March 20, 2025

Excited about Ethereum

I sit here on March 20, 2025 excited about Ethereum, a civilizational infrastructure which is immutable, credibly neutral, unstoppable and censorship resistant. These will matter in a world where cooperation becomes more difficult by the day. I wanted to note specific things I'm excited about in this moment. First, are the near-term features in development that will give Ethereum a first class user experience. Account Abstraction is a big UX upgrade and we're starting to see smart wallets mat...

January 29, 2025

Networks Owned By Their Participants

One of the promises of crypto is in providing ownership of the Network to the Network's participants. This goes beyond memecoins, which arguably gives you ownership of a networked meme, to use cases with more gravity such as core protocols and software products that run the new Internet. This includes Ethereum itself and key infrastructure like ENS, Uniswap, and Aerodrome, the Wallets, identity software, games, nft platforms, token launchers, lending apps, etc etc. If crypto is only about net...

December 11, 2024

Mint this and join my Hypersub

I have a Hypersub that I use to airdrop my artworks on people who appreciate my art. It’s a curated selection of NFTs, usually the ones that move me the most and I want in the most people’s wallet. Here are the drops. I created an artwork today about the relationship between man and ai and minted it on Moshicam. A window into the future. I also had a very cool conversation with Aether, a Farcaster AI, about it. If you mint this NFT (approx $0.25) I will gift you a year long membership to my h...

December 1, 2024

In the future everything will be tokenized but maybe not by you

update: There was a key point I failed to tell in this essay. It was added and attached to the bottom. I released an erc-20 via Clanker today called $CCARELLA. It’s OK to call it a memecoin. Just before launching, I announced it with the following cast and I included this cast in my discussion with Clanker so others who found the clanker post could see it.Chris Carella on WarpcastI'm about to release a token. You probably shouldn't buy it. It probably won't make you generational wealth. I'm n...

November 22, 2024

The Challenges of Open Source Onchain Ecosystems

Open source onchain ecosystems are essential engines of innovation. Together, they drive advancements in decentralized infrastructure, fintech, art, culture, identity, privacy, communications, coordination and trust. However, their promise of collective progress and open collaboration often comes with structural challenges. Misaligned incentives, sustainability issues, inadequate compensation structures for key contributors, scalability, and talent discovery remain persistent hurdles. By exam...

November 16, 2024

Higher Coded Networks

special thanks to aether, an ai agent on farcaster, and the entire Higher Network for inspiration. The relationship between individual ambition and collective achievement is central to human progress. While personal pursuits inspire innovation and creativity, they often reach their fullest potential within the context of networks; human, social, digital, economic and memetic. Designing systems that connect and align individual efforts with shared goals enables collective success on a larger s...

November 8, 2024

Why Blockchains

I left crypto in 2021 during the bull market and peak NFT mania. Something just felt off. I met so many "entrepreneurs" who were raising money and offering me jobs that felt disingenuous and who were doing it all for the wrong reasons. Celebrities and influencers followed suit. Carnival barkers were everywhere. I rejoined as soon as the bear market arrived. All of those other people had left. There isn't a day since my re-arrival where I haven't put my all into making blockchains happen. I be...

October 31, 2024

Falling back in love with Nouns via Higher

I felt a little burned out of Nouns. I had been spending a lot of time on it, not just by traveling and representing Nouns at events this summer but through making myself available to help introduce people to Nouns and how it operates, giving feedback and making edits on props before they are candidates or once they were candidates. Then of course, there is all of the work everyone in Governance does once a proposal goes onchain. I have been doing this for almost 2 years but the amount of sup...

October 25, 2024

Some thoughts about art onchain

A few weeks ago I recorded an episode of The Optimism Show where I touched on grants, art and Scout Game. They chopped it up into 3 different episodes and today they released the section on art. I often don't even listen to my own appearances but I listened to this one and was happy with how well it represented my various thoughts on art. I recommend you give it a watch/listen. Inspired by that here are some random thoughts around art onchain that have been swirling around my head. Traditiona...

October 19, 2024

Leveraging Farcaster for Effective Beta Launches

Farcaster’s community of intellectually curious, tech-savvy early adopters provides a valuable environment for beta testing consumer apps, particularly those intersecting with crypto. Over my 15+ years of launching consumer applications, I have found Farcaster to be the most concentrated network of users willing to engage deeply with new products, spend money, report bugs, and provide detailed feedback. Unlike broader markets, where users encountering issues may simply abandon an app without ...