Everything Old is New Again
Why overlooked old technologies like multicasting and radio waves make great DePIN targets, and how Blockcast could scale internet traffic.
How many abstractions do we need?
Chain abstraction is a VC fix for a VC-created problem. The real abstraction will come from whoever builds the most popular app, like Galxe.
Beyond Layers
A long ramble on blockspace: what it is, why it matters, blockspace as a Veblen vs Giffen good, Jevons paradox, and why scheduling beats scalability.
Subsquid Pro Quo (AKA the Necessiware)
Why Subsquid is not middleware but necessiware: a decentralized data lake and query engine that feeds crypto frontends faster and cheaper.
Web 3 Middleware
A bottoms-up map of the Web 3 middleware stack: storage, data models, indexers, access controls and integration platforms, and how they fit together to power next-gen apps.
Infrastructure Lego: The Middleware Thesis
Zee Prime’s original middleware thesis: why DeFi has outrun its infrastructure, what crypto middleware is, and a deep dive into Pocket Network as a decentralization-as-a-service lego.