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Step towards #DeFi : Tokenized Proof of Stake (PoS) validator slots (https://medium.com/@sid.jain/step-towards-defi-tokenized-proof-of-stake-pos-validator-slots-63485bad93ea?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------0-59------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-1§ionName=top)

Matic's PoS validators will be tokenized to enable faster access to liquidity and easier transfers of staking…
Siddharth Jain (https://medium.com/@sid.jain?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
in Matic (https://medium.com/matic-network?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
4 min read


Why Ethereum Architecture is Flawed (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/why-ethereum-architecture-is-flawed-d4eefd15db3e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------1-59------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-1§ionName=top)

In its 3+ years of existence, Ethereum has seen no shortage of controversies. From the DAO hack, to the…
Hugo Nguyen (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
5 min read


Brass Golem Marketplace, Introduction (https://medium.com/@lukasz.glen/brass-golem-marketplace-introduction-40ffcb4b905a?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------2-59------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-1§ionName=top)

Authors: Marcin Benke, Łukasz Gleń
Łukasz Gleń (https://medium.com/@lukasz.glen?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
in The Golem Project (https://medium.com/golem-project?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
9 min read


If you're not Breaking Rules you're Doing it Wrong - Bittorrent Lessons for… (https://medium.com/@simonhmorris/if-youre-not-breaking-rules-you-re-doing-it-wrong-bittorrent-lessons-for-crypto-2-of-4-72c68227fe69?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------3-59------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-1§ionName=top)

Following my first post on Why Bittorrent Mattered, it is worth reflecting a little on the popular theme of…
Simon Morris (https://medium.com/@simonhmorris?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
5 min read

Best in Psychedelics

Ayahuasca Let Me Walk Again (https://medium.com/@meeok/ayahuasca-let-me-walk-again-43e429fcf522?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------0-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

I'm not cured, but I'm healing in mind, body and spirit
Mee-ok (https://medium.com/@meeok?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
7 min read


Getting My Club Drugs Tested Transformed My Partying Habits (https://medium.com/@simonchristopher_60981/getting-my-club-drugs-tested-transformed-my-partying-habits-4494a947d086?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------1-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

Around 8,000 people had their illegal drugs tested at British festivals this year
Simon Doherty (https://medium.com/@simonchristopher_60981?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
6 min read


The Understated Joys of Social Dosing (https://medium.com/@ferenstein/the-understated-joys-of-social-dosing-f9b27f7fa42f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------2-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

Somewhere between microdoses and out-of-body hallucinations, I learned to embrace my emotions
Greg Ferenstein (https://medium.com/@ferenstein?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
5 min read

Best in Sexuality

The Good Guy: A Story from the Author of 'Cat Person' (https://medium.com/@kristenroupenian/the-good-guy-a-story-from-the-author-of-cat-person-59e5bfe9322f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------0-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

Sometimes Ted would lie awake at night imagining a tribunal of all the girls who'd ever rejected him
Kristen Roupenian (https://medium.com/@kristenroupenian?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
62 min read


A Puzzle For Sex Doll Designers: What Do Straight Women Want? (https://medium.com/@streleaven/the-struggle-to-make-sex-dolls-straight-women-actually-want-1205c978746c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------1-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

More dad bods, fewer plastic abs
Sarah Treleaven (https://medium.com/@streleaven?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
in OneZero (https://medium.com/one-zero?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
10 min read


Sex Is Sex. But Money Is Money. (https://medium.com/@readmatter/sex-is-sex-but-money-is-money-e7c10091713f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------2-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

Escorts make $100 a hand job - but entrepreneurs like me? We make $5,000 a night. How I hacked the new…
Matter (https://medium.com/@readmatter?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
27 min read

Best in Podcasts

Spotify, Music, and Podcasting: The Meteor is Coming (https://medium.com/@webby2001/spotify-music-and-podcasting-the-meteor-is-coming-e31587049996?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------0-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

In sports, after a big trade or acquisition, sportswriters are fond of writing "winners and losers" columns…
Tom Webster (https://medium.com/@webby2001?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
4 min read


Why Gimlet sold to Spotify (https://medium.com/@teecycletim/why-gimlet-sold-to-spotify-9b3a19e9ed74?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------1-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

It's bigger than podcasts or streaming music
Tim Cigelske (https://medium.com/@teecycletim?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
in 100 podcasts (https://medium.com/100-podcasts?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
3 min read


The Secret Sauce of Podcast Advertising (https://medium.com/@webby2001/the-secret-sauce-of-podcast-advertising-57f45ae73b95?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------2-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

Over the past 3–4 years, my company (Edison Research) has conducted dozens of advertising effectiveness…
Tom Webster (https://medium.com/@webby2001?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
7 min read

Best in Neuroscience

You Can Force Yourself to Fall Out of Love (https://medium.com/@bykatemorgan/you-can-force-yourself-to-fall-out-of-love-16c7a409909e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------0-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

Lessons from neuroscience about easing the pain of a breakup
Kate Morgan (https://medium.com/@bykatemorgan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
5 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
How to Avoid Emotional Outbursts and Save Your Relationships (https://medium.com/@Chris11873/how-to-avoid-emotional-outbursts-and-save-your-relationships-6c0b48314276?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------1-49------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-11§ionName=topic)

Intervening in an amygdala hijack
Chris Sowers (https://medium.com/@Chris11873?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
in Better Humans (https://medium.com/better-humans?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
6 min read

Most read

R.L. Stine on the Importance of Scaring the Hell Out of Children (https://medium.com/@darryn.s.king/r-l-stine-on-the-importance-of-scaring-the-hell-out-of-children-7214cda05c14?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------0-62------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-21§ionName=evergreen)

The Goosebumps author has sold millions of kids' horror novels. Adults who grew up on the books say it helped…
Darryn King (https://medium.com/@darryn.s.king?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
8 min read


The Future Abortionists of America (https://medium.com/@BigMeanInternet/the-future-abortion-providers-of-america-9238b1664b93?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------1-62------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-21§ionName=evergreen)

Abortions are simple procedures, yet fewer than 0.2% of U.S. doctors perform them. Meet the new guard trying…
Malcolm Harris (https://medium.com/@BigMeanInternet?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
18 min read


Soccer Mom Hate (https://medium.com/@sady_doyle/soccer-mom-hate-fb579eac2b7d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------2-62------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-21§ionName=evergreen)

The disdain toward motherhood is the logical extension of misogyny
Sady Doyle (https://medium.com/@sady_doyle?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
10 min read

Editors' picks

Why I Stopped Arguing Politics on Social Media (https://medium.com/@therinalrik/why-i-stopped-arguing-politics-on-social-media-f695344d3e3?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------0-13------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-6§ionName=suggested)

I realized my online rants were toxic, unhealthy, and unhelpful
Therin Alrik (https://medium.com/@therinalrik?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
5 min read


It's Okay to Put Your Phone Down (https://medium.com/@sghopper22/please-put-your-phone-down-c731dd941895?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------1-13------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-6§ionName=suggested)

People would rather be on their phones than engage with other people
Steven Hopper (https://medium.com/@sghopper22?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
in OneZero (https://medium.com/one-zero?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
7 min read


An Account of My Descent Into YouTube Addiction (https://medium.com/@domingojfccullen/an-account-of-a-descent-into-youtube-addiction-3b0a2e345a8b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader------2-13------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6-6§ionName=suggested)

Ignoring the part of me that craves quiet
Domingo Cullen (https://medium.com/@domingojfccullen?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
in Human Parts (https://medium.com/human-parts?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1551610164803-digest.reader-------------------------039c159a_8559_485b_b30d_fe209c796ff6)
7 min read

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