Philosophy

Consensus 2023 (CoinDesk)
3 Giga-Brained Ideas From Consensus Day 2
Crypto shows that ideas can be valuable, even if they’re not useful … yet.
Consensus 2023 (CoinDesk)

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on February 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)
How Effective Altruism Power Brokers Helped Make Sam Bankman-Fried
Academic philosophers covered for Sam Bankman-Fried’s moral failings as long ago as 2018 – and reaped the rewards.
Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on February 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Bored Ape Yacht Club Sewer Pass (Yuga Labs)
Retraction: BAYC Founder Opinion Piece
The content of the previously published piece did not meet CoinDesk's editorial standards.
Bored Ape Yacht Club Sewer Pass (Yuga Labs)

CDCROP: Investigating Smoke Damage Destruction Investigation Examining (Unsplash)
Understanding the FTX Fallout From the Eyes of a Bitcoiner
The financialization, tokenization and the chase of short-term profits seen across Sam Bankman-Fried's trading empire is peak Wall Street.
CDCROP: Investigating Smoke Damage Destruction Investigation Examining (Unsplash)

CDCROP: Sam Bankman-Fried The Most Generous Billionaire (Nas Daily/YouTube)
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Effective’ Altruism Blew Up FTX
The Alameda Research and FTX founder believed he had singular insight into how to fix the world's problems. Instead, he wound up exemplifying them.
CDCROP: Sam Bankman-Fried The Most Generous Billionaire (Nas Daily/YouTube)

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The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Culture
Crypto's first token created a culture and then a monster.
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DO NOT USE: CDCROP: Environment Technology Future (DALL-E/CoinDesk)
What Are Solarpunk and Lunarpunk Anyway?
Two environmentally focused fictional microgenres have become cornerstones of the Web3 aesthetic. Here’s how that happened.
DO NOT USE: CDCROP: Environment Technology Future (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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Who Is Building Ethereum's Public Goods?
The aim of Web3 isn’t exploitation, but "regeneration" of nonstate and noncorporate infrastructure.
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The One Word That Defines Ethereum’s Goals
Bitcoiners aim for "hyperbitcoinization;" the world computer is built for "hyperregenization."
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What Happens When You Die in the Metaverse?
Ethereum’s founder proposed “soulbound tokens” to give digital identity value. Is there a price to be paid?
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