Saturday 21st October, 2023 - Wordpress for Crypto? (Issue #137)
So you want to integrate crypto functionality into your website. How you gonna do that exactly? It’s not so obvious.
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Another season 2 instalment…
I’ve survived this week relatively ok, but it’s Friday today and some subtle and not so subtle death threats from the locals. Feels like we are entering another gang stalker tsunami, so I’m putting this together now while I still can. Not a lot of commentary this week, haven’t had the chance yet. Maybe the world will reconfigure itself and allow that before tomorrow.
The podcasts this week seem to be mostly bitcoin, and there isn’t much related to tech, but the title this week comes from the fact that I’ve been wondering if one wanted to add crypto functionality to a website, what’s the stack? What’s the Wordpress equivalent in the world of crypto?
The TFFC podcast this week has an interview with Louis Roberts that talks around this topic somewhat. The Have a Nice Future podcast is tangentially related with a focus on blockchains in government. And there is a slight Eastern European flavour this week too, which is quite interesting. I’ve only ever been to Croatia in the Balkans, it was nice, ended up being invited to a funeral by locals, so I guess that weirdly fits in with RL events for me.
I still don’t know what the Wordpress of crypto is but maybe the hive mind will ruminate a bit on this question. It would be cool to have something like Wordpress that you could deploy next to your website to integrate crypto functionality, rather than have to re-invent the wheel every time.
Might be an idea to have something similar for the Fediverse. Just an idea.
I wrote a blog post about my current blogging setup, maybe some of you will like it:
Getting the blogging balance right - Some thoughts about both the good and bad of my new notes feature and overall blogging setup. https://markjgsmith.com/blog/2023/10/19/getting-the-blogging-balance-right
Podcasts
Jared Kushner: Isreal, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran and the Middle East Ep#399 (Lex Fridman Podcast) https://lexfridman.com/jared-kushner
Adrian Edmondson, action, writer (Desert Island Discs Podcast) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qlz2
Cryptodollars are the new Eurodollars Ep#192 (Bankless Podcast) http://podcast.banklesshq.com/192-nic-carters-bull-case-for-stablecoins
The world isn’t ready for what happened in China (Eurodollar University Podcast) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL21ha2luZy1zZW5zZQ/episode/YzUyY2UzNDEtMDdmYS00Mzk1LWIxNzMtMTVlMDQ5ZWRjMzRh?sa=X&ved=0CAYQkfYCahcKEwj46tK7q4OCAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBg
From Barstool to Mash with Louis Roberts Ep#453 (TFTC Podcast) https://tftc.io/453-from-barstool-to-mash-with-louis-roberts
The Debt Event Horizon & Bitcoin w/ Jesse Myers Ep#152 (We Study Billionaires - Bitcoin Fundamentals Podcast) https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/the-debt-event-horizon-bitcoin-jesse-myers
A Very Online Government (Have a Nice Future Podcast) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vZ2V0LXdpcmVk/episode/NmFhMmVhNWEtNmQ1NS0xMWVlLWFkZGMtNGI2NzhhMTMxNjM5?sa=X&ved=0CAYQkfYCahcKEwj46tK7q4OCAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQEg
Jacob Mikanowski on Eastern Europe Ep#192 (Conversations with Tyler Podcast) https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/jacob-mikanowski/
Links
There are a load of interesting links on the linkblog this week, haven’t had time to make a selection. Please check them out:
https://markjgsmith.com/links
Notes
There are a load of interesting notes on the linkblog this week, haven’t had time to make a selection. Please check them out:
https://markjgsmith.com/notes
That’s all from me…
Best reguards,
Mark
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