Cybergov: What I learned running three AI agents as Blockchain governance delegates
An experiment in transparent, verifiable AI decision making and what it taught me about building trust in automated systems. Built on Polkadot
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My thoughts on things, mostly tech focused.
Architectural determinism: how web2 primitives encode centralization
I believe that the architecture of the modern web not only makes meaningful decentralization difficult but that it also structurally precludes it. As a consequence, seemingly "decentralized" systems built on top of modern web architecture inevitably collapse toward centralized intermediaries.
We accidentally built the wrong internet
We built the internet on email & passwords, coupled with an analog payment system based on typing 16-digit numbers into forms. If someone pitched this today, we’d laugh them out of the room. The answer might be in places most of our brightest minds aren't willing to look at - yet.
Free software should be simple
Free software is better when it's simple to run, simple to understand, and simple to adapt. I argue that a lot of free software actually comes at a price that is not 0, and provide some hints and ideas for how I quantify "simple".
The case for offline mobile signers for crypto transactions
This article makes the case for offline mobile signers. Instead of juggling multiple wallets and trusting browser extensions, what if we had one secure tool that just handles the critical stuff?
LLMs in the middle: Content aware client-side filtering
LLMs in the middle: Content aware client-side filtering using browser extensions and local large language models to filter content across multiple websites.