Proof or Consequences

Stablecoins, VPUs, Mainframes, and Trump's Judicial Standoff

Ministerial Activities

Hey folks! This week: Significant regulatory clarity around mining, ZK for Bitcoin, and DIY plasma cannons, among other things. News What we're seeing. * SEC: Bitcoin Mining Doesn't Implicate Securities Laws. Today, the SEC has clarified that "Protocol Mining" activities—both solo mining and mining

Burned and Shredded

Warring mobs, STARKs, and other DEEP commitments

Encrypted Landscapes

The US Bitcoin Reserve, a Senate Vote on DeFi, Scalable Accelerator Architectures, and Sloterdijk in Conversation with Žižek

The Weights of Empires

ByBit, Uniswap, Rome, and Other Dense Puzzles

Past Lives and PKIs

On the history of PKI, Russian cyber-attacks, and Ethereum Communism.