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Writer covering tech, science & philosophy} Crypto economy activist} Comms Manager} & founder} UK born living in RSA
South Africaglobalcrypto.tv/podcastJoined May 2009

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Hey. 👋 Welcome to my profile. If you're reading this, hit a like so I know you've stopped by. To expand on the very quaint biography Twitter allows us, I'm a writer interested in philosophical and sociological matters. That's what drew me to cryptoassets back in 2013, [1/8]
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The Brookings Institution have just released calculations that it costs over $300,000 to raise a child from birth today until after high school. Good luck to us all
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I just connected to @Polkadot using the beta light client and voted on a treasury proposal. My browser verified the chain tip and relayed the transaction directly to other nodes. No centralized RPC ("infura") involved here. Definitely the coolest thing I did this week. 🤯
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The Polkadot/ Kusama ecosystem is the only one where you will find fully decentralised in-browser light clients.
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This is why #Web3 needs light clients like Substrate Connect. Decentralized in-browser light clients are a unique feature of substrate-based networks, like @Polkadot and @kusamanetwork. Allowing users to securely and privately interact with blockchains - without third-parties. twitter.com/0xdev0/status/…
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Very interesting development over at Barnsley football club. They have canceled their shirt sponsorship deal with cryptocurrency scam project HEX. HEX do a lot of work (like Bitconnect did) to avoid being called a scam, but the red flags are clear. Well done to the for
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"...is that it (most of the time) doesn't even do a good job of protecting that baby, and yet it protects so many other things that are not only 'not important' for its survival, but are creating immense harm based on various irreconcilable dogmas." [3/4]
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...and with Sam being a (rather unconventional) atheist, this statement of his was intriguing: "There is a baby in the bathwater of religion that is not only worth saving, but it is in fact the most important thing in human life. My gripe with religion..." [2/4]
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I’m in tears. 😢 That letter to all of us in Vogue is astonishing. This woman is the Greatest Sportsperson Of All Time. 🐐
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“There is only rich and poor. There is no middle anymore.” ~ Darlene Alderson (from the mind of Sam Esmail) While technically not true, I enjoyed the exploration of how society feels right now.
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OH MY GOD. A sequel to Todd Phillips' Joker with Joaquin Phoenix has been confirmed, with Lady Gaga joining the cast! 🫠🫠🫠
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"When you face an adversary alone, your best weapon may be an ax, but when you face an adversary in front of a throng of bystanders, your best weapon may be an argument.” ~ Peter DeScioli
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