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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 3, 2025?
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Educational Byte: What is “dusting” in Crypto, or Why Would Someone Send You $0.0001?
By @obyte [ 4 Min read ] Ever got a tiny crypto deposit out of nowhere? It might be a dusting attack. Do you know what that is already? Read More.
When Desire Is Designed: The Hidden Politics of the Feed
By @kellanjansen [ 5 Min read ] How social media feeds manufacture desire, exploit our emotions, and keep us endlessly scrolling — and what to do to reclaim freedom. Read More.
If We Don’t Reinvent Tokenomics, Decentralized Infrastructure Will Fail
By @tokenomy [ 7 Min read ] How control theory and burn-and-mint tokenomics can create scalable, stable blockchain infrastructure networks like Helium and Filecoin. Read More.
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