Loyal readers of The Protocol will recall that we launched this text on April 26, 2023, to cowl technological developments throughout the blockchain business, after winding down its predecessor, Legitimate Factors, which was targeted solely on Ethereum. (In case you are fascinated with that historical past, we wrote right here about how we turned $15,000 into $70,000 operating an Ethereum validator.) We began protecting Bitcoin expertise within the e-newsletter together with Solana and Cosmos and Sui and all the pieces else. Over time, the format advanced, and received a bit longer — as I more and more geeked out over blockchain tech and located myself incrementally incompetent at leaving cool stuff out. I say that with utmost earnestness, as a result of as the primary writer of The Protocol, I additionally received increasingly snarky and cynical and jaded concerning the numerous information developments, particularly concerning the cash finish of the enterprise, whereas concurrently getting increasingly wowed by the entire builders and entrepreneurs on this house popping out with a whole lot of fascinating initiatives and updates each week, as duly highlighted within the Protocol Village column. We launched an accompanying podcast that received actually good till it was, er, paused indefinitely earlier this 12 months because of the lack of a sponsor and departure of our producer.
