The Best of Something Interesting

A starter guide for anyone encountering Something Interesting for the first time.

Something Interesting has been publishing for more than two years now and the archives are now a little too long for a new reader to easily skim. So I’m assembling this as an overview of some of my most interesting / significant articles for new readers looking to get familiar with the content they will find here.

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What is Something Interesting?

Something Interesting is an advertisement free collection of approachable, common-sense explanations of the concepts and events in the cryptocurrency industry. You can learn more about Something Interesting here.

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Who are you?

My name is Tyler Odean! You can learn more about me here.

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Where should I start?

Totally reasonable to start on the front page! About half my posts are about recent news events in crypto and that’s the easiest place to sample that. Typically those posts will cover 2-3 larger stories and a handful of smaller stories. They sometimes also include replies and questions from readers and my response. The other half of my posts are deep-dives exploring specific topics:

Writing about Bitcoin:

1. Why Bitcoin matters

2. Everyone should own some Bitcoin insurance

3. Letter to a Bitcoin Skeptic (Part I)

4. Letter to a Bitcoin Skeptic (Part II)

5. This kills the coin

6. Bitcoin for progressives

7. Bitcoiners need the guillotine

8. The limits of self-custody

Writing about the Environment:

1. Proof of Stake will not save us

2. The ironclad laws of physical reality

3. You don’t need to fear growth

4. ESG investing is wishful thinking

Writing about DeFi/Ethereum:

1. The Trouble with Ethereum (Part I)

2. The World does not need a World Computer (Part II)

3. Ethereum is a psychedelic garden

4. DAOs are for doing crimes

5. The Blockchain is a Dark Forest

6. That’s not a real ponzi that’s a sparkling scam

7. MakerDAO and the future of DeFi

Writing about NFTs:

1. It’s not NFTs that confuse you, it’s art

2. You don’t need to be angry about NFTs (Part I)

3. You don’t need to be angry about NFTs (Part II)

4. A Bitcoiner’s Guide to CryptoPunks

5. Not your transaction fees, not your blockspace (Bitcoin Ordinals)

Writing about other topics:

1. Yo dawg are we all gonna die?

2. There’s no such thing as (artificial) intelligence

3. Censorship is good, akshually