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[$RAF @jeymido]

#grok can you tell me exactly the fi code

[Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,Ph.D.,DPT. @drhossamsamy65]

🚨 URGENT: Epstein file leaks reportedly reveal for the first time that Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Jeffrey Epstein on his private island.‼️

[Mayank Dudeja || SPYONGEMS @imcryptofreak]

🚨 #Binance becoming the next FTX

Bro, the way CZ acted like a whistleblower during the FTX collapse

now the same way, the OKX is becoming a whistleblower against Binance and CZ.

[Market Rebellion @RebellioMarket]

2026 MAJOR TOPICS YOU NEED TO LEARN:
1. Fibonacci Retracements
2.Breakouts
3.Reversal
4.Elliott Wave
5.Fair Value Gap
6.Candlesticks
7.Heikin Ashli
8.Moon Phases
9.Renko
10.Harmonic Patterns
https://t.co/JRjV1wNPUj and resistance
12.Dynamic Support and resistance
13.Trend lines
14.Gann Angles
15.Momentum Indicators
16.Oscillators
17.Divergence
18.Volume
https://t.co/qkkOCWYGsW &Demand
https://t.co/NuC2A1ZBcr Structure
21.BOS
22.CHOCH

[Ardi @ArdiNSC]

The $TRUMP coin was one of the largest liquidity extraction events in crypto history.

Once valued at $67.5 billion FDV. Now down 94% and total silence.

We don’t talk enough about the damage this did to genuine retail confidence in crypto.

[Rekt Fencer @rektfencer]

$BTC looks IDENTICAL to the 2021 cycle.

Double Top ➜ Dump ➜ Bounce ➜ Final Flush

This could send Bitcoin to $100K-$105K before the major dump.

[Mr. Wall Street @mrofwallstreet]

Your daily reminder that we are in bear market

And Bitcoin next big move is to 54-60k region

I hope my message is crystal clear to everyone

[Federal Reserve @federalreserve]

WATCH LIVE TODAY: Press conference with #FOMC Chair Powell at 2:30 p.m. ET: https://t.co/1uJrua5Yif

https://t.co/FJa6TblbC1

[Kaspa Daily @DailyKaspa]

Kaspa is approaching a major decentralization milestone, nearly 1,000 active public nodes are now online.

Node count has been climbing steadily, reflecting stronger community participation and a more resilient network.

[Kaspa @kaspaunchained]

vProgs turn the blockDAG from “fast payments” into a programmable settlement engine. Synchronous composability without rollup spaghetti.

[Ash Crypto @AshCrypto]

“If I put $10,000 in Ethereum in 2015 I’d have $200M now.”

No.

If you bought $10,000 of ETH in 2015 and watched it go to:

$10k → $1M → $14M

and did nothing

Then watched $14M go to $390k

and still did nothing

Then watched $390k go to $30M

and still did nothing

Then watched $30M wither to $1.2M

and still did nothing

Then watched $1.2M surge to $93M

and still did nothing

Then watched $93M deteriorate to $5.3M

Then watched $5.3M climb to $323M

and still did nothing

Then watched $323M shrink to $54M
and still did nothing

Then watched $54M surge to $200M

and then for some reason finally decided to do something…

Then yes, $10K in 2015 would be worth $200M today.

[Uncle Stayfun @unclestefan]

THREAD: The Kaspa Moment No One Is Ready For

(A breakdown of why $KAS may be the most important L1 of the next decade.)

1/
Most people still think Kaspa is “just a fast PoW chain.”

It’s not.

After reading the vProgs Yellow Paper, it’s clear that Kaspa is building something the entire industry has been trying—and failing—to deliver:

A sovereign ZK execution layer directly on L1.

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2/
Ethereum is powerful.
Solana is fast.
Rollups are clever.

But none of them solve the “holy trinity”:
•Sovereignty
•Synchronous composability
•ZK verifiability

Kaspa does — in one architecture.

⸻

3/
What are vProgs?

Think of them as:
➡ mini sovereign blockchains
➡ running inside a faster L1
➡ each with its own rules, gas model, and prover set
➡ but all sharing Kaspa’s 1-sec PoW finality

This has NEVER existed before.

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4/
Every vProg is sovereign.
Every vProg is ZK-verifiable.
Every vProg can synchronously call any other vProg.

That solves what Ethereum rollups break:
fragmentation.
delayed state.
sequencer centralization.

Kaspa keeps synchronous composability without sacrificing sovereignty.

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5/
Kaspa becomes the L1 sequencer for an infinite number of ZK applications.

Not an L2.
Not a rollup.
Not a sidechain.

A true L1 ZK compute backbone.

This places Kaspa in the same category as:
•AWS for compute
•Nvidia for AI
•ETH for DeFi

But with PoW-level neutrality.

⸻

6/
Gas model breakthrough

Kaspa introduces two forms of gas:
•L2 Gas (internal execution)
•ScopeGas (impact on other applications)

ScopeGas enforces fairness and prevents DoS attacks on other apps.

This means:
No more “one heavy dApp kills the chain.”
(Yes, I’m looking at you, monolithic L1s.)

⸻

7/
Prover economy = new mining economy

vProgs require ZK provers.
Provers must:
•stake KAS
•earn fees
•perform proofs
•compete in an open market

Kaspa creates the first open ZK prover economy, powered by PoW finality.

This changes everything.

⸻

8/
Rollups? L2s? Sidechains?
All become obsolete if Kaspa’s model works.

Why?

Because vProgs provide:
•L2 flexibility
•L1 security
•ZK verifiability
•synchronous composability
•no sequencer corruption
•no MEV extraction

That’s the endgame design everyone wanted.

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9/
Now let’s talk real-world impact.

ZK compute is not a fad.
It’s the core of:
•AI verification
•digital identity
•financial compliance
•CBDCs
•supply chain proofs
•cross-border settlements
•IoT trust networks
•machine-to-machine payments

These industries are trillion-dollar sectors.

Kaspa is positioning itself to be the global verifier layer.

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10/
Institutions are already circling.

In December:
•HashDag presents Kaspa at a major London conference (banks, Microsoft, Google, Citi, HSBC, Deutsche Bank).
•Sutton is recognized as a top “crypto advocate.”
•Binance Blockchain Week follows immediately after.

This is NOT random timing.

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11/
And then you have Wallet #1.

An entity accumulating over 1.2 BILLION KAS.
No selling.
No CEX rotation.
No panic.
No speculation pattern.

This looks like:
•ZK research entity
•AI × blockchain R&D fund
•sovereign institutional fund
•or stealth tech infrastructure investor

You don’t buy 1.2B KAS for a 30% swing.
You buy it for a 10-year infrastructure play.

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12/
The entire ZK sector is moving toward:
•ultra-fast verification
•neutral base layers
•composable multi-chain compute
•real-time cross-application calls
•trustless global settlement

Kaspa is the ONLY PoW chain designed to handle ZK verification at scale.

This is why the right people are paying attention.
$kas

[Kaspa @kaspaunchained]

941 public nodes for a 2021 PoW. Litecoin had a decade head start; decentralization doesn't care about seniority.

[Ash Crypto @AshCrypto]

Bitcoin is down $46k in last 46 days

From $126k to $80k

At this rate it will go to zero in 80 days

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

JAPAN JUST KILLED THE GLOBAL MONEY PRINTER AND NOBODY NOTICED

The most dangerous number in finance right now is 1.71%.

That’s Japan’s 10-year bond yield. Highest since 2008. Here’s why your retirement just got obliterated:

For 30 years, Japan printed infinity money at 0% rates and exported it worldwide. $3.4 trillion flowed into US Treasuries, European debt, emerging markets. This invisible bid kept YOUR mortgage cheap, YOUR stocks inflated, YOUR government solvent.

November 10th, 2025: The bid disappeared.

Japan’s yield hit 1.71%. They’re pumping $110 billion stimulus into their economy while debt sits at 263% of GDP. The math just became impossible. At 1.7% rates, Japan pays $27 billion MORE in interest. Every. Single. Year.

Here’s the extinction event nobody sees coming:

Japanese pension funds are pulling $1.1 trillion OUT of US Treasuries right now because keeping money in America LOSES them money after hedging costs. The largest foreign buyer of American debt is becoming a seller.

When Japan stops buying, interest rates don’t stay flat. They explode. US 10-year yields will jump 40 basis points minimum from flow dynamics alone. Your 7% mortgage becomes 8%. Corporate debt refinancing costs spike 60%. Zombie companies holding $3 trillion in junk bonds start defaulting in waves.

The yen carry trade just reversed. $1.2 trillion in borrowed yen funding crypto, stocks, emerging markets must unwind. Every hedge fund, every momentum trade, every leveraged bet built on free Japanese money is getting margin called simultaneously.

This breaks in three places:

Stock valuations were built for 2% bond yields forever. At 3.5% yields, the S&P 500 fair value drops 35%. Emerging market currencies collapse without Japanese capital inflows. Europe’s debt crisis returns because Italy and Spain lose their silent buyer.

December 18th the Bank of Japan meets. 50% chance they hike again. If they do, sell everything not nailed down.

Your 401k doesn’t price this in yet. The Fed can’t stop this. No central bank can.

The world’s biggest piggy bank just cracked open and the money is flowing backwards.

Position accordingly or get destroyed.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Full article here - https://t.co/NAuONH2jlj

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

The best vprogs normies summary I’ve read so far

[$RAF @jeymido]

@cz_binance I think I have a better place for you in 2028

[Dr Martin Hiesboeck @MHiesboeck]

Kaspa’s Path to Zero-Knowledge Smart Contracts

In the evolving landscape of blockchain technology, Kaspa stands out for its innovative approach to scalability and functionality. At the heart of its next phase is vProgs—verifiable programs designed to enable zero-knowledge smart contracts. This concept moves beyond traditional on-chain execution models, leveraging off-chain computation and cryptographic proofs to maintain a lightweight Layer 1 (L1) while unlocking sophisticated programmability. Drawing from ongoing research and development, including Kaspa’s recently released yellow paper, this post provides a structured overview of vProgs, their architecture, challenges, and potential impact.

Kaspa’s Unique BlockDAG Architecture
Kaspa’s core strength lies in its block-directed acyclic graph (blockDAG) structure, governed by the GHOSTDAG consensus protocol. Unlike linear blockchains, this design allows parallel block creation, delivering high throughput and rapid block times—often under one second. This efficiency is essential for vProgs, as it supports the timely submission and verification of proofs without compromising network performance.

An upcoming enhancement, the DAGKnight upgrade, further refines this by reducing latency and accelerating finality. In a DAG environment, where minor reorganizations (reorgs) can occur, DAGKnight ensures that state commitments remain reliable, enabling vProgs to anchor securely to the L1 without excessive delays.

vProgs represent a departure from monolithic virtual machines (VMs) that execute all logic on-chain. Instead, they emphasize modularity and efficiency:

Each vProg maintains its own logic and state. Transactions explicitly declare their intended read and write sets, providing transparency into data interactions.. The L1 sequences commands but does not perform computations. Execution occurs off-chain, where the vProg processes inputs and generates a zero-knowledge (ZK) proof attesting to correct execution.

The L1’s role is limited to validating the ZK proof, ensuring integrity without storing or running the full program. This preserves Kaspa’s L1 as a lean settlement layer.

The ultimate objective is synchronous composability—allowing vProgs to interact seamlessly in real time, fostering an ecosystem of interdependent applications.

To avoid vendor lock-in, vProgs accommodate diverse programming languages and VMs. Interoperability is achieved via a standardized interface for proofs and input/output (I/O), enabling one vProg to invoke another regardless of underlying technology.

Finally, vProgs extend ZK proofs to include failure states—such as crashes, gas exhaustion, or infinite loops—preventing stalled transactions and maintaining liveness.

For applications requiring confidentiality, vProgs facilitate calls between programs without exposing sensitive data. This is accomplished through cryptographic commitments: one vProg commits to an output privately, which the next uses as input. A chain of proofs ultimately verifies end-to-end consistency without data leakage.

Kaspa’s combination of blockDAG, proof-of-work consensus, and DAGKnight provides the ideal substrate for vProgs: rapid inclusion, stable anchoring, and verifiable execution. This synergy positions Kaspa to host high-throughput, privacy-preserving applications—ranging from DeFi protocols to AI-driven oracles—while preserving L1 simplicity.

Kaspa’s trajectory merits close attention.
If you are out want to be a @UpholdOTC client, we have an in-depth report for you available now, why Kaspa is a game changer you don’t want to miss.

Best,
Doc

[email protected]

[$RAF @jeymido]

@DilSeCrypto1 people talk like there's no bear market in the horizon

[Kaspa @kaspaunchained]

What are vProgs?

1. Read the Yellow Paper: https://t.co/PaHz8IoCYE

2. Watch the @xximpod video interview featuring Michael Sutton:
https://t.co/k9pi4OqEYh

(A transcript is available for hearing-impaired individuals.)

3. Read this summary by @FreshAir08:
https://t.co/UtoPvoHcS7