It doesn’t take a majority for change…an irrational persistent minority will do it.

Disciplined Persistence remains the key to software development. Many Beautiful ideas have died in a github repo. In life: The disciplined and persistent win :) A.I. vibe coding won't change this...but it will expand the graveyard of unfinished ideas. Persist!

Remember the Investment DAO that was exploited and caused the ETC/ETH fork? -VC DAOs are the next narrative. Caveat Emptor

Finding product market fit as a solo founder.

In Bitcoin Core, dissent on issues like opcode sizing was not resolved through technical falsification, but through agenda control, process friction, gatekeeping and sadly gaslighting. the community...hopefully we learn and this changes. We choose Code as law...not people.

Gloria Zhao Leaves Bitcoin Core

Crypto Commerce won't suck forever...you'll like the next generation of Commerce. Here is a CoreProve explainer anyone can understand. youtu.be/c-vBhdltJP8?si=kpoY…

PayPal freezing The Grayzone is exactly why censorship-resistant payments matter. CoreProve enables non-custodial, shielded crypto USDC donations, no platform custody, no freezes. Happy to donate time/service to set it up. DM. Journalism shouldn’t need permission to get paid.

Crypto alignment means buying crypto instead of selling it. -Confidential Commerce is key to adoption. -Commerce requires different tools -Commerce requires 'gas free' transactions for buyers Here is what this Commerce looks like: youtu.be/mX8LZlf66bk?si=Zb-E…

Crypto payments work, but overshare data. What if you could pay w/ crypto and not expose your main wallet on-chain forever?? This video shows how CoreProve uses delegated addresses to shield your root wallet. Privacy by design. No mixers. No middlemen. youtu.be/mX8LZlf66bk?si=nPII…

Thought experiment: Free Speech in the AI era Code is a language. Languages enable speech. Once, few could write. Later, few could code. AI changes that. If you can use AI, you can speak in code. 2023: ~1% of humans had this voice 2026: ~10–20% will Free Speech has changed.

Blockchain use cases that will change the world- -scalable monetary system for humanity (Bitcoin) -replace trusted third parties (smart contracts) -create trust minimized commerce (systems of smart contracts)