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More on the Accountless Internet

Calling our Crypto Wallets ‘Wallets’ was a dumb idea. The truth is that ‘Wallet’ to your Crypto Wallet is about as bad as Phone for your smartphone. These names describe the most boring thing you can do with the thing. Making calls, that is the Phone part of your Smartphone continue reading…

The Accountless Internet

How many accounts do you have? I reckon I must have over 400 accounts I use in the course of a year, and well over 1500 that have been created over two decades. This is bananas. So how many do you have? I’d be willing to bet no one who continue reading…

Credit in Crypto

I want to see a fully formed financial system built on crypto rails, and a fully formed financial system requires credit. Since the first time I encountered the idea of borrowing and lending on-chain, originally through Dharma’s lending protocol I became obsessed with the prospect of getting to a state continue reading…

Why Your Kids Are Comfortable With Magic Internet Money

This post was originally posted on Medium: https://medium.com/@jonkol/why-your-kids-are-comfortable-with-magic-internet-money-68deb5ea0289 Disclaimer: this piece is not intended to be an in-depth exploration of the topic at hand, rather a quick stream of thoughts that will hopefully stimulate broader discussion. I expect holes to be poked in my arguments, and have no illusions as to continue reading…