Hey, it’s Marc. I write about Bitcoin, Web3, and technology. ✌️

Welcome to another issue of my obsessively curated field notes.

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📚 Key Reads

  • I build, therefore I am. Joseph Lubin. Link

  • "Crypto wants its shine back.” I know many people in crypto who disagree with that perspective (me included). All the more valuable. New York Times. Link

  • “The future of influence marketing is offline and hyper-niche.” Highly relevant if you’re building culturally relevant brands (with the help of Web3 tech). Vogue Business. Link

  • “Web2 media is broken. The future of media is tokenized.” Interesting approach by NFTNow to content co-creation, community building and monetization. Link

  • Ownership rights and permissions for NFTs. Link

  • Paris Blockchain Week report from the Bullish team. Link

  • The age of AI has begun. Bill Gates. Link

  • The big picture of what’s happening in AI. 🧵 Link

  • How will AI transform photography? Link

🚨 What caught my eyes

✨ Web3 + NFTs

  • gm zkEVM! A few days ago, Matter Labs launched “zkSync Era”, the world’s first zkEVM on Ethereum mainnet. Today, Polygon is launching its own zkEVM chain on mainnet. These are big milestones, as zkEVMs will reduce transaction costs and massively increase throughput, while maintaining the security of Ethereum L1. It’s going to be interesting to see whether or not these solutions steal market share from Arbitrum and Optimism. 

    • Ready to deep dive? Here’s Vitalik Butterin’s technical overview.

  • Microsoft is building a crypto wallet into its Edge browser. Pretty soon, every browser will ship with a pre-installed wallet. The distinction between an "account" and a "wallet" will increasingly blur. Link

  • DeGods, one of the most popular NFT communities, launched its Bitcoin ordinals collection. After Yuga Labs, another big name has now entered “Bitcoin NFTs”, giving the already popular ordinals another boost in credibility. Link