The history of Ethereum has been a case of ambition clashing with reality. Since its inception, it promised an open finance world computer, which can support open ownership and programmable trust. The promise brought in developers, capital and imagination in a manner that few systems had ever experienced. It also revealed the longest standing limitation with Ethereum. The base layer was not...

Imagine a crypto market in the distant future, 2025: Crypto Jokes are the chorus to the madness of the market, and coin mining can be an ascent tournament just begging to be taken up by a novice. Such jokes as Why did the Bitcoin miner give up? Too many taxing blocks!” goes viral meaning blockchain is not too technical to easily be used. In the meantime, low hardware requirements on...