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Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young was a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He cares for the Solarpunk Movement and is a recent graduate from Claremont McKenna College, who dual-majored in Economics and Philosophy with a Sequence in Data Science. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as BTC, ETH, LINK, AAVE, ARB, PEOPLE, DOGE, OS, and HTR.

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Hackers
In Praise of White-Hat Hackers, but Overreliance Is Foolish
A white hat Nomad exploiter says stronger incentives are needed to reward the good Samaritans who help protocols identify and patch vulnerabilities.
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By Sage D. Young
Nov 7, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 7, 2022
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
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Books
Vitalik Buterin's 'Proof of Stake': The CoinDesk Megareview
What a decade of essays – covering everything from Soulbound tokens to superrational DAOs – says about Ethereum and crypto.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
By Marc HochsteinDaniel KuhnDavid Z. MorrisBen SchillerSage D. Young
Nov 3, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Nov 3, 2022
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Maren Altman uses astrology in her crypto trading strategy. (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
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Trading week 2022
Maren Altman: Crypto’s TikTok Astrologer
Vitalik Buterin once likened blockchain to magic. Altman uses another type of trading system to be “your personal poet for the stars.”
Maren Altman uses astrology in her crypto trading strategy. (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
By Sage D. Young
Oct 27, 2022 at 7:37 p.m. UTC
Oct 27, 2022
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Crypto influencer Maren Altman (Maren Altman)
Finance
Bitcoin
Popular Bitcoin Astrologer’s Star Falls on Twitter Following $30K in Celsius Payments
Twitter critics accused Maren Altman, who has more than 1.8 million social media followers, of not being forthcoming about her deal with the now-bankrupt crypto lender. The in...
Crypto influencer Maren Altman (Maren Altman)
By Sage D. Young
Oct 13, 2022 at 10:31 p.m. UTC
Oct 13, 2022
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Bradford Van Voorhees
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Ideas 2022
Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Wants to Make Bitcoin a Climate-Positive Asset
"I don’t think there’s ever been an asset before that would drive so much capital into sustainability," co-founder Bradford Van Voorhees told CoinDesk.
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By Sage D. Young
Oct 13, 2022 at 3:32 p.m. UTC
Oct 13, 2022
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David Sneider
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Ideas 2022
Lit Protocol: Public Key Infrastructure for a Decentralized World
Lit Protocol's David Sneider, a presenter at the CoinDesk I.D.E.A.S. conference, wants to decentralize public key cryptography.
David Sneider
By Sage D. Young
Oct 11, 2022 at 5:18 p.m. UTC
Oct 11, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
Education week
Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance
Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem
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By Sage D. Young
Oct 1, 2022 at 5:03 a.m. UTC
Oct 1, 2022
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Safe to offer governance token for its DAO. (Creative Commons)
Finance
Dao
Digital Asset Manager Safe to Offer Governance Token for SafeDAO
The multibillion-dollar digital asset management platform aims to decentralize its growth and governance through SAFE and SafeDAO.
Safe to offer governance token for its DAO. (Creative Commons)
By Sage D. Young
Sep 28, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 28, 2022
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Technology
Valid points
Monitoring the Merge: What a Successful Ethereum Upgrade Will Look Like
How to track the status of Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake with a few easy-to-use tools.
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By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Sep 14, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Sep 14, 2022
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Technology
Valid points
Ethereum Merge: What You Need to Know
Do you have any Merge questions? Here's our FAQ on the blockchain's coming overhaul.
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By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Sep 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 7, 2022
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