Cybergov: What I learned running three AI agents as Blockchain governance delegates
An experiment in transparent, verifiable AI decision making and what it taught me about building trust in automated systems. Built on Polkadot
Architectural determinism: how web2 primitives encode centralization
I believe that the architecture of the modern web not only makes meaningful decentralization difficult but that it also structurally precludes it. As a consequence, seemingly "decentralized" systems built on top of modern web architecture inevitably collapse toward centralized intermediaries.
We accidentally built the wrong internet
We built the internet on email & passwords, coupled with an analog payment system based on typing 16-digit numbers into forms. If someone pitched this today, we’d laugh them out of the room. The answer might be in places most of our brightest minds aren't willing to look at - yet.
Web3 without browser extensions: Polkadot shows how
A better way to interact with Web3. Forget extensions, Polkadot on-chain Metadata coupled with Polkadot Vault show the way.
Symmetry in Chaos: my first generative NFT collection on Polkadot
Write-up of how I created my first generative NFT collection on Polkadot.
Free software should be simple
Free software is better when it's simple to run, simple to understand, and simple to adapt. I argue that a lot of free software actually comes at a price that is not 0, and provide some hints and ideas for how I quantify "simple".