Really cool on simplifying identity verification and proof of personhood. Let’s bring it to all chains with Chain Abstraction.

Google Cloud Web3 developer tools + @SelfProtocol = the future.

It’s been raining in Austin for 3 days straight and my timeline is mysteriously devoid of Tesla robotaxi sightings. But @Waymo is everywhere!

"Stellar was built for stablecoins, with compliance features baked right in. We've been waiting for this moment. There are a lot of positive signals from individuals all over the world who have been on the fence about the technology. We're seeing this as a base layer for a completely new financial stack." – @tomerweller today at @Permissionless, in conversation with Ian Barile (@PayPal), @amamujee (@Stablecoin), @RichJWidmann (@googlecloud), and @caseywagnerr (@Blockworks_ ).

PayPal Summer Club: Summer Series with Google Cloud - Week 1

Wife and I had a close call with a faceless stranger who abruptly approached us on a late night walk home in Princeton, NJ. Flagged down a Good Samaritan driving by who stopped to help and chased the guy off. What is the political/economic cost society is willing to pay to be able to walk our city streets without fear? Why do we tolerate this?

you want adoption? google. paypal. bridge. stellar. catch this panel on what it takes to make crypto spendable, swappable, and seamless.

You cannot understand the movement or the intent behind crypto without understanding the motivations of its early visionaries. Each year this is just one of the required readings I assign students before we dive into the course on blockchain and cryptocurrency.

This is why we built Google Cloud Universal Ledger - because large, regulated financial services companies want the benefits of blockchain networks without giving up the benefits of centralized services.

Wow. Regardless of your opinion on this development, it's pretty clear that who you choose to help validate your network matters more than ever.