@WillPapper

Agent Payments @Cloudflare. Previously Co-founder @Syndicateio. ETH since the 2014 presale. Creator of $AGLD, Core Team ConstitutionDAO

 San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2012
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Before you buy a Mac Mini for Claude, read this VPS guide

Before you buy a Mac Mini to host Claude Code or Clawdbot, here’s a guide to different server options. VPSs are cheap alternatives on shared servers that you can spin up or down at will.

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The real cost of running your own chain (and why it's cheaper than you think)

People quote everything from $1 to 7 figures for running rollups. Why is pricing all over the map? Let's break down what's actually happening behind these wildly different numbers.

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The Benefits of Having your Own Chain (And Why You Might Need It Sooner Than You Think): Scaling

Most app builders assume they can scale on general purpose chains, like Base and other rollups, indefinitely.

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Making Appchains Sustainable: enabling community economics rather than extractive relationships

Everyone looks at rollups and assumes its winner-take-most: fees flow to the largest L2s while everyone else gets stuck with low revenue, high costs, and endless RaaS subscription fees.

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Where Is Your Rollup Data Actually Stored?

Where is your rollup data actually stored? Most builders assume it lives on data availability layers, but this is a common misconception. The reality is more complex and less reliable than is optimal …

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