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📚 Key Reads

  • The state of Web3 growth tech. By Safary. Link

  • Take-aways from EthCC 2023 in Paris. By Bankless. Link

  • Governance FAQs. By a16z. Link

  • Reddits NFT strategy. By Overpriced JPEGs. (audio) Link

  • What do I think about biometric proof of personhood? By Vitalik Buterin. Link

  • Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million test users. By MIT Technology Review. Link