Archive - Digital Trust, Digital Finance

Assets Without Liabilities

Why public blockchain ledgers fail to model the economic relationships they claim to replace.

Aug 7 •

20:39

July 2025

The Computer Says ‘No’

Why Intelligent Systems Will Reject Centralization

Jul 31 •

17:27

Money Isn’t Enough

Why the Future of Digital Settlement Requires Context, Not Just Currency

Jul 16 •

24:13

When the Core Escapes

How Decentralized Contracts and Agentic AI Could Rebuild the Entire Economy Outside Institutions

Jul 12 •

10:35

Trust Is a Protocol, Not a Platform

Why the Internet Trust Layer Must Be Built Like the Internet - Not Like a Compliance Service

Jul 11 •

20:37

Money - The Contract That Settles All Contracts

Why Real Digital Money Must Be Built for Native Contract Settlement

Jul 1 •

19:44

June 2025

The Generic Settlement Problem

Why settlement must be an integral part of the transaction it settles

Jun 26 •

21:56

The Emergent Web of Trust

How decentralized trust networks grow organically through transactions, not authority.

Jun 12 •

19:13

The "Surprising" End of Bitcoin

A cautionary tale

Jun 4 •

April 2025

Flipping a Stable Coin

Why Stablecoins May Be The Most Dangerous 'Safe' Asset in Finance

Apr 30 •

18:55

From a Rube Goldberg Machine to a Swiss Watch

The Coming Digital Transformation of the Financial System and the Economy

Apr 29 •

15:45

Soft Minds, Hard Shells

The Architecture of Trustworthy Intelligent Agent Networks

Apr 27 •

14:16

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