Bacondust

Real estate developer. Farmer. Crypto/Web3 when and if the kids sleep.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

“Read books. Travel when you can. Learn how to cook one meal exceptionally well. Sit in old bars and talk to strangers. Wear your best jacket to dinner. Appreciate good wine, good music, and good conversation. Do the right thing, even when no one is watching. Set the example for younger men who are watching you. Call your parents. Take long walks. Leave your phone behind sometimes. Become the kind of man people feel better after being around. Life is short, so live it well.”

-J.B. Lloyd

[WellBuiltStyle @WellBuiltStyle]

If you’re a dad with young kids and you’re healthy and fit.

And you’ve got a steady job/career and a roof over your head.

And a great wife.

Please recognize this: you are living the dream life. The “good old days” are literally happening to you right now.

[𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢 @DreadBong0]

⚪️ @const_reborn is stepping down as CEO of @opentensor with the goal of full decentralization of the #Bittensor network

To @const_reborn.. as someone who has witnessed your journey over the years

The thing that stands out to me the most is how deeply you care about this mission more than anything

You've helped carry this vision through doubt, criticisms, chaos, volatility, everything.. all because you genuinely believe open, decentralized intelligence matters more than any of us truly realise

We have been lucky to have you at the helm.. truly

My sincerest thank you for all the blood, sweat, stress, sacrifice that went from turning an idea into making this wonderful, living, breathing network a reality

The fact you and @shibshib89 are willing to step aside to strengthen decentralisation says everything about why #Bittensor exists in the first place

Thank you @const_reborn.. for everything 🙏

$TAO

[Gator | Dentist @theNOBSdentist]

https://t.co/Bh1MXhZ970

[scooter @imperooterxbt]

I see a lot of blame going towards the web 2 builders @GeoffreyHuntley and @Steve_Yegge who collected fee money from bagsapp tokens. By bagsapp design they did nothing wrong as bagsapp is created to donate fees to people without them taking control of a project. Neither Geoff or Steve should take any blame for $GAS or $RALPH. The real criminals are the people who launched and bundled the tokens. Both $RALPH and $GAS were hard rugged by profit bots. I don’t know who launched the two bagsapp tokens but they clearly are trying to use Steve and Geoff as scapegoats when in reality these tokens were massively manipulated and supply controlled. Now who had the most to gain by bundling and rugging two bagsapp tokens? I can tell you it wasn’t a web2 developer who knows nothing about crypto.

[Bacondust @Bacondust2]

@burnandclaim Bacondust.skr

[Bacondust @Bacondust2]

@EbullitionX Cheers and thank you for sharing!

[Cobie @cobie]

When ppl claim this I always wonder how they think it happens, or have unrealistic expectations on how much $1bn actually is.

I joined crypto with $200. If I held my initial bitcoin since then and never traded, I would have ~$300k.

If, instead, from that moment I sold the top and bought the bottom of every crypto cycle on Bitcoin, and never paid any taxes, I would have ~$6m USD.

If I put my entire net worth into the Ethereum ICO and never touched it, today I would have ~$150m pre-tax.

While it was definitely possible to have made >$1bn with the opportunities in the market, these versions of reality would also require me to make no mistakes, and have no need to spend $ in real life, or take excessive risk via leverage.

In reality, I grew up in a working class family. I didn’t have a trust fund and I had to pay off my student loan myself. I had a job at Tescos while at high school. After university, I needed to pay rent and fund cost of living and eventually buy a place to live.

I worked at startups for relatively little $ salary, and while a couple have done okay, they still are illiquid and worth nothing until some exit.

Perhaps if I erase a couple of dumb mistakes and drawdowns, or if I had a lil more grind, then my answer would be different today. But it is easy to say this with perfect hindsight vision. It’s easy to see where you could have optimised better, and decisions you made look dumb when the past makes things so obvious.

The truth is I have always optimised for enjoying my life and not going to 0. I never felt like I had a safety net, so it was never possible for me to do anything in any other way. I would probably have less money if I had tried to add more risk or chased $ harder, because being all-in with your entire livelihood is a mental battle and I feel I only win that battle when the stakes are lower.

In writing this, maybe I do understand why CT folks believe this, because modern CT sees crypto as a late-stage lottery ticket farm, where the optimal strategy is to 5x leverage up your portfolio in a hope of catching a good 20% move and then leaving. Or, literally going all-in on the next coin they heard Ansem is buying. So perhaps to them, looking back at the charts, of course that’s what successful folks did.

In reality, I use leverage close to never (and typically to reduce risk rather than add risk — have used it to add risk maybe 3 times in the last 5 years, and maybe 15 times ever). I never go all-in on anything, have only ever done that on BTC and ETH before in the last decade. When I buy other things, I limit risk to tiny amounts, because I treat it as a 0 until proven otherwise (so, always <1% liquid portfolio). Liquid portfolio is also a smaller % of overall portfolio to future-proof against my own fuckups.

Obviously I made a lot of money, I have been here 12 years! CT doesn’t want to hear about “getting rich in a decade” though. I am happy with where I am and have never really cared or optimised for maximising $ earnings, but instead having a nice life that lets me enjoy the game we play together.

[Ansem @blknoiz06]

a few times a year on here you get gifted an extremely cogent investment thesis from crypto twitter from people who have spent way more time than you doing research on an individual name

$GLXY is still a layup trade from here

[Gally Sama @hdcharting]

GM
I think it would be appropriate to provide us shareholders with some clarity or an updated road map
Plans to add more Sol on the balance sheet? ARK invest update? Tokenization? The plan for "Boots on the ground"&amp; what will that look like now that Leah resigned?@solstrategies

[SOL Strategies @solstrategies]

STKE on @NasdaqExchange ✅

Aligning us with the world's most innovative technology companies and positioning us to attract the institutional investors who recognize the transformative potential of Solana's infrastructure!

[SOL Strategies @solstrategies]

1/ 🚨Major Milestone Alert!

SOL Strategies approved for @NasdaqExchange Global Select Market listing under the ticker “STKE” and trading will commence on Tuesday, September 9, 2025!

As CEO Leah Wald noted: "This represents more than just an achievement for SOL Strategies, it's validation for the entire Solana ecosystem".

What this means for SOL Strategies:
✅ Unlocking institutional partnerships to accelerate validator growth
✅ Scaling operations to meet surging Solana staking demand
✅ Leading the charge as the premier institutional bridge to Solana

Our shares will continue to trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under HODL, but will no longer trade on the OTCQB under CYFRF upon commencement of Nasdaq trading. OTC shareholders do not need to take any action, shares automatically convert to the Nasdaq.

We’re excited for this next chapter and grateful for the support of our community as we continue to drive innovation in the Solana ecosystem!

STKE

[Leah Wald @LeahWald]

🚀WE DID IT!

SOL Strategies just got approved to trade on @nasdaq!!

After over a year of grinding, late nights, and believing in our vision... we're finally joining the arena where the gladiators compete. From scrappy underdogs to Nasdaq + CSE, we're just getting started. Time to show what we can do on the biggest stage!

Trading starts TUESDAY (9/9) under $STKE and we're ready to make some noise 📈

Join us Tuesday to celebrate and watch us make a splash!

[SOL Strategies @solstrategies]

1/ The DATCO evolution is accelerating. 290+ companies hold $100B+ in crypto treasuries. But here’s what separates the next generation: operational yield.

Not all DATs are created equal🧵

[SOL Strategies @solstrategies]

5/ The differentiation is stark:

Traditional approach: Buy crypto → Hold → Hope for appreciation

Our approach: Buy SOL → Stake through owned validators → Earn protocol yield → Reinvest → Scale operations → Compound returns.

We’re not just holding SOL, we’re actively securing and earning from the network.

[SOL Strategies @solstrategies]

1/ ANNOUNCING THE SOLANA MOBILE VALIDATOR 🔥

Powered by SOL Strategies, @solanamobile’s validator integrates seamlessly with the latest Solana phone, Seeker.

✅ Stake directly from Seeker’s native Seed Vault Wallet
✅ No fees on staking rewards
✅ ISO 27001 & SOC 2 compliant

Securing the network and earning SOL yield directly from your pocket! 📱

Validator details: https://t.co/tEEoBmUav4

🧵👇

[Realis Worlds @realisworlds]

Try placing these by hand. AI makes with haste in this endeavor.

Check it out on our map here: https://t.co/INcDaOfhOt
$realis

[Gally Sama @hdcharting]

GM 🌞

SolStrategies CEO Leah Wald and CTO Max Kaplan will participate in a fireside chat hosted by Cantor on July 30, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. ET (TOMORROW)

"The discussion will offer investors insight into Sol Strategies' position as a leading public company in the Solana ecosystem, with a focus on the Company's validator operations, SOL treasury strategy, and ongoing infrastructure initiatives."

Hosted by Brett Knoblauch, CFA, Head of Digital Assets Research at Cantor.

HODL $CYFRF
STKE soon

[Mike Novogratz @novogratz]

I’ve been saying institutions are coming for years. Turns out I was early...not wrong. Now they’re here. They’re buying $BTC. Building with stablecoins. Rethinking treasury strategy. We've got real momentum - this is the moment we’ve been waiting for.

@galaxyhq is proud to be a trusted partner for a growing number of companies deploying capital into digital assets as part of their corporate treasury strategies.