Maria Irene

Maria Irene is a journalist and author covering the Internet Computer Protocol, Bitcoin, DeFi, and the broader decentralised web. She is the founder and editor of LedgerLife.io, an independent, reader-funded publication dedicated to clear-eyed reporting on the ICP ecosystem and Web3 technology. She is the author of two books: Money Without Masters: The Story of Crypto (Amazon) and The World Computer: Decentralised Computing and the Rise of the Internet Computer Protocol (Amazon). Her work focuses on making complex blockchain technology accessible without losing precision or depth.
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The Jar of DOM reopens with a new on-chain season

The Jar of DOM has reopened for a new season, giving DOM Wallet users another on-chain game built around ICP staking, DOM burns and...

KeyMesh explores confidential and verifiable external compute on ICP

A new experimental project called KeyMesh is exploring whether the Internet Computer can coordinate external computing resources while giving users stronger guarantees around privacy,...

ICPay aims to simplify crypto transfers with username-based handles

Sending cryptocurrency can involve copying and pasting long wallet addresses, a process that can be inconvenient and increases the risk of entering the wrong...

Expired bob.fun domain raises Internet Identity security concerns for users

Users of the ICP-based bob.fun applications have been warned against accessing the services through their former web domains after the bob.fun domain stopped serving...
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The Dialectic of Digital: An Elon Musk Tweet and the Material...

Maria Irene In the relentless march of historical materialism, we find ourselves at the intersection of technology and capital, where the forces of production have...
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Through the Vaynerchuk Glass: A Kafkaesque Dive into the Future of...

Maria Irene In a world as varied and diverse as ours, the realm of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) appears as a new species of insect, much...
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Louis Vuitton’s High-Fashion Hideaway: A $42,000 NFT Trunk for the Chic...

Maria Irene In a world where cryptocurrencies are as commonplace as cash and credit, Louis Vuitton is taking a step further, merging the realms of...
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Checkmate to Chains: A Brazilian Chess Tournament Castles into the Cryptoverse

Maria Irene In the sun-dappled city squares of Brazil, a sport as old as civilization itself has been quietly undergoing a revolution. The grandmasters behind...
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From Xenomorph to Cyberspace: H.R. Giger’s Alien Ascends the Blockchain Cosmos

Maria Irene In the face of absurdity, humanity oftentimes finds itself veering towards paths less traveled. As Albert Camus implored us to imagine Sisyphus happy,...
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Bit by Bit, Block by Block – Celebrating Bitcoin’s Landmark Blockout...

Maria Irene Blockout Day has arrived and the Bitcoin community is abuzz with excitement. Bitmap, an open-source standard allowing ownership of a Bitcoin block, has...