**LIFE Compute update** Quick update on where things stand, and why it's been quiet. When I looked at running this on Solana mainnet, the way the project handled data was going to cost too much. Every result was its own on-chain record, and keeping that running on a reliable RPC connection (I tested Helius, among others) means hundreds of dollars a month, and the cost grows as more people join. I won't launch something that only works if it burns money, or that asks miners to pay to take part. So I've been redesigning the plumbing, and it still runs on Solana. **What stays the same:** Boltz2 scoring, a second machine re-checking every paid result, LIFE-BRAIN, and LIFE being earned only by verified work. **What changes:** results and re-scores will live in a public, open log. Solana handles what matters most: the LIFE token, payouts (with a cap and independent signatures), and a daily hash of the log so anyone can check that nothing was altered. LIFE Agent will let you look up your own Solana address and see your submissions and payouts. You don't need to do anything right now, and nobody is being asked to pay for anything. I'm not rushing this. I'd rather ship something tested and solid than launch fast and fix it later. That's why there's been so much testing and calibrating, and it has already caught real bugs. My goal is mainnet around the end of 2026, but I'll share a firm date once the test phase starts. More news soon.
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a private consumer writing to request that your office investigate what I believe may be anticompetitive pricing practices in the U.S. gasoline and oil industry. I am not a lawyer, and I am not asserting as established fact that any specific company has broken the law β that determination belongs to your agency after an investigation. What I am asking is that you look into a pricing pattern that has concerned me and, I believe, many other consumers for decades.
Background
For at least the past three decades, I have observed that retail gasoline prices tend to rise quickly when the wholesale price of crude oil rises, but fall much more slowly β and by a smaller amount β when the wholesale price of crude oil falls. Economists have documented and studied this asymmetry, sometimes calling it the "rockets and feathers" effect: prices shoot up like a rocket but drift down like a feather.
This pattern alone does not prove collusion β there are legitimate explanations offered by the industry, including hedging contracts, regional refining capacity, inventory costs, and taxes and regulations that vary by state. But the persistence and consistency of the pattern across so many independent companies, over so many years, is exactly the kind of thing that a competition regulator with subpoena power β which I do not have β is positioned to examine. I am asking your agency to determine whether this pattern reflects ordinary market conditions or coordinated conduct.
@elonmusk@realDonaldTrump To Whom It May Concern:
I am a private consumer writing to request that your office investigate what I believe may be anticompetitive pricing practices in the U.S. gasoline and oil industry. I am not a lawyer, and I am not asserting as established fact that any specific company has broken the law β that determination belongs to your agency after an investigation. What I am asking is that you look into a pricing pattern that has concerned me and, I believe, many other consumers for decades.
Background
For at least the past three decades, I have observed that retail gasoline prices tend to rise quickly when the wholesale price of crude oil rises, but fall much more slowly β and by a smaller amount β when the wholesale price of crude oil falls. Economists have documented and studied this asymmetry, sometimes calling it the "rockets and feathers" effect: prices shoot up like a rocket but drift down like a feather.
This pattern alone does not prove collusion β there are legitimate explanations offered by the industry, including hedging contracts, regional refining capacity, inventory costs, and taxes and regulations that vary by state. But the persistence and consistency of the pattern across so many independent companies, over so many years, is exactly the kind of thing that a competition regulator with subpoena power β which I do not have β is positioned to examine. I am asking your agency to determine whether this pattern reflects ordinary market conditions or coordinated conduct. prices don't make sense but people are to asleep to realize its corrupt im 46 and can remember gas being .90/gal politicians created this mess/regulations for corrupt stock trading prove me wrong/or commonsense explanation (we have American oil)