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I’m Sam Priestley and this is my blog where I share my experiences and insights gathered from the last 15 years working for myself. I hope you find the articles useful.

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AI Inception: Building an AI Website with AI

AI Inception: Building an AI Website with AI

I have been really interested in AI recently. So I thought now was a good time to see if it could build a business for me. A business built by AI and using AI. The Idea So in this post, I will attempt to build a 'business', or rather a money-generating website, using...

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Life, Loss and Memories

Life, Loss and Memories

Hello, dear readers. It has been a long while since my last personal post, and a lot has happened. My businesses have been going well - too well, really - and mayhaps that success is partly to blame for why this blog has been so sporadic. Don't worry, I'll be writing...

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MEV And The Evolution Of Frontrunning On Ethereum

MEV And The Evolution Of Frontrunning On Ethereum

The financial game Half-Rekt (NME) is a very interesting study for anyone interested in arbitrage or front running in the dark forest of Ethereum. It was structured in a way that we can watch the entire evolution in just one day. Every hour there was a simple function...

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The $15m Eminence Defi Attack Explained

The $15m Eminence Defi Attack Explained

Early morning on Tuesday 29 September an arber/hacker found an exploit with the brand new Eminence (EMN) system that allowed them to do a flash loan and arb out $15m profit. In this post, I will go over exactly how they did it. The arb was split over three identical...

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How Crypto Flashloans & Flashswaps Work

How Crypto Flashloans & Flashswaps Work

The coolest innovation in the past year in crypto and defi are flash loans. Flash loans allow you to borrow money with no collateral provided you pay it back in the same transaction. In this post I will explain what flash loans are, how they work and what they are...

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