diff --git a/ethan-plante.md b/ethan-plante.md
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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - A [[person]] on [[twitter]]: https://twitter.com/plantey_tools
 - Preferred platform: [[discord]].
 - [[go]] https://github.com/Ejipuh/Plantey-Garden/blob/main/Introducing%20focus%20filters%20and%20items.md
+- Into [[cryptocurrency]], [[blockchain]]
 
 
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diff --git a/journal/2020-12-18.md b/journal/2020-12-18.md
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--- a/journal/2020-12-18.md
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@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@
   - [[necklace-of-community-projects]]
   - [[carnival]]
 - Talked to [[jonathan-the-utopian]]
+- Talked to [[ethan-plante]]
+  - Introduced me to [[polkadot]]
 - [[do]]
   - Install Foam in [[nox]]
   - [[agora plan]]
   - [[threadapalooza]]?
+  - [[research]] [[hypothes.is]]
+    - what is their longer term vision?
+    - what is their method of governance?
+    - what is their stack like?
+    - how stable is their funding?
   - [[tweet]]
     - Internet comments are the past. A multiplicity of takes on the same object matter are in.
 
@@ -32,5 +39,7 @@
 [nox]: ../nox "Nox"
 [agora plan]: ../agora-plan "Agora Plan"
 [threadapalooza]: ../threadapalooza "Threadapalooza"
+[research]: ../research "Research"
+[hypothes.is]: ../hypothes.is "hypothes.is"
 [tweet]: ../tweet "Tweet"
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Polkadot
+
+- [[go]] https://polkadot.network/technology/
+  - "Polkadot is a [[network protocol]] that allows arbitrary data to be transferred across [[blockchains]]". 
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[go]: go "Go"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
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