Against the Grain Hey friends 👋 One year ago today, I shared an issue of the newsletter, while on vacation, called Out of Office. Long-time readers will recall the relative informality of the Update back then, and this post, was especially all over the place. In it, I reflected on my previous issue, All Together Now, which introduced readers to wh

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This issue is brought to you with the support of CryptoTaxCalculator. It’s tax time again and we all know it can be very difficult to parse all your on chain data. That’s where CryptoTaxCalculator comes in. Their innovative software makes it easy to keep track of transactions and calculate exactly what’s owed. They can even help with tax-loss harv

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This issue is brought to you with the support of MASQ, the dMeshVPN, browser, dAppStore, protocol, and earning ecosystem that makes living in Web3 anonymous and private. MASQ is gearing up for a public testnet release where anyone in the public can download and use the browser without needing to sign up as a beta tester. Learn more about MASQ by

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