Marcel Mairhofer

This guide covers all the DeFi basics you need to start exploring the internet of money.

Don't forget to think long-term: value Knowledge and Exercising Talents while lessening the importance of Money.

The Personal Values exercise Write down the values you passionately care about when pursuing projects.

In the past, trust was purely social (think the caveman days). Then it switched to trusted institutions (banks, governments, companies) which was a step up, but we still had to rely on the other parties goodwill, or their incentive to behave in the right way.
The problem today is that institutions have become the sole gatekeepers of trust. We are

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 This guide is a consolidation of curated, beginner-friendly resources that will help you understand this technology and the ecosystem around it.

Doing the work required to hold an opinion means you can argue against yourself better than others can. Only then can you say, “I can hold this view because I can’t find anyone else who can argue better against my view.”
The ability to destroy your ideas rapidly instead of slowly when the occasion is right is one of the most valuable things. You... See more