Devin Baker

America is the machine that builds the machines that builds the machines.

Functionally, Bittensor is a decentralized network that uses its token rewards and a novel consensus mechanism to incentivize productive work. It is an incentive engine. The network's goal is to compete with centralized, state-of-the-art AI models by harnessing the power of decentralized, open-source technology.

In a cryptonetwork, token holders would also be unwilling to supply capital at a loss indefinitely if the token’s only value is derived from its ability to generate profits in the future. However, this gets into the unique properties and value capture mechanisms of crypto – tokens may have value capture outside of their ability to produce income.

Now, it is still incredibly useful to calculate net income = income – expenses when evaluating any subset of token holders (and you’re not concerned with directly comparing the line items from PoW vs. PoS). For example, if you are considering staking a given token, you especially need to also know the expected net income from staking. The inverse... See more

DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure) projects are blockchain-based networks where participants contribute resources in exchange for token rewards. These can be physical resource networks like cellular connectivity and energy distribution or virtual resource networks that provide access to computing power, bandwidth, and cloud storage.

On the brighter side, by this point BTC and ETH are solidified. Similar to how FAANG stocks performed during the overall stock market drawdown in 2022-23, BTC and ETH are now relentlessly bid by younger generations who control an increasing share of global wealth. A lot of the reflexivity in crypto prices is now muted – at least for these two large... See more

However, compromising on decentralization has never been an option for the Ethereum community. It's also essential because it is closely tied to security and gives the Ethereum network properties like neutrality, censorship resistance, and permissionless-ness, which are equally important as the ones in the scalability trilemma.

Interestingly, Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap is implicitly a gambit in this direction. ETH is sacrificing REV to its L2s rather than capturing it all to itself, in return for spreading the moneyness of ETH the asset. It’s unclear if its L2s will win out, or if they’ll continue to aggressively use and spread ETH in the future, but it’s clearly... See more