Sometime last year, I watched this really exciting talk by Aragon on DAOs. Then I read this post by Teju and got a broader picture of DAOs and I became even more fascinated. Fast forward to today, I have two discord accounts, I am in quite a few discord servers…

Bitcoin is the world’s first and most popular decentralized cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of over 650 billion dollars. Bitcoin is a chef-d’oeuvre, a masterpiece of different disciplines. Cryptography, economics, mathematics, game theory and even philosophy! The users of Bitcoin are called clients. Clients have accounts called addresses. A client…

and designing effective collaborative content systems — tl:dr problem encouraging participation ensuring quality content key things to remember: wikis are free form and users are allowed to edit content quality assurance and context is hard. even Wikipedia has had criticisms with context because of complex social issues which led to the formation of wiki initiatives (like Trust Wiki) software design considerations

system analysis and design — Early this month, I tried to sketch out the basic structure of Scribbbled. It was a bit tough to conceptualize as I haven't thought very deeply about a product from ideation to MVP before. It’s up here. Scribbbled is a new platform for incubating ideas within communities. Anyone can submit…

a guide to conceptualizing and writing smart contracts of all the crazy sick-ass mechanisms you can think of — you’re welcome — I have been learning solidity on and off for some time now. But, it hasn't quite stuck. I write nearly every day so I have become quite good at it (no humble brags here 😏) and I would like to make an effort to understand solidity so I can build…

Magnificent Art, Collaboratively. — I built my first DAO! I’m excited to announce the Picasso Collective, a digital collective that lets you pool your funds with others to buy the best, highest quality art supplies. Members of the DAO are airdropped $PAINT tokens to aid collective decision making. JOIN US, and you’ll be able…

Scribbbled has a logo that is made up of handwritten lettering of the word “scribbbled”. The lettering is written on a calligraphy grid, giving an impression of being systematic, ordered, and precise. The Scribbbled logo is a handwritten lettering of the word “Scribbbled” on a calligraphy grid guideline. The sketchy…

A tool for compelling, original, authentic narratives from a diverse group of community voices. — Hey, I’m Ese. I’m building Scribbbled — a new platform for incubating ideas. Anyone can submit a script or storyboard for a cartoon and then the community can interact and vote on which cartoons are published. We’re building a site for every community to write, pitch and develop cartoons together…

and finding my why. — I’ve been thinking about creativity because I’m slowly recovering from burnout and it’s been making me think about why I do anything. As in — why am I writing this sentence? Why am I writing this particular sentence? Why am I choosing these words and not others? Why do I…