@element_fi allows users to split the base asset of a *yield generating position* into 2 separate, fungible tokens: The Principal Token and the Yield Token.
3/ At the end of a set term (eg, 6 months) each Principal Token is redeemable for its proportional share of the initial stake, while Yield Tokens are redeemable for the yield generated by the principal over the same time period.
4/ When buying a Principal Token it trades at a discount to its underlying value due to illiquidity, acting as a zero-coupon bond that will converge on its whole value at maturity (providing a fixed yield).
5/ Beyond simple longing, opps abound for composability with @element_fi's P & Y Tokens.
#DAO treasuries have been tinkering... and there's more innovation to come on the governance front.
Over the years I've watched $BTC maxis get more and more bitter over the successful experimentation around them that they rejected at an early stage.
I fear $ETH maxis could walk the same path 🧵
What's tough is crypto's directionally going through "ideals dilution," where each successive wave of adopters are less in it for the "ideals" and more in it for the cool stuff, money, and because everyone else is doing it.
$BTC and $ETH are the most popular, ideals-driven cryptonetworks. Many of the competing layer-1 smart contract protocols are much less ideals-driven, and so long-time $ETH devotees feel repulsed.
Don’t know how this entered CT debate, but there’s a big diff between sunscreen & sunblock.
As a lifelong surfer, I use sunblock (Zinc Oxide or Titanium Dioxide) religiously, and avoid sunscreen.
People saying you shouldn’t put anything on your skin must not get out much.
Sunscreen (lots of the chemicals ending in -ate) gets absorbed into your skin, which can be more cosmetically appealing, but then breaks down within your body — sunscreen breaks down, not your skin, so you don’t turn red — creating free radicals that *potentially* cause cancer.
Sunblock (Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide) does not get absorbed into your body. It leaves an opaque coat, like putting a T-shirt on your face, that then protects your skin from directly receiving the sun’s rays.
Many #cryptohierarchies are parading as #cryptonetworks, but the feel, intent, and distribution of such systems are far from that of a network.
#Cryptonetworks are run by crypto-natives, people committed to decentralization of data, wealth & power for the good of all.
#Cryptohierarchies are often run by Web 2.0 or TradFi transplants. While some can make a full transformation, many remain blind to their cultural habits.
It’s possible to reject the myopic view of BTC maxis, while supporting #Bitcoin.
While there are outliers, most of the people building out the #Bitcoin protocol or its applications are much more tolerant & reasonable than a garden variety maxi.
The loud minority of $BTC maxis are tiresome, but they’re just that, a minority.
Don’t let them turn you against what’s an important innovation.
Society is always adding more, whereas freedom for me comes from subtracting enough of the excess to see the beauty all around.
It’s as if in each individual’s pursuit for meaning it’s too hard to look at the arbitrariness, and so instead we pursue infinite things to fill a bottomless hole.
In this context, Capitalism is an enabler of distraction, rewarding us with “more” for going further from the core of life.
Continue to believe #crypto is going to finish with a strong 2H 2021.
Inflation fears are overblown.
The financial markets appear past peak inflation fear (many commodities off their highs), and while inflation is hitting the consumer it’s unlikely to be extreme, and the financial markets will shift back to risk-on.
Inflation fears being good for $BTC were a fakeout. The asset is still young enough such that it follows growth & risk.