Loyal readers of The Protocol will recall that we launched this newsletter on April 26, 2023, to cover technological developments across the blockchain industry, after winding down its predecessor, Valid Points, which was focused exclusively on Ethereum. (In case you’re interested in that history, we wrote here about how we turned $15,000 into $70,000 running an Ethereum validator.) We started covering Bitcoin technology in the newsletter along with Solana and Cosmos and Sui and everything else. Over time, the format evolved, and got a bit longer — as I increasingly geeked out over blockchain tech and found myself incrementally incompetent at leaving cool stuff out. I say that with utmost earnestness, because as the main author of The Protocol, I also got more and more snarky and cynical and jaded about the various news developments, especially regarding the money end of the business, while simultaneously getting more and more wowed by all of the developers and entrepreneurs in this space coming out with hundreds of fascinating projects and updates every week, as duly highlighted in the Protocol Village column. We launched an accompanying podcast that got really good until it was, er, paused indefinitely earlier this year due to the lack of a sponsor and departure of our producer.
