Hi there, I’m DJ 👋

I started my first software company in 1995 and sold it in 1999 as the dotcom bubble was peaking. Over the next 20 years I co-founded half a dozen companies in the software and digital media space. In 2015 I kinda burned out on tech and started investing in real estate, eventually acquiring over 300 units of multifamily housing.

However, I’ve always kept one foot in the tech world, and in the last several years I’ve been fascinated by the blockchain as both a technology and a mechanism for capital formation and coordination.

In 2022 I launched REI DAO to help push tokenization of real estate assets at the grass roots level. I also helped launch the Real World Assets Consortium and joined Cougar DAO in order to practice what I preach.

A few months ago I realized something: there are a lot of companies and organizations bringing assets on chain, and new ones launch every day. I created a database to keep track of them, then realized that other folks might want to keep track of them too. So I put the database online at RealWeb3db.com

Why Subscribe?

Because I’m awesome, duh. Also, I post a weekly-ish round up of news, links, Tweet threads, podcasts, events and anything else related to putting real world assets on the blockchain.

Most Crypto is Fake

I’m gonna level with you. Crypto is chock full of scammers, ponzi schemes, “influencers” (grifters) and all manner of villainy suitable for the Star Wars cantina.

BUT.

This is Real

There are enormous economic forces already starting to incorporate the blockchain into their operations; you just can’t see them yet. It’s akin to Linux in the mid nineties - an interesting “toy” for hackers that has since come to dominate he Internet’s infrastructure. You can’t see it, but it’s there. And it’s spectacular.

Come along for the ride by subscribing today!

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