So much VC money poured into crypto, and I've yet to see any project that's creating practical solutions for the millions of people who make an equivalent of 1$ a day.

Banning Chinese companies from advanced semiconductors will backfire, giving the Chinese an opportunity to create vertical supply chains. Only a matter of time until the Chinese catch up, and take over the market. The real loser - the West.

Why the “near Singapore” BS? It’s Malaysia?

In this new world of pop-up villages, I'm hopeful to see a common culture within a community that everyone co-creates will be more resilient long term than a single leader shaping reality. The latter may be more clear short term but the former a more interesting world to live in

I think greed exploited Web3. Bitcoin strengthened its foundation and succeeded because it was too early for the greedy. The market is inflated with greedy businessmen in power. Sure it moved fast and broke things. But like Bitcoin, maybe we should move slow and fix things too

If you’re coming to Thailand, you probably don’t need a visa. 93 passports get 60 days if you just show up at a border. If you’re not on the list, you can probably apply for an evisa 100% online.

I hope that the arrest of Pavel Durov does not lead to him or Telegram being held up as some hero of privacy. Telegram has consistently acted to collect huge amounts of unnecessary private data on their servers, and their only measure to protect it was “trust us.”

Despite highs or lows - and especially at highs - it’s good to regularly ask ourselves WHY we’re doing what we’re doing. Sometimes, we end up becoming the problem that needs to be solved.

I've discovered the Polymaths Archetype OP1 ◼️ Logos Operators and I are waiting in the TAZ, Operator exit.logos.co/archetype/639e…

.Balaji didn’t create the network state—he commercialized it. Cypherpunks have envisioned self-sovereign digital institutions since the 1970s. Bitcoin was just the beginning. It’s time to complete what our predecessors started. Are you ready to do your part, Operator? Or will

Nobody cares how much money the rich have until the poor got poorer and the rich got richer. The problem is systemic wealth inequality, not “Jeff Bezos needs to giveaway his money”.

Happy Friday. May the BRICS currency become real.

Build Parallel Societies. x.com/i/spaces/1yqxo…

ZK PSA: My man Moudy reviewed 23 ZkVMs in digestible bullet points.🔥

Why don’t Americans know the difference between immigration and customs? 😁 Or it’s a word that’s misunderstood if used correctly?

We’re excited to announce Earth Commons Bangkok! 🌱✨ Join us on November 9 to explore sustainability, commons stewardship, and decentralized science with thought leaders from SEA and beyond. Secure your spot: lu.ma/ec-bangkok-2024

After years of development and months of testing, Status Mobile and the new Desktop Beta are ready for you all to try! 🥳 This is a huge milestone for us, and the best part is - we’re not done. status.app/blog/status-mo…

If you give someone a hammer, everything becomes a nail. If you choose a former attorney, what else does she know how to do? If only elections run on quadratic voting.

Politicians will not save you. Left right up down whatever axis they lean, the best you can vote for is the lesser evil. While they’re at each other’s throats, as normal people, we can only support and prepare for a non-western deterministic, inclusive, post-democracy world.

A good question. Makes you wonder how incapable the average “marketer” in crypto is.😮‍💨 Not everything is a hustle.