Note: I choose not to name any specific projects/communities here to combat my own crypto-religious biases. use your imagination in filling in the blanks, but try to question your own beliefs in the process.

What makes something trendy among crypto builders?

The great early crypto companies look different from the great early internet companies.

Thanks to Alex Obadia and Vaibhav Chellani for the conversations that led to this piece and for editorial help!

Maximal/miner extractable (MEV) value is the topic du jour in crypto.

I've written before about how crypto feels different than other industries I've worked in. I want to pull on a different facet of that thread. Today, I'm thinking through the challenges of 'keeping up' in crypto.

Something fun about the growth of a new industry is all of the new job descriptions that pop up to support it.

As a physics undergrad, one of my favorite books was Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman. In it, the author imagines a fictional version of Einstein in the weeks leading to his publication of the theory of special relativity.