Elon Musk Says Reports Are Useless—And Honestly, He’s Not Wrong Post date March 19, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In action, elon-musk, hackernoon-top-story, larry-kudlow, life-lessons, reporting, society, the-report-graveyard
Pasifika Web3 Tech Hub Promises Personal Freedom, Financial Sovereignty for Pacific Islands Post date March 12, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In depin, edwin-liava'a, Governance, lifehacks, pasifika-web3-tech-hub, society, web3, web3-pacific-islands
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Web3 Way Post date March 11, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In blockchain, digital-transformation, Governance, society, the-web3-way, web3, web3-in-governance, web3-in-politics
Elon Musk’s Starlink May Be The Better Option for Internet in the Pacific Islands Post date March 6, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In connectivity, Governance, innovation-dividend, starlink, starlink-coverage, starlink-internet, submarine-cable-project, tonga-starlink
Tonga Needs a Hybrid Connectivity Solution Post date March 5, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In connectivity, Governance, internet, internet-on-the-pacific, internet-pacific-islands, society, starlink-coverage, starlink-review
How to Steal a Kingdom Post date March 3, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In businesses-vs-government, corporate-greed-exposed, corrupt-banking-schemes, fraudulent-loan-practices, Governance, how-elites-control-markets, political-corruption-stories, real-estate-corruption
Maybe Trump and Zelenskyy Should Try Blockchain Diplomacy—At Least It Would Keep Them Honest Post date March 3, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In blockchain-diplomacy-model, hackernoon-top-story, oval-office-diplomacy-failure, trump-ukraine-meeting-fallout, trump-zelenskyy-meeting-recap, trump-zelenskyy-russia-stance, us-ukraine-peace-talks-news, web3
U.S. Bets on Blockchain Leadership—The Pacific Islands Should Follow Post date March 3, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In blockchain-in-pacific-islands, blockchain-powered-finance, regulatory-clarity-for-web3, stablecoins-and-asset-tokens, tonga-web3-opportunities, u.s.-blockchain-leadership, web3, web3-in-the-pacific-islands
Show Me Your Faith and I will Show You My Work Post date February 26, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In decentralized-governance, life-lessons, lifehacks, politics, roadmap, self-sovereignty, society, web3
The Path to a Web3 Empowered Society Begins Now Post date February 24, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In blockchain-road-map, blockchain-society, decentralized-governance, digital-empowerment, digital-infrastructure, politics, society, web3
There’s a Hidden Cost to Statutory Boards That Nobody Seems to be Talking About Post date February 24, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In Accountability, board-of-directors, Governance, ministry-of-public-enterprises, public-board-vs-private-boards, society, statutory-boards, tonga-politics
Statutory Boards Represent Legacy Systems That Have Outlived Their Purpose Post date February 21, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In board-of-directors, doge, donald trump, elon-musk, Governance, public-enterprises, society, statutory-boards
Geospatial Data Holds Immense Value for the Pacific Islands Post date February 19, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In data-as-the-new-gold, decentralized-cloud, digital-moana-initiative, geospatial-data, geospatial-data-management, mining-of-digital-resources, pacific-islands, web3
Pacific Islands Break Ground on Decentralized Geospatial Infrastructure Development Post date February 17, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In aleph-cloud, blockchain-powered-data, decentralized-cloud, depin, digital-moana-initiative, geospatial-data-management, local-empowerment-framework, the-case-for-depin
In Tonga, All We Need Is the Political Will to Bring Technological Advancement Post date February 17, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In dr.-'aisake-eke, Governance, international-aid-and-charity, politics, society, tonga, tongan-parliament, web3
Fiat Can’t Respond to a Community’s Values and Needs, But Bitcoin Does Post date February 13, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-for-the-community, bitcoin-for-the-future, bitcoin-hard-fork, hackernoon-top-story, society, the-great-reset, web3
Bitcoin Is Eerily Resembling the Financial System It Was Meant to Replace Post date February 11, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-trends, centralization, decentralization, hackernoon-top-story, is-bitcoin-centralized, is-bitcoin-decentralized, the-great-reset
It’s the Cost Dummy! High Internet Bills are Barring Tourists’ Access to Free Wifi Post date February 7, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In connectivity, digital-disconnect, high-internet-bill, internet, no-free-wifi, society, tourism-industry, where-can-i-find-free-wifi
USAID’s Bureaucracy Stalled Digital Innovation Projects Post date February 5, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In connectivity, cybersecurity, geopolitics, pacific-digital-initiative, society, usaid-digital-connectivity, usaid-in-the-pacifics, usaid-shutdown
Is the Bitcoin Hardfork Truly the Ultimate Code Red Button? Post date February 3, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-mining-at-home, bitcoin-node-operator, hackernoon-top-story, life-hacks, society, solo-bitcoin-mining, solo-mining
A 2021 Hackathon Project Pitched Blockchain Internet. It Sounded Crazy—Until Now Post date January 30, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In blockchain-application, blockchain-internet, blockchain-powered-internet, blockchain-use-case, broadband-service-chain, chainlink-blockchain-oracle, chainlink-fall-hackathon, satellite-broadband
For Spacecoin to Truly Differentiate Itself, it Must Move Beyond Corporate Decision-making Models Post date January 28, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In decentralized-internet, future-of-internet, future-of-the-internet, global-connectivity, kacific-broadband, spacecoin, true-decentralization, v3-satellites
Bitcoin Can’t Be Explained Over a Coffee Chat Post date January 27, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-dialogues, blockchain-dialogues, digital-finance-technology, distributed-ledger-technology, Governance, society, technological-advancement
Most Concerns About Bitcoin Are Deeply Human Post date January 27, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-2025, bitcoin-digital-currency, concerns-about-bitcoin, decentralization, digital-currency, hackernoon-top-story, society
With Trump, Tech Leaders Are In a Better Place to Shape US Policy Post date January 22, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In donald trump, life-lessons, lifehacks, make-america-great-again, society, tech-leadership, trump-inauguration-2025, us-president-inauguration
Most Web3 Projects Are Hiding Behind a Centralized Corporate Structure Post date January 22, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, centralized-web3-projects, decentralization-vs-regulation, decentralized-internet, decentralized-projects, decentralized-web3-projects, mentoring, society
New Web3 Projects Are Ignoring Why Bitcoin Exists In the First Place Post date January 21, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, blockchain-project-development, blockchain-projects, crypto-gold-rush, decentralization, decentralized-finance, decentralized-web, true-decentralization
The Space Race for a Decentralized Internet—Another Road Not Taken Post date January 21, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In decentralized-finance, hybrid-smart-contracts, kacific-broadband, satellite-blockchain-nodes, satellite-connectivity, satellite-powered-defi, secure-satellite-transactions, spacecoin
Pacific Nations Struggle With Debt as Regional Fees Siphon Vital Funds Post date January 20, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In china-export-import-bank, debt-load-around-the-globe, nationalism, pacific-island-debt, pacific-islands-regional-fees, pacific-regionalism, regional-fees-pacific-islands, society
An Unplanned Path Led me Right Where I Belonged Post date January 20, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In divine-timing, Education, faith, life-lessons, personal-journey, resilience, society, transformation
Pocket-Sized Gadgets Are Changing How Pacific Islanders Manage Utilities Post date January 20, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In foss4g, gis, lifehacks, mapping, pacific-islands, pacific-islands-foss4g, programming, society
Starlink, Spacecoin, and the Dawn of a New Era for Connectivity Post date January 19, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In decentralized-internet, digital-democracy, global-connectivity, high-speed-internet, internet-infrastructure, satellite-internet, spacecoin-network, undersea-cables
Who Even Needs Undersea Cables for Internet Anymore? Post date January 13, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In connectivity-challenges, decentralized-internet, internet-on-the-blockchain, spacecoin, spacecoin-review, spacecoin-use-case, starlink-review, what-is-spacecoin
Humanity’s Capacity for Change Lies Not Just in Its Desires, But Also Will-power Post date January 9, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In life-lessons, lifehacks, neuroscience, personal-growth, society, the-long-road-home, transformation, willpower
Crypto User’s Guitar Offers More Security Than Traditional Methods Post date January 8, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In crypto-cold-wallet, crypto-secutiry, crypto-wallet-security, crypto-wallet-security-methods, hackernoon-top-story, how-to-protect-your-crypto, lifehacks, musical-memory
2025 Could See Tonga Become the Web3 Tech Hub of the Pacific Post date January 7, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In chainlink-solidity, connectivity, life-lessons, society, tonga-web3, web3, web3-in-the-pacific-islands, web3-pacific-islands
In Tongan Politics, Timing and Grace Often Matter More Than Persistence Post date January 2, 2025 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In dr.-'aisake-eke, lord-nuku, pacific-islands, political-leadership-in-tonga, politics, society, tonga's-parliament, viliami-latu
My Journey as a Web3 Bounty Writer on HackerNoon – PART 2 Post date November 13, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In blockchain, continuous-learning, digital-resilience, hackernoon-writers, lifehacks, skill-investment, web3, web3-bounty
The Long Road Home: A Story of Loss, Learning, and Renaissance – PART 2 Post date November 12, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In edwin-liava, edwin-liava-blog, edwin-liava-life-lessons, hackernoon-top-story, life-lessons, sovereign-renaissance, the-long-way-home, the-simulation-strategists
Life Hack: RED – Retired, Extremely Dexterous Post date November 8, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In cryptocurrency, emerging-technology, financial-independence, inflation, life-hack-interview, life-hacking, technology-leadership, writing-prompts
My Journey as a Smart Contract Security Researcher: First Steps with Cyfrin Updraft Post date November 8, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In blockchain-security-research, cyfrin-updraft, security-researcher, smart-contract-auditing, smart-contract-development, smart-contract-security, smart-contracts, web3
The Long Road Home: A Story of Loss, Learning, and Renaissance – PART 1 Post date November 5, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In edwin-liava, edwin-liava-blog, edwin-liava-life-lessons, hackernoon-top-story, life-lessons, sovereign-renaissance, the-long-way-home, the-simulation-strategists
Building Hybrid Smart Contracts: Integrating Rootstock and Chainlink with Hardhat Post date November 4, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, chainlink-hardhat, chainlink's-oracle-services, evm-compatibility, hybrid-smart-contracts, rootstock, rootstock-and-chainlink, rootstock-hardhat
Niue’s Digital Paradox: A Tale of Selective Connectivity Post date November 1, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In connectivity, fiber-network, internet-governance, internet-on-niue, manatua-one, niue, satellite-communications, tiny-island-states
The Future of Financial Sovereignty for Developing Nations: IMF vs Bitcoin – PART 2 Post date October 11, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, blockchain, brics-alliance, cbdcs, decentralization, economic-resilience, financial-sovereignty, solo-mining
The Future of Financial Sovereignty for Developing Nations: BRICS CDBCs vs Bitcoin – PART 1 Post date October 11, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, blockchain, brics-alliance, cbdcs, decentralization, financial-sovereignty, solo-mining
My Journey as a Web3 Bounty Writer on HackerNoon Post date October 9, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In edwin-liava, general-interview, hackernoon-review, tech-career, tech-career-guide, tech-interviews, technology, writing-prompts
Decentralized Micro-Governance Model for the Kingdom of Tonga Based on Proof-of-Work Consensus Post date September 13, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin-proof-of-work, blockchain, decentralized-governance, decentralized-governance-model, decentralized-government, kingdom-of-tonga, micro-governance-model, proof-of-work
Waking Up from the Sleep of Ignorance: Bitcoin as a Catalyst for Change Post date September 7, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-adoption, bitcoin-maximalism, bitcoin-maximalists, bitcoin-spotlight, future-of-bitcoin, hackernoon-top-story, what-is-bitcoin
Bitcoin: A Guide to Civil Disobedience Post date August 23, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, civil-disobedience, decentralization, digital-currency, financial-freedom, financial-sovereignty, social-change, transparency
Bitcoin: My 3 Horsemen on Hackernoon Post date August 10, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, blockchain-writing, decentralized-technologies, hackernoon, hackernoon-writers, smart-contracts, web3, writing
The Bitcoin Revolution: A Vision for a Decentralized Future from Bitcoin 2024 Post date August 8, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-2024-conference, bitcoin-2024-participants, bitcoin-2024-trump-keynote, bitcoin-development, hackernoon-top-story, proof-of-work, societal-governance
Bitcoin: From Philosophical Ideal to Practical Liberation Post date August 5, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-spotlight, hackernoon-top-story, julian-assange, julian-assange-freed, julian-assange-prison-release, julian-assange-prison-sentence, julian-assange-private-charter
Bitcoin: Proof-of-Work as Humanity’s Emancipation Engine Post date July 29, 2024 Post author By Edwin Liava'a Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-proof-of-work, crypto-and-politics, decentralized-governance, financial-sovereignty, governance-miners, pow-consensus, who-is-satoshi-nakamoto