Early-stage crypto games that I can’t stop playing
I see blockchain gaming as the future of video games. I also consider it the best possible vehicle for the road to blockchain mass adoption. What better way to teach people about blockchain than giving them hands-on experience that allows them to see and understand its benefits in real-time.
Why decentralized video games are the future
I’ve worked in the blockchain industry for years and been a gamer my entire life. Yet merging the two never crossed my mind. When I thought of blockchain games I’d think of games like CryptoKitties, which is more of a collectibles platform than an actual game. …
If I had a penny for every time someone told me, “It’s like ____ but on a blockchain”, I’d probably have somewhere between $5-$10. Notoriously, the cryptocurrency market is riddled with blindly optimistic projects that rarely make good on their promises. …
Does our need to make everything we do “productive” hurt us in the long run?
I’ve been obsessed with the concept of time for as long as I can remember.
When I was a kid, I made routines for everything I did throughout the day. When I ate fast food, I ate the french fries first, then the burger, no matter what. Every day after…
How centralization hurts creatives, and what we can do about it
Blockchain can do wonders for the music industry.
I love drawing connections between industries, bonus points if I’m passionate about either, or both. In a past life, I managed artists and producers. …
The biggest developments in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world we saw last month
It’s been an interesting month for cryptocurrency.
We saw the end of the Craig Wright case (more on that later), the Portuguese government declared they won’t tax crypto, and John McAfee is still at risk of having to honor the gruesome bet he made.
Let’s take a look at what’s…
Why Ethereum isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon
With competitors coming out of the woodwork over the past few years, people are beginning to wonder if Ethereum, the King of the dApps, is at risk of losing its’ throne. …
Efforts to regulate A.I. might be leading us towards a ‘Sci-Fi movie ending’ we’re all too familiar with.
Elon Musk recently issued an ominous warning about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). A warning made more ominous by the fact that it comes from a person whom we’d assume has his finger on the pulse of the industry.
“I tried to convince people to slow down, slow down A.I., to regulate…
The process of advancing knowledge in academia is broken.
As I get older, something that becomes abundantly clear is that no one has any clue what the hell is going on.
I was listening to an interview with Graham Hancock last night. Graham wrote a book called Fingerprint of the Gods in the ’90s. …
Using the 5 W’s to master content, sales funnels, copywriting, advertising, and more.
When the human brain is faced with new information, it attempts to categorize the information based on past experiences. In writing, we often categorize and bunch similar pieces of information together without realizing it. …
Reza Jafery
Bespoke Design Labs / Blockchain Lead @ Akoin / Obsessed with decentralized economies and blockchain as a whole: reza@bdl.media
