距離年底只有幾天了，我們回顧 12 個月的專題、采訪和專欄，挖掘其中的精華。

以太坊聯合創始人 Joe Lubin 講述樂隊如何解散；

約翰·麥卡菲的遺孀講述了有關他的死亡、橙丸兒童的道德規范、帳戶抽象、重新注冊等問題。

貧民窟的億萬富翁 令人難以置信的多邊形的白手起家故事 Sandeep Nailwal

從童年生活在德里亞穆納河東岸的貧民窟，到推出價值 60 億美元的 Polygon 區塊鏈，Sandeep Nailwal 講述了一個令人難以置信的白手起家的故事。

現在，他幸福地生活在迪拜未來派的空調城市景觀中，他告訴雜志，他于 1987 年出生在喜馬拉雅山腳下一個名叫拉姆納加爾 (Ramnagar) 的農村，那里沒有電力。

他的父母十幾歲時就結婚了，四歲時就收拾行李回家去德里碰碰運氣。

他們最終來到了河東岸的貧困定居點，通常被輕蔑地稱為

想象一下紐約的布朗克斯，內爾沃爾說。

相當于三級區域。

即使是現在，當你去那里時，仍然會看到一個非常貧民區的地方。

約翰·邁克菲去世兩年后獨家報道，寡婦珍妮絲身無分文，需要答案

科技經理約翰·邁克菲 (John McAfee) 的遺孀珍妮絲·邁克菲 (Janice McAfee) 仍處于悲痛之中。

她靠打零工養活自己，資金也用完了，在尸檢記錄公布之前她無法繼續生活。

自從兩年多前，加密貨幣大師和反病毒先鋒的丈夫約翰·麥卡菲 (John McAfee) 在巴塞羅那監獄去世后，她一直留在西班牙的一個秘密地點，只是在朋友的好意下才從無家可歸的狀態中解救出來。

她無法繼續前進，因為她仍然不知道她的丈夫發生了什么事，盡管加泰羅尼亞法院今年 9 月裁定約翰·麥卡菲死于自殺，并且案件實際上已經結案。

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Joe Lubin 關于 ETH 創始人分裂和加密谷歌的真相

Joe Lubin 解釋了 2014 年兩位聯合創始人被趕出時到底發生了什么，以及以太坊如何真正成為世界計算機。

有一個圍繞以太坊兩位最重要的聯合創始人 Joe Lubin 和 Vitalik Buterin 展開的故事，解釋了他們在大約十年前如何走向不同的方向。

這表明兩人在區塊鏈的未來方向上發生了爭執，20 歲的理想主義者 Buterin 決心將以太坊變成一個非營利基金會，而 Lubin 和其他人則希望通過一家營利性公司將該技術商業化。

以太坊基礎設施和軟件公司 Consensys 的億萬富翁創始人在特拉維夫接受雜志深度采訪時告訴雜志，事實并非如此。

What happened was people were looking for a way to explain why these two people were bumped out of the project. And that was a convenient way to label it. But that wasnt the reason they were moved.

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Account abstraction supercharges Ethereum wallets: Dummies guide

Ethereums ERC-4337 smart accounts standard is a game-changer for user-friendly crypto payments and mainstream adoption.

For years, Bitcoiners have repeated the mantra be your own bank. But in truth, storing any type of crypto in a wallet has been a lot closer to stuffing cash under your mattress than to a complex financial institution like a bank.

Thats all set to change with the announcement of smart accounts, also known as account abstraction, on Ethereum and every other chain compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine, including Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche and Gnosis Chain.

Years in the making, the new ERC-4337 standard transforms a crypto wallet into something with all the features of a real bank.

It gives you the same features a bank would without having to trust a bank, says Ethereum Foundation security researcher Yoav Weiss.

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Best and worst countries for crypto taxes Plus crypto tax tips

So, youve struck it rich in crypto? Youll want to head to one of these countries to keep your newfound wealth.

Taxes are a nightmare for compliance. And crypto taxes which include a variety of innovative mechanisms and products that have no analog in traditional finance are 10 times worse.

Complicating matters even further, the global industry operates across borders and jurisdictions. But there are definitely better and worse countries for the newly crypto-rich to base themselves as tax havens even Americans who get followed around by the IRS with its hand out no matter where they are.

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This is your brain on crypto Substance abuse grows among crypto traders

What is it about crypto trading that can make some users susceptible to substance abuse, and how can they get help?

Although documented statistics about cryptocurrency trading and substance abuse are hard to come by, addiction experts are treating an increasing number of crypto traders.

Abdullah Boulad, founder and CEO of The Balance Luxury Rehab, tells Magazine that a number of crypto traders struggle with substance abuse. Our client base is diverse, but this is a unique demographic that weve seen an increase in over the recent years, Boulad says.

According to Boulad, the high intensity of cryptocurrency trading combined with 24/7 accessibility encourages some to use stimulants to keep up the pace. Substances like amphetamines, cocaine and even excessive caffeine use are common among these individuals, says Boulad.

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Read also Features Crypto innovators of color restricted by the rules aimed to protect them Features Exclusive: 2 years after John McAfees death, widow Janice is broke and needs answers Should you orange pill children? The case for Bitcoin kids books

Bitcoiners want to pass on their values to the next generation, and BTC kids books aim to help. But is it education or indoctrination?

Any kid who doesnt learn something about Bitcoin is missing out, says Bitcoin advocate Ben De Waal.

De Waal explains that his 12-year-old daughter, Samantha, has already convinced a couple of her schoolmates and a teacher to hop on the Bitcoin bandwagon, though shes not attempting to orange pill the entire school yet.

Thanks to her upbringing in a Bitcoin family that has largely abandoned fiat currency, Sam is now a Bitcoin ambassador wunderkind nicknamed The Bitcoin Kid.

Just two years after she read her first Bitcoin book, Sam found herself on the grand stage of BTC Prague 2023 in mid-June, delivering a speech about Bitcoin.

Oh, and she had to follow MicroStrategys Michael Saylors presentation, too.

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Ordinals turned Bitcoin into a worse version of Ethereum Can we fix it?

Deluged by NFTs and BRC-20 tokens, Bitcoin has suddenly become a worse version of Ethereum. There are conflicting ideas about how to fix it.

The core developers and miners who signed off on the networks Taproot upgrade in November 2021 never envisaged this would be the result. Bitcoin now suffers from many of the same problems that have bedeviled Ethereum for years, including scammy memecoins and shitcoins, NFTs of monkey pictures hogging block space and skyrocketing transaction fees.

The network is even having to deal with incidences of miner extractable value (MEV), whereby miners profit by reordering pending transactions.

Im kind of upset at myself for not realizing, says Quantum Economics founder Mati Greenspan, a Bitcoiner since 2013.

It took these guys starting to hype up JPEGs on Bitcoin until I was like: Oh shit, what did we just do? He laughs ruefully.

Some Bitcoiners on Bitcointalk and Twitter refer to the impact of Ordinal NFTs and BRC-20 tokens as an attack on Bitcoin, an exploit of Taproot, or simply as spam clogging up the network.

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Ethereum restaking Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards?

Ethereum restaking proposed by middleware protocol EigenLayer is a controversial innovation over the past year that has some of the brightest minds worried about the potential ramifications.

Restaking involves reusing staked or locked-up ETH tokens to earn fees and rewards. The restaked tokens can then help secure and validate other protocols.

Proponents believe restaking can squeeze additional security and rewards from already-staked ETH and grow the crypto ecosystem in a healthier way based on Ethereums existing trust mechanisms. Restaking could serve as a security primitive for exporting Ethereums trust generated by its validators to other projects.

Yet Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and a number of key devs worry that restaking is a house of cards that will inevitably tumble. Some of those Ethereum devs have even proposed a fork to head off restaking.

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Read also Features The risks and benefits of VCs for crypto communities Features How to protect your crypto in a volatile market: Bitcoin OGs and experts weigh in Real AI use cases in crypto: No. 15

For every genuine blockchain project harnessing artificial intelligence in an attempt to create a better world like Dr Ben Goertzels Singularity.net there are 100 coins like AI Doge that have simply wedged the hyped-up terms AI and crypto together to flog tokens.

Magazine spoke with Near founder Illia Polosukhin, Framework Ventures founder Vance Spencer, MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen, Richard Ma from Quantstamp, Ralf Kubli from Casper and others to examine some of the key hype-free, genuine use cases for AI in crypto and blockchain.

Plus, weve included reasons why you shouldnt necessarily believe the hype. Check out the various installments here:

No. 1: The best money for AI is cryptoNo. 2: AIs can run DAOsNo. 3: Smart contract audits & cybersecurityNo. 4: Fighting AI fakes with blockchainNo. 5: Crypto-based AI markets and AI financial analysis

Other great summer reads:

Are DAOs overhyped and unworkable? Lessons from the front lines

Many contend that DAOs have failed to deliver on their promises, but developers are coming up with novel solutions.

Breaking into Liberland Dodging guards with inner-tubes, decoys and diplomats

Visiting Liberland a crypto micronation between Croatia and Serbia required decoys and diplomatic immunity to dodge the border guards.

Peter McCormacks Real Bedford Football Club puts Bitcoin on the map

Real Bedford is moving up in the leagues and gaining followers worldwide through owner Peter McCormacks love of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin 2023 in Miami comes to grips with shitcoins on Bitcoin

Shitcoins and NFTs invaded Bitcoin 2023, but most attendees didnt seem to mind. Can Ordinals usher in a new era of Magic Internet Money?

Elegant and ass-backward: Jameson Lopps first impression of Bitcoin

Bitcoin OG Jameson Lopp says none of the developers deep into Bitcoin think the protocol should be allowed to ossify: Theres so much work to be done.

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