Molly White
Molly White — Researcher, software engineer, Wikipedian
Researcher, software engineer, and writer who focuses on the cryptocurrency industry, blockchains, web3, and tech more broadly.
mollywhite.netThe industry that promised it would free us from captured institutions has captured them itself.
Molly White made her name documenting crypto industry failures with surgical precision and deadpan wit, and has since expanded into broader tech accountability and political corruption. Her writing is dense with facts and light on filler — she arranges the evidence and trusts you to draw conclusions. The site itself is a model indie web presence: a living microblog, a curated blogroll with OPML export, and a longer-form newsletter (Citation Needed) for the investigative deep dives.
Written by Molly White since 2019.
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Read "Genre glitches and unexpected promotional phrases as a sign of AI writing"
Read: “Genre glitches and unexpected promotional phrases as a sign of AI writing”. Jill Walker Rettberg in her blog. Published May 13, 2026.A genre glitch is a characteristic of LLM-assisted writing where the text suddenly switches genre, typically inserting a short promotional phrase full of sensory details into an informational text.Posted: May 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC. Tagged: artificial intelligence.
Note published on May 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTC
Posted: May 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTC. Also posted to: Mastodon, BlueskyTagged: Atlas.
Note published on May 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM UTC
A recent CoinDesk survey found 73% disapprove of government officials having crypto business ties, yet 55% weren’t aware of Trump’s involvement, and only 17% knew he co-founded World Liberty Financial.This underscores why my work at Citation Needed is so necessary.https://www.citationneeded.news/signup/Posted: May 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM UTC. Also posted to: Mastodon, BlueskyTagged: Citation Needed.
Published on Citation Needed: "Issue 105 – The new boogeyman"
Published an issue of Citation Needed: Issue 105 – The new boogeyman A crypto billionaire who escaped fraud allegations after investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s crypto projects is now accusing them of fraudPosted: May 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC. Also posted to:MastodonBlueskyYoutubeTagged: crypto, crypto lobby, Justin Sun, Trump administration, World Liberty Financial.
Note published on April 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM UTC
i like to think if anyone ever hacks my Google account they'll get totally derailed trying to decipher my hundreds of spreadsheets that all look something like thisPosted: April 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM UTC. Also posted to: Mastodon, Bluesky
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