1/ Over the next few days I'll be releasing some electronic music that I created with DJ DAVI (David Khanjian). We'll be releasing them as NFTs.
2/ I listened to a lot of electronic music with no vocals as I was coding up the early versions of Coinbase, and always enjoyed David's music. (no vocals because I couldn't concentrate with other words in my head)
3/ Last year during COVID I decided I wanted to learn a little bit of electronic music composition as a hobby (I do something like this each year), and David was kind enough to take me under his wing and give me some free music lessons.
4/ We created these songs over the past year as a fun way for me to learn Ableton Live etc. To be clear - 99% of the talent comes from him, but it was fun for me to work on them none the less.
5/ All proceeds from the sale of the NFTs goes to David. The theme of one of the songs is about building great stuff with technology, and never giving up paulgraham.com/determination.…
7/ The three songs we created together will be released over the coming days as NFTs on zora.co (a Coinbase Ventures portfolio company btw!).
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2/ We want to work with tech-forward countries who are pro-crypto and can move fast
3/ Things that would help: connect us with key decision makers, countries who can help us fast track a license and bank partnership, and help us get crypto into the hands of their citizens through advocacy and marketing
And it is showing up on Substack!
Mainstream media is missing out on these stories.
There are so many exciting stories to tell in technology. Mainstream media serves an important function in society holding functions accountable, but when the entire incentive system is build on who can tear something down, there are great stories that will be missed.
Not to mention the inherent conflict, working in an industry that was disrupted by tech. We wouldn't ask Pepsi for an unbiased review of Coke, and we can't ask mainstream media for an unbiased review of tech.
Last week we heard rumors that the U.S. Treasury and Secretary Mnuchin were planning to rush out some new regulation regarding self-hosted crypto wallets before the end of his term. I'm concerned that this would have unintended side effects, and wanted to share those concerns.
For those who don't know - self-hosted crypto wallets (also known as non-custodial wallets or self-custody wallets) are a type of software that lets individuals store and use their own cryptocurrency, instead of needing to rely on a third party financial institution.
Self-hosted crypto wallets are important, because they allow anyone to use this new technology to access basic financial services - just like anyone can use a computer or smartphone to access the open internet.