Another great year at the MIT Bitcoin Expo

In 2018 as co-director I helped scale the event to over 900 attendees

Since the beginning, the Expo has kept #Bitcoin front and center, challenging blockchain’s drift toward tradfi absorption

We’re not here to conform, we’re here to innovate

Ideating with #Bitcoin builders and investors at Soho House during Paris Blockchain Week

Thanks Stacks, Hiro, Alephium & WAIB Summit for putting this event together!

Liquidate the bears!

Lev longed everything last night btw

"Grants Are Dead: What’s Next?"

This panel will cover

- What’s wrong with the grant model today?

- Are grants really “dead,” or just evolving?

- What strategies work to grow your ecosystem?

- How do you measure ecosystem success?

- What role should VCs play in ecosystem growth?

Excited to speak alongside Sergej Kunz from 1inch Labs, Elizabeth Li from Stellar Development Foundation, Bruno Calabretta from DFINITY and moderated by Max Andonov at Cointelegraph Accelerator

See you at Paris Blockchain Week 🇫🇷

lu.ma/vcl1quyo

Map looks awesome! Nice job

Now that’s art

Teaching my non technical friends how to code the apps they’ve always wanted with Replit

Gm Black Sunday

It’s been a good day indeed!

#mitbitcoinexpo 2025 🦫

This year’s theme is “Freedom Tech” as we go back to our #bitcoin roots and ask ourselves how we make sure what we are building creates a better future

I’m happy to see the MIT Bitcoin Club be critical of government and institutions and discussing paths for proper adoption. It’s important to stay aligned on privacy, decentralization, self-custody and autonomy.

“Bitcoin is not inevitable, but it’s got a shot.” - Tadge Dryja

And thanks nostr:npub1r05nyctglt60tmccwu9tzcl79sntcpyayy5crp3h0nwqxwlkjc2qg93csu for getting me back on Nostr!

Interesting development with The Sandbox

- Nov 2021: Raised $93m (undisclosed val) and $SAND mkt cap of $2b

- Later in Nov: $SAND mkt cap reaches all-time high of $6.8b

- Apr 2022: Plans $400m at $4b val and $SAND mkt cap of $3.3b

- Jun 2024: Raises $20m at $1b val and $SAND mkt cap of $1.1b

- Plans to launch a mobile gaming metaverse (The Sandbox initially started as a mobile game in 2012 before Animoca Brands acquired the brand in 2018)

- Improvements to Game Maker and 3D editor tools

- 1.7m connected wallets with 1k user generated experiences.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/06/06/the-sandbox-raises-20m-at-1b-valuation-sand-rises-45/amp/

Biggest insights from #Consensus2024

1. As ETH yield trends towards 0, restaking projects are considering multicollateral options to decentralize and keep yield high.

2. DeFi needs tokenized treasury bonds the same reason TradFi needs Bitcoin ETFs: it’s too much capital to move from either side.

3. Domain names should be treated more like an RWA asset than a crypto-native asset because they ultimately need ICANN recognition to function as intended.

4. Parallelized EVMs are a key differentiator that allows for flexibility in interoperability between Solidity and Rust dapps on the same chain.

5. Airdropping continues to be a revolutionary marketing strategy that can seed entire communities in ways previously impossible in Web2.

Hosted a classy roundtable Nibiru event at Consensus 2024 🥂

With key guests Lydia Labs, HiYield, Zoth, Babylon, ContinuumDAO, Shade, Artifact, DoraHacks, Trireme, Beosin, and more.

Brainstorming tokenized t-bills powering DAOs & bridges, restaking project adoption, & risk assessment for new RWAs.

No sleep 24 hours - A great experience at Hackmos🇹🇷 - mentored hackers building decentralized infrastructure, cloud computing, liquidity, and prediction markets!

At #BitcoinAmsterdam 🇳🇱

Multiple stages, the future of #Bitcoin , developments in the Lightning Network, hype and realities around Ordinals, and more!

Thanks for putting it on my radar!

Great to meet nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s from nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 and nostr:npub1y67n93njx27lzmg9ua37ce7csvq4awvl6ynfqffzfssvdn7mq9vqlhq62h from nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk at the first ever Nostrdram 🇳🇱

I heard about Nostr in Puerto Rico but it turns out there was a whole conference in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 as well!

Smooth onboarding 👌 glad to join!

Ready for #BitcoinAmsterdam tomorrow 🇳🇱

Edward Snowden, Adam Back, Balaji Srinivasan, Jameson Lopp, David Bailey, Jimmy Song and more!

📹 Livestream: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj8S034PEGo