Dean Patrick

Writing

Crypto & Technology

Money, code, privacy, and the people building the decentralized web.

  1. Bitcoin Is God Money

    The cypherpunks believed they would live forever, and so built a monetary system instantiating that philosophy.

  2. DePIN Explained: What Are Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks?

    A day in the life of a 2028 rideshare driver, and how token-incentivized networks are bringing Web 3.0 into the physical world.

  3. DePIN Is Where Crypto Gets Real

    A slow revolution building a new layer atop internet and energy systems, and returning power to the people.

  4. Meeting Vitalik and the Web 3.0 Vision

    Every ambitious person’s life in America is a complex, often irreconcilable interplay between greed and idealism.

  5. The Emperor [money, governments, art] has no clothesExcerpt

    How crypto reveals the absurdity of everything.

  6. Why Should I Care About Privacy? I Have Nothing to Hide.Excerpt

    Privacy is managing boundaries through control of personal data, handing you the keys to your mind’s gate.

  7. Hamlet Loves DecentralizationExcerpt

    Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and the middle-men blockchain wants to eliminate.

  8. Bitcoin Is Money for the ImmortalExcerpt

    To understand Bitcoin, close your eyes and imagine eternal life.

  9. Proposing a Framework for Friendly Crypto Token Mergers

    After the ICO bubble, hundreds of teams held more cash than their tokens were worth. A case for amicable consolidation, and a regression to find the candidates.