Devices, security, and the systems we trust with irreversible decisions.
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A Decline in User Demand for Privacy?
A longitudinal study found a drop in on-chain privacy activities from 2016 to 2025. Is there really less demand for privacy, or did the hunter get outfoxed?
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Is There Such a Thing as “The Perfect Wallet?”
No. But try, fail, and try again. Open silicon, open secure element, open software, open company.
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The Architecture of Agentic Commerce
The first generation of wallets protected assets. The next generation may spend them — and the wallets being built for it disagree on one question: when is human intervention required?
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Security & Signing
Interfaces, social engineering, clear signing, and privacy failures.
4 essaysSelf-Custody
Adoption, regulation, user responsibility, and institutional custody.
3 essaysDevice Architecture
Silicon, secure elements, firmware, and supply chains.
2 essaysAgents & Automation
Agentic commerce, delegated authority, and human approval.
1 essayTrust & Institutions
Regulation, company conduct, disclosure, and auditable missions.
5 essaysEvery digital decision bottoms out somewhere physical: a chip that holds a key, a screen that shows you what you're approving, a button under your thumb. The device layer is that bottom — the boundary where human intent becomes cryptographic authorization, and where software's promises finally have to be kept by hardware.
This publication studies trust at that boundary: between people and interfaces, software and silicon, self-custody and institutions, human authority and autonomous agents. The recurring argument across the editions is that trust can't be removed from these systems — only made auditable. The site tries to practice what the essays preach: every substantive piece carries a Trust Ledger of claims checked, sources, commercial interests, and open uncertainties.
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