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Kyle Den Hartog
Hacker. Golfer. Futurist. Skier. Developer.
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Loss Leader Software
A Loss Leader Software is software that is free to attract a user so that you can nudge the user towards another product or service you generate revenue on to continue to fund the development of both
Framework for Applying Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Think of intelligence as knowledge that compounds over time.
Future-Proofing DeFi: How Prediction Markets Can Insure User Funds
a novel approach to DeFi risk management, leveraging prediction markets to dynamically hedge against hacks, smart contract failures, and other threats, enhancing protocol security and user trust.
Breaking the Left-Right Binary: How Multivariate Political Mapping Can Help Us Redesign Online Debate
The problem with politics is that it is a multivariate by design. Put another way, the number of problems that any group of people can care about at one time is infinite and relative. So we need a new way to model it.
How SSI Becomes a Centralized Tool For Gatekeeping
Self Sovereign Identity subtly introduces centralization through its chosen trust architecture. We've re-created a structure where institutional claims about subjects are more trusted which recreates the same gatekeeping mechanisms SSI was meant to eliminate.
Decentralizing Age Verification with SSI: Separating Content Moderation from Guardianship
Age verification laws are coupling content moderation with guardianship problems, reducing user agency because of our centralized trust architectures. By separating these concerns and leveraging client-side filtering technologies, we can create more private and decentralized solutions for protecting children online without compromising everyone's Web experience.
From Printing Press to Digital Identity: A Pattern of Moral Crisis
This isn't a new problem in decentralized identity - it's been ongoing for centuries, dating back to the printing press. We keep inverting solutions and repeating historical patterns.
Why crypto: An explanation for Improving Transactions On the Web
Fundamentally transacting on the web is limited by credit card payment systems today
Web3 is Reintroducing Cross-Origin Tracking Accidentally
We should expect that when the user shares their address that will act as implied consent for cross-origin tracking in the same way cookie notices act as a prompt for tracking.