The blockchain race is Ethereum’s to lose, and it’s not even close. If you think of Ethereum as a development platform, it has it all: a strong brand, many developers building on top of it, and scalability solutions on the horizon. The question on everyone’s mind is this one: can…

Earlier this week, Chris Dixon wrote an excellent piece on why decentralization matters. There was one paragraph, however, that particularly stood out to me (emphasis mine). Decentralization is a commonly misunderstood concept. For example, it is sometimes said that the reason cryptonetwork advocates favor decentralization is to resist government censorship…

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” — Thomas Jefferson Days before I began writing this piece, I finished Ray Dalio’s book Principles. Besides being rather principled in my personal and investing life (the former informs the latter), I thought it…

“They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards” — Creighton Abrams I find it odd that people who talk about decentralization often don’t know the pros and cons of it. That’s a shame, because they will almost certainly end up losing money investing in things they are uncertain about. As…

If you know me in person or follow me on Twitter, you know that I’m a pretty voracious reader. Having been like this for quite a while now, I have developed an approach on how I interpret information. This includes both news and books; temporary and permanent knowledge. Twitter Despite…

It seems Clayton Christensen has become the Michael Porter of the third millennium, having his book, The Innovator’s Dilemma (TiD), quoted in all sorts of articles, talks, and even other business publications. You can’t read a single WSJ or NYT article without seeing the word disrupted. Companies go out of…