🚨Crypto and Stablecoins in Tanzania w/ Victor Muhagachi I spoke to @victorthetravlr, co-founder of @NedaLabs, building digital asset payment infrastructure in Tanzania, about what it actually looks like to bring crypto to communities in this context. FULL EPISODE⬇️

@dabit3 on the new reality for developers FULL EPISODE: https://theblockchainsocialist.com/why-he-left-crypto-for-ai-w-nader-dabit/

Read books written by our speakers. 🌟"Open swords software" essay by @wassimulacrum.bsky.social x @aksiomaorg.bsky.social ✨"Decolonizing Money" by Julio Linares [@plutopress.bsky.social] 🔥"Blockchain Radicals" by @tbsocialist.bsky.social [@repeaterbooks.bsky.social]

I greatly enjoyed this conversation, and I think it might be interesting to a wide range of folks interested in AI, data, collective action, etc! Thanks for having me @tbsocialist.bsky.social (and structuring a really exciting conversation, and putting together such a nice final product!)

🚨Why he left crypto for AI w/ Nader Dabit I spoke to @nader , well-known longtime crypto dev and educator, about what it felt like to be at the frontier of crypto and why he eventually left. This is the first time he's spoken publicly about this. FULL EPISODE⬇️

Breadfam! BREAD Distribution Cycle #20 is all done! Our detailed rundown (which you can find in our bio) was sent to newsletter subscriber inboxes the moment distribution happened. Here's a thread with all the details 🧵

🚨Collective action strategies in the age of AI w/ Nick Vincent I spoke to @nickmvincent, AI researcher and author of the Data Leverage substack, about how AI systems are built on the collective output of humanity's digital labor and what we can do about it. FULL EPISODE⬇️

Our next big Neocypherpunk Summit is coming to Berlin - full day of global hacktivists, researchers, technologists, whistleblowers, philosophers, lawyers & policy-makers. web: s26ber.web3privacy.info

🚨Delete Coinbase! Use this instead… w/ UnhappyBen I spoke to @unhappyben from @peerxyz which is a service that allows you to officially delete Coinbase and every other CEX account you may have thanks to zkTLS! We don't need centralized exchanges anymore! FULL EP⬇️

Hello Breadfam! #$BREAD Distribution Cycle #19 is in. @gardens_fund took home a bigger share than usual this cycle, right after their Members Spotlight. Good to see the community showing up for them. Time for the 🧵

What's the answer to catching up to the kids with rich parents to pay the deposit on their first home? It's solidarity and collective finance! 🎉 Join us this Thursday to learn more about the tools we're building to facilitate digital savings and lending circles with your trusted community!

Happy to share that I was chosen as an Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) fellow this year! Looking forward to connecting the work we're doing at @BreadCoop to the broader platform cooperative movement. https://platform.coop/people/joshua-davila/

i vibe-coded a website where you can use @zkpassport to prove that you're italian https://italian-passport-verifier-piff34jr7-tbsocs-projects.vercel.app/

Our first BREAD Member Spotlight is live. Paul Glavin from Gardens talks about what the community can look forward to this month and why your vote matters. Governance cycle #19 is ongoing. Will Gardens get your vote? Link in bio

i remember one of the definitions of DAOs was "a subreddit with a bank account", but has anyone actually tried just doing that literally? like make people's account a wallet with some kind of governance over a shared fund? besides the dumb moons thing that r/cc tried

“Great friend”: “Stanford alumnus and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel ’89 J.D. ’92 frequently met with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who lent financial support and taxation advice to Thiel…” stanforddaily.com/2026/02/05/e...

Have you already been to the tavern in cryptoleftists.xyz 🍻 ? Join the postcapitalist conversation, every 1st Wednesday of the month In the Tavern ✊ See you on 🗓️ Wednesday, 4th of February at 20:00 UTC

🚨Did we learn anything from Anonymous? w/ @kate_stapes I sat down with Kate Stapleton, a former member of Anonymous and privacy advocate, now able to speak publicly after the statute of limitations expired. FULL EPISODE⬇️

I just want to be with people in tech who are not alt-right or fascist

🚨Why did Democracy fail in DAOs? I spoke with @theobtl.bsky.social at Devconnect in Buenos Aires about his work with the Etheruem Foundation as academic secretariat as well as the failure and future of democracy in DAOs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pw...

Our co-founder @tbsocialist.bsky.social recently joined @cryptoaltruists.bsky.social for a conversation about building financial tools without venture capital, and why we chose worker ownership over investor returns.

2025 was a rough year for crypto speculation. But it was an incredible year for crypto-led solidarity. Over 30,000 in yield distributed to member organizations, all thanks to the support of BREAD holders around the world.

🚨 Is Crypto Governance Dead? I spoke with Eugene Leventhal at Devconnect to discuss the current crisis in crypto governance. The general feeling is that governance has been declared dead but there is still important democratic innovation work only crypto can bring to do. youtu.be/4g1wblTpXAQ

🚨2025 year in review As we kick off 2026, I'm reflecting on 6 years of The Blockchain Socialist and the developments of 2025. This year we professionalized production, expanded into video, and continued to provide the best left wing analysis of the crypto space. ⬇️ VIDEO BELOW

It’s absolutely true that AI is reducing jobs, but not like you think. AI is not *doing* those jobs instead of people, AI speculation is redirecting *investment* away from job-creating businesses to capital-intensive businesses.

What if financial infrastructure was designed for solidarity over extraction? We spoke w/ @tbsocialist.bsky.social of @breadcoop.bsky.social & Author of Blockchain Radicals to explore cooperative crypto, solidarity primitives, & Web3 for economic justice🤝🍞🌐 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Free workshop: Beyond The Bank Your wire transfer just got blocked. The community you're trying to support can't wait another week for approvals. Dec 18, 4PM CET. Learn practical tools for reaching partners where traditional banking doesn't.

🗽FOR THOSE IN NYC THIS TUESDAY @ontologymachine and I will be giving a workshop with @decentralparkny starting at 7PM in Brooklyn on how we can use decentralized technologies for supporting @ZohranKMamdani's agenda for NYC, see you there! Sign up here: https://luma.com/40m53j9g

🚨Is the state DEAD? Farewell to Westphalia with @jarradhope_ and Peter Ludlow I spoke to Jarrad Hope, founder of @Logos_network and Peter Ludlow, philosopher / research advisor at the University of Hong Kong, and co-authors of the new book ‘Farewell to Westphalia.’ FULL EP⬇️

Next Tuesday we will be joined by Josh Davila @tbsocialist.bsky.social (author of Blockchain Radicals) & Beth McCarthy of @web3privacy.info for a strategy session on decentralized technology possibilities in a progressive municipal agenda. Come join us if you’re in NYC! luma.com/40m53j9g?tk=...

In this episode of @tbsocialist.bsky.social, @christophsorg.bsky.social is interviewed about his journal article "Finance as a form of economic planning", which discusses the relationship between finance and economic planning under capitalism and socialism. www.indep.network/new-the-bloc...

🚨Free Markets Are Planned: The Neoliberal Paradox with Christoph Sorg Dr. Christoph Sorg is a social scientist researching theories of economic planning in times of digitalization and the climate crisis. We discussed his publication "Finance as a form of economic planning" ⬇️

We made a guide for those looking to manage funds for democratic organizations!

🚨NEW VIDEO: How to NOT get SCAMMED in crypto? (5 Heuristics) Here are FIVE heuristics (there could be many more but just these for now) to help you navigate the crypto world. Meant as a reminder for those actively engaging in it now and to share with others. FULL VIDEO BELOW⬇️

Free workshop: Managing shared finances as a team Nov 6, 3pm EST Your cooperative runs democratically, but does your bank account? Learn to set up shared wallets where multiple people control spending and every transaction is transparent. No technical experience needed.

Fascinating story. I knew about Urbit’s culture, but I had no idea it was literally founded and run by Curtis Yarvin. Great interview with the author by @tbsocialist.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/tbso...

Weaponized Design and the Digital Identity Event Horizon with @shibco.newdesigncongress.org Cade is Head of Research at World Ethical Data Foundation and founder of @newdesigncongress.org, confronting the gap between what is said and what is happening in digital societies ⬇️ youtu.be/5MFiY8Q7RfE

I'm currently in the running in the gg24 privacy round and anyone can vote! Hope you'll consider voting for me so I can secure more funding here: https://gitcoin.privote.live/rounds/0/0x3e73aa86b46f149e8224bd786b377ad2baa5880e103633f5540befb4bb199d87

I'm currently in the running in the gg24 privacy round and anyone can vote! Hope you'll consider voting for me so I can secure more funding here: https://gitcoin.privote.live/rounds/0/0x3e73aa86b46f149e8224bd786b377ad2baa5880e103633f5540befb4bb199d87

i have a bad feeling that we are not taking Stripe entering into crypto seriously enough

🚨How to not lose $2 billion Just published about my experience having a call with a potential North Korean hacker and some of the signs that made me realize so you can see them too. You can find the audio of the call in the post as well. paragraph.com/@theblockcha...

Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.

Just received a video from one of the families in Gaza that now have a tent to sleep in thanks to the donation from @chainleft's proceeds from Crimson Echoes 🇵🇸 If you would like to help out, please donate to casinoberlin.eth

From today, Breadchain will now be known as Bread Cooperative. This is an evolution driven by community feedback and a focus on making sure the tools we build reach those who need them most. Same mission. Same team. Clearer path forward. Check the 🧵 for links!

Blockchain socialist, post-capitalist economy researcher, activist, and public speaker - @tbsocialist.bsky.social x @breadcoop.bsky.social

Rather than writing out a response or hot take to the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk, I thought it would be more interesting instead to point out two pieces of content from my library that I've been thinking about a lot in light of it. 🧵

new yorkers, come hang with us next wed (9/17) to learn more about the political theory + purpose behind blockchain socialism. we’ll read excerpts from @tbsocialist.bsky.social ’s book “Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and how to fix it,” discuss and ask questions as a group

If you're based in NYC, decentralpark will be having a meetup and reading of my book! Some copies will be given away as well September 17th @ 7PM https://luma.com/szapxv7l

i keep getting ppl trying to tell me that network states are not neocolonial so gonna leave this here