The documentation layer behind Avici just got smarter than... most crypto payment apps 🧾 They're not just processing transactions They're generating the full professional records you actually need, straight from self-custodial payments: → Real PDF receipts with merchant details → Clean account summaries without cryptic hashes → Transaction history formatted for accounting You get payment infrastructure that works like traditional finance without giving up your keys This design kills two problems at once 💳: 1. Can't ask businesses to adopt crypto when receipts are blockchain explorer links 2. Can't scale real-world usage when every payment needs manual documentation Most crypto payment solutions either work fast or look professional Avici built the layer where $10M in real transactions comes with receipts your accountant can actually useshow more

Self-custodial spending just hit a real milestone 💳 Avici... processed $10M in real world transactions without users giving up their keys That number proves something the industry has been trying to solve for years Traditional crypto cards require deposits into custodial wallets. Card issuer holds your funds. You spend from their balance The self-custodial model flips it Stablecoins stay in your wallet until point of sale. Conversion happens in real time through Apple Pay and Google Pay Coffee, flights, daily purchases settle directly from your balance No custody handoff. No withdrawal process 🏦 0% fees exist because there's no intermediary holding balances. No spend limits exist because there's no credit risk when users control funds 100M+ merchants accept it through existing payment rails The gap between holding crypto and spending it used to force a choice between security and usability That tradeoff is becoming optional as infrastructure maturesshow more

You don’t actually own your assets. Not when they’re... held by third parties. Not when someone else holds the keys. BlackFort changes that. ⚔️ A new standard is here. Built from the ground up to be fast. secure. sovereign. 🔗 BlackFort Blockchain BlackFort Blockchain Enterprise-grade Layer-1. Powered by Hyperledger. From smart contracts to tokenized real estate. Scalable, secure, and ready to serve the real world. 🔐 BlackFort Wallet BlackFort Wallet Self-custodial. Multi-chain. Designed for clarity and full control. No middlemen. No compromise. Just you and your crypto, exactly as it should be. 💳 BlackFort Pay (coming soon) BlackFort Pay Web3 meets the real economy. Cashback. Seamless crypto spending. Fiat on- and off-ramps. Your digital assets, finally usable. Everywhere. 🏠 BlackFort Real Estate BlackFort Real Estate From physical to programmable. Fractional ownership, secure transfers, and on-chain infrastructure. Built to move real value: fast, transparent, borderless. All roads lead to BlackFort Because it’s more than a blockchain. It’s ownership. It’s infrastructure. It’s the future. And $BXN is the key. 🗝 #BlackFort #BXN #OwnTheChain #Layer1 #AllRoadsLeadToBlackFortshow more

5 travel tips for Southeast Asia 1/ Carry small... cash, but don’t rely on it alone. Street food, markets, and small local shops may still prefer cash, but most cities are now built around QR payments and mobile-first spending. 2/ Learn the local payment habits before you land. Thailand uses PromptPay. Vietnam uses VietQR. The Philippines uses QRPh. Indonesia uses QRIS. Knowing this saves time at checkout. 3/ Keep your travel wallet simple. Cards, cash, exchange counters, and multiple local apps can get messy fast. The easier option is having one wallet that works across different payment moments. 4/ Use crypto where it actually makes sense. For travelers holding digital assets, crypto becomes useful when it can be spent in real life. With PayWithCrypto, scan-to-pay makes everyday payments easier across supported local QR systems. 5/ Spend like a local, move like a traveler. The best travel setup is simple: fewer steps, fewer fees, and payments that work naturally wherever the day takes you. Travel is changing. Payments should travel with you.show more

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT: STABLECOINS ARE LIVE ON Meow. SEND AND... RECEIVE USDC, FOR FREE, ALL FROM YOUR EXISTING CASH BALANCE! Now on Meow, you can send and receive USDC for free. All from your existing cash balance. That's right: the days of needing to pre-fund, maintain, and log in to a crypto exchange just to send and receive USDC are over, permanently. The SAME balance that you use for ALL your business finances, payroll, and corporate cards — is the one you can now use to send and receive USDC. This has huge ramifications for: — Crypto companies: that transact in USDC — Crypto VCs: who fund investments in USDC — Businesses: that receive vendor payments in USDC, and pay contractors internationally And the best part? These USDC transactions integrate natively with your accounting software, like QuickBooks, NetSuite, Puzzle, and more. And if that’s not enough? You can set up: — Custom spend controls, per dollar amount — Multi-user permissions And 2FA is enforced on every transaction This is one of our MOST REQUESTED FEATURES and we believe Meow is the first major business banking fintech in the U.S. (over $1 billion in assets on the platform) to support free sending and receiving USDC. Business finance is business finance, whether it's cash or stablecoins. The "bridge between Web2 and Web3" is finally here, for real. No more maintaining separate accounts at crypto exchanges for businesses. Crypto companies and crypto funds, apply today: Meow is a financial technology company, not a bank. Bridge is a licensed Money Services Business operating out of the United States.show more

A traveler taps her card at a market thousands... of miles from home. The payment feels instant, simple, straightforward. It’s not. Behind that tap, money may need to move across currencies, banks, payment providers, and borders. Traditional systems often require companies to park funds in local accounts before they are needed, leaving capital stagnant for long periods of time where it’s not able to earn a return or be put to work. Members of the Avalanche Payments Collective are building a more efficient global payments model, one that keeps capital productive up until the moment it needs to move. Here are five members working across different parts of cross-border payments and treasury infrastructure: Axiym provides payment and treasury infrastructure that helps institutions route liquidity and settle transactions without pre-funding every market. Its technology supported Hyundai Motor America’s stablecoin payment to its Mexico affiliate, completed on Avalanche in minutes instead of days. Nonco helps institutions exchange currencies and stablecoins by requesting prices directly from a network of professional liquidity providers. That gives them access to more competitive rates while allowing both sides of the transaction to settle together onchain. SMBC, Japan’s second-largest bank, is exploring stablecoin infrastructure for wholesale institutional payments. It is also working alongside MUFG and Mizuho on a potential yen-pegged stablecoin initiative built on Avalanche. StraitsX is working with KBank through Project BLOOM to develop payment infrastructure that can improve settlement across Southeast Asian corridors where moving money remains particularly slow and expensive. AeraTech helps multinational companies manage cash across subsidiaries, offset internal obligations, and settle inter-company payments without unnecessarily routing every transaction through external banks. These different companies all represent or engage with different parts of the payment and treasury stack. But they all have a shared goal: keep capital working longer, move it when it is needed, and make cross-border payments faster and more efficient. That is what the Avalanche Payments Collective is bringing together. Frictionless, borderless payments that really are instant, simple, and straightforward.show more

I've been wanting to say this for months. This... is what Web3 should look like. With NBA Top Shot and Dapper Labs, NFTs don't SUCK. You don't need to know what blockchain is and you don't need forever to set up a wallet and add crypto JUST to get started. (There's little mention of the words blockchain or NFT in the platform itself.) The platform's UX is top-of-the-line considering it's in beta. It's so easy to use and navigate. Transactions are so fast and cheap. As a designer myself, I'm really impressed. Not to even mention the Tiktok-like experience on the mobile app! Most importantly, you're not collecting just over-glorified digital cats or apes, but moments by real people— athletes. I've tried many Web3 or NFT products and this doesn't even come close. You're not going to revolutionize your product by changing "Connect" to "Sign in". This should've been obvious from the beginning. IT'S MORE THAN THAT. The future of Web3 is here. Take note!show more

Want to know how rare sapphires are meeting blockchain... tech in a way that actually makes sense? This gem auction platform caught my eye... @SapphireSwap launches May 13 (1PM UTC) on Base, marking PROOF's second release. But here's why this one's different... 🧵 👇 Forget artificial hype. They're tokenizing REAL sapphires through $SFT, with AI enhancing the auction process. Not your typical "trust me bro" backed assets These gems? Legit. We're talking certified Sri Lankan sapphires with full documentation. The best part? You can actually redeem them IRL Here's where it gets interesting: Token holders can join auctions, earn via GemStake, and participate in governance. They've already got $500K+ in verified inventory ready to go The fundamentals are solid: ✅ Full team KYC ✅ External audit complete ✅ 365-day locked liquidity No corners cut here And get this - they've built a working e-commerce backend. This isn't just another crypto project; it's a bridge between luxury assets and blockchain This feels like the real deal - bringing actual valuable gems into the Web3 space, with proper infrastructure to back it up. Watch this spaceshow more

🚨 ⚡ Breaking: I’m proud to share that has... raised $82 million in Series B funding to build the first truly global #crypto #payments #network – one that makes crypto as easy, seamless, and universal to use as fiat. Most of the investments were closed with PayPal USD (#PYUSD) stablecoin. This round, led by Paradigm (Charlie Noyes & Matt Huang) with participation from Consensys.eth , QuantumLight, Yolo Investments, Evolution VC, Hike Ventures, Opportuna and AltaIR Capital, that brings our total funding to over $120 million. Regulatory clarity is taking shape, institutions are leaning in, and #stablecoins are booming. The industry has gotten everything it could have asked for – and then some. Crypto finally has its shot at mainstream adoption. The industry is ready, the technology is ready and we believe #Payments are the unlock. 💡 What is Mesh and How it solves the crypto payments challenges? Mesh is building the #network that connects #wallets, #exchanges, Payment Service Providers (PSPs), and businesses as one cohesive operating system. Users can pay with any asset they hold – BTC, ETH, SOL – while merchants settle in the hashtag#stablecoin of their choice: PYUSD, RLUSD, USDC. It’s seamless, instant, and works everywhere. Just like it should. It’s the foundational infrastructure for a #borderless, open financial system. A system where payments aren’t confined by geography, banking hours, or asset types. One network that works across #TradFi and #crypto. Our technology already powers payments, deposits, and transfers across 300+ wallets, exchanges, and platforms. We reach over 400 million users in 100+ countries. With this capital, we’re expanding globally to making crypto payments as easy as using a credit card. Thank you to everyone on the Mesh team and all of our investors and advisors for their brilliance, hard work, and inspiration. This milestone would not have been possible without their continued support and trust in our vision. We look forward to entering this next phase of growth together. And we are hiring! DM me to build the future together. #Crypto #Payments #Stablecoins #Fundraise #Meshshow more

Month 1: $0 Month 2: $0 Month 3: $205... Month 4: 50,532 This is what actually happens when you stop overthinking and start a faceless YouTube channel the right way. Most people quit in the first 60 days because they see zero results and assume it doesn’t work. But the ones who push through the first two months with consistency usually see their first real payout in month 3. Here’s the simple system that makes this possible: Step 1: Pick one proven niche (history, facts, motivation, or luxury) and stick to it. Step 2: Use AI to generate 30 video ideas in one sitting so you never run out of content. Step 3: Outsource or use AI to create the videos (script + voice + editing) so you can upload consistently without burning out. Step 4: Upload 3–5 videos per week and stay consistent for 90 days without checking analytics every day. The first two months are almost always quiet. The third month is where most people either quit or finally get paid. If you’re willing to be patient for 90 days, this model still works extremely well in 2026. Watch the full breakdown in the video.show more

Octav Phase 2 is live. More modular. More professional.... Built for the people who actually run capital. DeFi fund managers have been forced to patch together spreadsheets, dashboards, Dune queries, and half-broken bots just to answer basic questions like: What’s my NAV today? What’s my real exposure? Why does nothing reconcile? So we rebuilt Octav from the ground up not as a dashboard… but as a modular financial data platform for digital assets. Introducing Octav Phase 2: A redesigned, professional-grade Octav Pro Built with fund managers, for fund managers. Cleaner UI. Faster workflows. Better reconciliation. Your entire portfolio, finally under control. A more modular architecture Add the pieces you need: NAV engine → PnL → risk → exposure → entity grouping → custom labels. Pick the modules. Build your stack. Scale as you grow. The new Octav API For teams that want to industrialize their reporting. Plug Octav’s data layer into your internal systems, bots, accounting stack, or investor dashboards. It’s fast, accurate, and ready for production. This is what Phase 2 is about: Empowering fund managers to run a professional operation in a market that’s been held together by duct tape. Funds, DAOs, quant desks, allocators your new infrastructure is here. Welcome to Octav Phase 2. Modular. Professional. API-first. Exactly what Digital asset managers needed.show more

We all remember. We all remember when blockchain was... pitched as the next big thing. And today, we feel like we’ve been waiting and waiting. Until recently, Blockchain was too expensive, slow under load, and hard to integrate for most businesses. So enterprises ignored it. It didn’t solve their business problems. That’s changed. Why blockchain, why now? Businesses don’t care about the tech, they care about cost and performance. They’d ask a simple question “Does it save or make me more money?” For a long time, blockchain didn’t clearly do this. That’s no longer true. Blockchain is proving real business cases, especially on Avalanche. On Avalanche, transactions cost fractions of a cent. settle in about a second. And instead of forcing everything onto one shared chain, businesses can launch their own Avalanche L1s with their own rules. To understand this let’s identify the problem and then provide the solution in a way that's easy to understand. Where Businesses Lose Money Most large industries lose money due to operational inefficiencies. Data lives in different systems. Teams spend hours reconciling records that should already match. Intermediaries sit in the middle, taking fees to coordinate all of it. Individually, each step looks small. Together, they create real cost: > Labor spent on manual processes > Capital locked up during settlement delays > Fees paid to intermediaries > Risk introduced by time gaps and mismatched data This is where businesses actually lose money. Not in big, obvious ways. In constant, compounding friction. Take Private Credit, for Example Private credit is loans held outside of traditional banks. It’s a multi-trillion dollar market, and much of it still runs on spreadsheets and weekly reconciliation processes. Loan data is tracked across systems. Teams manually process requests. Funds move on traditional rails, often on delayed cycles. It doesn’t have to be this way Entire teams exist just to keep systems in sync. Now move that system onto Avalanche. Loan data updates in real time. Transactions settle in about a second. Every participant sees the same state instantly. Reconciliation isn’t a separate step because the system itself is the source of truth. The impact is straightforward. > Reduced manual work > Shortened settlement cycles > Fewer layers of coordination between parties Avalanche is Infrastructure for Real Businesses Avalanche is designed to match how businesses actually operate. Instead of sharing a single chain, they can launch their own Avalanche L1s with custom rules, built-in compliance, and predictable performance. They control the system. Avalanche’s Moment For the longest time, blockchain naysayers said this could all be done better with spreadsheets or existing systems. They were right. That’s what the technology allowed. Now it’s changed. Avalanche can replace many of those systems with real-time settlement, shared data, and automated execution. For the first time, the economics work. Built for business. 🔺show more

Time to reveal my new project. And no -... it’s not a token like you might’ve guessed. It’s something better. Crypto private groups usually fall into 2 categories: • Cash-grabs • Not good enough to be worth paying for It’s time to change that. That’s why I built Degen University 🎓: - Just $99/m - 12 top mentors covering everything: memecoins, airdrops, trading: (spot, futures, scalping, intraday), arbitrage, tokensales: 1-3 dedicated mentors for literally every important crypto topic - follow & master it all in one place - 24/7 access to chat with mentors - Learning platform with 170+ articles on every crypto topic - Limited spots to avoid unnecessary noise This isn’t just another default private group - it’s a full-scale crypto platform. Why I decided to launch it: I’ve written 500+ absolutely free educational threads over the past 2 years, helping thousands learn how to make money in crypto. But I noticed a gap: - Many ppl aren’t motivated to learn when it’s free - or they can’t find the right community and quality learning resources. - Those who already have at least some capital and are ready to invest it to learn faster and access better information don’t really have a place to do that. - I can't share lowcap calls publicly cause my audience is too big, and the price impact would be massive. Private group solve these problems, but all the private groups I checked are complete garbage - insanely overpriced, full of noise, no real alpha, no structure, no value, just promises. That’s why I launched Degen University 🎓. Why I made it paid? - To build the first truly high-quality platform, I’ll need to pay a full team (12 ppl already, and it's just a start) - and I’m not an altruist doing it out of my own pocket 😁 (plus, yeah, I’d like to earn too). - People need real community to grow, not free groups full of lazy poor gamblers chasing 1000x without doing the work. A $99/month fee filters them out. This is built for those who are serious. Built not to steal your money, but to win together. Launch in 24h: at 20:00 UTC tomorrow (June 5th). Spots are limited, be ready.show more

AI IS NO LONGER JUST WRITING CODE IT iS... STARTING TO MOVE THINGS IN THE REAL WORLD. Someone just built a pizza delivery system where the drone does the driving No delivery car No traffic No driver sitting behind the wheel Just: -> Order comes in -> Drone picks up the pizza -> Flies directly to the destination -> Delivers it -> Returns And this is where the AI story gets interesting For years, the AI boom was mostly digital: > Chatbots > Coding agents > Image generation > AI music > AI video But the next phase is different AI is getting a body The same technology stack that started with models and GPUs is now moving into the physical world NVIDIA built the compute layer Researchers built the models Companies like Zoox are building autonomous vehicles And now we're seeing AI powered machines actually move through the real world The crazy part? We designed entire cities around the assumption that humans have to physically drive everything AI doesn't have that limitation Why send a pizza through 5 km of traffic when a machine can simply fly over it? The AI boom isn't just about replacing human work It's about removing constraints humans had to design around The next big AI companies might not live inside your browser They might be flying above your house Bookmark this so you wont miss the next deliveryshow more

Your metabolism isn’t broken. You’re just playing the wrong... game. Post-chest day pump into a full Forbici feast: their largest pepperoni pizza, cacio e pepe, Caesar salad, double protein chicken bowl, and wine. This is what metabolic flexibility actually looks like. When you carry significant muscle mass at 12% body fat, your body becomes a completely different machine. You’re not just “lean”, you’re metabolically advantaged. Think of it like this: Fat cells are storage units. Muscle cells are furnaces. The more furnaces you have running 24/7, the more fuel you can throw at them without consequence. At 12% body fat with real muscle tissue, your insulin sensitivity is optimized. Nutrients partition preferentially into muscle, not fat. Your body actually PREFERS to burn fat for fuel at rest and shuttle carbs into muscle for growth and performance. This is why I can destroy an entire Italian feast on date night without anxiety or tomorrow’s cardio “punishment.” The muscle mass creates metabolic flexibility, the ability to efficiently use whatever fuel source you give it. Most people obsess over aggressive deficits and endless cardio, treating fat loss like an emergency. Yes, these tools work. Yes, you can preserve muscle if you’re smart about it. But you’re still playing defense, constantly fighting to maintain what little muscle you have while grinding through restriction. The game isn’t just getting lean. It’s building the engine that makes being lean effortless. When you prioritize muscle acquisition FIRST, you create a physique that burns more calories at rest, handles carbs better, and allows you to eat like someone who enjoys date night. Stop majoring in the minors. Build the metabolic advantage first, then reveal what you’ve built. Your grandmother was right - you need to eat. When you have the muscle mass to support it, food becomes fuel, not the enemy.show more

G to the M fam Has anyone touched the... grass today? Tria just announced a big Season 3 AMA tomorrow, June 17 at 10 AM EST, with Decibel, Aptos and special guests. They’re breaking down all the new updates. One action now hits multiple reward layers, Epoch 2 extended to July 15, and they keep adding real utility like seamless perps, yield, and card spending. This is how you build real retention and mindshare. Quip Network is one of the few projects that keeps delivering quiet but meaningful signals. they’re not just talking about quantum advantage ... they’re actively demonstrating it. using real D-Wave Advantage2 annealing quantum computers on testnet to solve optimization problems far more efficiently than classical systems, potentially using up to 100x less energy. this is helping flip the old narrative of crypto wasting energy into one where decentralized compute can be far more efficient and useful. ARC Terminal is built for something most AI tools ignore. most people treat their AI usage like isolated conversations that reset every time. ARC turns every interaction into permanent capital. your core graph weaves every research thread, decision, and preference into a living, evolving structure that gets stronger the more you use it. your context and intelligence layer compound over time instead of disappearing. Nomisma Season 3 is live and the rewarded testnet is open to everyone. Hundreds of thousands of Diamonds have already been distributed, with more rewards ahead. Nomisen ID minting is free, and testnet assets are distributed based on your wallet activity across EVM networks. which one are you most focused on or participating in right now? Rivershow more

Venezuela's experience with hyperinflation is a real eye-opener on... how quickly things can go south when inflation gets out of hand. It's like watching your money turn into nothing right before your eyes, which is exactly what happened with the bolívar. Here's what other countries might take away from this: First off, don't put all your economic eggs in one basket. Venezuela leaned too heavily on oil, and when oil prices tanked, so did their economy. Countries should mix it up, invest in different industries so they're not riding the wave of just one commodity or sector. Then there's the money printing story. If you just keep printing money to cover your debts or fund your government, you're asking for trouble. It's like trying to fill a bathtub with the plug out – the water (or money, in this case) just keeps disappearing, and that's inflation for you. Also, having a central bank that can do its job without politicians breathing down its neck can make a big difference. It's about keeping the economy in check without the panic of election cycles or political whims. And let's not forget good governance. Venezuela's economic crisis was made worse by corruption and mismanagement. If those in power aren't playing by the rules, the whole economy suffers. It's like building a house with rotten wood; it might look okay at first, but it won't last. The social fallout from this crisis shows us that when the economy crashes, it's not just about numbers. People's lives are turned upside down – they can't afford food or medicine. Countries need to have safety nets in place, like strong social programs, to catch folks when they fall. Lastly, using dollars instead of bolívares in Venezuela tells us that while pegging your currency to a stable one like the dollar can calm things down quickly, it's a double-edged sword. You might stabilize, but you also give up control over your own money game, which can be risky down the line. So, Venezuela's story is a wake-up call: diversify your economy, manage your money wisely, keep politics out of your central bank, ensure your leaders are playing fair, and always remember that behind every economic decision, there are real people whose lives are affected.show more

There’s a reason the LimeWire name still hits people... instantly. If you were around in the early internet days, LimeWire was everywhere. Music discovery, file sharing, chaos, excitement. It shaped how a whole generation interacted with the web. That kind of brand memory doesn’t fade and LimeWire is proving it can be reused in a serious way. What’s different now is the foundation. LimeWire Network is the decentralized storage layer of LimeWire, built on BNB Chain. It is not a nostalgia project. It is infrastructure. Storage, transfers, and usage are happening on chain, designed to scale for real applications rather than demos. The growth backs that up. Looking at recent data on lmwrscan, LimeWire Network has already moved into tens of terabytes of stored data, with tens of thousands of uploads and consistent daily activity. Network usage keeps climbing, not spiking once and disappearing. That kind of curve usually shows real users, not incentive farming. And the economics are clear. The $LMWR token sits at the center of the system. Users pay in LMWR to use storage. Node operators earn LMWR for providing resources. Rewards and payments stay inside the ecosystem instead of leaking out to third parties. That loop matters. Most decentralized storage networks struggle because nobody knows they exist. LimeWire doesn’t have that problem. The brand alone opens doors, pulls attention, and lowers the friction for new users to try the product. When you combine that with live usage data and a functioning token economy, the upside starts to look asymmetric. Built on BNB Chain, LimeWire Network also gets the scalability needed if adoption keeps accelerating. That choice signals intent to grow, not just experiment. This feels like a rare case where nostalgia is not the product, it is the distribution layer. Curious how you see it. Are you watching LimeWire because of the brand comeback, the LimeWire Network growth, or the role of the LMWR token in the long run?show more

Europe is quietly becoming what the United States once... promised the world. More and more people are looking at their best years ahead and choosing a place where everyday life is designed to work. Where the future feels stable enough to plan for. Where safety is not a luxury product. Where you can build a good life without gambling your health, your family, or your dignity on one bad month. In much of Europe, the “dream” is not about becoming a billionaire. It is about becoming unafraid. It is the freedom of walking home at night without scanning every shadow. The comfort of knowing that if you get sick, you do not need to calculate whether you can afford to be treated. The relief of having a society that still believes children should carry backpacks, not trauma, and definitely not weapons. The calm of streets built for human beings, not just cars. The ability to take a holiday without feeling like you are committing career suicide. The basic decency of labor protections that assume you are a person first and a resource second. And then there is the part people underestimate until they live it: the texture of life. The cities are older and more beautiful than you expect. The distances are smaller. Weekends are real. Food is real. Public spaces are not just decorative, they are functional. Parks are full. Cafes are full. Trains take you somewhere, often across borders, without turning travel into a stress test. You can live in one country, work with another, and visit a third like it is normal because, in many places, it is. The European dream is also a quiet confidence in the social contract. That if you contribute, the system does not abandon you. That you can raise a family without feeling like you are one accident away from ruin. That “getting ahead” does not require burning out. That a good society is one where normal people can live normal lives and still feel proud of them. This is why more and more Americans are not just visiting Europe, but staying. Some come for studies and never leave. Some arrive for a job and realise the lifestyle is the real promotion. Some originally planned a one year experiment and then cannot imagine going back to a place where stress is treated as a personality trait and insecurity is marketed as freedom. Europe is not perfect. It has bureaucracy. It has politics. It has problems that deserve criticism. But in many European countries, life is still built around a simple idea: society should reduce fear, not monetise it. That is the new dream. And people can feel it the moment they arrive. If you could choose one thing to trade for a better life, what would it be: more income, or more security? And what do you think your country would have to change for people to stop leaving, and start staying? Stay connected, Follow Gandalv Gandalvshow more

Cal AI might be the most viral health app... this year. 8M+ downloads, projected to do $30M revenue this year. Built by two teenagers. Everyone's using it. But nobody's talking about the fact that their AI is completely broken... To the point where users are manually correcting EVERY meal. • Bowl of grapes: 60 cal estimate (actually ~260) • 4 boiled eggs: 1,010 cal estimate (actually ~300) • Meat portions: consistently off by 50% These aren't my words, but the reviews you can see for yourself on App Store and other places. If the whole USP is saving time vs manual logging, and you still have to correct everything... what's the point? What Cal AI did get right: Distribution. • Viral TikTok content • Smart influencer partnerships • 8M downloads in under a year They absolutely crushed GTM. But the product doesn't work lol. The gap between the "90% accuracy" claim vs the actual user experience kills trust. And in health apps, trust is everything. This is the problem with AI apps across the board right now. Everyone's racing to ship fast and go viral. Nobody's asking: "Does this actually solve the problem?" Distribution > product quality is a losing game. As a result, you're bound to encounter problems: 1. Training data doesn't match real-world variety 2. No depth sensing for portion size 3. Poor training data on homemade meals 4. Zero context (is that chicken grilled or fried?) You only get fast & inaccurate answers. This is why, when I started building my own recipe app, I looked at Cal and other AI nutrition apps and noticed that being accurate was the biggest factor. Here's how we're building Nonna differently: ✓ Multi-model AI (different models for different foods) ✓ User feedback loop to improve estimates ✓ Manual override that actually trains the system ✓ Ship when it works, not when it's "good enough" If the AI can't nail it, we're not shipping it. But accuracy alone is boring. So we're also adding some additional features that make you want to use it daily: • Fridge Story: shareable infographic of your fridge contents • Mystery Ingredient: weekly cooking challenges • Cuisine Spin: random inspiration when you're stuck • Expectation vs Reality: before/after photo collages Tl;dr: Distribution gets downloads. Product keeps users. Cal got millions of downloads. How many people still use it daily after manually correcting every meal for a week? Viral marketing with a broken product = expensive way to disappoint people.show more

Stateless History Node is almost like a regular Ethereum... node, but it doesn't store state and it doesn't have EVM execution. It's used only for syncing events and thus - is faster and gives you FREE INDEXING. You don't have to pay 6 figures for RPC anymore! Just spin up a Stateless History Node, plug rindexer or Ponder there, and enjoy free (AND FAST!!) indexing! This node is syncing >1000 blocks per second at my local pc (less than 6hrs for the whole Ethereum), and it should use less than 200GB - which means you can host it on a MacMini, Hetzner or whatever. You can futhermore filter that by using block ranges or bloom filters, etc - I haven't developed this yet. What you see is a proof of concept. It works via native devp2p 'eth' protocol, but with EIP4444 and The Prune we would have to also support era1 archives and Portal Network. But so far it works - there are plenty of peers serving historical receipts, and they serve them FAST! If you run Stateless History Node you can also serve the blocks and receipts - so that could help to preserve archival data too. For now there is no data validation yet (and even no data storage - that's a very early PoC), but we can verify validity of chain by simultaneously running a lightweight CL node (or not lightweight if you're extremely paranoid). And then support verifying the hashes of receipts and blocks with their parents, maintaining full integrity and zero trust. It's also written in rust, btw. So, I guess, at least for Ethereum Mainnet the era of RPC's pumping moneybags is over - there's finally a local, trustless and free indexing alternative available. Too sad this won't work for Optimism / Base , cause despite introducing P2P after Bedrock - they haven't enabled receipts transfer in the protocol (or at least I couldn't find one). Arbitrum is even sadder - I don't believe there is a P2P layer at all - you just have to run your own node, hold state and execute blocks to get events. There is hope - Paradigm recently released Ress - stateless execution, but it requires nodes to support Witness preparation & exchange - but this could work for L2s - cause the main blocker for local RPCs rn is huge state (VPS with TB storage cost a lot), and the second blocker is EVM forks makes it hard to hold a node - it needs to be maintained, upgraded, etc. Ress at least solves the state part. But anyways, I will try to continue working on this and release some MVP version with RPC endpoint and data storage soon - follow the updates!show more