It's down only for apples. We talk conference strategy, new testnets, the high-quality of Penumbra, the low-quality of transaction spamming, @zmanian's stake module complaints and more.

Show Links

• Zaki's tweets on the staking module - twitter
• SEC drops investigation into Ethereum studio Consensys - blockworks
• Is Certik Extorting Kraken for Millions? Here's What's Going On - decrypt
• Certik twitter response - twitter

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the-frey and usurper stay violently independent and talk through the new wave of services-based validators, team foundation strategies, the future value from node operators, project selection, and losing money with style.

Show Links:

• Value Chain vs. Evolution from thefrey - rhinostake
• Donald Trump Says He Wants All Remaining Bitcoin to Be 'Made in USA' - coindesk
• #ConsolidateTheChains - twitter
• @TimewaveLabs - twitter
• Timewave - timewave.computer
• Omniflix on DAODAO - daodao.zone

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Post Consensus 2024, we debrief from Austin, talk about the subduded crowds, suits, and how we're going to AI alllllll of the things. We catch up on the state of payments, jetlag, and how two wrongs absolutely do not make a right.

Show Links

• BlackRock and Citadel back new Texas national stock exchange - cointelegrah
• Jacob Gadikian Affidavit - adobe.com
• Celestine Sloth Society - stargaze
• Top Watched Sports Events - roadtrips.com

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It's Crusade Week on GoN, where we talk about @gadikian haltin' chains for haltins' sake, soaked UK PMs, the money in AI, the challenges of 13,000 nodes on @initiaFDN, Consensus 2024 and more.

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Show Links:

• today I stopped @archwayHQ from making blocks - twitter
• Initia App - initia.xyz
• Init-AI - initia.xyz
• Things can only get wetter: Sunak soaked as he announces election to Labour song - standard.co.uk

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It's cleanup week on GoN as we ban some long-discussed topics, discuss the best & worst Star Wars, the best John Williams score, fatburg(h)s, and meme coins on and off the blockchain.

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Show Links

• GameStop’s 'Roaring Kitty' surge doesn’t mean meme stock rally has legs - yahoo
• Cosmos governance claims 3 lives - mintscan
• Ripple and Peersyst to Leverage evmOS for XRPL EVM Sidechain Development
• Fatburg - wikipedia
• Putting Fatberg on Display - museumoflondon
• Movietime
  • Brick - imdb
  • Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - imdb
  • Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker - imdb
  • Highlander - imdb
  • The Creator - imdb
  • Rogue Heroes - imdb
  • The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
  • The Asteroid Field - John Williams - youtube

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Less than a month to Consensus 2024, and we talk about the meeting of the squad, the importance of networking, and fuck all else. We complain about distributed networks that are centrally controlled, and the pros and cons of large token holders (looking at you, foundations).

Show Links

• LocalMonero to shut down P2P exchange after seven years of operation - theblock
• SEC’s Gary Gensler gets irked being asked about crypto - cointelegraph
• FTX crypto fraud victims to get their money back — plus interest - techcrunch
• UK to Introduce New Stablecoin and Crypto Laws by July - blockchain.news

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In this deep-dive episode, we talk about the @Injective Validator Miracle, the provider's struggle in delivering SLAs in fast-moving software (poor us), CZ's coming summer vacation plans and updates in 17/8 from the basement.

Show Links

• Injective snapshots without those pesky errors checks - highstakes.ch
• Napoleon - imdb
• Peak Hollywood - youtube
• Watch Arena now! - youtube

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The crew welcomes @0xSenCom from @WhiteWhaleDefi! Back after the break, we chat about the past & future of White Whale, Stargaze rejecting Stride's request for $1.8M USD, and debating if every movie can sync up to Dark Side of the Moon.

Show Links

• whitewhale.money
• Migaloo Ecosystem - migaloo.zone
• Sync Floyd - Apple podcasts
• Mall Cop II - imdb
• #267. stSTARS / STARS POL for Cosmos DeFi Applications - mintscan

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