« What the past two weeks have revealed is that this world existed on a single fragile assumption; that the United States would continue to operate within the system it created. American hegemony was tolerable because it created a system that seemingly restrained itself. Nation-state sovereignty was subsidized by American hegemony. »
« An IP address is rarely tied to a single resource. The same machine can run a website, a mail server, and a DNS service, or host dozens of unrelated websites through virtual hosting. On top of that, providers often recycle IPs, assigning them to new customers once they are freed. In the context of Piracy Shield, this creates the perfect storm. Since blocks are applied almost indefinitely, the natural churn of Internet hosting means that one decision to block a pirate stream can later drag down completely unrelated, legitimate services. »
« Follow your natural curiosity. It doesn’t matter how smart or more experienced someone else may be; if you have that natural drive, you can overcome anything. » - @defidave
« FX and crypto are tightly connected, not because crypto began as “money,” but because currency friction was one of the first real problems crypto accidentally solved. »
« This thesis argues that entities controlling high quality, domain specific datasets, position themselves as perennial shovel sellers. Such data is indispensable for training advanced AI models, remains scarce due to ethical, regulatory, and acquisition barriers, and generates perpetual value in an ecosystem where AI's hunger for information is insatiable. »
« Coinbase, through its L2 network Base, generated ~71% of the Superchain's sequencer revenue in 2025 while paying just 2.5% back to the Optimism Collective. »
« You can go get a job, so why does it matter if you aren’t a trader?
If I fail at this after spending so much time on it, I’m afraid my family will think I’m worthless because I wasted so much time with nothing to show for it, and if everyone thinks I am worthless they will eventually leave me. If my wife and parents abandon me, what will I have to live for? I’d rather just die. »
« Another related fact: only 2 of the mag 7 names outperformed the underlying index in 2025. So the narrative that only 7 names are propping up returns and the market as a whole continues to be debunked »
« If there’s anything that gives me comfort here, it’s that old journalism-school maxims can still help us see through the scams. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. If your mother says she loves you, check it out. Always get a second source. And one more from the social media age: you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage. »
« We are not talking about "oh Solana does 4,000 TPS and MegaETH does more." We are talking about fundamentally different design philosophies. Solana asks: "How do we process more transactions?" MegaETH asks: "How do we enable applications that could not exist before?" »
The other I’ve put my $70 borrowed threw @quotient on 0x0615E0256B7c4355D385d4Cb2752e4AFc0159276 and lost everything
Not enough traction on the first « coined post » of Nick
Right after that, all the creator coin debate started
Only possible on here
