Welcome back, Pilgrim. Here’s what’s happened in town since you’ve been away…
Welcome back to the Reformer Newsletter, where we can take a dive into various projects and activities from around Web3 and across the Christian community. You have joined this network to contribute to our collective mission of building for Christ’s Kingdom, and we will use this newsletter as a platform to enable that.
Reformers Project Spotlight
The Reformer Newsletter continues to evolve as the community grows and opportunities arise around the Web3 world. Starting this week, the Reformer Newsletter will be available for free to all community members on Substack, and it will remain as a space to provide curated links to content from across Web3 and the Christian community.
Also this week, we will start publishing the weekly essay to Mirror.xyz. Mirror is a web3-native platform similar to Substack, and we will use it as a home for our essays which will also be available for free to the entire Reformers community. Check out the Reformer Essay Series on Mirror now and access the entire collection of essays in which we explore the confluence of faith and technology and seek to learn what that means for the the Church operating in the web3 world.
Web3 Industry Highlights
DeFi Market Map: Pratyush Buddiga, a believer and investor at Susa Ventures, goes deep on the current state of decentralized finance. In this article he helps classify the various asset classes and investment strategies in the crypto space. Also, if you want to learn more about Pratyush, check out the recent podcast he did with Kings & Priests.
Wired Magazine Goes Down the Rabbit Hole: A humanized and thoughtful piece of personal journalism, neither blindly bullish or bearish. Lots to ponder!
A Massive Thread on Tokens: David Phelps drops a breakdown of all the potential inside tokens, including a ton of links to projects exploring the possibilities.
Crypto Credit Crunch: Nic Carter goes deep on credit and lending in crypto, complete with historic analogs and simple explanations that leave you with a better grasp of what’s moving the markets.
After Crypto: We’ll let the title speak for itself. Yancey Strickler will make you think about what will really last long term from the current tech boom.
Reformers Essay Series
The Reformers community is a network of Christ followers who believe there is an opportunity to spread the Gospel Truth by using the next generation of digital tools we have available, commonly referred to as “Web3” or “crypto” tools. We believe this can be accomplished both by educating and connecting Christians in this space, as well as evangelizing to creators, builders, and doers across Web3. We can look to past heroes of the faith and study how they operated and engaged in the era in which they were placed so we can learn how to navigate these exciting times.
We continue our study and shift from a Prophet of the Old Testament to an Apostle of the New Testament as we look to the missions of Paul to learn how a man so well-connected could use his influence to access the halls of power, proclaim Christ risen, destroy his own reputation, (likely) lose his life for what he preached, and forever change European culture from “Classical Civilization” to “Christendom.”
Check out the essay Apostle to the Nations, Part I: Saul the Wunderkind on the Reformers Essay Series now.
The Call
The Reformers is a community of Christ followers who want to continuously explore new tools which can extend the reach of His Kingdom. If you want to lean in and support that mission, check out a Reformers NFT, become a patron of the community, get news and updates to start building with us, and help us run this race with endurance.