Newsletters I recommend:

Crypto
- @Unchained_pod
- @maariabajwa's Crypto Weekly

Ethereum
- @ethhub_io
- @WeekInEthNews

DeFi
- @DefiantNews
- @todayindefi
- @defipulse

NFTs/culture
- @forefront__
- @cupofnft
- @______jpg______

Metrics
- @coinmetrics
- @OurNetwork__ Links for signing up:

- unchainedpodcast.com
- thisweekincrypto.substack.com
- ethhub.substack.com
- weekinethereum.substack.com
- thedefiant.io
- todayindefi.substack.com
- yieldfarmer.substack.com
- forefront.market/newsletter

I'm excited about the personal/social token space. It's still early days but a lot of important pieces are coming together. A few great follows for learning more are @Cooopahtroopa @js_horne @AlexMasmej

Consolidating a few interesting projects here as well (not comprehensive) @Collab_Land_ for creating community spaces

https://twitter.com/ljxie/status/1290878378531143681

1/ Excited for @scalarcapital to be backing @NEARProtocol which is a sharded proof of stake blockchain. I’ve been continually impressed with the team’s technical talent, focus on usability, and ability to execute coindesk.com/dapp-platfrom-… 2/ The goal is to make it easy for devs (not just those already in blockchain) to build decentralized apps. For example it supports TypeScript (typed superset of JavaScript), Rust, and eventually all target languages that compile to WASM so devs don’t have to learn a new language

1/ With all of the discussion around @cosmos and @polkadotnetwork, here’s my high level overview along with resources for learning more. Basically my beginner’s guides in tweetstorm form (expect more of these). Corrections/further input always welcome. 2/ Both projects aim to enable interoperability among different blockchains. The concepts both involve hub and spoke type models where a hub is validating for their spokes (different blockchains).

1/ I attended a fascinating conference hosted by @lessin @eriktorenberg around ISAs (income share agreements). It’s a topic I’ve been really interested in lately and think there’s a lot of potential overlap with crypto. Some of my highlights from the event lifecapital.com 2/ A major use case is to offer an alternative to students taking on debt for education & provide access to those who wouldn’t have otherwise. Many attend college w/ the goal of getting a job. ISAs can align incentives so schools will only get paid if the student gets a job

1/ I’ve been trying to wrap my head around Ethereum 2.0 since it’s a huge roadmap and there’s so many different materials on it. Here’s my understanding of what’s happening at a high level and some resources I found helpful. Corrections/further input welcome 2/ Eth2.0 is an entirely new system from Ethereum. The main features in its roadmap include sharding (splitting state into multiple parts), proof of stake, and eWASM (new virtual machine). There are multiple phases of the roadmap w/ Phase 0-2 being the most relevant to discuss

1/ Narrative that got my parents to understand cryptocurrencies (took many conversations and patience):

If you were to create ideal money from scratch (forget what we know now), you’d want it to be 1) Digital b/c you don’t want to carry your coins or change around. *nods head*

https://twitter.com/zaoyang/status/1064062316642226176

2/ 2) Global b/c you don’t want to exchange your money every time you go to a new country. *nods head* 3) Out of the control of third parties b/c you don’t want things like governments or banks to tell you when you can use your money, take it away, or keep printing more. *why?*

1/ Spoken with a number of amazing teams who are building important infrastructure for the crypto space but there isn’t a clear way to monetize. Here is a list of the grant programs I’m aware of. Please add others if I missed any! 2/ - Ethereum Foundation blog.ethereum.org/2015/04/07/dev…
- Zcash Foundation z.cash.foundation/grants/
- Aragon Nest github.com/aragon/nest
- Tezos Commons Foundation tezoscommons.org/grants.html