Category
Open Protocols — Cashu ecash, Lightning, and LNURL.
Cashu ecash, the Lightning Network, LNURL, and the open protocol stack Rythm is built on.
Open Protocols
Is a Cover Charge Just Spam Tax With Extra Steps?
Spam tax, email postage, and sender authentication have all been proposed. None stuck. Here is why the Rythm cover charge is structurally different.
Open Protocols
Why Rythm Isn't a Cryptocurrency Service (Even Though It Uses Cashu)
Rythm uses Cashu and Lightning under the hood. That does not make it a crypto product. Here is the clean category disambiguation.
Open Protocols
The Two Missing Pieces of the Internet
The internet solved communication. It never solved identity or value exchange. AI is exposing that gap. Here's why open protocols are the only durable fix.
Open Protocols
The Natural State of Things
The systems that endure are not the ones we manage. They are the ones we let learn. An essay on resilience, fragility, and what nature already knows.