Writing
Selected notes, essays, blog posts, and guest articles. For research reports and professional output, see Work.
My full list of papers is also available on my SSRN author page.
Essays
I wrote a five-part introductory series about the Commons for Growing the Commons (GtC), a new project launched in 2025.
- Part 1: We’re Surrounded by Crises. What’s Stopping Us from Acting? (2025-08-31)
- Part 2: What Is the Commons—And Why Does It Matter Today? (2025-09-07)
- Part 3: Tools for Flourishing Commons (2025-09-21)
- Part 4: The Commons in Practice: Case Studies From Around the World (2025-08-28)
- Part 5: The Return of the Common(er)s (2025-10-15)
I also wrote an article about why we’re launching a collaborative Substack as part of the wider GtC project.
Blog posts
2022
2022-09-30: Personal announcement
2020
“What CBDC is (not)” series
- 2020-10-06: Reshaping the monetary system (part 1)
- 2020-10-09: The monetary system explained (part 2)
- 2020-10-19: The low-impact scenario (part 3)
- 2020-10-22: The medium-impact scenario (part 4)
- 2020-10-25: The high-impact scenario (part 5)
- 2020-10-27: The politics of cash and CBDC (part 6)
Other
- 2020-05-20: Schrödinger’s bank reserves
- 2020-04-18: Libra 2.0: a quick take on Libra coins
2019
- 2019-08-24: Launching Paradigma
- 2019-03-03: Thoughts on JPM Coin
2018
2018-10-04: A note on censorship resistance
Guest articles
Growing the Commons: Collaborative Finance (CoFi): rethinking finance for the commons (2026-06-07)
Cambridge Judge Business School: Geographic shift (2021-10-13)
Cambridge Judge Business School: New data reveals timeline of China’s bitcoin mining exodus (2021-07-15)
Global Digital Finance (co-authored): Money 2.0: Towards A New Institutional Paradigm (2021-01)
The Conversation: Why energy-sapping Bitcoin mining is here to stay (2018-02-22)
Published: 2025-11-24
Last updated: 2026-07-27