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The Merge is the culmination of years of coordination by Ethereum Core Developers, client teams and researchers and will reshape the world’s largest programmable blockchain. To understand the magnitude of this upgrade, consider an analogy. The Ethereum network is a car running on a gas engine, but instead of providing motion to the car, Ethereum’s... See more

NFTs have fundamentally changed the market for digital assets. Historically there was no way to separate the “owner” of a digital artwork from someone who just saved a copy to their desktop. Markets can’t operate without clear property rights: Before someone can buy a good, it has to be clear who has the right to sell it, and once someone does buy,... See more

DAOs – decentralized autonomous organizations – are an essential tool in achieving the self-empowering benefits of web3, including more equitable ownership among stakeholders, reduced censorship and greater diversity.

Collector DAOs which acquire NFTs;Social DAOs that convene web3 communities;Collective/Cooperative DAOs in which groups of artists and engineers deliver services to other DAOs; andCharitable DAOs that promote good causes and public goods development.The variety within these different types of DAOs is demonstrative of communities coming together... See more

When I look at present-day neumorphism I see it as a modern-day inheritor of the Mannerism of Venturi and Scott-Brown. Like them, it seems digital designers working today have felt their expression limited by the fixed rules of Flat Design and so have begun to test its limits. Fleshing out those sheets of glass into 3D surfaces, pulling elements... See more

At least as compared to existing legal entities, DAOs present certain operational efficiencies and are currently used by organizations managing over $500m in assets, suggesting that legal regimes should take steps to accommodate their growth and development. DAOs are able to rapidly pool and deploy capital, often implement low-cost and streamlined... See more

Blockchains are not simply about money. The modern-day alchemists who minted Bitcoin and other digital assets have animated a generation of technologists to reimagine how the financial and commercial world operates. The vision that these technologists aim to bring to fruition is not just about payment systems and other financial instruments. Large... See more