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To support engagement-based monetization, Spotify and its label suppliers had to define engagement. And they chose to do this on a per stream basis with a minimum stream time of 30 seconds (to avoid accidental plays, track skipping, etc.). However, this meant that a 10-minute track, five-minute track and 31-second track generated the same royalties... See more

To do this, we'll introduce a concept called a mirrortable, an on-chain representation of a traditional capitalization table. A mirrortable is to a cap table what a stablecoin is to a fiat currency. That is, the on-chain version provides 24/7 uptime, international wallet support, and integration with smart contracts, while the off-chain counterpart... See more

I run slowly, I always have. I run for pleasure, even though I don’t like it. I run because it’s an easy way to get exercise with little time and no equipment. I run because it’s efficient, but I do it slowly, and I do it for fun, but I don’t like it. Sometimes people make no sense.

My problem is: when someone passes me, I always feel beaten. Even ... See more

The best thing for a company or project’s narrative is to have a lot of people with credibility to the target audience tell stories with roughly similar positive themes again and again over a long period of time, with new examples of the same positive themes added in. The more authentic and the less coordinated it all seems, the better.

I’m writing this installment with the themes of the last—exhaustion, burnout, tiredness, rest—still in mind. There are so many reasons why any of us might feel exhausted and depleted, but just now I find myself wondering how much of it is the result of aimless labors that serve only the operations of a techno-economic system designed to offer us ev

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This isn’t really anything novel. But in our hyper-digital age, how information is framed often matters more than the substance of that information itself.

For IRL Member Communities to be venture backable, they need to have a desire to build a big, fast-growing business that is anchored by, but not dependent on, thoughtfully-designed space to grow revenue. They should finance the space itself - at a minimum the buildout and security deposit costs, and at best, the full costs of the lease - through ma... See more