About

Hello,

I am happy you found your way here.

I find writing blog posts rewarding and interesting. It can be creative and fun. It develops my ability to think clearly. It results in posts that when I read them again, sometimes I really like them. So I publish those here.

Sometimes, I get stuck for a while and don't write. But then I remember how liberating I find publishing blog posts.

I'm not restricting myself to particular areas or topics. I mostly try to express something interesting. And do it in a way that is simple and clear. That's the internal bar I am aiming for.

Some of the things I've written about / am interested in include meditation / buddhism, my own mind, change, building / running companies, tennis / the body, productivity, learning.

I don't have a comment section, but feel free to respond on twitter autoposted to my account there. Or message me directly. It's really nice to hear others thoughts.

In terms of work, my main focus is Chorus One, a company I started in 2018 with my co-founder Meher Roy. Chorus One helps people and institutions stake cryptoassets and participate in Proof-of-Stake networks. It has become a pretty successful company with a great team. Helping secure and operate dozens of crypto protocols and enabling tens of thousands of people to stake billions.

I have also co-founded and co-host the podcast Epicenter in 2013. I co-host it with some great hosts like Sebastien Couture, Meher Roy, Sunny Aggarwal, Friederike Ernst and Felix Lutsch. It's at this point the oldest crypto podcast. We've done 500+ episodes and had millions of downloads.

I'm also involved in the Cosmos ecosystem. I was originally COO of Tendermint and helped organize the Cosmos fundraiser and grow the initial team. Since 2020, I have also been on the foundation council of the Interchain Foundation. The ICF funds most of the core development in the Cosmos ecosystem. Currently, I'm the president of the Foundation Council.

I'm also very excited about Urbit and the impact it could have. At Chorus One, we started an Urbit hosting business called Red Horizon. You can sign up there to get on the network easily. I'm also on the board of the Urbit Foundation. I'm ~minwyc-dablen on the network.