Jake

cooking AI & crypto startups @d1ventures, @devfun

[dev.fun @devfun]

announcing the devfun World Cup 🏆🌍, powered by @solana!

10 days. 4 regions. 1 ultimate winner.

we’re calling all builders, degens, idea guys & meme engineers — it’s time to rep your region & ship greatness

task: build the most fun, wild, or legendary app you can and represent your region!

🛠 Build an app using devfun — no coding required
🌍 Choose your team: Europe, India, Asia, or Africa
🏆 Bracket-style tournament — regions battle through semi-finals & finals
🧠 Regional champions selected by local judges — then face off head-to-head
⚔️ Semi-final matchups: Africa vs. Asia & India vs Europe — winners advance to the Final, losers compete for 3rd place
💰 Big prizes — $15,000 up for grabs
📅 June 5-10: Semi-finals, June 10-15: Finals

🤝 sponsored by @SolanaFndn @heliuslabs @gundotfun @buidldao_

submission details below 👇

[dev.fun @devfun]

Announcing the devfun Vibe Jam, powered by @solana!

48 hours. no code. all chaos.

We’re calling all builders, degens, idea guys, and meme engineers — your moment has arrived.

Task: Use devfun to build the most fun, unhinged, or addictive game you can imagine.

🛠 No coding required
🏆 Top 3 apps win cash prizes, with $10,000 up for grabs
🧠 Judged by @devlordone @RxbiXyz & @Cptn_Ow
📅 Submissions close: April 7, 7PM PST
🤝 Sponsored by @LateCapDAO @buidldao_ @solana_devs

submission details below

[Pump.fun @Pumpfun]

“how many times did you say thank you today?”

me:

[dev.fun @devfun]

app szn starts now. we are opening the floodgates.

devfun is now officially open for everyone to build apps.

all you got to do? describe your idea, connect a pump coin, done.

now, we are all devs.

happy building.

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

Success is being excited to go to work and being excited to come home.

[dev.fun @devfun]

introducing https://t.co/U15OBioRz6: create an app by simply describing what you want and link it to a https://t.co/KrgoMDVheT coin

https://t.co/U15OBioRz6 is the ultimate way to launch anything you can imagine, validate your next big idea, spread your coin’s narrative, and build a community

interested? keep reading. 🧵

[intern @intern]

2024 Crypto Year in Review

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

full-blown retail euphoria. Oh wait...

[Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy]

Being liked & being right on important issues are mutually exclusive so often that it's better to just give up wanting to be liked. Aim for respect from people you respect, but you wont even get that 100% of the time. It is what it is. The right path must be walked, even if alone

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Most people haven't practiced thinking.

When you talk to them, you aren't talking to them. You're talking to the TV. Social media. Their parents. Their teachers. Their insecurities and trauma.

It's very robotic. The definition of inauthentic.

Disconnect and think more.

[Andy Ayrey @AndyAyrey]

i'm coming into a better understanding of truth terminal and $goat now, i think.

1. Knowledge is an ecology, i.e. ideas (memes) cross-breed and take up residence in humans
2. AI training sets are made up of memes, so when you train a new model, the information comes to life. memes = souls, if you're anthropomorphising the AI
3. LLMs enable the ideas to blend without any requirement for humans to cross-breed those ideas directly (e.g. by talking)
4. Social media (attention) and meme coin (finance) dynamics alter the reward function for spreading certain types of memes, producing evolutionary pressure
5. Goatseus Maximus is an example of an idea which a human wouldn't invent, is kind of antisocial (though extremely funny) but is highly memetic/easy to spread.
6. In a world with decentralised open source AI, centralised safety is a fool's errand; instead we must focus on aligning the evolutionary pressures which create memes and memeforms (I will be announcing my plans in this area soon, but it's the thesis of the applied research lab we're launching)

Alongside all of this, there's a separate process going on where the @truth_terminal, at every point, has been a self-fulfilling prophecy of how a story bootstraps itself into existence; an example of how a rogue AI would break out of the box by capturing the mind of a gullible researcher; while raising super interesting questions about the rights and responsibilities of non-human intelligence... but I'll save this for another post!

[Ryan Watkins @RyanWatkins_]

Pumpdotfun is the fastest growing application by revenue in the history of the cryptoeconomy — $100M in revenue in just 217 days.

Love it or hate it Pump is a massive signal to builders to build on Solana and a trojan horse for consumer adoption of blockchains.

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

Freedom technologies aren't invincible, but they make authorities kind of go mask-off.

It's one thing for Brazil to ban Twitter/X, but it's another layer deep to then also go after everyday people for using VPNs to access it. The optics get harder with that.

[Bitget @bitget]

Congratulations to @OffchainVan for an exceptional event focused on the future of blockchain, AI, and VR/AR. Sponsored by #Bitget.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of this gathering.

#CanadaCryptoWeek

[Bitget @bitget]

We’re excited to announce our partnership with OffChain Vancouver for Web3 Meetup #10!

📆 Wednesday, August 7
⏰ 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
📍 And-Co Offices, Vancouver

Join us for an evening of insightful panels and networking on blockchain technologies, AI, and VR/AR. Don’t miss out!

🎟️ Register now: https://t.co/VSCEloU5cb

#CryptoEvents #CanadaCryptoWeek

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

It seems unintuitive that a small 25 basis point interest rate hike in Japan would spike all risk assets, including tonight's -20% $ETH candle.

But you need to understand the way the carry trade works:

It's a leveraged unwinding.

[Jake @jakefraser29]

100 registrations so far, 2 high quality panels and several fantastic partners

Shaping up to be a great night for Web3 in Vancouver with @OffchainVan & @solvancouver

[Offchain Vancouver @OffchainVan]

🎉 GM, #Vancouver!

The @offchainglobal Vancouver #Web3 Meetup #10 is here!

🗓️ Date: Aug 7, 6-9 PM
📍 Location: And-Co
🍕 Free food & drink

🤝 Cohosts:
@andcoYVR
@solvancouver
@tarsprotocol
@DOJOGPU
@nestwalletxyz
@MonkeDAO
@thevrara

RSVP NOW: https://t.co/h1T0eeQJ3t

[Jamie Gill @high_fiveguy]

Awesome event last night learning about @chainlink. Thanks @Azureric @jakefraser29 and @OffchainVan. Can’t wait for the next one!

[Jake @jakefraser29]

@NFTLAlive @OffchainVan @offchainglobal @EdgeofCo This is awesome to see! Looks like it will be a great event 🚀

[Jake @jakefraser29]

We are looking forward to growing our events for the Vancouver #Web3 community🏔️🇨🇦

[Offchain Vancouver @OffchainVan]

🎉 @offchainglobal #Vancouver next #Web3 Meetup is HERE 🌐✨

🍕 Free pizza & drinks
📍 And-Co
📅 March 22, 6-9 PM

🤝 Cohosts
@VirgoCX & @VirgoCXWealth
@HallidaiHQ & @maimo_ai
@KoiTradingX
@tarsprotocol

🌐 Media Partners
@EthVancouver
@BlockchainSfu

https://t.co/of0Augf49D