnel and so can sell very specific ads directly to brands…