For the last three months I have been living in Cancun, Mexico, taking a break from hiking, focusing on all the projects I’ve had in my head for far too long. I came to get dental work done, and haven’t yet found a reason to leave. Since I’ve been here, I’ve built a crypto wallet […]
Author: cleanshave
The Return of Bernard, the Burglar Cat
Cat Burglar and the Golden Egg is now available on Amazon Kindle! Bernard, the burglar cat, is a nod to one of my all-time favorite mystery series: the Burglar novels by Lawrence Block. Like Block’s books, Bernard’s story let me play with the line between crime and fun, but with whiskers, a tail, and a […]
The Hunt Protocol
A Guide to Reclaiming Your Evolutionary Birthright By Ellis Vaughn, Ph.D. “We did not evolve to sit in chairs, to stare at screens, to consume perpetually. We evolved to move, to persist, to hunt. The human body contains ancient wisdom that can only be accessed when we return to the conditions under which it was […]
Two New Books Now Available on Amazon Kindle
It has been nearly seven years since I last published anything. In that time, I’ve wandered across deserts and mountaintops, lived out of my backpack, slept under the stars, and completely lost track of what it means to sit still long enough to write a book. The truth is, life has been both amazing, and […]
Between Pages and Pixels
In 2022 I lost years worth of unpublished writing. Now, living in Cancun, in my own sort of monk-like retreat, I have cracked open the corrupted file that once held my hopes and dreams of a future earning a living as a writer. Not everything is there, not everything is complete, and what remains is […]
The Harvest
It takes a farmer to understand the Rapture. I was in the field at dawn, knees deep in wet cucumber rows, when the rain started, soft and steady, like a whispered warning. The patter on the leaves reminded me of a lullaby. But today it carried something else, as if nature herself were signaling something […]
Florida to Cancun
Hiking across Florida was everything I’d hoped, good people, endless sky, and a life spent outside. But beneath the ease of it all, a nagging thought filled me with subtle dread. A goal left unfinished. Something that felt beyond my capabilities, beyond what I could take on while living out of a backpack. And yet, […]
Alice Wallet: Stellar Testnet Tutorial
Stellar Testnet deletes assets after a period of time. All of the assets on this page, including the USDC Faucet, no longer work. You can still use the Alice Testnet Wallet to practice, funding it with XLM, but the Alice and USDC on the Curated Assets list will not work. Welcome to Alice Alice, or […]
Market Positioning and Trading Path Analysis in AMM Systems
The success of an Automated Market Maker (AMM) systems increasingly depends on the strategic positioning of liquidity pools and the efficiency of trading paths. Understanding where a liquidity pool fits in a broader trading ecosystem, and how trades flow through direct and indirect routes, is essential for optimizing returns and minimizing volatility. This post explores […]
Understanding Price Impact and Slippage in Liquidity Pool Dynamics
Automated Market Makers (AMMs) have become central to the functioning of liquidity across networks like Stellar. One of the most important aspects of AMM-based trading is understanding how price impact and slippage affect trades and liquidity pool performance. This post explores how these dynamics work, why they matter, and how they influence returns for liquidity […]