I come from very little.
No network. No privilege.
Just parents who worked endlessly so we could live better.
They taught me to provide.
They taught me to stay kind.
That’s the culture I build with.
Every single day.
Blast will be shutting down.
We launched Blast with the goal of building a self-sustaining chain for users and developers. Unfortunately, the economics of operating the chain no longer make sense: the ongoing costs of maintaining Blast exceed the revenue generated by the L2, and we do not see a credible path to making the chain economically sustainable.
As a result, we've made the difficult decision to wind Blast down.
We're sorry to the users and developers who believed in Blast, built on it, and supported the ecosystem. Our priority now is making the shutdown as smooth and safe as possible.
We're asking all users to withdraw their assets from Blast to Ethereum mainnet, including any balances held in the Blast PWA.
To make this easier, we will be reducing the withdrawal delay to 24 hours.
As part of the shutdown process, we'll first begin withdrawing Blast's Lido assets. This process is expected to take approximately one week. During this period, withdrawals will temporarily be unavailable, even after the withdrawal delay is reduced to 24 hours.
Once that process is complete, withdrawals will resume with the new 24-hour delay.
Users will have until October 26, 2026 to withdraw through the normal Blast interface.
After October 26, assets will remain withdrawable, but users will need to interact directly with the Blast bridge contracts on Ethereum L1. We'll publish detailed instructions before then.
We strongly encourage everyone to withdraw their assets to Ethereum mainnet before October 26.
I wish the NFT space would get rid of third-world jeeters.
Every time there’s a free mint, these fuckers instantly list it for $5.
You’re not traders. You’re just killing every bit of value and culture the space has left.
The NFT space would be 1000x better without you.
🇳🇵 Nepal's PM looks like he took fashion advice from Macron for his UN speech on how the developing world is caught in the crossfire of the war against Iran
Macron allegedly had his wife to blame. Wonder what this guy’s excuse is for the shades.
Writers: Mhedi, Ian
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
Nepal is the highest point on Earth.
The crown of this planet.
Every disaster that hits here the entire world should feel it.
Nepal hurting is not just a local headline. It's a red alert for all of humanity.
Glad to see the crypto community showing up and coming together.
Nepal = 0.1% of global carbon emissions
also Nepal = one of the most climate affected nations
crypto retail = least powerful players in the market
also crypto retail = most humiliated when things go wrong