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Analyzing Ethereum Classic with Google BigQuery (https://medium.com/@yazanator/analyzing-ethereum-classic-with-google-bigquery-df55822ec6a6?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------0-59------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-1§ionName=top)

I'm happy to announce, through collaboration with Allen Day and Evgeny Medvedev of Google, Ethereum Classic…
Yaz Khoury (https://medium.com/@yazanator?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in Ethereum Classic (https://medium.com/ethereum-classic?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
14 min read


Ethereum's roadmap to (possible) ProgPoW switch. (https://medium.com/@andrea.lanfranchi/ethereums-roadmap-to-possible-progpow-switch-9878de8763c8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------1-59------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-1§ionName=top)

You may (or may not) have heard that during the last All Core Devs Call a more precise roadmap to (possible)…
Andrea Lanfranchi (https://medium.com/@andrea.lanfranchi?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in Coinmonks (https://medium.com/coinmonks?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
9 min read


The Past (https://medium.com/@WeaponsofReason/the-past-db01d8dcb647?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------2-59------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-1§ionName=top)

For much of human history there have existed cities that dwarfed the villages & towns around them. Rome…
Weapons of Reason (https://medium.com/@WeaponsofReason?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in The Megacities issue - Weapons of Reason (https://medium.com/the-megacities-issue?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
10 min read


Second Layers are Not the Scalability Silver Bullet (https://medium.com/@mzochowski/second-layers-are-not-the-scalability-silver-bullet-a9d262bc816c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------3-59------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-1§ionName=top)

Why first layer scalability is critical to network growth and security.
Michael Zochowski (https://medium.com/@mzochowski?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in Logos Network (https://medium.com/logos-network?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
14 min read

Best in Poetry

Things that didn't happen (https://medium.com/@anna_now/things-that-didnt-happen-a8b90eb62f44?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------0-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

a poem
anna breslin (https://medium.com/@anna_now?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in annapoetics (https://medium.com/annapoetics?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
1 min read


To Become the Woman I Am (https://medium.com/@jessicasemaan/to-become-the-woman-i-am-e09fd6fd9ceb?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------1-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

A eulogy for the voices in my head
Jessica Semaan (https://medium.com/@jessicasemaan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
2 min read


In dark soul moments (https://medium.com/@anna_now/in-dark-soul-moments-7cbd34f00df0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------2-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

a poem
anna breslin (https://medium.com/@anna_now?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in annapoetics (https://medium.com/annapoetics?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
1 min read

Best in History

From Oil to Oprah: An Oral History of the StairMaster (https://medium.com/@Andy_Wright/from-oil-to-oprah-an-oral-history-of-the-stairmaster-ebbcb4723c0e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------0-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

The untold origin story of an iconic workout machine, told one step at a time
Andy Wright (https://medium.com/@Andy_Wright?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
16 min read


Why Americans Need to Believe in Monsters (https://medium.com/@wgiraldi74/why-americans-need-to-believe-in-monsters-d5480ad9222e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------1-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

As many Americans believe in Bigfoot as the Big Bang, and more believe every passing year. That explains a…
William Giraldi (https://medium.com/@wgiraldi74?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
26 min read


How to Spot a Sketchy Spiritual Guru (https://medium.com/@mitch.horowitz.nyc/how-to-spot-a-sketchy-spiritual-guru-d7e0a7cf6914?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------2-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

A practical guide based on the history of cults gone wrong
Mitch Horowitz (https://medium.com/@mitch.horowitz.nyc?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
12 min read

Best in Lifestyle

My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27 (https://medium.com/@mdaum213/my-life-at-47-is-back-to-what-it-was-like-at-27-eb7a071b3598?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------0-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

Post-divorce, I've returned to my old ways
Meghan Daum (https://medium.com/@mdaum213?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
13 min read


How to Walk 100,000 Steps in One Day (https://medium.com/@davidpkirkpatrick/how-to-walk-100-000-steps-in-one-day-5087adbd4569?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------1-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

At 66 years old, I challenged myself to reach a big fitness goal. That meant creating the right mindset as…
David Paul Kirkpatrick (https://medium.com/@davidpkirkpatrick?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in Better Humans (https://medium.com/better-humans?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
21 min read


The Bad Science of Exercise Recovery (https://medium.com/@therealbradbabs/the-bad-science-of-exercise-recovery-a6171f0518a2?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------2-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

How I fell for the fitness industry's expensive pills and pointless powders
Bradley Babendir (https://medium.com/@therealbradbabs?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
5 min read

Best in Politics

Not a Man 2020 (https://medium.com/@jessicavalenti/not-a-man-2020-7688677ee06e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------0-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

There's no shame in wanting a woman to be president
Jessica Valenti (https://medium.com/@jessicavalenti?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
3 min read


I Was a Cop for 18 Years. I Witnessed and Participated in Abuses of Power. (https://medium.com/@larryjsmith0060/i-was-a-cop-for-18-years-i-witnessed-and-participated-in-abuses-of-power-8d057c18f9ee?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------1-49------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-11§ionName=topic)

The corruption, violence, and petty cruelty on display left me with PTSD
Larry Smith (https://medium.com/@larryjsmith0060?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
7 min read

Most read

Silk Road: A Cautionary Tale about Online Anonymity (https://medium.com/@marcell74/the-silk-road-a-real-thriller-and-the-truth-about-the-anonymity-of-bitcoin-198b519ca397?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------0-62------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-21§ionName=evergreen)

Are bitcoin and the Darkweb as anonymous as people think?
Marcell Nimfuehr (https://medium.com/@marcell74?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
10 min read


What Happens When the Rich Live Decades Longer Than the Rest of Us? (https://medium.com/@jessicapowell_96142/what-happens-when-the-rich-live-decades-longer-than-the-rest-of-us-2dfec4a35b21?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------1-62------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-21§ionName=evergreen)

Tech billionaires' attempts to beat death will not democratize longevity
Jessica Powell (https://medium.com/@jessicapowell_96142?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
6 min read


Is Blue Light Really What's Keeping You Awake? (https://medium.com/@mheidj/is-blue-light-really-whats-keeping-you-awake-35c55c1b6fed?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------2-62------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-21§ionName=evergreen)

It's a convenient scapegoat, but there are other reasons that devices mess with your sleep
Markham Heid (https://medium.com/@mheidj?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
4 min read

Editors' picks

The Bar That Showed Me Who I Could Have Been (https://medium.com/@nicole.d.peeler/the-bar-that-showed-me-who-i-could-have-been-a470c05ad2cb?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------0-13------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-6§ionName=suggested)

I lied to get the job, but bartending revealed unexpected truths about who I am - and who I'll never be
Nicole Peeler (https://medium.com/@nicole.d.peeler?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
in Human Parts (https://medium.com/human-parts?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
9 min read


How I Lost God (https://medium.com/@kbense/how-i-lost-god-2fc92de6008e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------1-13------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-6§ionName=suggested)

On growing up torn between one parent who believed, and another who didn't
Kiley Bense (https://medium.com/@kbense?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
7 min read


Meet the Mormon Transhumanists Seeking Salvation in the Singularity (https://medium.com/@erinbrown/meet-the-mormon-transhumanists-seeking-salvation-in-the-singularity-a7e3784d6c04?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader------2-13------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6-6§ionName=suggested)

Transhumanism is bringing some young Mormons back into the fold
Erin Clare Brown (https://medium.com/@erinbrown?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550411128636-digest.reader-------------------------c50b650d_804c_4f51_a92a_65d5b30ed1b6)
14 min read

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