.@linera_io microchains #FWBFEST25 To demo the speed of microchains, we're hosting Linera Court right at the shuttle drop-off. Smash serves, tag NFC wristbands, steal points, and snag retro swag + free snow-cones. Top scorer pockets 2,000 Linera Points (See Thread details)
Linera is headed to the mountains! We’re a proud main sponsor of @FWBtweets in Idyllwild, CA, Aug 1–3.
Music, tech, microchains—and maybe a free ticket?
Follow this thread + read to the end for a shot at joining us under the pines. 👇🌲
#FWBFEST25
.@linera_io microchains The crypto space is drowning in "me-too" chains—slightly faster EVMs, tweaked consensus models, and scalability solutions that just paper over the same old limitations. Linera isn’t another incremental upgrade. It’s a complete architectural revolution
.@linera_io#LineraCommunity The moment that defined our beautiful madness? When someone jokingly proposed "ToasterChain"—and within 72 hours, we had:
A fully functional meme testnet running on actual toasters
$BREAD governance token (with butter liquidity pools)
.@linera_io Imagine a world where AI doesn’t just use blockchain—it becomes the blockchain. No gas fees, no latency, no "network congestion" excuses. Here’s how Linera’s microchains turn sci-fi into reality:
🤖 Game-Changing AI Use Cases
1. The Agentverse (Where Bots Run
.@linera_io It was 2015 when my techbro roommate bet me a pizza I couldn't "hack" Bitcoin. After downloading the core client on my laptop:
Waited 4 days for the chain to sync
Paid $18 in fees to send $7 worth of BTC
Declared crypto "a scam"... right before that pizza's BTC
.@Linera_io microchains Chapter 1: The Setup
It was tax day 2022. At 11:30 PM, I realized:
I owed $2,800 in crypto taxes
The IRS portal closed at midnight
"I'll just send ETH—it'll be fast!" (famous last words)
⛓️ Gmicrochains. Today, we’re proud to announce Testnet Babbage, the next evolution of the Linera protocol— built for real-time, user-centric blockchain apps. This release unlocks a powerful new dev toolkit and protocol upgrades.
Here's the changelog👇🧵