Let me trace the timeline here because nobody's connecting it.
Step 1: Scrape the entire internet. Every book, every article, every conversation, every piece of art, every forum post. Do it without asking. Do it without paying.
Step 2: Train a model on all of it. Call it "artificial intelligence."
Step 3: Go to BlackRock's Infrastructure Summit and announce: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."
Step 3 is where you sell people's own knowledge back to them. On a meter.
They took the collective output of human thought, compressed it into a model, and now they want to charge you by the token to access a version of what you and everyone you know already created.
One Reddit user put it perfectly: "They stole all this data from us, the people, our life's work, creativity, art, by devouring the internet and blowing through all copyright laws. Now they want to sell it back to us in the form of a utility."
Imagine if someone photocopied every book in the public library, burned the library down, and then opened a subscription service for the copies.
That's the metered intelligence business model.
And they're pitching it to infrastructure investors as though they invented water.
We’re honored to welcome David Schwartz @JoelKatz as an Honorary Board Member of the XRP Ledger Foundation.
As one of the original architects of the XRP Ledger, David brings deep technical insight and a long-term perspective that will help strengthen the Foundation’s technical stewardship of the ecosystem.
Welcome, David!
The Lotus blooms in West Bengal!
The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People's power has prevailed and BJP's politics of good governance has triumphed. I bow to each and every person of West Bengal.
The people have given a spectacular mandate to BJP and I assure them that our Party will do everything possible to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people of West Bengal. We will provide a Government that ensures opportunity and dignity to all sections of society.
@BJP4Bengal
🚨Last night, India switched on a reactor.
Here are 9 numbers nobody is talking about:
→ 72 years: Time since Homi Bhabha conceived this plan
→ 22 years: Time to actually build it
→ ₹7,700 crore: Final cost (started at ₹3,492 crore)
→ 500 MW: Power it will generate
→ 2nd: India's global rank only Russia had this before
→ 25%: India's share of world's thorium reserves
→ 400 years: How long those reserves can power India
→ 200+: Indian companies that built it. Zero foreign designs.
→ 3: Countries that tried and quit - USA, Germany, UK
🧵 A thread that will blow your mind:
BREAKING: Both McLaren cars of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have been disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix
This is because the thickness of the rearmost skid of both cars was less than the required thickness
#F1#LasVegasGP
Clarification on Bybit’s “Fund Freezing” Report 🚨
Recent reports by Bybit’s Lazarus Security Lab incorrectly list the XDC Network among chains with “fund-freezing” abilities.
Let’s set the record straight 👇
✅The cited code (constants.mainnet.go) contains a legacy, static reference list, not a live or callable function.
✅ It cannot be invoked by validators, nodes, or the Foundation to freeze or reverse any transaction.
✅ XDC Network’s core design remains fully decentralized, no authority can alter or block user assets at the protocol level.
Transparency, decentralization, and immutability remain at the heart of #XDCNetwork.
📖 Developers can verify the code here:
🔗 https://t.co/et4lpRDyYb
🔍 Lines mentioned in the report are simple constants — not enforcement logic.
#BuildOnXDC | #Web3Transparency | #BlockchainTruth
I was hacked this is what happened this is how it has happened and what you should do if it happens to you. If you want to help i will have a post below. 1/1
Serious concern during a Zomato delivery 🚨
Faced a concerning delivery experience last night. The order was delayed due to multiple groupings. When the person finally came, I felt something didn’t match the registered name “Ashok Ram"
As he was leaving, I casually asked, “Kya naam hai aapka?” he instantly replied “Bismillahum”. When I asked again, he changed his answer saying people call him that but his name is “Ashok”.
I asked to see his ID card; he refused and left abruptly. His body language completely changed.
Forget the delay but this is a serious safety issue if the person is not registered with actual name? @deepigoyal@zomato please investigate if accounts are registered with fake credentials/IDs or shared by someone else(mechanism to detect this? Device binding?. Also delivery partners should have visible ID cards while delivering for everyone’s safety.
As happens in one’s life, I’ve been taking stock of my last 40 years. It’s been a wild ride. I’ve gone from consulting for the NSA to watching the early stages of Bitcoin. Then, I met Arthur, Jed, and Chris and worked on coding the XRP Ledger. Now, I’ve spent more than 13 years at Ripple.
I can’t begin to explain the depth of my gratitude to this company, the people who work here, and the community that surrounds XRPL. It’s been one of the greatest honors and experiences of my life, second only to my amazing family.
The time has come for me to step back from my day-to-day duties as Ripple CTO at the end of this year. I’m really looking forward to spending more time with the kids and grandkids and going back to the hobbies I set aside. But be warned, I’m not going away from the XRP community. You haven’t seen the last of me (now, or ever).
The last few months I’ve been tinkering on the side – spinning up my own XRPL node and publishing its output data, researching other use cases for XRP (besides what Ripple is focused on), and more. I truly enjoy this part — getting my hands dirty, talking to builders, coding for the pure love of it — and I’m really excited to get back to that. More to come on this very soon, I’m sure.
But back to gratitude — to Brad and Monica — leaders who have been here nearly as long as I have, and are the very soul of Ripple itself. To Chris, who took a huge leap of faith and never wavered. To Arthur, who had the big ideas every time we needed them. To the RippleX team, ledger developers, community members, builders, and everyone else — it’s been an honor being in the trenches with you all. Thank you for everything you have done for the XRPL. I have total confidence in the next generation of leaders and builders – including Dennis Jarosch (Ripple’s SVP of Engineering) – and far too many others to name in the XRP community who will carry the torch.
I’ll still be in and out of the Ripple office as CTO Emeritus, and as my last task at Ripple, Chris asked me to join Ripple's Board of Directors to continue supporting the company’s mission and long-term vision...and I accept!
I look forward to seeing the rest of you at XRP community events around the world.
– JoelKatz
The UPA government issued oil bonds totaling about ₹1.41 lakh crore from 2005-2010 to compensate oil companies for fuel subsidies, deferring costs to manage fiscal deficit.
The current government is repaying them, with ₹131,550 crore (principal + interest) settled as of March 2025, and ₹38,970 crore remaining, due by 2026.
Repayments are funded from general revenues, including fuel excise duties. Govt sources say this limits tax cuts; critics note it's minor vs. total collections (>₹27L cr since 2014).
I am eager to be among @BJP4Bengal Karyakartas at a rally in Kolkata. With each passing day, public anger against the TMC is increasing. West Bengal is eagerly looking towards the BJP with hope because of our development agenda.
🚨 KC VENUGOPAL: "When Amit Shah was Gujarat HM, he was arrested. Where was his morality?"
HM AMIT SHAH 🔥🔥: "I was falsely framed. Yet I resigned before arrest and never held office until acquitted. And you’ll lecture me on morality?"
HM Shah tables HISTORIC bill to AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE PM, CMs or Ministers on 31st day of custody if sentenced for 5+ years.
🚨 @dhruv_rathee's AI startup is charging over 200% markup on API costs while claiming you "save 90%"
Let me break down what they don't want you to see...
🧵Thread (1/7)
Thank my friend, President Putin, for his phone call and for sharing insights on his recent meeting with President Trump in Alaska. India has consistently called for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict and supports all efforts in this regard. I look forward to our continued exchanges in the days to come.
@KremlinRussia_E
We’ve been seeing more and more players in the payments and stablecoins space launch their own blockchains. To me, that’s a clear sign the market sees blockchain as core financial infrastructure — something we’ve believed in and have been building toward on the XRP Ledger for over 13 years.
Launching a blockchain is hard. Building an ecosystem with developers, liquidity, trust, and real-world usage is even harder. The XRPL has real traction and institutional adoption because it’s been battle-tested, updated, and improved upon for well over a decade.
Some blockchains are built with permissioned validator sets controlled by one entity or a small group. This can provide control and compliance for specific, closed-network scenarios, but it limits reach, resilience, and the ability for anyone to contribute to securing and growing the network. Decentralization vs. centralization is constantly debated and there’s not a single answer that fits every use case for crypto and the concepts themselves have changed in definition over the years.
As many of you know, the XRPL is public and permissionless at its core, with optional permissioned features for regulated use cases. This open foundation makes it adaptable, interoperable, and well-positioned to serve as critical infrastructure for the world’s financial system — connecting assets, markets, and participants seamlessly across borders.
The XRPL was built so fees stay low and predictable, just fractions of a cent, without a separate gas token. You can pay directly in XRP for any issued asset, avoiding the friction and hidden costs of buying another token just to transact. XRP is counterparty-free, accessible by all, and used as a bridge asset with real utility for payments, settlement, and liquidity. (Every transaction on the XRPL uses/burns XRP.)
It’s encouraging to see some newer chains adopt design choices that have long been part of the XRPL’s architecture, like deterministic finality and Proof of Authority-based consensus mechanisms. It shows there’s growing alignment in the industry on the importance of predictable, reliable settlement for financial applications without expensive validation.
Looking forward to the next phase of XRPL innovations, bringing more programmability, compliance-grade capabilities, and deeper liquidity for institutional use.
And to those just getting started… Welcome to the party! The crypto tent is only getting bigger.
HUGE BREAKING 🚨 Minta Devi appears and slams Opposition.
Opposition MPs paraded T-shirts featuring Minta Devi, a supposed 124-year-old voter on Bihar’s EC list.
MINTA DEVI: "Who are Priyanka Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi to me? Who gave them the right to wear T-shirts with my picture?"
"This should not be done. I do not want this" - she said
India is making rapid strides in the semiconductor sector, building a robust ecosystem to power our digital future and drive global innovation. Today's Cabinet decision relating to approval of semiconductor units in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Punjab will boost manufacturing capacity, create high-skilled jobs and position India as a key player in the global supply chain.
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