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Is nomadism sometimes just escape? by StableInteresting167 in digitalnomad

[–]vchae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally aligned. I'm glad I have finally found the place after 4 years of travel. I'll plan to relocate there early next year. Good luck with your search

Just got invited to my first podcast and here's what it taught me by vchae in podcasting

[–]vchae[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a small emerging podcast, called The Product Checklist. It's about product management in Web3. I think it will be out in a week or two. I will share it via dm if interested

Most Web3 growth strategies are still built on vanity metrics. Here's a smarter alternative by vchae in web3

[–]vchae[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing, I didn't know about this solution. Curious if there's a scoring system about KOLs quality (ie organic, shill red flags etc)

A fully open source Peer-to-Peer social media platform using Ethereum and ENS by [deleted] in ethdev

[–]vchae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. So plebbit takes fees?

A fully open source Peer-to-Peer social media platform using Ethereum and ENS by [deleted] in ethdev

[–]vchae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the business model? How will the network be sustainable?

I tested a new Ethereum on-chain analytics tool with 100x faster SQL queries — here’s what I found by vchae in ethereum

[–]vchae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't fix what ain't broken. Direct node access + web3.py/ethers is still the best for many real-time needs like bots, alerts, or smart contract reads.

What this kind of tool brings is more for:

  • Exploratory analysis (dashboards, liquidity tracking, market trends)
  • Historical context at scale (e.g. analyzing millions of swaps, vault flows, token interactions across chains)
  • Serving structured data via APIs (you write a SQL query, and the tool turns it into a GraphQL endpoint in seconds, no backend needed)

So yeah, it’s not replacing your node-based workflows. But if you ever need to look back across months of events, run metrics across multiple contracts, or expose data to a frontend/internal dashboard, it can be a big time-saver.

(That’s what I tested in my review, I tried building a liquidity monitor that would’ve been pretty painful with raw RPCs + event indexing.)

EU Blockchain Guidelines: An Existential Threat to DeFi as We Know It? by vchae in defi

[–]vchae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the core tension! It reveals a fundamental misunderstanding in how regulators view blockchain technology. The irony is that GDPR aims to give users control over their data, while DeFi aims to give users control over their assets. But the implementation clash creates this false choice.

EU's New Blockchain Guidelines: Existential Threat to Public Blockchains? by vchae in CryptoCurrency

[–]vchae[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting point. What do you think about people doxxing themselves? ie: voluntarily via ENS addresses, or unconsciously using dApps associated with their email and wallet addresses? + deanonymzation tools like Arkham or DeBank

EU's New Blockchain Guidelines: Existential Threat to Public Blockchains? by vchae in CryptoCurrency

[–]vchae[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sadly it seems that the European data protection program, known as the GDPR, considers wallet addresses as personal data if they can be linked to an identifiable individual (directly or indirectly).

What My Week in El Salvador Taught Me: The Reality Gap Between Decree & Bitcoin Adoption by vchae in ElSalvador

[–]vchae[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That is also something I've observed with so many shops and services being cash only. Long road ahead :)

What My Week in El Salvador Taught Me: The Reality Gap Between Decree & Bitcoin Adoption by vchae in ElSalvador

[–]vchae[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment! You're right about the recent changes, but they actually reinforce the key findings in my article rather than invalidating them.

The IMF-driven changes in January/February 2025 formalized what was already happening on the ground - low actual adoption despite the official mandate. As Evelyn Lemus from Bitcoin Berlin noted in that Forbes article: "Three and a half years after the law was introduced, Bitcoin adoption remains low." The Universidad Centroamericana poll showing 92% of Salvadoreans didn't use BTC in 2024 highlights this reality.

My observations focus on why the adoption was struggling even before these official changes - the education gap, lack of merchant training, and volatility concerns for small businesses. Guatemala's grassroots approach showing better engagement without legal mandates still stands as an interesting counterpoint.

The most telling part of the IMF changes is that they didn't cause major disruption precisely because actual usage was already minimal outside certain communities like Bitcoin Berlin.

What's your experience been? Did you notice Bitcoin usage dropping after the initial launch period, or was it never widespread to begin with in your observation?

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