Remembered I had to make a transfer to my fiat account that services my X, Spotify, internet and Netflix subscriptions almost every month. Now thanks to Elon money, subscriptions for months ahead possible đ
To build, some bills have to be taken care of. Eat first đ
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Woke up this morning to two primary criticisms of our @xeetdotai intro yesterday.
1.) Criticism #1 - The Europeans got screwed because we started it late on their Friday and ended it early on their Saturday morning.
2.) Criticism #2 - The point you see below from Captain about the farming.
1âŁRegarding Criticism #1
Guilty as charged.
To be honest, we knew this would take off, but we had no idea that it would engulf the timeline so quickly.
Our plan was for this phase to last days, not hours.
But then we gained over 50k users and the entire timeline was Xeeting in a matter of hours!
So we had two options:
1.) Keep it open, dominate the timeline for days, and stack users....at the risk of annoying many and creating a negative sentiment towards the brand.
2.) Close it, and enjoy the success... at the risk of some missing the initial boosting period.
In the spirit of our mission of Signal > Noise, we decided to end the boosting period early.
I apologize to our European friends for the timing.
That being said, this is day 1. We will make it up to you.
2⣠Regarding Criticism #2
The Xeet process is made up of multiple phases.
Phase 1 is awareness.
Think Loudio, Portal, etc.
Admittedly this is a super annoying process.
But it works.
Depending on who you are, the boost process makes it even more annoying.
But it also works.
More importantly it gives smaller accounts an opportunity to work with each other to get some skin in the game early in the process.
On other platforms, smaller accounts never have a chance.
Xeet is looking for Win/Win scenarios for everyone involved.
KOL's creating quality content will win big on Xeet.
But so will their followers. Especially their real fans.
The boosting process helped set that up. It also gave us some very interesting data, which we will share soon.
Using that data, the scoring for Phase 1 will be adjusted based on several factors. More to come.
Rest assured, you will see that we are truly focused on Signal > Noise
P.S. Captain, I will be on plane during your show Monday. Also, the @GrindTheCoin launch is Monday. So I won't be able to make it. Maybe Tuesday or Wed?
@d3h3d_ I hope you read this carefully.đ€
Your community supports @ikadotxyz because it believes in transparency, technology, and the entire revolution that is being built. We all see that.
But right now, it seems like you are only looking at it from one perspective. Try to see it from our point of view as well. Try to understand, put yourself in our shoes, and explain more clearly the real reasons behind this decision.
Everyone who chose to support the project deserves a transparent position, whether they are an airdrop hunter or a long-term investor. This is not a joke. We are talking about real money. And everyone's money has the same value.
In my view, this mDrop format generates FUD. True investors, those who believe in the project, could simply stake and follow the development. Meanwhile, airdrop hunters would naturally leave early on.
You are not following the same essence that Sui Network showed. When it launched its mainnet, there was no airdrop. Even so, @Mysten_Labs continued to build, launched other projects, without vesting, and all of them have been growing with the support of the community.
The SUI community is different. And maybe you haven't realized that yet. If you give us a vote of confidence, we will do the same with your project. Look at the best, follow in the footsteps of those who have already built something relevant and you will see the results.
The problem with mDrop is not vesting itself. The problem is the message it sends: that you don't trust your own community. And if you don't believe in us, how do you expect us to continue believing in you?
Think about it calmly. We are here, willing to help IKA reach unprecedented heights.
A few weeks ago, you liked a post of mine where I said I wouldn't sell any tokens from my allocation because I believed in you.
The question now is: can I still trust you?
ok i hear you, we'll have a formal announcement tomorrow and host a space to answer community questions
being part of a project is a journey, and i trust many of you are in this for the long haul
just saw @alephiumbank wants to go multichainâŠ
hey guys.
i really donât get it.
you launched barely two weeks ago
and you already want to expand?
we were counting on you
to bring new users to $ALPH.
we thought this was the product
that would finally bring momentum to the ecosystem.
and now youâre bailing?
sorry but iâll be brutally honest.
you said big marketing was coming post-launch?
weâve seen nothing.
no campaigns.
no actual push.
WE can all feel the fatigue already.
not even a month in,
and your focus should be on one thing:
marketing and user experience.
listen to feedback.
fix the bugs.
generate attention.
tell your story.
you canât just rely on organic buzz
for a brand-new product nobody knows about yet.
so tell us this
how is going multichain
supposed to bring new users?
you launched on a PoW L1,
now youâre talking about L2s?
what does that mean for the projectâs identity?
Alephium already has a bridge.
why not use that to bring in new users
instead of jumping ship?
i have so many questions.
and honestly, this hurts.
hurts becauseâŠ
itâs starting to look bad for $ALPH.
you can count the active dApps with one hand.
and the users?
blindfolded.
iâm not here to judge.
maybe youâve got your reasons.
but if you do
explain them.
on the other side,
the @alephium core team has shut down every marketing initiative around Danube.
the june content program has been cancelled.
the new ambassadors program too
WTF is going on?
i thought maybe you were aligning with
$ABX team for some kind of coordinated campaignâŠ
but since $ABX launch, thereâs been zero crossover.
nothing. no synergy.
you wanna stay focused on Danube?
ok.
but whoâs gonna use it?
the same OGs we already know?
if @alephiumbank couldnât drive TVL up,
who will?
@AuraMarkets?
theyâre planning to raise in $ALPH too.
so their marketing plan is⊠what?
dump the tokens they raise?
for how long?
and whoâs gonna use the product?
the same old users?
letâs be honest
Alephium doesnât need more projects.
it already has enough.
$ABX has been here for a while.
$EX was a massive hit⊠until the collapse.
Elexium was the best product iâve used on $ALPH.
$AYIN?
promised marketing they never launched.
all we saw was a redesign
and a couple of new buttons.
then silence.
their Xâs been dead since Dec 2024.
one guy talking to himself in the TG!
CandySwap?
rebranded multiple times.
then became NightShark.
they went from $ALPH to $KAS
and back to $ALPH again .
from IDO to IDO
total disaster.
$ANS? gone.
@alphswaps? gone.
@linx_labs?
how many new users did they bring?
probably zero.
MinedFi turned into @WeMineFi?
whatâs their plan to grow the userbase?
raise $ALPH and dump it?
@vordexalph wants to be a next-gen Elixium clone.
but where will liquidity come from?
$APAD?
how many active users on @alphpad right now?
exactly.
@RalphBuilder had a great narrative
but took way too long to ship.
now the trend is dead.
no one cares.
so what are retail users supposed to lean on?
Danube?
only OGs talk about it.
@alephiumbank?
they already want to go multichain
and that wasnât even in the whitepaper.
Alephium has the best tech.
but man, it feels like the team is
too old-school for modern marketing.
sorry to be blunt.
but investors need the truth.
if you call this FUD,
youâre just not mentally strong enough
to face the reality.
youâve got the tech.
youâve got the right projects ( $ABX, $EX, $APAD, $ONION).
youâve even got meme ( $WANG).
but it feels like the marketing budget is gon or being misused.
if you actually want to deliver
the « Web3 we were promised »,
you need to:
â fire the marketing team (yes, including the new guy)
â hire a real CM
â update the roadmap and focus on marketing, not just dev
â support the builders who are shipping real products
â stop overpromising, start showing results
i know itâs not easy.
iâm not building anything myself.
but you made this your mission.
unless youâre ready to give up.
anywayâŠ
happy weekend yâall.
@alephiumbank Why even build on Alph, if not going to utilize it. Focus should be on bringing people to Alephium, not giving up and going to other chains
The crime supercycle is indeed very real.
While itâs true the industry has historically been ripe for abuse it has noticeably increased since politicians launched meme coins and numerous court cases were dropped further enabling the behavior.
Laundering groups and small OTC brokers have seemingly won the battle for Lazarus Group after successfully laundering recent hacks (Bybit, DMM Bitcoin, WazirX, etc) with ease. I estimate the Black U market on Tron is no less than $5-10B and largely unattributed.
A number of teams sit and watch collecting fees doing nothing when >50% of the activity for their protocol comes from stolen funds.
Influencers and KOLs face zero repercussions for scamming followers / projects.
Courts siding with smart contract exploiters due to outdated laws.
Can we fix the system if the vast majority of people still do not care unless they lose money?
It's concerning about what the long term ramifications may be even if these decisions benefit us in the short term.
If you ever wanted the opportunity to extract from the industry there's not been much of a better time.
Take a chance what's the worst thing that could happen if everyone's already doing it?
That said there's never been a worse time to be doing black hat (phishing, social engineering, robberies) vs gray hat activity when the current environment is favorable.
Surely this time is differentâŠ
gm @seanli
is it possible to have a voice or natural language interface on Magic Newton?
where I could just say to my AI agent:
âdo a $50 DCA on $ETH every Monday on @Base, for the next 60 daysâ
and it auto-generates the zkPermission?
that would skip all the manual setup and save time
I open Magic Newton
I speak and it executes
â thatâs the real unlock for mass adoption
imagine this in app form đ„
no forms to fill
pure intent â verified â executed
right now, most users only do 2 things:
â yap on Kaito to farm $NEWT
â and run DCA agents for 4 tokens on Base
but they could be doing so much more:
â multichain arbitrage
â cross-layer portfolio rebalancing
â recurring payments (payroll, subscriptions)
â copy-trading with strict rules (slippage, max position)
â wallet protection with dynamic conditions (time, oracles, gas)
â DAO treasury automation with cryptographic guarantees
and all of this⊠without ever giving up their private key
voice-to-zkPermission might be the UX crypto actually needs
and I believe @newton_xyz can deliver it
gNewt and Good morning guys !