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The people behind the infrastructure are worth knowing. Three days at YOTTA reminded me why their kindness matters, and how it is the seed that, if properly nurtured, can start the rest of the industry’s relationship with its neighbors.
October 7, 2026
A challenge to data center developers: put community prosperity, real decision rights, and your reputation inside the deal.
October 7, 2026
Stablecoin vs bank transfer for cross-border payments: compare total costs, FX, settlement speed, risks, and the right rail for your business.
October 5, 2026
A manifesto on payment processing, stablecoins, and the regenerative economy: why today's financial system runs on an ethos of tollbooths, quiet exclusion, and extraction, and what RampRate and ImpactSoul are building instead.
August 18, 2026
For close to a quarter century, the tech savvy and future-positive crowd has been waiting for innovation that felt meaningful. Not just another way to part us from our attention, shared reality, and money as Web2 and Web3 did. Not another niche app, digital addiction, or speculative asset. But real moonshot change,… Read More »Patience in the Ai infrastructure Gold Rush: The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese
October 31, 2025
If there is one thing that financial markets are really good at, it’s supplying demands for investors and capital-needy ventures. When investors want to speculate in pork bellies or orange juice without buying an extra large fridge, there are commodities markets to act as their bookies using futures contracts. When growing companies want to… Read More »Republic’s Mirror Tokens – SpaceX and Beyond
July 22, 2025
UNI token at the core of governance and incentivization – it surges more than 77% reacting to the “biggest week in Uniswap governance ever.” An example of the insatiable market appetite for incentivized governance. By: Josh Bykowski | 3/1/2024 In the evolving landscape of blockchain technology, governance and incentivization mechanisms stand as critical pillars that… Read More »UNI Token Price Surge: A Reflection of the Market’s Hunger for Effective Governance?
March 5, 2024
Why Shouldn’t it be “Earn to Burn” By Tonyg, a multi-decade burner and co-creator, www.menagerie.is The recent challenges surrounding Burning Man ticket distribution highlight broader issues within the event’s organizational and logistical structures. The iconic event, representing self-expression, creativity, and communal spirit, faced recent logistical nightmares. This situation calls for a change, one that decentralizes… Read More »The Need for Burning Man to Convert into a DAO
August 17, 2023
TonyG here. I know you thought you got rid of me out of the data center world or I left you for a sexier business, well you were both right. Back at you for something really unusual, a redefinition of Energy as Impact. I have been helping build this with an amazing team over the… Read More »Energy as Impact – REDIVIDER
August 15, 2023