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Social•Feb 22, 2026
Teach Decentralization's Benefits: Fairness, Empowerment, Integrity
Something we should all do more of: educate about all the things that decentralization delivers (fairness, individual empowerment, integrity). This isn't as obvious as we tend to think.
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 21, 2026
User Sovereignty, Not Single Apps, Will Drive Crypto Adoption
No single app -- DeFi, gaming, payments, or socials -- will drive crypto mass adoption. The thing that will drive mass adoption will be the common foundation that will connect all these use cases: empowering individuals to be fully in control....
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Crypto Poised to Deliver Next‑gen Privacy Solutions
The best privacy solutions will come from crypto. Here's why: Right now, much of Web2 offers better privacy than most of crypto. But that's changing. Crypto has taken a sharp turn on this, and privacy is finally being recognized as valuable. This...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 20, 2026
STARKs Amplify One Bad Transaction Into Whole Proof
My attempt to explain how STARKs catch an error: Imagine a kaleidoscope. The beads inside it represent transactions: white for valid, red for invalid. Let's say this kaleidoscope had a thousand white beads and just one red bead. That single red...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Crypto’s Value Persists Beyond Prices, Fueling Bullish Outlook
There's a sharp contrast between the bearish market mood out there and the bullish feeling I have about crypto. I understand the sentiment. It's not pleasant watching the price of almost every token decline. It creates the impression that if the...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Mass Adoption Hinges on Native Account Abstraction
Mass adoption will come. It will come through simple UI and seamless UX. Or in other words, it will come through native account abstraction.
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Decentralization Enables Fairness, Integrity, and Sovereignty
I read the comments to this tweet and realized it's not clear to everyone what decentralization actually achieves: - Censorship resistance - Permissionlessness - Trustlessness - Network stability These are the puzzle pieces that create: fairness, integrity, and sovereignty. Distributing control of the network across many...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 18, 2026
Blockchains Only Worth It When You Need Decentralization
Blockchains are needed only if you're aiming for decentralization. If you're not aiming for decentralization, then you're just using a very complex and cumbersome technology to achieve something that can be done on web2. Thank you.
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 18, 2026
Starknet Becomes Native Zk Verification Layer Scaling Truth
I agree with this smart gentleman: - Starknet is becoming The native zk verification layer - Starknet is scaling Truth It's not just about scale in the sense of providing more throughput. It's about an efficient mechanism that enforces truth on whatever requires...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 18, 2026
Freedom, Not One Use Case, Drives Mass Adoption
The one thing that will drive mass adoption won’t be DeFi, or payments, or gaming, or prediction markets, or social identity, or any other ONE single use case. No. It will be the secret spice we add to all of them:...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Blockchain Adoption Will Redefine Industries, Creating New Verticals
Our industry, once it reaches mass adoption, won't look anything like it does today. Some verticals will shrink, some will grow. Some of the biggest verticals we'll have don’t exist on blockchain yet. Which ones are which?
By Eli Ben-Sasson