PolynyaThe Sustainability ChecklistFor far too long, the narrative has been dominated by short-term solutions with unsustainable designs. It’s never too late to fight back…2 min read·May 13, 2022--2--2
PolynyaDisaggregated blockchain layers & evading socioeconomic fragmentationI have expressed regret multiple times this year for helping propagate the “modular blockchain” meme. There are two significant problems…4 min read·Apr 30, 2022----
PolynyaUpdated thoughts on “modular blockchains”I have been guilty of shilling the “modular blockchains” meme last year, of course alongside more influential players like Bankless…5 min read·Mar 25, 2022----
PolynyaModular execution layersYou may have read about how execution layer can be separated from settlement & data availability. But an interesting trend is unfolding…4 min read·Mar 20, 2022----
PolynyaThe Endgame bottleneck: historical storageCurrently, there’s a clear bottleneck at play with monolithic blockchains: state growth. The direct solutions to this are statelessness…4 min read·Feb 27, 2022--1--1
PolynyaOptimistic rollups are brilliant (and the state of blockchains)I have never written a post about “ORs vs ZKRs”. They are both great. My writing has been all about being against cripplingly inefficient…13 min read·Feb 19, 2022--1--1
PolynyaHow Ethereum scales: simplifiedIn short: Ethereum scales with rollups & data availability sampling. But what does that mean?3 min read·Feb 10, 2022--1--1
PolynyaDankshardingAlright, I’m compelled to do this. I don’t have much time, so this will be an oversimplified introduction to danksharding (featuring PBS +…3 min read·Jan 31, 2022----
PolynyaRediscovering trustTrust is a powerful feature, not a bug. It’s one of the fundamental tenets behind our species’ wild success. Some crypto utopians may argue…1 min read·Jan 10, 2022--3--3
