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Sauna is one of the most effective health protocols I've done. Here is everything I've learned; it's the most robust characterization ever produced.
Results:
1) Fifteen sessions of sauna dramatically reduced environmental toxins in my body:
+ 65% drop in 2,4-D
+ 100% drop in MEP
+ 15% drop in MBP
+ 100% drop in MEHP (undetectable post sauna)
+ 56% drop in NAPR
+ 56% drop in HEMA
+ 100% drop in Perchlorate (undetectable post sauna)
2. Sauna eliminated 85% of microplastics from my ejaculate.
Nov 2024:
165 particles/mL
July 2025: 20 particles/mL
Nearly identical drop in my blood same time period:
Oct 2024: 70 particles/mL
May 2025: 10 particles/mL
3. Sauna, without ice on the boys, devastated my fertility markers.
Total Motile Count: –56%
Concentration: –30%
Motility: –50%
Morphology: –48%
Count: –9%
4. Sauna coincided with my fertility markers being at an all-time high. I have more total and motile sperm than 99.6% of men of any age, including men under 25.
+ total count: 600 M
+ concentration: 162 M
+ motility: 55%
+ total motile count: 330M
+ morphology (normal): 10%
We do not know what to make of these improvements. Was it the sauna? Sauna + ice? Ice only? We don't know but we did not identify any other protocols or lifestyle changes during this interval that would plausibly account for the change.
5. My vascular function improved by a ten year reduction in age. Now I have the vascular age of an elite 18-early 20s.
+ Central Systolic Blood Pressure: 96 mmHg
+ Central Pulse Pressure: 20 mmHg
+ Pulse Pressure Amplification: 160%
+ SEVR: 227%
+ Augmentation Pressure: 1 mmHg
+ Augmentation Index Wave: 3%
+ Traditional blood pressure: 107/75 mmHg
6. What type of sauna?
Use a dry sauna with high temperatures between 80-100°C (176 to 212°F) and 5-20% relative air humidity. Aim for the lower end of this spectrum, especially as a beginner. Higher temperatures closer to the boiling point can cause side effects like headaches and severely dried nose and eyes.
Note: Steam baths, hot tubs, and infrared saunas fail to replicate the same effects because they do not allow you to safely reach the required high temperatures and do not induce the same level of sweating, the necessary inverted (skin-to-core) temperature gradient, and the massive re-direction of blood to the skin with resulting vasodilation.
Dry sauna is unique, and very likely superior to wet (steam bath) and infrared saunas. By heating up your skin way faster than your core, dry hot sauna flips your core skin temperature gradient, eliciting the following hormetic benefits:
+ enhanced blood flow: the heart pumps up to 70% more blood, similar to intense aerobic exercise (zone 2-+ increased sweating for detoxification: to maintain a stable core temperature, the skin produces 0.6-1 liter of sweat per hour, facilitating significant detoxification.
+ improved heat tolerance: the body becomes better at handling heat, leading to a lower core body temperature (offering metabolic advantages)
+ safe activation of heat shock proteins: the skin experiences substantial heat shock protein activation, while a modest 1°C increase in core temperature is sufficient to activate these proteins without the risk of hyperthermia.
+ extended Exposure at higher temperatures: dry saunas are more tolerable for longer durations and at higher temperatures, maximizing the benefits.
7. Sauna protocol and frequency
Type: hot dry sauna
Temperature: 176–212°F ( I do 200°F)
Relative air humidity: very low, 5-20%
Duration: 20 min
Frequency: 4–7x a week
8. Heat Protection
If you'd like, you can protect your head from the heat by wearing a sauna hat or wrapping it with a towel (use only cotton or other 100% natural material). You can breathe through a towel or cloth if needed to protect your nose. I am personally fine not doing this.
Most importantly, ice the balls.
Icing the testicles is absolutely required to prevent heat from damaging fertility markers.
+ Ice the testes during the sauna session.
+ Use a non-toxic, reusable ice pack material.
+ Wear cotton boxers and shorts.
+ Place ice packs in between the boxers and shorts.
+ Keep them in place for the entire session.
Men should care about preserving fertility markers even when they are not trying to conceive. Sperm quality is tightly coupled to testicular function, which governs testosterone production, metabolic health, and long term endocrine stability. When fertility parameters decline, the same upstream dysfunction often drives lower testosterone, higher inflammation, and increased cardiometabolic risk.
9. Hydration
Dry sauna induces sweating as part of its beneficial mechanism. Be sure to hydrate properly. In general, you might need to rehydrate with up to 16–32 oz (0.5–1 L) of fluid after a sauna session. Be sure to add electrolytes.
If you want to be precise, measure your sweat amount and electrolytes (saltiness) using a patch (e.g., from Gatorade) to quantify your liquid and electrolyte loss, and rehydrate accordingly. Some people have saltier sweat than others and must ensure they replenish electrolytes as well as water.
My results: my body sweats 18 oz during a 20 min sauna at 200 °F, with a sodium concentration of 25-39 mg/oz. A single sauna session flushes 450–700 mg of sodium out of my body.
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I wish you all the best in life my friend. A new era or being human is here. One where existence is the highest virtue. Prioritize sleep, daily exercise and eat well and you'll be in a strong position. Try to avoid the bad stuff. Anything that takes away your agency.
Be a warrior and caretaker of existence. Don't Die.
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Ethereum is for shipping.
Here are 29 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month.
0/ Fusaka, Ethereum’s latest upgrade, went live on December 3rd. Fusaka included 13 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) that boost blob capacity, improve user experience, and introduce data availability sampling to securely scale the network and set the stage for future L1 upgrades.
Ethereum is securely scaling.
1/ @aave introduced the new Aave App, a smarter interface for saving and interacting with the protocol.
Better UX and clearer pathways into DeFi help bring more users onchain and strengthen the financial layer built on Ethereum.
2/ Devconnect (@EFDevcon), the largest Ethereum gathering of the year, occurred in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It marked the ‘First Ethereum World’s Fair’ with 75+ projects demoing on site and 20k+ registrants, making it the largest Devconnect ever.
3/ @Amundi_ENG, Europe’s largest asset manager, launched the first tokenized share class of an existing euro-denominated money market fund on Ethereum.
4/ @AbstractChain announced that @Disney coming to @Cryptoys, bringing iconic brands and their millions of fans onchain.
5/ @jpmorgan's USD deposit token JPMD is now live on @base. Institutional settlement on Ethereum L2s demonstrates real-world adoption and builds bridges between traditional finance and public infrastructure.
6/ @ElizaEcoFund, an open-source framework for deploying AI agents, migrated its native $ELIZAOS token to Ethereum. Teams choosing Ethereum for AI-agent infrastructure highlights Ethereum’s strength as a programmable base layer.
7/ The @EthereumFndn@EFDevcon team announced that Devcon 2026 will be hosted in Mumbai, India.
8/ The Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance launched as a coordinated policy effort by @aave, @AragonProject, @CurveFinance, @LidoFinance, @sparkdotfi, @graphprotocol, & @UniswapFND. The Alliance aims to protect Ethereum’s neutrality and ensure global regulation supports open, permissionless innovation.
9/ @Starknet activated S-two, a high-speed prover now securing every Starknet block. Faster proofs strengthen the rollup ecosystem and advance Ethereum’s ZK future.
10/ @aztecnetwork released Ignition, a fully decentralized L2 consensus layer that advances private, programmable onchain activity on Ethereum.
11/ The @ethereumfndn introduced the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL). EIL aims to make Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem feel like one unified chain, without new trust assumptions.
12/ @usxcapital, a privacy-preserving stablecoin on Scroll and LayerZero, went live. It brings gasless, private transfers and new stablecoin rails to Ethereum L2s.
13/ @aplus introduced a turnkey solution for banks to issue GENIUS-compliant stablecoins on Ethereum. This makes it easier for smaller institutions to issue stablecoins and compete collectively with larger players in the market.
14/ @nillion is extending its Blind Computer infrastructure to Ethereum, unlocking new possibilities for decentralized computation without revealing underlying data. As Ethereum becomes an ecosystem of many chains that settle on the L1, Nillion provides shared, decentralized, private computation compatible with both L1 and every L2.
15/ @StartaleGroup released the Startale App, a SuperApp for @soneium's rapidly growing network on Ethereum. With 10M+ weekly transactions and 90K+ daily users, it offers a clean, secure way to explore the ecosystem.
16/ wARS, a new Argentine peso–pegged stablecoin, launched on Ethereum, @Base, and @world_chain_, making it easier to move local value in Argentina and latAm to the blockchain.
17/ @1inch launched 1inch Aqua, a new liquidity protocol designed to defragment liquidity for market makers and improve execution across the DeFi ecosystem.
18/ @renegade_fi went live on @arbitrum. Renegade aims to make DeFi more private. Trade privately with dark pools, zero MEV, slippage, or price impact.
19/ @RobinhoodApp_EU tokenized nearly 1,000 stocks on @Arbitrum, for their EU app.
20/ Japan's largest idol & fashion festival @idolrunwaycolle is going onchain via IRC APP—developed by @YOAKEofficialEN, powered by @record_protocol on @soneium.
21/ Ethereum hit 34,000+ TPS, a new all-time high, showing that rollups are scaling Ethereum in practice and proving the network can support global, real-world demand.
22/ The @sharexyz app launched on @base and Ethereum. It’s an easy way to share transactions, follow any wallet, and earn rewards for trades.
23/ @eigencloud launched EigenZero with @LayerZero_Labs, bringing a decentralized verifier network backed by cryptoeconomic guarantees.
24/ @Celo and @ensdomains introduced Celonames: human-readable identities make it easier for everyday users to engage with Ethereum applications on Celo.
25/ @Uniswap launched Continuous Clearing Auctions, enabling permissionless token auctions with automatic liquidity bootstrapping, designed to curb unfair launches.
26/ @Spire_Labs launched Full Send, a free RPC with MEV protection and safe inclusion guarantees. Better user protection improves trust and reduces hidden costs for Ethereum users.
27/ @graphprotocol announced Amp, a blockchain-native database for building and remixing smart-contract datasets locally. This improves data access for developers and expands Ethereum’s data tooling ecosystem.
28/ @DefiLlama shipped LlamaAI, enabling prompts to generate charts, analysis, and insights. Better analytics deepen transparency and understanding of onchain financial activity.
„Alle US-Märkte werden in zwei Jahren on-chain sein.“
Wenn Paul Atkins damit recht behält, dann stehen vor allem Public Chains im Zentrum und nicht nur private Bank-Ledger.
1️⃣ Basisschicht: Ethereum & L2s als neue Markt-Infrastruktur
Schon heute liegt der Großteil der tokenisierten US-Treasuries und Geldmarktfonds auf Ethereum und EVM-Kompatiblen Chains:
•BlackRock BUIDL: Der derzeit wohl wichtigste on-chain Treasury-Fonds, vollständig auf Ethereum.
•Franklin Templeton: Ihr OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund läuft u.a. über Ethereum, Avalanche, Stellar und XRP-Ledger.
•L2s wie Arbitrum, Optimism und Base werden zum bevorzugten Settlement-Layer für institutionelle RWAs.
Diese Chains sind bereits das, was ein „on-chain US-Markt“ brauchen würde: global zugänglich, 24/7, programmierbar, interoperabel
2️⃣ Weitere relevante Public Chains
Auch andere Netzwerke spielen eine wachsende Rolle in der Tokenisierungsschiene:
•Avalanche (AVAX): Beliebt für institutionelle Pilotprojekte und Fonds-Tokenisierung.
•Stellar (XLM): Von Franklin Templeton aktiv genutzt.
•XRP Ledger (XRP): Bei tokenisierten Fondsanteilen im Einsatz.
•Solana (SOL): Stark wachsender RWA-Sektor, zunehmend als Zielchain gewählt.
3️⃣ RWA-Tokenisierungsspezialisten
Securitize (keine Kryptowährung):
SEC-registrierter Transfer Agent & Broker-Dealer, der bereits BlackRock BUIDL und viele andere Assets tokenisiert.
Wenn echte US-Equities und Fonds on-chain gehen, dan ist Securitize heute der führende Player.
Ondo Finance (ONDO):
Bringt Treasuries, Geldmarktfonds und künftig mehr TradFi-Assets direkt in die On-Chain-Ökosysteme und DeFi.
Einer der schnellst wachsenden RWA-Layer im EVM-Umfeld.
4️⃣ Oracles & Interoperabilität
Ein on-chain Kapitalmarkt braucht Daten- und Kommunikationsschichten:
•Chainlink ist bereits der de-facto Standard für Kurs-, Zins- & Indexdaten und verbindet über CCIP private und öffentliche Chains.
Ohne diese Infrastruktur wären tokenisierte Wertpapiere kaum handelbar oder interoperabel.
5️⃣ Regulierte US-Equities on-chain
Der wohl größte Katalysator:
Coinbase und weitere Institutionen arbeiten aktiv daran, vollständig regulierte US-Aktien on-chain handelbar zu machen.
Wenn diese Produkte auf Ethereum oder Base erscheinen, entsteht zum ersten Mal ein echter Brückenschlag zwischen Wall Street und Public Blockchain Settlement.
🎯 Fazit
Die Zukunft „US-Märkte on-chain“ entsteht nicht in geschlossenen Banknetzwerken, sie entsteht auf Public Chains, die heute bereits Billionen an Liquidität tragen.
Ethereum, seine L2s und einige wenige komplementäre Chains bilden die technische Basis,
Securitize und Ondo bringen die Assets,
Chainlink verbindet sie alle.
Wenn Atkins’ Zeitrahmen stimmt, dann ist die Infrastruktur dafür jetzt schon live.
Realistisch wird die vollständige Tokenisierung aber eher schrittweise stattfinden – zwei Jahre für alle US-Märkte sind extrem ambitioniert, der Übergang wird Stück für Stück kommen.
Nothing is more rewarding than seeing your friends grow and level up — and getting to experience that alongside them.
Dan has been my closest friend for the last decade, and it’s been an incredible journey together. I’ve never witnessed a bond rooted in such deep friendship, with such a high bar for excellence and accountability.
The Solana ecosystem is lucky to have him.
Just two scrappy kids from the Midwest. Proud of you, bro. Keep chipping away.
More life.