WRITINGS

Thoughts, updates, and deep dives into provable systems

Mar 20, 20253 min read
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 pool participation for proof-of-work cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—do not constitute securities offerings requiring registration. This significant clarification establishes that miners are perfor
Mar 13, 20253 min read
Burned and Shredded
Warring mobs, STARKs, and other DEEP commitments
Mar 7, 20253 min read
Encrypted Landscapes
The US Bitcoin Reserve, a Senate Vote on DeFi, Scalable Accelerator Architectures, and Sloterdijk in Conversation with Žižek
Feb 27, 20254 min read
The Weights of Empires
ByBit, Uniswap, Rome, and Other Dense Puzzles
Feb 20, 20254 min read
Past Lives and PKIs
On the history of PKI, Russian cyber-attacks, and Ethereum Communism.
Feb 13, 20252 min read
Shadow Protocols
Spies, knights, and MicroNovas in the sky
Feb 6, 20253 min read
High Agency Shakeups
In this issue: * USAID Under Fire * AST2VEC: Teaching Machines to Read Code Like Humans * Big Tech Critic Takes Key FCC Role * Nockchain Technical Update USAID Under Fire Historically unprecedented developments have thrust the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) into a remarkable public controversy. The agency is now facing major allegations about its operations, spending, and true mission. Elon Musk and the DOGE team gained access to USAID's systems after officia
Jan 30, 20253 min read
The Case of Succinct vs. Fede
Reflections on how we announce (or fail to announce) security vulnerabilities in the ZK space.
Jan 23, 20254 min read
Difficult Calculations
Ethereum in crisis, Trump in power, and a little lesson we just learned about PoW difficulty targeting.