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As a first-time founder building Coinage ♻️ over the last few years, I've learned some lessons: - Never make the same mistake twice - Don't be afraid to admit you're wrong (but understand why you were) For three years, I avoided launching a token. The economics weren't sustainable and... didn't allow for much of anything outside of speculation, given you could only buy, hold, or sell. Rather than just having a token, our thesis was figuring out a legal way to let people come together to co-own our media outlet at Coinage would be paramount. I did not want to invite people into another Mexican stand-off against people who were earlier than them or have anyone dumped on. I know people think NFTs came and went, but we committed the last 3 years to figuring out how they could be used to enable legitimate co-ownership via an onchain DAO/Co-op here in the US. And we cracked the code. After establishing that, $zora came along. Their model corrected for a lot of the problems I had with memecoins of the past. Then Coinbase 🛡️ leaned into supporting Base builders like Zora. It became clear times had changed. Tokens had become more liquid, standardized, and served as an easier onramp to community than NFTs. But that doesn't mean NFTs didn't matter. They just had to be used right. I actually think the most successful projects are going to be the ones who understand out how to use one correctly to compliment the other. A token without community is worthless. A community without shared ownership isn't a community. At ETHDenver 🏔🦬🦄 this year, I had the privilege of giving a talk on why we used NFTs to set up Coinage ♻️ as the first community-owned media outlet built on Ethereum. We did so for the same reason I first got into Ethereum: Decentralized ownership matters. Watch it and you'll understand the work that went into setting up $COINAGE for the long haul:show more

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Wall Street Apes

199,495 views • 2 years ago

"At school or university, the thing is to be brilliant and to get the answer right first time. And there are brilliant people who can do that, but for the rest of us, we're not brilliant. And to get there, we have to strive and we have to go through failure. And we realize that you don't get it right first time, you don't get it right second time. In my case, and I counted it, it's 5,127 times. One of the things I always want to say is that sounds like a struggle. It was a struggle, but actually it was a hugely enjoyable struggle. The debt was mounting and I had three children, a wife and a home, and then a mortgage to pay, like everybody else. But I had a real point in life, I had a real aim and I had to get there. And the failures were interesting because I'd learned from every single one of them."

"At school or university, the thing is to be brilliant and to get the answer right first time. And there are brilliant people who can do that, but for the rest of us, we're not brilliant. And to get there, we have to strive and we have to go through failure. And we realize that you don't get it right first time, you don't get it right second time. In my case, and I counted it, it's 5,127 times. One of the things I always want to say is that sounds like a struggle. It was a struggle, but actually it was a hugely enjoyable struggle. The debt was mounting and I had three children, a wife and a home, and then a mortgage to pay, like everybody else. But I had a real point in life, I had a real aim and I had to get there. And the failures were interesting because I'd learned from every single one of them."

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137,546 views • 8 months ago

Yesterday I had to prove a point and physically go into my community to show you guys that Arabs own everything. I went into a random store in my community right on joy road and shafer. Immediately as I walked in, I seen a whole bunch of Black people and one Arab. And guess where that Arab was. Behind the glass serving. because his family owns the store. And what didn’t I see any Black ownership. But we’re giving them our money. Who am I selling out? But I’m the only black person going out here proving a point showing other Black people that we need to own our own businesses in our own community and not the Muslims were taking all of our money and putting it back into Dearborn. Go look at Dearborn look at all the mansions and the luxury cars. This wealth was built on the backs of blacks! Ramon Action Jackson

Yesterday I had to prove a point and physically go into my community to show you guys that Arabs own everything. I went into a random store in my community right on joy road and shafer. Immediately as I walked in, I seen a whole bunch of Black people and one Arab. And guess where that Arab was. Behind the glass serving. because his family owns the store. And what didn’t I see any Black ownership. But we’re giving them our money. Who am I selling out? But I’m the only black person going out here proving a point showing other Black people that we need to own our own businesses in our own community and not the Muslims were taking all of our money and putting it back into Dearborn. Go look at Dearborn look at all the mansions and the luxury cars. This wealth was built on the backs of blacks! Ramon Action Jackson

Pastor Zo

129,620 views • 6 days ago

Some thoughts on our upcoming PFP project, and the best community in web3 you may not have heard of. TLDR: we're creating magic, and it's because of you. Last week I posted a novel-length announcement in the ZA Discord server. I spoke about a business pivot, and a refocus of our vision. I spoke about getting back to what made our community so special in the first place: educational content, and a community of learners working together to navigate a difficult-to-navigate space, together. Our community has 3 NFTs that act as membership tokens. 1 is free, with an unlimited supply, and open-forever mint. This is to make our community accessible. Education should be as free as possible for as many as possible for as long as possible. We have two more exclusive tiers, for those wanting different tiers of access and perks. The 333 Club (max 333 members) and {redacted name} (max 10k members). The community will be receiving a PFP soon. Free for all holders in the last two categories. Why a PFP? Simple. Social Identity, art, and fun. We're not building a metaverse, we're not gonna be the next Disney, we're not dropping a fungible token, and you're probably not gonna find some sucker to be your exit liquidity. What we are doing, however, is building a damn rock-solid community of excellent humans. People who are here for the freaking long run. People who want to LEARN, connect, network, and improve themselves. We are building something much larger than any of us, and building something that will exist decades from now. In what capacity? Who knows, but we ain't leaving. We're not a normal PFP project. We went community first, PFP second. We have introduced no ponzinomics, and we don't intend to. We launched in Nov 2021 when everyone was doing PFP projects, and wanted to be utility-first, education-first, community-first, and everything else second. We were the first project to do an application process (for the 333 club), and one of the first to do an open-edition (might have been the first for a membership club token). We've been here for almost 2 years now and have thousands of community members all around the globe. You might not have heard of us because we're not screaming hype-talk on the timeline; that is not our style. We're the quiet ones. We prefer bookshops over nightclubs, and discourse over drama. This is a call to invite anyone curious about what a real community looks like to join us. One where everyone isn't spamming chat grinding for WL, but where our members show a genuine interest in each other's lives and helping one another. If that sounds like something you might be interested in, we would absolutely love to welcome you into our family. Founders, devs, artists, degens, noobs, nerds. There's a place for everyone at ZenAcademy 💜 🔮

Some thoughts on our upcoming PFP project, and the best community in web3 you may not have heard of. TLDR: we're creating magic, and it's because of you. Last week I posted a novel-length announcement in the ZA Discord server. I spoke about a business pivot, and a refocus of our vision. I spoke about getting back to what made our community so special in the first place: educational content, and a community of learners working together to navigate a difficult-to-navigate space, together. Our community has 3 NFTs that act as membership tokens. 1 is free, with an unlimited supply, and open-forever mint. This is to make our community accessible. Education should be as free as possible for as many as possible for as long as possible. We have two more exclusive tiers, for those wanting different tiers of access and perks. The 333 Club (max 333 members) and {redacted name} (max 10k members). The community will be receiving a PFP soon. Free for all holders in the last two categories. Why a PFP? Simple. Social Identity, art, and fun. We're not building a metaverse, we're not gonna be the next Disney, we're not dropping a fungible token, and you're probably not gonna find some sucker to be your exit liquidity. What we are doing, however, is building a damn rock-solid community of excellent humans. People who are here for the freaking long run. People who want to LEARN, connect, network, and improve themselves. We are building something much larger than any of us, and building something that will exist decades from now. In what capacity? Who knows, but we ain't leaving. We're not a normal PFP project. We went community first, PFP second. We have introduced no ponzinomics, and we don't intend to. We launched in Nov 2021 when everyone was doing PFP projects, and wanted to be utility-first, education-first, community-first, and everything else second. We were the first project to do an application process (for the 333 club), and one of the first to do an open-edition (might have been the first for a membership club token). We've been here for almost 2 years now and have thousands of community members all around the globe. You might not have heard of us because we're not screaming hype-talk on the timeline; that is not our style. We're the quiet ones. We prefer bookshops over nightclubs, and discourse over drama. This is a call to invite anyone curious about what a real community looks like to join us. One where everyone isn't spamming chat grinding for WL, but where our members show a genuine interest in each other's lives and helping one another. If that sounds like something you might be interested in, we would absolutely love to welcome you into our family. Founders, devs, artists, degens, noobs, nerds. There's a place for everyone at ZenAcademy 💜 🔮

Zeneca🔮

150,112 views • 3 years ago

I didn't like very big budget deficits. I thought often when people quoted Keynes about it not always being necessary to balance things one year with another, they always took the deficit years and forgot the years you in fact had a surplus so you had a balance over time. So deficits rose and rose. We got in. I was determined to tackle public expenditure. It was tough. Of course, we had a recession in 1981 and it went up but only very slightly because we were being very tough. In fact, I did the whole Falklands campaign without any increase in expenditure because we had the contingency reserve and that was adequate. At the end of my time, in the last four years, we had a budget surplus: We were able to redeem debt. Now, you don't get that without trying to be tough the whole time. There were some people who said, "Oh we've had a tough time. Consolidate. Don't you think you ought to be more generous to people?" I said, "With who's money?" And so, I left four years' surplus.

I didn't like very big budget deficits. I thought often when people quoted Keynes about it not always being necessary to balance things one year with another, they always took the deficit years and forgot the years you in fact had a surplus so you had a balance over time. So deficits rose and rose. We got in. I was determined to tackle public expenditure. It was tough. Of course, we had a recession in 1981 and it went up but only very slightly because we were being very tough. In fact, I did the whole Falklands campaign without any increase in expenditure because we had the contingency reserve and that was adequate. At the end of my time, in the last four years, we had a budget surplus: We were able to redeem debt. Now, you don't get that without trying to be tough the whole time. There were some people who said, "Oh we've had a tough time. Consolidate. Don't you think you ought to be more generous to people?" I said, "With who's money?" And so, I left four years' surplus.

Margaret Thatcher

66,907 views • 8 months ago

1950s Black Community Life "I grew up in South Philadelphia. We didn't realize it was segregated. All we knew is that our neighborhood was all black, and we weren't even that conscious of color. Because the people who owned the store down the street were black, the tailor, the restaurant owners, the undertaker, everybody in the neighborhood. And it was a very small street, everybody worked blue collar, essentially. Very close-knit neighborhood. Everyone had over four children. We played in the streets together. On Saturday morning, our parents came out, and the hucksters came around, and our parents purchased things. We had to go buy ice because there were no refrigerators then. We had a coal stove, so the younger kids were responsible for putting wood and coal into the stove and keeping it going. And the level of interest in education was just profound. I mean, even to this day, I don't think I've ever had such a positive educational experience that I did my first six years. Because school was an integral part of the community. We had a black superintendent, a black principal, all the teachers were black. Many of them didn't live in the neighborhood either, contrary to popular belief. They were middle-income people who lived elsewhere. But their hearts and their souls were into those kids. I remember that third grade and fourth grade plays were always conducted in the evenings so that parents could attend. And an auditorium that seated maybe 400, 500... people was standing room only for third and fourth grade play."

1950s Black Community Life "I grew up in South Philadelphia. We didn't realize it was segregated. All we knew is that our neighborhood was all black, and we weren't even that conscious of color. Because the people who owned the store down the street were black, the tailor, the restaurant owners, the undertaker, everybody in the neighborhood. And it was a very small street, everybody worked blue collar, essentially. Very close-knit neighborhood. Everyone had over four children. We played in the streets together. On Saturday morning, our parents came out, and the hucksters came around, and our parents purchased things. We had to go buy ice because there were no refrigerators then. We had a coal stove, so the younger kids were responsible for putting wood and coal into the stove and keeping it going. And the level of interest in education was just profound. I mean, even to this day, I don't think I've ever had such a positive educational experience that I did my first six years. Because school was an integral part of the community. We had a black superintendent, a black principal, all the teachers were black. Many of them didn't live in the neighborhood either, contrary to popular belief. They were middle-income people who lived elsewhere. But their hearts and their souls were into those kids. I remember that third grade and fourth grade plays were always conducted in the evenings so that parents could attend. And an auditorium that seated maybe 400, 500... people was standing room only for third and fourth grade play."

Apple Lamps

20,401 views • 4 months ago

When I am at the gym and I see somebody’s water bottle there or a towel or something. I know they just stepped away for a moment and that the machine is occupied. Out of respect I won’t move it out of the way only for them to come back and have to explain themselves anyways. This young lady on the machine left her water bottle on it because she stepped away for a moment to use the restroom only for somebody else to come by and try to use it in her place. Would you have understood the etiquette or is it just a free for all? When I first started working out I was unfamiliar with the gym etiquette. Some people just got done with a hard set and need to stand up and walk for a few moneys or get a drink of water and they use it as their rest period so that they can go back at it. Interrupting that process is the same thing as booting them off the machine mid workout. It’s rude and uncalled for but why does it keep happening? I think what it is, is that some people are very judgmental, they see others and think that they are more serious about working out than the other person so that to them it means they are entitled to use it first because their workouts are more important. I used to let them do that to me but no more. I treat it as first come first serve, if they don’t want to wait then maybe they need to avoid the gym during peak hours. This is the very reason I work out in the middle of the night most of the time. I rather not be bothered and if I need to take my time I can, most of the time nobody else is even there anyways when I go.

When I am at the gym and I see somebody’s water bottle there or a towel or something. I know they just stepped away for a moment and that the machine is occupied. Out of respect I won’t move it out of the way only for them to come back and have to explain themselves anyways. This young lady on the machine left her water bottle on it because she stepped away for a moment to use the restroom only for somebody else to come by and try to use it in her place. Would you have understood the etiquette or is it just a free for all? When I first started working out I was unfamiliar with the gym etiquette. Some people just got done with a hard set and need to stand up and walk for a few moneys or get a drink of water and they use it as their rest period so that they can go back at it. Interrupting that process is the same thing as booting them off the machine mid workout. It’s rude and uncalled for but why does it keep happening? I think what it is, is that some people are very judgmental, they see others and think that they are more serious about working out than the other person so that to them it means they are entitled to use it first because their workouts are more important. I used to let them do that to me but no more. I treat it as first come first serve, if they don’t want to wait then maybe they need to avoid the gym during peak hours. This is the very reason I work out in the middle of the night most of the time. I rather not be bothered and if I need to take my time I can, most of the time nobody else is even there anyways when I go.

SonnyBoy🇺🇸

176,262 views • 1 month ago

🚨If the US🇺🇸 thinks Venezuela🇻🇪 will be an easy target, it’s in for a BIG SURPRISE- Venezuela’s Former Deputy Foreign Minister for North America ‘As long as we have oil wealth and other mineral wealth, Venezuela is always going to be a target of the United States, of large multinational corporations, etc. I understand the United States has military superiority…but to think that Venezuela is an easy target, that Venezuela is someplace that you can come in and just take over, you’re up for a surprise. I think there’s a long history here of resistance, of morale to resist attacks. I think we have seen also the tragic sort of interventions that the United States has done even in recent years. I mean, you could go back to Vietnam and remember how tragic that was. But even Afghanistan, Iraq, all these more recent interventions have shown that if you don’t have the support of local populations, if there isn’t some sort of other arrangement, you’re not going to be successful. I mean, after 20 years of the disaster they caused in Afghanistan, they had to leave without accomplishing anything. That’s horrible for our people in the sense that, of course, if something like that comes to happen, and I really wish that it doesn’t come to happen — it’s going to be hurtful for the Venezuelan people. But I think they have to think twice about what really is at stake and how this is going to affect the stability of the United States. We’re not hundreds or thousands of miles away. We’re really close to the United States. And it could have a terrible effect for its economy, even for its own base. I mean, if you look at the base that supports President Trump right now, a lot of the criticism that is coming is precisely from its own base, who were promised that there would be no more forever wars.’ -Carlos Ron on the latest episode of Going Underground FULL INTERVIEW BELOW IN THE REPLIES👇

🚨If the US🇺🇸 thinks Venezuela🇻🇪 will be an easy target, it’s in for a BIG SURPRISE- Venezuela’s Former Deputy Foreign Minister for North America ‘As long as we have oil wealth and other mineral wealth, Venezuela is always going to be a target of the United States, of large multinational corporations, etc. I understand the United States has military superiority…but to think that Venezuela is an easy target, that Venezuela is someplace that you can come in and just take over, you’re up for a surprise. I think there’s a long history here of resistance, of morale to resist attacks. I think we have seen also the tragic sort of interventions that the United States has done even in recent years. I mean, you could go back to Vietnam and remember how tragic that was. But even Afghanistan, Iraq, all these more recent interventions have shown that if you don’t have the support of local populations, if there isn’t some sort of other arrangement, you’re not going to be successful. I mean, after 20 years of the disaster they caused in Afghanistan, they had to leave without accomplishing anything. That’s horrible for our people in the sense that, of course, if something like that comes to happen, and I really wish that it doesn’t come to happen — it’s going to be hurtful for the Venezuelan people. But I think they have to think twice about what really is at stake and how this is going to affect the stability of the United States. We’re not hundreds or thousands of miles away. We’re really close to the United States. And it could have a terrible effect for its economy, even for its own base. I mean, if you look at the base that supports President Trump right now, a lot of the criticism that is coming is precisely from its own base, who were promised that there would be no more forever wars.’ -Carlos Ron on the latest episode of Going Underground FULL INTERVIEW BELOW IN THE REPLIES👇

Going Underground

58,089 views • 8 months ago

A few years ago Jessi asked me if I would be interested in being her next co-host for the Bardown Beauties Podcast. People have always asked me how that came to be and this is how. I knew of Jessi when I started working with the Wild, and interacted with her initially when I was a guest on the podcast and then she and Alexis were guests on the show I hosted for the Wild at the time. But, the first summer I spent working for DaBeauty League was where I went from knowing Jessi as a professional and got to know Jessi on an incredibly personal level. This was the stuff we did that summer. We talked about life, we had fun, and she signed herself up to get some of her hair shaved off. This is one of the videos I’ve watched over and over these last few days because this is where it really all started and I’m forever grateful for it.

A few years ago Jessi asked me if I would be interested in being her next co-host for the Bardown Beauties Podcast. People have always asked me how that came to be and this is how. I knew of Jessi when I started working with the Wild, and interacted with her initially when I was a guest on the podcast and then she and Alexis were guests on the show I hosted for the Wild at the time. But, the first summer I spent working for DaBeauty League was where I went from knowing Jessi as a professional and got to know Jessi on an incredibly personal level. This was the stuff we did that summer. We talked about life, we had fun, and she signed herself up to get some of her hair shaved off. This is one of the videos I’ve watched over and over these last few days because this is where it really all started and I’m forever grateful for it.

Kirsten Krull

76,067 views • 5 months ago