Articles
Longer‑form writing.
- The Verification Gap in Agentic Commerce April 1, 2026 — Merchant-side authorization solves the wrong half of agentic commerce. The missing piece is a buyer-side policy enforcement layer that verifies intent across merchants before funds move.
- The Economy's Next Bottleneck Is Verification March 18, 2026 — As AI agents automate execution, verification becomes the new economic bottleneck. The path to scaling the economy runs through making verification machine-checkable.
- The case for agent payments with stablecoins: verification, not settlement February 25, 2026 — Agent payments aren't just about settlement speed and cost—the real unlock is programmable verification. Stablecoins matter because they let users enforce authorization logic before money moves.
- How to build blockchain Nvidia November 14, 2025 — Programming GPUs used to be really hard until CUDA made it intuitive. Blockchains face the same challenge today - and need their own CUDA moment.
- From World Computer to Guarantee Machine: Part III October 22, 2025 — Part three of a three-part series demonstrating how to build the fitness aggregator as a domain—keeping the app where it thrives while making claims verifiable.
- From World Computer to Guarantee Machine: Part II September 10, 2025 — Part two of a three-part series exploring the conceptual shift that separates 'the computer' from 'the guarantee machine' and introduces the domain model.
- From World Computer to Guarantee Machine: Part I July 29, 2025 — Part one of a three-part series illustrating why we need domains—taking the developer's point of view to show where blockchains fundamentally fall short.
- Stop Optimizing Chains: Verifiable Systems That Go Further June 17, 2025 — Blockchains are one kind of verifiable system—but we've treated them like the only kind. That mistake explains why five years of infra progress hasn't produced five years of new apps.
- What is a domain May 8, 2025 — A domain is a verifiable system that is more powerful than a blockchain