The Categorical Dual of the Blockchain

Ted Blackman is a senior engineer at Tlon and one of the most advanced Urbit engineers in the world.

Ted sat down with me to explain how Urbit will get faster, how it will scale to billions of users, and how Urbit fits into the blockchain ecosystem.

If you only have a few minutes today, here are 3 moments you can't miss.

• How Urbit is the categorical dual of the blockchain

• Why Ted sees Urbit as a defensive structure in the Information War

• How Urbit will get faster and scale over time

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This episode is sponsored by the Dalten Collective. Dalten is the first collectively-owned and managed Urbit star—a membership organization focused on fellowship, sustainability, and sovereignty. Say hello in their public group at ~dalten/dalten-collective-public.