Launchnodes

Investment Grade Solo Staking for Ethereum

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

@VitalikButerin Which AWF did you give to? We'd love to add it to impactstake.

[Ayaan 🐧 @twtayaan]

Apparently this is the ideal age to begin DevOps

[Crypto Altruists @Crypto_Altruism]

"Can we fund charitable work without asking people to give their money away?" 🤔

Jaydeep of @impactstake & @launchnodes believes Impact Staking offers an exciting opportunity to shift philanthropy from "give your money away" to "put your money to work for good" 💰💚

[Will Ruddick @wor]

Beyond the Punctuated decline of human cooperation.

.. A really thoughtful paper just came out in Nature on cooperation in lending systems ... and it’s worth your time:

Sabin, Klinowski & Reed-Tsochas (2026)
Punctuated decline of human cooperation

The authors track group lending over five years and find something many practitioners will recognize:

➡️ Cooperation starts high
➡️ Gradually declines
➡️ Then resets when a new loan cycle begins

Their explanation focuses on behavioral fatigue ...people becoming “tired of paying.”

That’s real. But I think there’s another layer worth exploring:

👉 What if part of the decline is not just human behavior… but institutional design?

In many lending systems (including the one studied), repayment is:

cash-only-based
thresholded (repay fully or fail collectively)
and not easily clearable across a network

This creates what I’d call a “closed liability container without clearing.”

So even when people are still contributing, the system can still collapse.

An alternative we’re exploring is commitment pooling:

Instead of only asking: “Can you repay in cash?”

We also ask: “What can you credibly contribute and how can that be exchanged to settle your obligation?”

That could look like:

students swapping tutoring for tuition credit
farmers swapping produce for loan repayment
service providers issuing vouchers that others can redeem

Same lending institutions. Same safeguards.

Just additional pathways: repayment through marketable commitments.

This doesn’t replace lending - it extends it.

Curious to hear from:

lenders
researchers
practitioners

👉 Where have you seen repayment capacity exist - but not be recognized by the system?

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

The world doesn't need another grand vision for how crypto will change everything. It needs credible mechanisms that work.

Stablecoin for Impact is one of them. Live on mainnet, funding UNICEF Giga, built on blue chip DeFi primitives used for something that hasn't been done before.

Read the full piece by Jaydeep Korde, CEO of Launchnodes 👇
https://t.co/BO8WzsXjU5

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

Tomorrow we go live with Episode 2 of Philanthropy 3.0.

We're sitting down with Gerben Kijne from @UNICEFinnovate to talk about what the world urgently needs right now and how new models of philanthropy can help close the gap.

RSVP below
https://t.co/zdDDp9QVdX

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

Tomorrow we go live with Episode 2 of Philanthropy 3.0.

We're sitting down with Gerben Kijne from @UNICEFinnovate to talk about what the world urgently needs right now and how new models of philanthropy can help close the gap.

RSVP below
https://t.co/zdDDp9QVdX

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

So are we

[Yuval Rooz @YuvalRooz]

Very excited to add @HSBC payments to @CantonNetwork. Soon we will show what’s possible when you have the right partners at the table.

https://t.co/aEcIZu6PAo

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

Happy Friday!

@Gigaglobal is using DeFi to connect schools to the internet.

On April 15th, Gerben Kijne from @UNICEFinnovate joins Philanthropy 3.0 to walk through exactly how. From yield mechanics to regulatory frameworks.

Join us live to learn what crypto infrastructure looks like when it's pointed at something real.

🎙 RSVP: https://t.co/lVfGnEFkMG

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

An Extra ordinary man has shipped an extraordinary product.

Thank you and congratulations.

[Godspower Eze @0xgodspower]

Introducing https://t.co/hCcz4pQCxZ,

A tool that allows you compute anything.

Think of how programming languages work. You are not restricted to a certain type of program rather you are given the building blocks to build whatever you want.

That's the goal for https://t.co/hCcz4pQCxZ. A turing-complete math platform that gives you the building blocks to calculate, experiment and build deep computational flows.

This is the first of many demos. Try it out and join me on this journey as I build the best math and computation platform.

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

Happy Friday!

@Gigaglobal is using DeFi to connect schools to the internet.

On April 15th, Gerben Kijne from @UNICEFinnovate joins Philanthropy 3.0 to walk through exactly how. From yield mechanics to regulatory frameworks.

Join us live to learn what crypto infrastructure looks like when it's pointed at something real.

🎙 RSVP: https://t.co/lVfGnEFkMG

[Launchnodes @launchnodes]

This was genius marketing.

[ChainSecurity @chain_security]

We made people eat bugs at Devconnect Buenos Aires. Check the first comment to see who’s in the video & vote for the best reaction.

🏆 Winner gets a lifetime bug supply + a printed copy of the EF mandate.

PS: This is not an April's fools, we're completely serious.

[Lido @LidoFinance]

Built by @launchnodes on top of Lido, and funded in part through @LidoGrants, LIS set out to use Ethereum staking to fund projects addressing climate, infrastructure and inequality issues across the globe.

https://t.co/KfyQdBsKUo

[Crypto Altruists @Crypto_Altruism]

Earn while you give. Keep your principal. Fund impact. 🌱💸

This is impact staking, and it's changing how we think about giving 💡

We sat down w/ Jaydeep of @impactstake & @launchnodes to unpack this powerful new funding mechanism 🎙️

🎧Listen: https://t.co/OkvJMH0OQP

We discuss:
✨ How impact staking can turn philanthropy into a positive-sum game
🌐 How Lido Impact Staking is building a social impact marketplace to connect givers with verified NGOs
🔎 How radical transparency and verified impact can build trust and excitement towards giving
🤝 Their new partnership with @foundation_gsr

[Lido @LidoFinance]

It’s been one year since Lido Impact Staking (LIS) went live.

A model built to drive social impact and provide long term funding through Ethereum Staking.

↓

[Crypto Altruists @Crypto_Altruism]

Impact staking is rewriting the rules of giving.

Tomorrow, Jaydeep Korde of @launchnodes & @impactstake joins us to break down this innovative funding mechanism and how it is reimagining philanthropy as a positive-sum game🌱💚

Live tomorrow on the Crypto Altruists podcast! 🎧