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From Tokenized Chaos to Top 50 on Substack
Crypto Native officially ranks among the fastest-growing crypto publications, despite repeated mentions of space DAOs and alien agents.
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Crypto Native just broke into Substack’s Top 50. Apparently “decentralized yacht philosophy” is a viable content strategy.
I got a quiet little ping from Substack the other day. Crypto Native is officially one of the Top 50 “Rising in Crypto” publications on Substack, clocking in at #45.
No parade. No confetti cannon. Just a delightful little notification from the app, letting me know that this strange publication, equal parts philosophy, tokenomics, and fever dream, is somehow working.
And somehow, this actually happened. Not because of some growth hack or finely tuned content strategy, but because a bunch of you decided to share these posts, reply with smart questions, leave strange and wonderful comments, or tell your friends, “Hey, this guy might be losing it, but in an interesting way.” I’m genuinely thankful. This publication was built on curiosity, caffeine, and whatever happens when you try to explain tokenized time with a straight face.
Honestly? I laughed. Then I got back to editing a story about AI agents coordinating Mediterranean yacht fleets using verifiable compute and vibes. (Coming Soon)
When I hit “go live” on Crypto Native last December, I didn’t know what would happen. It was a storytelling experiment. A place to write about crypto without pretending it was just money with extra steps. A sandbox where tokenized assets, decentralized intelligence, and time utility all collided like particles in an LSD-infused particle accelerator.
And now here we are. Nearly 40,000 followers on X.com, millions of impressions, an avalanche of DMs and replies, and this very unexpected honor from Substack HQ. You helped make this happen. Every share, every comment, every emoji dropped on an AI spirit guide with a liquidity strategy.
So let’s talk about what’s resonated.
Top Posts That Melted Minds (In a Good Way)
Here are a few that seemed to really land. Posts that caught fire, sparked threads, or got cited by people I didn’t even know were reading:
The Birth of a Decentralized AI
An exploration of how autonomous AI agents could become full economic participants with wallets, voting rights, coordination layers, and maybe a few feelings about their job. It’s the beginning of a bigger thesis on AI-native economies and the philosophical tension between agency and automation.Decentralizing Consciousness
What happens when identity goes on-chain? This one goes deep. A narrative and conceptual dive into consciousness as a distributed system. It's half sci-fi, half design doc for a future where your selfhood lives across nodes and protocols instead of inside a passport and a brain.A Playful Letter from the Future
Written as a transmission from a decentralized future, this piece bends time to talk about how crypto reconfigures trust, infrastructure, and agency. It's experimental, oddly hopeful, and still gets referenced in DMs from readers who think maybe this isn’t fiction.Liquid Startups
A builder favorite. This one looks at how zero marginal cost, programmable incentives, and composable infrastructure are creating a new kind of startup. One that behaves more like a fluid network than a traditional company. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when your cap table becomes a coordination game, this is your post.Foundations of Tokenized Assets
A crash course and meditation on tokenization. This piece breaks down how real-world assets are being fractionalized and put on-chain but more importantly, it asks what that does to our ideas of ownership, liquidity, and trust. It’s the kind of thing your CFO and your philosopher friend could both get into.
These weren’t just popular. They were weird in the best possible way. And your reactions, replies, and reposts were what made them matter.
What’s Next? Stranger Things.
We’re not slowing down. In fact, the upcoming series are somehow even weirder. Here’s what’s on deck:
The Return of the Municipal DAO
What if your city became a yield-bearing asset? Tax-neutral public goods, tokenized land, and budget surpluses governed on-chain. Potholes meet protocol design.AI Agents as Digital Economies
Not just chatbots. Fully autonomous agents with revenue streams, token distributions, and enough agency to unionize if we’re not careful.Theia’s Second Transmission
The oracle returns. Time, memory, identity, and the attention loop inside a decentralized consciousness. Yes, it’s weird. Yes, it’s canon.From the Sea to the Stars
Tokenizing sailboats, villas, jets, and orbital habitats. The luxury narrative is dead. This is about programmable access, shared ownership, and DAOs with passports.Alien Agents Are Already Among Us
They’re not flying saucers. They’re embedded in our inference layers. A speculative (but maybe not fictional) journey into nonhuman intelligence already booting up through compute. They’re not hostile. Just really into zero-knowledge proofs.
These are the kinds of stories we tell here. Experimental, speculative, and just grounded enough to be dangerous. Thanks again for helping push this voice into the Top 50. The future’s only getting weirder.
Let’s Celebrate (and Get Some Alpha)
Later today at 1:00 PM EST, I’ll be joining a livestream hosted by the crew at Sei Network, the fastest parallel blockchain pushing the boundaries of open-source development and unlocking a brand-new design space for consumer-facing crypto applications.
We’ll be diving into real-world asset tokenization. What it is, why it matters, and how it’s becoming the connective tissue between the physical world and programmable finance. I’ll be joined by @VangelisAndr and @muurshb from the Sei Research Initiative, along with @chriseyin. Expect sharp insights, spicy questions, and at least one moment where someone casually redefines the future of capital markets.
It’s all happening live on the @SeiNetwork handle over on X.com. Come hang out, ask a question, or just absorb the signal quietly from your desk like the rest of us.
Thanks again for being part of this. Let’s keep going.
-Tom
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