Early Days of Ethereum

Preserving the history and stories of the people who built Ethereum.

ten years of trueblocks articles

A comprehensive index of 94 articles by Thomas Jay Rush documenting Ethereum's evolution from 2016 to 2025, covering The DAO, data indexing, and decentralized infrastructure.

In January 2026, Thomas Jay Rush published an index of 94 articles written over nearly ten years (May 2016 — December 2025), documenting his work building Ethereum data infrastructure through QuickBlocks and later TrueBlocks.

The articles span six periods:

Period 1: The DAO Era (2016)

10 articles covering The DAO attack, smart contract security, and immutability debates.

Period 2: Early Ethereum Infrastructure (2017)

11 articles on block production, the difficulty bomb, and early data indexing concepts, including the announcement of QuickBlocks.

Period 3: QuickBlocks Development (2018–2019)

15 articles on building local-first Ethereum data tools, address indexing, and decentralization philosophy.

Period 4: TrueBlocks Foundation (2020–2021)

17 articles covering the transition from QuickBlocks to TrueBlocks, Ethereum issuance analysis, and archive node infrastructure.

Period 5: TrueBlocks Maturity (2022–2023)

21 articles on EF grant funding, competitive analysis, tutorial recipes, and AI experiments.

Period 6: MiniDapps & Modern Era (2024–2025)

20 articles on MiniDapps development, local-first architecture, and philosophical reflections.

The full index of all 94 articles is available in Rush's compilation post linked above.