Hi there. I am RM. I read on someone else's blog it's always good to set the scene for what these notes are about, because most readers haven't read what came before. So here we are. I have this long-term goal to start a practice focused solely on play. Not games, not contests, but unsupervised, free play. Not "free to play." Free from stigmas. My early thesis is that we somehow either lost or are not confident enough anymore to embrace play wholeheartedly. So this blog—or better, these notes...

"Hi there. I am RM. I read on someone else's blog it's always good to set the scene for what you are about to read, because most readers haven't read what came before. So here we are. I have this long-term goal to start a practice focused solely on play. Not games, not contests, but unsupervised, free play. Not "free to play." Free from stigmas. But I spend most of my professional time to help early-stage teams to evolve raw ideas into minimal lovable products. So this blog—or better, these n...

This is my digital playground where I dump ideas, debate with AIs, and document the interesting collisions. If you're new here, welcome to the chaos. I'm obsessed with crypto as massive-scale coordination experiments, not just money. I work with WE3, and my true passion is understanding play - how we lost it and how to get it back (welostplay.wtf). Well, now that I have your attention, let's talk about "privacy." If you've been anywhere near crypto circles lately, especially around Ethereum, ...

A short rant about the state of the internet and why I still think the core ethos of web3 is the future. At the beginning of the year, I made a decision to gradually shift the way I work and what I do. In short, I want to embrace my roots around play more, and as part of this, do something I've wanted to do for a long time: publish a book. For now, it's simply called "We Lost Play" — my play thesis. The plan is straightforward: continue project work with startups as I do now, but become more ...

Are We Losing the Plot? We're more into a decade of crypto now, and you can feel it – it seems there has been suddenly but all at once a recent vibe shift among the industry. Something's changed. The original bet, crypto at its core, was on open, censorship resistant, decentralized, permissionless infrastructure. That raw energy, that fight for a different kind of internet – it feels quieter now. The reality settling in is that these core values... are simply opposite of the fast narratives a...

Imagine media that isn't static. Imagine media that is agentic – it has agency, it can act. Imagine media with its own memory, remembering who interacted with it and how, adapting organically based on your interactions.

The last few years have felt like living inside pure magic. AI has profoundly reshaped how I work, think, create, collaborate. As a designer, denying its transformative power would simply be dishonest. But alongside the magic, a storm of self-questioning I've never experienced before. Consider this post self-therapy, an attempt to wrestle these exploding thoughts about value into something coherent. I've always adapted to new tools – from ML to generating code. But the last two years? A diffe...

Time is our last real asset. In the digital age, AI erases past, present, and future, turning every moment into a one-way resource. Blockchains force order on a chaotic, limitless digital realm. Your attention and computing power are finite—waste a minute, and it’s gone forever. Old economic models don’t apply here. It’s time to face the truth: every second counts, and no one can buy back your lost time.

The Lay of the LandCrypto as we know it truly emerged with Bitcoin (BTC), anchored by one of the strongest founder myths: the story of Satoshi, which still provides much of its strength. Over the years, countless chains and ideologies have appeared, and some use cases have crystallized—mainly around tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi). This focus on tokenization and DeFi has led to the core use case that dominates the entire space: capital formation. Yes, smart contracts enable new ...

I recently started reading the book How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown by Wim Carton and Andreas Malm. Although I’m not finished yet, the book examines how we’ve collectively accepted rising global temperatures and the reality of climate change—but also how we seem to be betting on future technologies to save us down the line. The idea is that someday we’ll invent systems that will reverse the damage. A hundred years from now, things might be “back to normal,” though in the meanti...

Lately, my feeds are dominated by the same old questions: “What is Ethereum? What’s it good for? Why does it matter? Why aren’t the numbers going up?” This narrative has been swirling around for what feels like forever. But here’s the kicker: Ethereum’s story isn’t just one narrative anymore. We’re witnessing a clash of titanic proportions between two powerful visions. This isn’t about whether the Ethereum Foundation is making the right moves; it’s about defining what Ethereum truly is.The Ba...

Few stories are as captivating right now as the soon-to-be U.S. President launching a memecoin that’s skyrocketing. I’m not holding any, and honestly, I can’t fully grasp the first, second, or even third-order effects. We're navigating an ocean of unknowns, yet this moment feels unprecedented, and I have a hard time understanding how he or his team has fully grasped what just happened.Trust is EverythingCrypto fascinates me because of its decentralized network effects. This interest led me to...