Josh | The Blockchain Socialist (tbsocialist)

Josh | The Blockchain Socialist

I blog and podcast about crypto and the left | @breadchain_ | Patreon bit.ly/3yVo2Cv | Mirror bit.ly/37g4KOx | Podcast bit.ly/3myLNuW | Tip me normie.tech/josh

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🚨The Intelligence Curse w/ Evan Miyazono I spoke to @emiyazono, founder of @SafeWithAtlas, about the neglected risks of advanced AI and what it would actually take to govern it. We dig into the threats he thinks aren't getting enough attention, from asymmetrically offensive cyber capabilities and economic disruption to what he calls the "intelligence curse," a dynamic where governments lose any incentive to invest in their populations once labor becomes synthetic. We also get into formal verification as a framework for AI governance, why consensus and agreement become scarcer as intelligence gets cheaper, and where blockchains might actually fit into that picture in ways that have nothing to do with libertarian fantasy. https://youtu.be/Tv6tDogrN4w

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Last 3 days to give for the ongoing QF security round on @giveth ! At @breadcoop we have a project live right now called Etherform (CI/CD for smart contracts) where if you donate $1 we can get nearly $1000 in matching funds 🤑 https://qf.giveth.io/project/etherform?roundId=16

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🚨Self-Repaying Loans and the Fight for Crypto’s Soul w/ Scoopy Trooples I spoke to @scupytrooples, the pseudonymous co-founder of @AlchemixFi, about self-repaying loans, the wreckage of DeFi scams, and what ethical crypto finance could actually look like. We dig into how Alchemix works, allowing your debt pays itself off over time and what’s new in V3. We also get into the broader rot in the space: meme coin pump-and-dumps, celebrity rug pulls, prediction market gambling, and how DeFi summer’s promise curdled into financial nihilism. Scoopy is one of the rare crypto founders willing to say the quiet part loud, that most of what gets built in this space is zero-sum at best and predatory at worst, and has been trying to build something different since day one. FULL EPISODE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP7DNjXzVak

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Fund evacuations from Gaza with ETH I spoke to Kat who is behind a project called ETH Evacuations which is taking donations to pay for families to get out of Gaza through the Rafah crossing. Donations address (mainnet, Optimism, or Base) – 0x8D5bF23b181EA94d3104d4192acb52427E54875A https://t.co/3gmGheLzrS

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I spoke to Simone Robutti. Simone works as an organization designer, adversarial researcher, and teacher. Formerly a software developer, he has been part of different chapters of Tech Workers Coalition since 2018. During the interview we discussed how to start a labor union at your tech company, innovative ways to go on strike, and how tech ideology as psyoped you to thinking labor struggle can’t work in tech. We also touched on how technical tools for assisting workers should be used and the role of tech sovereignty in these situations. https://theblockchainsocialist.com/tech-workers-coalition-adapting-the-labor-movement-for-the-digital-age/

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