Zefram's Blog

In 2023, OpenAI changed the world by releasing ChatGPT, the first AI that’s actually intelligent.

Foreword I am writing this essay for the same reason I do most of my writing: to jot down a self-consistent framework for thinking about a certain topic that I can later refer to and rely upon, so that I can avoid being hoodwinked by the often chaotic and…

Genesis Using Ethereum is expensive.

The origin of value, what NFTs are, and what comes next I was baffled by the rise of NFTs for quite some time.

Recently, I have realized that all the mistakes I’ve made in the past, and is still making, have been caused by a single type of error: mistaking expedience for desire, for a call to action.

The privileged don’t need DAOs As someone who’s spent months thinking about DAOs and governance, I knew there was a problem when I asked myself “Do I, personally, have need for a DAO today?”

Or: World Wide Web for a collaborative economy 1.

When I first read this tweet thread about the Aragon governance proposals voting on a rainy afternoon walk a month ago, my first reaction was blurting out “I’m sorry, but what the actual fuck?”

I believe one of the most, if not the most, important applications of blockchain and smart contact technology will be the establishment of self-sufficient organizations that are completely virtual: They will use virtual currencies like Ether and ERC-20 to…

Disclaimer: No one in the world wants what I said in this post to be false more than I do.