Mar 2026·essay Agent payments have a three-body problem Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal shipped agent payment products. Read the fine print and it's the same system with an agent-shaped UI. The real battle is political.
Nov 2025·essay Extraction is rational Every wave of the internet promised to democratize something. Every wave ended in extraction. The pattern isn't greed—it's the money.
Oct 2025·essay Sovereignty without sacrifice Freedom tech loses when it demands sacrifice. Winning means building products that are better on every dimension—not just principles.
Oct 2025·essay Why Bitcoin sales is different from SaaS Bitcoin sales differs from SaaS because you're asking buyers to rethink money itself, not just evaluate software.
Sep 2025·note Bitcoin sales requires longer education cycles Sales teams try to apply traditional SaaS playbooks and wonder why their pipeline stalls. Bitcoin sales starts further back in the buyer's journey.
Sep 2025·note Trust paradox in decentralized systems Bitcoin is designed to minimize trust. But selling Bitcoin solutions requires building enormous amounts of trust.
Sep 2025·note Why partnership frameworks fail in Bitcoin Most partnership frameworks assume established categories and known business models. Bitcoin breaks these assumptions.