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Published on November 30, 2024 • ☕☕ 6 mins read Volunteering at Devcon was everything I had wished and then some.
Published on October 30, 2024 • ☕☕ 10 mins read tldr: it is in the job description
Published on September 27, 2024 • ☕ 3 mins read "Featured" implies some sort of curation or editorial pick. It should just be called "Verified".
Published on September 1, 2024 • ☕ 3 mins read No, you do not have to know who will win.
Published on June 23, 2024 • ☕☕ 10 mins read Recap of an intense five weeks at the Polkadot Blockchain Academy.
Published on March 27, 2024 • ☕ 3 mins read The N in ETN makes all the difference.
Published on March 19, 2024 • ☕ 2 mins read Celebrating Nowrouz with a poem by Fereydoon Moshiri.
Published on February 27, 2024 • ☕ 3 mins read Saying Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme means you understand neither bitcoin nor a Ponzi scheme.
Published on February 15, 2024 • ☕ 3 mins read Markets are (mostly) efficient, but not in the way you were taught in school.
Published on January 22, 2024 • ☕☕ 6 mins read Geth having supermajority status is a serious issue. The solution is at hand, easy, and any staker can help.
Published on November 25, 2023 • ☕ 1 mins read With the next halving around the corner, the stock-to-flow "number go up" is back.
Published on November 14, 2023 • ☕ 5 mins read Blockchain is a technology that enables verifying whether something is unique digitally, without the need for a trusted third-party.
Published on October 25, 2023 • ☕ 2 mins read Contrary to popular belief, legal tender does not mean merchants have to accept it. That includes cash.
Published on August 25, 2023 • ☕ 3 mins read Positive correlation between two time-series does NOT mean they are moving the same direction.
Published on April 12, 2023 • ☕☕ 7 mins read City of Eternal Spring. One of my favorite cities ever.
Published on March 20, 2023 • ☕ 5 mins read A recurring and profound theme in Persian poetry is living your precious gift of present to the fullest and lamenting the capricious promises of tomorrow.
Published on December 26, 2022 • ☕☕☕ 13 mins read As the year draws to a close, thought it would be a good time to reflect on what has been the greatest year of my life.
Published on September 1, 2022 • ☕ 5 mins read I likely have discovered my favourite city ever.
Published on July 1, 2022 • ☕ 3 mins read Out of all the reasons to be bullish on Bitcoin, claims that it is an inflation hedge is the most puzzling one I have encountered.
Published on May 31, 2022 • ☕☕ 6 mins read The world is a rose. Smell it and pass it to your friends.
Published on March 21, 2022 • ☕ 3 mins read A beautiful poem by Hamid Mossadegh.
Published on February 28, 2022 • ☕ 5 mins read My letter as the outgoing president of McGill Alumni Association of Toronto
Published on February 7, 2022 • ☕☕ 8 mins read “The narrative of “bitcoin is digital gold” has been around for some time. Of all the frameworks used to value bitcoin, it is one of the few we consider having a number of economic merits supporting it.
Published on January 11, 2022 • ☕ 3 mins read Reflections on a year of travelling and working remotely.
Published on December 5, 2021 • ☕ 5 mins read “This is not investment advice.” is the phrase you come across frequently navigating any media dealing with investments.
Published on February 26, 2021 • ☕ 4 mins read Same r/wsb, but after-hours.
Published on February 8, 2021 • ☕ 3 mins read A common question I receive is: “What stops anyone from cloning Bitcoin and starting their own cryptocurrency?“ Most common reaction is a tie between confusion and shock when they hear my answer: “Technologically, nothing at all.”
Published on January 28, 2021 • ☕☕ 6 mins read GME has had the jet fuel of two of the market’s greatest disruptive forces combined all in one: a short squeeze, combined with a gamma squeeze.
Published on January 14, 2021 • ☕ 2 mins read Will Donald Trump be inaugurated for his second term as President of the USA on Inauguration Day?