Devin Baker

Anxiety is the mind refusing to be consoled and nourished either by the body itself, or the beauty of the world that this body inhabits

There are clearly differences, but they have the same general shape. Let’s take it a step further. What if you wanted stronger pre-confirmations on your rollup (assume this is not a based rollup) rather than a centralized sequencer. Well then you may implement a PoS sequencer set, reintroducing economics that again look even closer to an L1. Or,... See more

Blackbird is the first app I’ve used that’s onchain but doesn’t feel like it is. It feels like a restaurant app. I use it to discover places to eat, and to earn loyalty for eating there. Starting today, I’ll be able to use it to pay my tab — automatically, without getting the check — using credit card, debit card, or Blackbird’s $FLY token.

Light things shape culture, but rarely shape us.

Creation isn’t just about output. It’s a process of becoming. The best work shapes the maker as much as the audience. A founder builds a startup to prove they can. A writer wrestles an idea into clarity. You don’t just create heavy things. You become someone who can.

Now, many potential catalysts for Bitcoin (and crypto generally) will rise in 2025. Here are a few:

• A Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (at the U.S. Federal level)


• Strategic Bitcoin Reserves (at the U.S. State level)


• Strategic Bitcoin Reserves (for other countries globally)


• The removal of SAB-121


• Clear regulations out of the SEC and CFTC on crypto


• The Stablecoin

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For our purposes here, we will just draw a simple distinction between L1s and L2s:

• L1 – Network relies on its own dedicated operators.


• L2 – Network relies on the operators of another network. It may or may not have its own dedicated operators in addition to these.

When I tell the others about what you do, do I feel smart or stupid? Can you establish the conditions where sharing your core ideas and mission is tempting, generous and affirming for the people you need to have talk about it? If your name or logo get in the way of that, please change it.

This is gutterballing : excelling, but in slightly the wrong direction. For most of its journey, after all, the gutterball is getting closer to the pins. It's only at the end that it barely, but dramatically, misses.