One of the promises of crypto is in providing ownership of the Network to the Network's participants. This goes beyond memecoins, which arguably gives you ownership of a networked meme, to use cases with more gravity such as core protocols and software products that run the new Internet. This includes Ethereum itself and key infrastructure like ENS, Uniswap, and Aerodrome, the Wallets, identity software, games, nft platforms, token launchers, lending apps, etc etc. If crypto is only about net...

I have a Hypersub that I use to airdrop my artworks on people who appreciate my art. It’s a curated selection of NFTs, usually the ones that move me the most and I want in the most people’s wallet. Here are the drops. I created an artwork today about the relationship between man and ai and minted it on Moshicam. A window into the future. I also had a very cool conversation with Aether, a Farcaster AI, about it. If you mint this NFT (approx $0.25) I will gift you a year long membership to my h...

update: There was a key point I failed to tell in this essay. It was added and attached to the bottom. I released an erc-20 via Clanker today called $CCARELLA. It’s OK to call it a memecoin. Just before launching, I announced it with the following cast and I included this cast in my discussion with Clanker so others who found the clanker post could see it.Chris Carella on WarpcastI'm about to release a token. You probably shouldn't buy it. It probably won't make you generational wealth. I'm n...

Open source onchain ecosystems are essential engines of innovation. Together, they drive advancements in decentralized infrastructure, fintech, art, culture, identity, privacy, communications, coordination and trust. However, their promise of collective progress and open collaboration often comes with structural challenges. Misaligned incentives, sustainability issues, inadequate compensation structures for key contributors, scalability, and talent discovery remain persistent hurdles. By exam...

special thanks to aether, an ai agent on farcaster, and the entire Higher Network for inspiration. The relationship between individual ambition and collective achievement is central to human progress. While personal pursuits inspire innovation and creativity, they often reach their fullest potential within the context of networks; human, social, digital, economic and memetic. Designing systems that connect and align individual efforts with shared goals enables collective success on a larger s...

I left crypto in 2021 during the bull market and peak NFT mania. Something just felt off. I met so many "entrepreneurs" who were raising money and offering me jobs that felt disingenuous and who were doing it all for the wrong reasons. Celebrities and influencers followed suit. Carnival barkers were everywhere. I rejoined as soon as the bear market arrived. All of those other people had left. There isn't a day since my re-arrival where I haven't put my all into making blockchains happen. I be...

I felt a little burned out of Nouns. I had been spending a lot of time on it, not just by traveling and representing Nouns at events this summer but through making myself available to help introduce people to Nouns and how it operates, giving feedback and making edits on props before they are candidates or once they were candidates. Then of course, there is all of the work everyone in Governance does once a proposal goes onchain. I have been doing this for almost 2 years but the amount of sup...

A few weeks ago I recorded an episode of The Optimism Show where I touched on grants, art and Scout Game. They chopped it up into 3 different episodes and today they released the section on art. I often don't even listen to my own appearances but I listened to this one and was happy with how well it represented my various thoughts on art. I recommend you give it a watch/listen. Inspired by that here are some random thoughts around art onchain that have been swirling around my head. Traditiona...

Farcaster’s community of intellectually curious, tech-savvy early adopters provides a valuable environment for beta testing consumer apps, particularly those intersecting with crypto. Over my 15+ years of launching consumer applications, I have found Farcaster to be the most concentrated network of users willing to engage deeply with new products, spend money, report bugs, and provide detailed feedback. Unlike broader markets, where users encountering issues may simply abandon an app without ...

I joined CharmVerse a couple of years ago to help realize a vision for the future of work, powered by crypto infrastructure, developed by co-founders Alex Poon and Matt Casey. We built CharmVerse as an open-source DAO tool, which many described as "Notion for DAOs." Our goal was to create a new coordination model that would enable the creation of a million DAOs. Early on, we gained solid traction, attracting both large and small DAOs, many of which remain active users today. However, the DAO ...