Jason Badeaux
@jasonbadeaux
Cofounder of Anode Labs. Bringing energy independence to every home.
Jason Badeaux
don't do the deferred life plan
The first major [blockchain] breakthrough was bitcoin, which invented digital gold. The second was Ethereum, which introduced general-purpose smart contracts. Helium presents the most ambitious new use case for blockchains we’ve seen since Ethereum.
O'Reilly Media • Blockchain Success Stories
Financial assets are promises to trade certain things in the future, if certain events happen in the world. The financial system is the market for promises.
Not Investing Advice • The Market for Promises
In 2019, Bloomberg surveyed 5,000 Tesla Model 3 owners. The survey revealed that 99% of Tesla owners would recommend the car to a friend, and 98% would buy the same Model 3 vehicle again. The results of this survey suggest that every customer an ICE manufacturer loses to Tesla is unlikely to return to their brand (at least until they can produce a ... See more
Tim Davies • Page not found • Holon
A token must work as a necessary element of a self-sustaining system which is a public utility.
Mike Goldin • Mike’s Cryptosystems Manifesto
Startups and
Applying the idea of decomposition to understanding token design and value created on top of it leads us to two entities: Value Capturing Mechanism (VCM) and Value Creation Pattern (VCP). The Mechanisms (VCMs) explain how value is created and how the token accrues value (describes origins of value capturing), while the Patterns (VCPs) describe how ... See more
Vasily Sumanov • How can we understand and classify value creation in the web3.0 economy?
Tesla is by far the most advanced in releasing an FSD package, announcing in early 2020 that it had completed over 5 billion kilometers of testing under autopilot, against just 2 million miles over the past two years by its nearest competitor Waymo (backed by Google).