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

I was lucky to see an advance screening of Code is Law, featuring interviews with Griff, Christoph, Fabien and others. It's a really good snapshot of The DAO hack, the Indexed Finance and Kyberswap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhYy...

🚨NETWORKED REALISM: Whoever Controls the Infrastructure, Controls Reality i spoke to Nick Houde and @severinmatusek from @co_matter about their latest research memo describing how power, infrastructure and ideology have collided and warped reality. FULL EPISODE ⬇️

playing around with some more bluesky tools, some of my links linkat.blue/tbsocialist....

The Ladder of Participation is a framework by Sherry Arnstein (1969) to classify the degree of citizen power in decision-making processes The model highlights democratic participation needsthe redistribution of actual power, not just the appearance of involvement DAOs take heed

🚨SLAVOJ ZIZEK ON NETWORK STATES The one and only Slavoj Zizek published a piece on Network States and of course I had to read it and share it with you all. It's normally behind a paywall on his Substack but was put on @fileverse by recent guest @naomiii for all to read.

☀️ What are you reading this summer ? Commons-based, collaborative and shared forms of cultural production and economic distribution anyone? 🧠 Grab the Telekommunist manifesto 📰 by @dmytri.to and see you in a couple of weeks 🗓️ Thursday, 21st August, 18UTC 📍 cryptoleftists.xyz

Why Urbit Failed with @haunt0l0gy We discuss Adina's recent piece in @compactmag_ about her experience in the Urbit community moving from enthusiasm to disillusionment as the reactionary politics became more clear. The same politics that has driven Urbit into the ground.

The audiobook version of my book is currently on sale 50% OFF! Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

What are things you like to do onchain but is really expensive to do?

tbh very cool that Corbyn's new party will allow for members to vote on the name of the party a first start at practicing democracy within a party

Favorite clip from the latest Doom Scroll episode with @yancey and @joshuacitarella.bsky.social https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxsroJ1qeGH0xxoyNdn81LL9o19hIKA1Rv?si=14JW16E0wmKiE2Fw