Josh | The Blockchain Socialist

Our next big Neocypherpunk Summit is coming to Berlin - full day of global hacktivists, researchers, technologists, whistleblowers, philosophers, lawyers & policy-makers.

web: s26ber.web3privacy.info

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In case you didn’t see it, I spoke about the solution in a recent video of mine where I explained how I have been helping people send funds to those in Gaza using it.

https://youtu.be/Px9ohL06jrc

Politically, this project is incredibly important.

We discuss how exactly it works, the political implications of what they’ve built and what’s coming next.

https://theblockchainsocialist.com/delete-coinbase-use-this-instead-w-unhappyben-peer-xyz/

🚨Delete Coinbase! Use this instead… w/ UnhappyBen

I spoke to @unhappyben from @peerxyz which is a service that allows you to officially delete Coinbase and every other CEX account you may have thanks to zkTLS!

We don't need centralized exchanges anymore!

FULL EP⬇️

Hello Breadfam! $BREAD Distribution Cycle #19 is in.
@gardens_fund
took home a bigger share than usual this cycle, right after their Members Spotlight. Good to see the community showing up for them. Time for the 🧵

What's the answer to catching up to the kids with rich parents to pay the deposit on their first home?

It's solidarity and collective finance! 🎉

Join us this Thursday to learn more about the tools we're building to facilitate digital savings and lending circles with your trusted community!

Happy to share that I was chosen as an Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) fellow this year! Looking forward to connecting the work we're doing at @BreadCoop to the broader platform cooperative movement.

https://platform.coop/people/joshua-davila/

i vibe-coded a website where you can use @zkpassport to prove that you're italian

https://italian-passport-verifier-piff34jr7-tbsocs-projects.vercel.app/

Our first BREAD Member Spotlight is live. Paul Glavin from Gardens talks about what the community can look forward to this month and why your vote matters.

Governance cycle #19 is ongoing. Will Gardens get your vote?
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fascism in spain did not end because of elections, there was a famous car bombing that pressured a transition lol

i remember one of the definitions of DAOs was "a subreddit with a bank account", but has anyone actually tried just doing that literally?

like make people's account a wallet with some kind of governance over a shared fund?

besides the dumb moons thing that r/cc tried

what's the project?

Epstein called Peter Thiel J.D. ’92 a 'great friend' Documents from 2014-2019 suggest a close relationship between the two men, who frequently coordinated meetings with Silicon Valley figures and global leaders.

“Great friend”:

“Stanford alumnus and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel ’89 J.D. ’92 frequently met with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who lent financial support and taxation advice to Thiel…”
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/05/e...

Have you already been to the tavern in cryptoleftists.xyz 🍻 ?

Join the postcapitalist conversation, every 1st Wednesday of the month In the Tavern ✊

See you on 🗓️ Wednesday, 4th of February at 20:00 UTC

Who is it? I'm blocked lol

Continuing the publication of interviews from DevConnect in Buenos Aires, I sat down with Kate Stapleton, a former member of Anonymous and privacy advocate, ... Did we learn anything from Anonymous? w/ Kate Stapleton | Devconnect 2025

We discuss why Anonymous ultimately lost momentum, hacker culture and cypherpunk activism to today’s crypto ecosystem.

The episode asks a central question: did we learn anything from Anonymous, and what lessons still matter for today.

https://youtu.be/b0QxUhkMY7s

🚨Did we learn anything from Anonymous? w/ @kate_stapes

I sat down with Kate Stapleton, a former member of Anonymous and privacy advocate, now able to speak publicly after the statute of limitations expired.

FULL EPISODE⬇️

I just want to be with people in tech who are not alt-right or fascist

🚨Why did Democracy fail in DAOs?

I spoke with @theobtl.bsky.social at Devconnect in Buenos Aires about his work with the Etheruem Foundation as academic secretariat as well as the failure and future of democracy in DAOs.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pw...

Our co-founder @tbsocialist.bsky.social recently joined @cryptoaltruists.bsky.social for a conversation about building financial tools without venture capital, and why we chose worker ownership over investor returns.

2025 was a rough year for crypto speculation. But it was an incredible year for crypto-led solidarity.

Over 30,000 in yield distributed to member organizations, all thanks to the support of BREAD holders around the world.

YouTube video by The Blockchain Socialist Is Crypto Governance Dead? w/ Eugene Leventhal | Devconnect 2025

🚨 Is Crypto Governance Dead?

I spoke with Eugene Leventhal at Devconnect to discuss the current crisis in crypto governance.

The general feeling is that governance has been declared dead but there is still important democratic innovation work only crypto can bring to do.

youtu.be/4g1wblTpXAQ

As we kick off 2026, I'm reflecting on six years of The Blockchain Socialist and the major developments of 2025. This year we professionalized production, ex... 2025 year in review

I discuss:

- The platform's growth and evolution
- 🇵🇸&🇻🇪
- Crypto's sovereignty rhetoric and the industry's support for a govt destroying people's sovereignty
- Corporate absorption, stablecoins and USD hegemony
- Building alts thru @breadcoop

https://youtu.be/QxyKjyloyZQ

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🚨2025 year in review

As we kick off 2026, I'm reflecting on 6 years of The Blockchain Socialist and the developments of 2025. This year we professionalized production, expanded into video, and continued to provide the best left wing analysis of the crypto space.

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It’s absolutely true that AI is reducing jobs, but not like you think. AI is not *doing* those jobs instead of people, AI speculation is redirecting *investment* away from job-creating businesses to capital-intensive businesses.

Crypto Altruists Episode 232 - Bread Cooperative - Solidarity Over Speculation: Embedding Cooperative Values into Blockchain Infrastructure For episode 232 of the Crypto Altruists podcast, we welcome Joshua Dávila, host of The Blockchain Socialist podcast, author of Blockchain Radicals, and Co-Founder of Bread Cooperative. We explore soli...

What if financial infrastructure was designed for solidarity over extraction?

We spoke w/ @tbsocialist.bsky.social of @breadcoop.bsky.social & Author of Blockchain Radicals to explore cooperative crypto, solidarity primitives, & Web3 for economic justice🤝🍞🌐

www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Free workshop: Beyond The Bank

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Dec 18, 4PM CET. Learn practical tools for reaching partners where traditional banking doesn't.

🗽FOR THOSE IN NYC THIS TUESDAY

@ontologymachine and I will be giving a workshop with @decentralparkny starting at 7PM in Brooklyn on how we can use decentralized technologies for supporting @ZohranKMamdani's agenda for NYC, see you there!

Sign up here: https://luma.com/40m53j9g

🚨Is the state DEAD? Farewell to Westphalia with @jarradhope_ and Peter Ludlow

I spoke to Jarrad Hope, founder of @Logos_network and Peter Ludlow, philosopher / research advisor at the University of Hong Kong, and co-authors of the new book ‘Farewell to Westphalia.’

FULL EP⬇️

Decentral Park Meetup · Luma Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani just won on a platform of rent freezes, free buses, and taxing the rich— how can decentralized tech actually support a progressive…

Next Tuesday we will be joined by Josh Davila @tbsocialist.bsky.social (author of Blockchain Radicals) & Beth McCarthy of @web3privacy.info for a strategy session on decentralized technology possibilities in a progressive municipal agenda.

Come join us if you’re in NYC!
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