HeyJaredChristine D. Kim
Demystifying the development and governance of public blockchain protocols.
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Shielded Bitcoin: How It Works and Why It’s Important (opens the original)
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Good morning,Today, I’m discussing a widely shared research paper in the Bitcoin developer community that details the design of a trust-minimized privacy protocol called “Shielded Bitcoin.” Notably, Shielded Bitcoin can work independently of any consensus changes to Bitcoin itself and without reliance on a third-party operator or bridging protocol. Below, I discuss how the privacy protocol works, its limitations, and the broader context for why efforts like these in both the Bitcoin and Ethereum
Ready for Merge Ep. 34 👾 (opens the original)
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Episode SummaryIn this episode, Christine D. Kim from Protocol Watch and Nixo Rokish from EthCoordinate discuss the arguments for and against changes to Ethereum issuance. Rokish underscores the importance of changes that not only reduce issuance but, under certain conditions, drive it to zero. Kim explains why changes to issuance without social consensus would be detrimental to Ethereum’s value.This episode was recorded on September 23, 2026.Timestamps(1:20) Glamsterdam and Hegota updates(9:51)
The Real Difference Between Trueo on Ethereum vs. on Base (opens the original)
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Good evening, Tonight, I want to discuss the news about Trueo, a small prediction market protocol that announced this week that it would deploy on Ethereum because of the network’s low fees. It’s not every day you hear about an application deploying to Ethereum because of low fees, but today is a special day. Let’s get into it.Yours truly,Christine D. Kim🌕 To get early access to this week’s ACD After Hours newsletter, make sure you are signed up for a premium subscription:<a class="butt
The Fight for Clarity Is Not Over (opens the original)
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Good morning,Today, I’m introducing a new section of this newsletter for my readers who have too much to read in their inboxes. It’s called “Tldr,” and it’ll give you what you need to know up top from today’s newsletter without having to read it through in full. The main topic of today’s post, which I do hope you’ll read in full if you have the time this week, is about the fate of the Clarity Act, and why I think it’s more important now than ever not to give up on progressing legislation that pr
Ready for Merge Ep. 33 👾 (opens the original)
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Episode SummaryIn this episode, Christine is joined by Murch of Localhost Research for a Bitcoin development update. They kick off the episode with brief remarks on the differences in client funding dynamics between Bitcoin and Ethereum. Murch then walks through the Bitcoin Core v32 branch-off, including the per-release updates to assumevalid and other defaults. Finally, Murch and Christine discuss software security in the age of AI, covering how Bitcoin Core contributors are adapting their work
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