# Top stories on Kiwi News, week 48 2023

Mon 27 November to Sun 3 December 2023
Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/weekly/2023-W48

The 20 top stories on Kiwi News from Mon 27 November to Sun 3 December 2023, ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 0 comments in total.

Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article.

## 1. Zerion Browser Extension goes live! 

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Zerion-Browser-Extension-goes-live?index=0x6569e6860f5ab73ce668eb4142e6a98dc0b6996338cdc3f2afbcaeef19da380ee3389766
- Source: https://x.com/zerion/status/1730571004391350426?s=20
- Submitted by evgeny.eth, 8 upvotes, 0 comments

## 2. Cradle-to-unicorn public goods funding

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Cradle-to-unicorn-public-goods-funding?index=0x65666a158087bc56cb0bea3833eda5fb6fab8671edd71efbbf99ccf12047d3a8ddea8a9a
- Source: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/cradle-to-unicorn-public-goods-funding/17189
- Submitted by cerv1.eth, 7 upvotes, 0 comments

This post by @ccerv1 and @owocki proposes a funding lifecycle for Ethereum public goods, split into cradle, maturity and unicorn stages, modeled on venture-funded startups. It argues that funding should cover every viable project from prospective grants through community funding to retroactive rewards, and that projects which fail should face no stigma, with their lessons shared publicly. The authors also suggest that successful projects such as 1inch and Uniswap, which moved from Gitcoin grants to donating to matching pools and Protocol Guild, could fund the next generation, and that retroactive funding such as Optimism RetroPGF could be the basis for an "Impact = Profit" model.

## 3. My techno-optimism

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/My-techno-optimism?index=0x656518ee3ccda706e65309bc62c9462ab219fc795c73dab8fd7de832b7c32effcc8c990e
- Source: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html
- Submitted by misha, 8 upvotes, 0 comments

Vitalik Buterin argues that technology is overwhelmingly beneficial and that its benefits should not be discounted, but that the direction of technological development matters and needs deliberate human choices rather than following profit alone. He cites the rise in life expectancy over the last century, which improved across all regions despite wars and other calamities, and notes that the 1952 London Great Smog was followed by a century of declining air pollution. He attributes these improvements to intentional action such as the Montreal Protocol, which helped the ozone layer recover, rather than to an automatic technological progression.

## 4. 3x3: Bill Gates can't explain why the internet is useful and more

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/3x3-Bill-Gates-cant-explain-why-the-internet-is-useful-and-more?index=0x656604f122784131a1d117687da3ccddc5b724fb78a17578e19540dd78cb39f8176d4b13
- Source: https://creator3x3.com/p/bill-gates-cant-explain-the-internet
- Submitted by realcameron.eth, 7 upvotes, 0 comments

This creator-economy newsletter, Creator 3×3, pairs past, present and future facts with the argument that the creator economy is still early and its monetization is unsolved. It cites a 1995 exchange in which Bill Gates tried to explain the internet's usefulness to David Letterman and was met with skepticism. It reports that in 2022 over 98% of Spotify artists made less than $36 per quarter and only 2% of Patreon creators earned a monthly minimum wage. It also cites Goldman Sachs' estimate that the creator economy could reach $480 billion by 2027, and says brand deals remain the most lucrative income source for about 70% of creators, though they are often inconsistent.

## 5. Goerli is shutting down

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Goerli-is-shutting-down?index=0x6569d590e022e2282cb308220aa010bdd23520a3b5078c99033c6204b2b2a5602de7d4d8
- Source: https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/11/30/goerli-lts-update
- Submitted by tim, 7 upvotes, 0 comments

Goerli, Ethereum's first multi-client testnet, is being shut down, and users and developers are told to migrate to Sepolia or Holesky as soon as possible. Client and EF testing teams will stop supporting Goerli in the coming months, and the Dencun upgrade will be its last network upgrade. Teams will begin exiting their validators either three months after Goerli's Dencun activation or one month after Dencun's mainnet activation, whichever is later. The article notes that Sepolia offers a stable, permissioned validator set for application testing, while Holesky is recommended for protocol-level testing and Ephemery for validator setup testing.

## 6. The deadline for the Orange Fellowship is in 2 days

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-deadline-for-the-Orange-Fellowship-is-in-2-days?index=0x65665bbc3855aafceb56e7d2b58f8dc65883b3485532c29514022ae0126583a4d2829133
- Source: https://orangedao.xyz/?2=
- Submitted by berkozer.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

Orange DAO promotes its Orange Fellowship, a program for crypto founders that offers mentorship, investor access and a community of 1300+ founders. The page says Orange Fellows have raised more than $150 million for previous companies, and its largest fellowship Demo Day drew over 300 VCs representing $15 billion in AUM. The program starts February 10 in San Francisco, is hybrid, and ends with a virtual Demo Day at the end of April, and one founder from each accepted startup must attend the in-person sessions and pitch. The page title says the deadline is in two days.

## 7. Y Combinator's Future in the Software Slowdown

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Y-Combinators-Future-in-the-Software-Slowdown?index=0x656803e24decd137162b35cb24cfb3f39da51b4763f59feb82bf1b9b4e8d6d20faf91b2f
- Source: https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com/p/y-combinators-future-in-the-software
- Submitted by thatalexpalmer.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

Y Combinator, the startup accelerator co-founded by Paul Graham in 2005, has helped launch companies including Airbnb, Reddit, DoorDash, Stripe and Twitch, which YC estimates are valued at over $600 billion in total. The article explains that YC combines a venture fund with an education program: it currently invests $125,000 for 7% ownership in each company, and its graduates' prestige helps them attract investors and hires. It also notes that valuations can swing sharply, such as Stripe's cut from $95 billion in 2021 to $50 billion in 2023, and that Graham has argued most equity buyers and sellers are "making big decisions about things they don't understand."

## 8. Startups - shortcuts (Handy Resources to have)

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Startups-shortcuts-Handy-Resources-to-have?index=0x6564b048d0475513e7587a14cfe21cce4b0148b06df357d122e9f56f6fee895ea319ec19
- Source: https://prestovc.notion.site/Startups-shortcuts-4a05e25ba7d240999f6bc51f2398a9fe
- Submitted by cap.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## 9. NFT: Advent Stars, a cosmic advent calendar. Onchain, dynamic.

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/NFT-Advent-Stars-a-cosmic-advent-calendar-Onchain-dynamic?index=0x656635c221524aa672c4c3c28d76884a3370a9b2095c650bda6b7b686bab8277efcfb593
- Source: https://stars.miragenesi.art
- Submitted by miragenesi.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## 10. The Internet is Made of Demons

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-Internet-is-Made-of-Demons?index=0x6568479bbbc5ed6737e49a8fd646067b878341af2c994a5641bffcf77a3c9b9ed248eb6a
- Source: https://damagemag.com/2022/04/21/the-internet-is-made-of-demons
- Submitted by misha, 6 upvotes, 0 comments

Justin E.H. Smith's book The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is (2022) argues that the internet works like a possessing demon: it does not connect people so much as speak through them. He points to online incentive systems that reward posts by likes, shares and retweets, which he says channel users' speech and can lead to cruelty, such as the 2019 pile-on against a college student by bestselling authors. He also cites a 2011 meta-analysis linking declining youth empathy to social media and notes that 22% of millennials say they have no friends. Smith draws a parallel to Johannes Trithemius's Steganographia, c. 1499, whose spirits deliver messages that simulate thought.

## 11. Prediction Markets as Conversations

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Prediction-Markets-as-Conversations?index=0x656c9ce013281a554013435b7e730c170126327b8b3104c5b65c332be5f808ada4057d16
- Source: https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/prediction-markets-as-conversations
- Submitted by misha, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

Simon argues that prediction markets work as conversation spaces, not just forecasting tools, and that Manifold's social features add valuable context to market prices. He says that on Manifold, users stake their reputations as predictors, and that comments anchored to predictions and the ability to follow other predictors add context that PredictIt lacked. He also suggests adding comments to market timelines, similar to how SoundCloud places comments over an audio waveform. He notes that Manifold has been quite accurate in last year's US mid-terms, though he says the user base skews toward nerds, rationalists, tech people, and forecasters.

## 12. 2024 Ethereum Events

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/2024-Ethereum-Events?index=0x6565d8c43b2fc73149131b482749a7dc3f871025604041dcea4681b37c414b9f8ce5b807
- Source: https://t.co/5OFweLeG3c
- Submitted by tim, 6 upvotes, 0 comments

## 13. Kyberswap exploiter's message to the KyberDAO

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Kyberswap-exploiters-message-to-the-KyberDAO?index=0x6568a9787976df5609cd8fab560ef4d8ecb906b4e5afd1f860b684eafed27a81771f9404
- Source: https://twitter.com/pashovkrum/status/1730199127038795881/photo/1
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## 14. ENS Protocol Dashboard

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ENS-Protocol-Dashboard?index=0x6565a8aecd763c50c77152ea469c05040a520006dc018bcc019dbdca2e4aae75052e746d
- Source: https://dune.com/steakhouse/ens-steakhouse
- Submitted by tim, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

## 15. AI in Movies - a list of “must see” movies

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/AI-in-Movies-a-list-of-must-see-movies?index=0x65659e970bbb3f9dd811b43ece15b928a6e8356188f3a6532150acc1604937106aca969f
- Source: https://letterboxd.com/frota/list/ai-in-movies-a-list-of-must-see-movies
- Submitted by frotograf.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## 16. Zora is a Magic Machine

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Zora-is-a-Magic-Machine?index=0x656774c661b0419abf7946e9afce80259d95922f3ec5356241a81cc40e1bb19c0a4ad2ab
- Source: https://zora.co/writings/Magic-Machine
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 8 upvotes, 0 comments

## 17. A brief history of open source

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-brief-history-of-open-source?index=0x65664ba84dc5bb8a8627cb6dd075dff20b4005d1393a9fa3cc5c50e77042fb292a01ad7d
- Source: https://tbp.tech/history-of-open-source
- Submitted by destiner.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## 18. Why are we so obsessed with the multiverse?

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-the-multiverse?index=0x6565538d04f2fbb3e0565c3b85afe00a212193f613ad1fa13db6ca0172a5ade8fdb491c8
- Source: https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-the-multiverse
- Submitted by joanwestenberg.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

## 19. Kierkegaard on the Value of Despair

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Kierkegaard-on-the-Value-of-Despair?index=0x656cf53bc9babd848ee24df4ea1b46dbde7648ed062651c6461db1ee28deb360017f731e
- Source: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/06/10/kierkegaard-despair
- Submitted by joanwestenberg.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

Kierkegaard's 1849 book The Sickness Unto Death treats despair not as a malady of the spirit but as a force that steers the self from what it actually is toward what it can be. In the text, despair is an imbalance in the self's relation to itself, and the self's attempt to be rid of itself is described as an existential impossibility that deepens despair. The text also presents despair as an aspect of spirit that connects a person to the eternal, which the self cannot escape.

## 20. Surveycaster: Would you subscribe to Kiwi News?

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Surveycaster-Would-you-subscribe-to-Kiwi-News?index=0x6564da3e4244973275d7a585d27b9b9296598d795ea371c936e126db4ac69b0bb28222e8
- Source: https://warpcast.com/survey/0x47a75ccf
- Submitted by tim, 5 upvotes, 0 comments