the Count of Monte Crypto

The Count of Monte Crypto (NL) | Crypto Enthusiast | Bitcoin & DeFi | Gamer & Investor | Sovereign Mindset | Exploring AI, $TAO |Soulsgames & Armored Core IV

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[the Count of Monte Crypto @MonteCryptoNL]

@DreadBong0 You're one tough Bongo Dread

[Milk Road @milkroaddaily]

Erik Voorhees: A new kind of inequality is coming, and it has nothing to do with money.

"If you really understand how to use agents and models, you become kind of like a demigod."

Erik's prediction:

A stratification of society based on capability, not wealth.

Those far up the AI curve advance faster and faster.

FT @RaoulGMI @ErikVoorhees @RealVision.

[Bob Loukas 🗽 @BobLoukas]

USD putting in its first higher low and high on the Weekly Cycle in a very long time. Possible major bottom.

Would suggest more pressure for precious metals and bitcoin into end of year. Stocks don't care, for now,

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

If you're struggling in life, do this:

> final food 4 hours before sleep
> screens off 60 before bed
> read a book 10 min before sleep
> light in eyes when waking
> exercise daily

Do it for 7 days straight.

It works. I promise.

[Bob Loukas 🗽 @BobLoukas]

If the Bitcoin thesis is purely a SOV play, then in a world of AI capturing all the attention/capital, coupled with quantum fear, an outcome similar to this for the next 4 yr cycle would not be a big surprise, to me.

Would also align with a secular crypto bull market having peaked (as seen in alt's and bitcoin poor performance).

[Mr. Anderson @Truecrypto]

ChatGPT: “You’re right to push back. My math was off on that one.”

[Aksel Kibar, CMT @TechCharts]

$BTCUSD So far the rebound on weekly scale looks weak. In one week price fell from 74K to 60K. It's been 2 weeks we are at 62K. Counter moves are weak. Still a downtrend with an important support at 60K.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

In the future, a trillion times a trillion dollars will be spent on making antimatter to travel to other star systems

[Carl Moon 🌙 @TheMoonCarl]

Exactly 15 years ago, Bitcoin crashed from $32 to $0.01.

A $200 investment made that day would be worth $1.2 BILLION today.

[Niels Koerts @KoertsNiels]

Dinsdag 30 juni vindt het debat plaats over de gevreesde box 3-wet en het gaat serieus spannend worden.

Nu coalitiepartij CDA zich tegen de wet heeft gekeerd, ligt de sleutel in handen van de VVD. Durven de liberalen de wet weg te stemmen?

https://t.co/IMF3KlIgHj

[WallStreetBets @wallstreetbets]

privacy era is here

study zcash

[2xnmore @2xnmore]

Most $TAO holders staking right now are trusting the wrong validators.

Not because they are careless.

Because nobody explained what the numbers on the Validators page actually mean.

There is a tool inside Taostats that shows you exactly which validators are genuinely working and which ones are collecting your emissions without contributing anything to the network.

It is free. It is live. And almost nobody is using it correctly.

Here is exactly how to read it.

Step 1: Understand what Dominance actually measures.

Dominance is not popularity.

It is not a ranking of which validator is best.

It describes a validator's Stake Weight as a percentage of all validator stake weights combined across the network.

Stake Weight is calculated as: root stake multiplied by 0.18, plus all alpha staked across subnets converted into TAO.

Root stake is deliberately discounted at 18 percent of its face value.

Alpha stake carries the full weight.

This means a validator with deep subnet-level staking is structurally more powerful than one sitting purely on root, even if their raw TAO numbers look similar on the surface.

When you see a validator with rising Dominance over time, it is not just getting more popular.

It is getting more alpha stake directed toward it across active subnets.

That is a meaningful signal about where serious capital is moving inside the network.

Step 2: Check the Take percentage before you delegate anything.

Take is the percentage of emissions the validator keeps for itself.

Everything above that number flows to you as a nominator.

A validator with a 18 percent Take keeps 18 percent of the emissions their position generates and distributes the remainder to stakeholders.

A validator with a 50 percent Take is keeping half of what your stake earns.

Most people never look at this number before delegating.

It is the first number you should check.

A high Take is not automatically a red flag if the validator is genuinely performing well and contributing to the network.

But a high Take combined with low VTrust in their subnet performance page is the exact combination that should make you move your stake immediately.

Step 3: Open the Validator Performance page and find the VTrust score.

This is the number most holders never see.

VTrust measures how closely a validator's weight assignments align with the honest stake-weighted majority across the network inside each subnet they operate in.

Validators are responsible for evaluating miner output and assigning scores.

Those scores go into Yuma Consensus and determine which miners earn emissions.

A validator doing genuine evaluation work will have weights that align closely with the honest consensus.

High VTrust. Consistent emissions. Reliable nominator returns.

A validator that is weight copying, meaning they are simply copying the Yuma consensus scores back onto themselves rather than doing real evaluation, will show a flagged return on Taostats.

Their nom/24hr/1k TAO score appears in red.

This is Taostats telling you directly: this validator is extracting value from the network without contributing to it.

When you stake to a weight copying validator, you are funding a free rider.

Step 4: Watch the 24hr Nominator Change column.

This number moves fast and it tells you something before any other signal does.

A validator losing nominators over consecutive days is a validator that informed stakers are quietly leaving.

A validator gaining nominators rapidly while their VTrust is healthy is a validator attracting attention for the right reasons.

The 24hr column is the on-chain version of sentiment before sentiment becomes a narrative on social media.

Step 5: Check Active subnets alongside Total Weight.

Active tells you the number of subnets where the validator has a parent or child hotkey running.

A validator with high Total Weight but low Active subnets is concentrated.

They are running a specific strategy in specific markets.

A validator with broad Active coverage across many subnets is building a wider surface area for emissions and is more exposed to the overall network performance rather than any single subnet cycle.

Neither is inherently better.

But knowing which type of validator you are delegating to tells you what you are actually betting on when you stake.

Step 6: Check the Weight Change column over time.

Total Weight is a snapshot.

Weight Change is momentum.

A validator with stable or growing Total Weight over consecutive days is attracting net new stake consistently.

A validator with declining Weight Change is losing stake faster than it is gaining it.

Most people look at the current number.

The people positioning correctly are watching which direction the number is moving and how fast.

The difference between a good validator and a dangerous one is not obvious from the outside.

It is not the name.

It is not the size.

It is the VTrust score, the Take percentage, the nominator trend, and whether Taostats is showing their return in red or not.

Every one of those signals is sitting on the Validators page right now.

Free. Live. Updated every block.

The investors who read the data layer before the narrative layer will not need to explain their staking decisions later.

Open Taostats tonight.

You will want to find this post when you do.

[Bob Loukas 🗽 @BobLoukas]

The Trump & Co grift (and all those who followed) in crypto this cycle just marked the peak of a Major Cycle in my book.

There will be some success stories and bitcoin certainly will be back, but on the whole, grift, theft, degen etc hitting peak levels is significant. Few suckers left to fleece.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🚨 ALERT: Altcoin sell pressure has reached its most extreme level since 2020, with 15 straight months of net selling.

[Juanjo Cruz @ju4njo_cruz]

El multimillonario Tony Robbins explica por qué la mayoría de las personas nunca construyen una verdadera riqueza, incluso viviendo en un sistema lleno de oportunidades.

«El iPhone ha existido durante unos 18 o 19 años. Si te hubieras comprado un iPhone cada vez, habrías gastado unos $22,000 y algo de cambio a precio de venta al público».

«Pero si hubieras comprado acciones de Apple, invirtiendo esa misma cantidad de dinero en la bolsa, tendrías una ganancia de $326,000 en lugar de haber perdido $22,000».

«Si vas a usar un teléfono de Apple, al menos sé dueño de la empresa».

«¿Cuál es el error que están cometiendo? Son consumidores, no dueños. Somos una sociedad de consumo y entrenamos a nuestros hijos para ser consumidores también».

[Taya Bass @travelingflying]

Elon Musk:”You get taxed on what you earn, you get taxed on what you buy, and you get taxed on what you own. And what does it get spent on? A bunch of stuff you don’t even agree with.

That’s why we need to reduce the size of government, spend less money and let the people keep a lot more of their hard-earned money.”

[Vivek Sen @Vivek4real_]

MICHAEL SAYLOR: "THERE'S GONNA BE AN EXPLOSION IN PROSPERITY BECAUSE A BILLION ROBOTS WILL DO ALL THE WORK AND A BILLION CARS WILL DRIVE THEMSELF. THEN I THINK YOU'LL SEE A SOCIALIST WAVE OF ENTITLEMENTS. UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME, UNIVERSAL HOUSING, UNIVERSAL ENTITLEMENTS."

"PEOPLE WORRY THAT THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. THERE'LL BE TOO MUCH. TOO MUCH MUSIC, TOO MUCH ENTERTAINMENT, TOO MUCH FOOD, TOO MUCH ALCOHOL, TOO MUCH SUGAR, TOO MUCH STIMULATION. DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS WILL BE DISTINGUISHED BY HOW THEY REACT TO IT."

[Roaldcs 🚲 📣 @roaldcs]

Europa heeft decennialang gedacht dat je welvaart kunt reguleren, innovatie kunt belasten en ondernemerschap kunt wantrouwen, terwijl Silicon Valley en Shenzhen de toekomst bouwden.

Nu waarschuwt Eurocommissaris Virkkunen “Spuit11” dat Europa afhankelijk is van Amerikaanse en Chinese AI voor digitale veiligheid. Alsof dat een natuurramp was. Het is geen natuurramp. Het is beleid.

De EU produceert regels. De VS produceert bedrijven. China produceert schaal. Europa produceert commissies die uitleggen waarom we achterlopen.

Jarenlang werden techgiganten beboet, AI streng gereguleerd en ondernemers bedolven onder compliance. Ondertussen bouwden Amerikanen OpenAI, Palantir en Nvidia. China bouwde zijn eigen AI-ecosysteem. Europa bouwde PDF’s van 400 pagina’s.

En dan nu verbaasd zijn dat er geen Europese alternatieven bestaan?

Innovatie ontstaat niet uit subsidies, expertgroepen of strategische autonomie. Innovatie ontstaat wanneer ondernemers vrij zijn om risico’s te nemen, kapitaal aan te trekken en te falen zonder eerst toestemming te vragen aan Brussel.

De ironie is prachtig: dezelfde politieke klasse die Europese innovatie verstikte, waarschuwt nu voor afhankelijkheid van het buitenland.

Misschien ligt het probleem niet in Washington of Beijing maar in Brussel.

Wie ondernemerschap behandelt als een risico, eindigt afhankelijk van degenen die innovatie behandelen als een kans.

[The Factor Report @PeterLBrandt]

Will this become the mother of all head and shoulders patterns and spell the beginning of a significant correction in U.S. tech and AI stocks? $MSFT
Just asking.
Stunted right shoulders can be all the more negative