@zerohedge True.
That is why Bitcoin is based on energy: you can issue fake fiat currency, and every government in history has done so, but it is impossible to fake energy.
The perps liquidity wars are inevitable.
We’ve seen this play out before, in the Curve, L1 and L2 wars. No matter who “won” short-term, liquidity always moved to where incentives were hottest.
Now, the same war is unfolding in perps. Hyperliquid grew 10x in trading volume within a year.
DYDX lost two-thirds of its dominance. Dozens of new venues like Drift, Jupiter, and Lighter are competing for the same flows.
The result? Fragmented liquidity.
And fragmentation always leads to one thing: aggregation.
That’s where Ranger comes in.
Every market cycle ends with an aggregator winning:
• 1inch for swaps.
• Jupiter for Solana.
• Stargate and Li Fi for bridges.
Now, Ranger is set to become that aggregator for perps.
Another perk of using @ranger_finance is the Funding Rates tab, a gem for arbitrageurs and yield hunters like @0xShinChannn@0xYpsono@phtevenstrong
It lets you instantly spot the highest rates across multiple timeframes,from the current period to the past 4, 12, and 24 hours, and even up to a full year.
Backed by @Rockaway_X, @FlowTraders, @ZeePrimeCap, and Arthur Cheong.
Ranger is here to be the default execution primitive for the perpetual DEX ecosystem.
It will be the bridge that wins no matter who’s fighting the war.
By community request, you can now long or short $HYPE with up to 300x leverage on Aster.
https://t.co/u8fnW2CLPY
Listing is not an endorsement of the project. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do not trade assets you are unfamiliar with and do not understand the risks for. Exercise control. NFA.
We generally define “success” in any life endeavour with end states in mind ie X millions, Y job, Z possessions
But those are scarcity goals - the goals of our first life
The second life begins when you realise the real goal is to keep living in pursuit of a bigger goal that’s never actually reached
That’s why “$10 million isn’t enough.” Not because it’s not materially enough but because its defined in finite terms and there is no hope or journey in any number itself
The worst goals have a material endpoint: money, a weight, retirement.
Because once you hit them you are back to zero purpose. You expected happiness or success at the finish line, but you feel the same. But the mistake was not realising you had focused on the wrong goal
The “hit a goal, set a new goal” strategy is just a coping mechanism. It keeps you moving but burns you out and on a hedonistic treadmill
What actually works is setting larger than life goals that dont end. That’s why people with deep faith often seem more happy. Their goal is unreachable in this life but they always have steps to take and it gives them purpose
You see this in Bitcoiners to when their focus becomes more than just money but a mission based on beliefs
The worst place to be is living out someone else’s finite goal like staying at a “prestigious” job or dating someone for appearances then telling yourself to be “grateful” because you trick yourself into accepting misery as some kind of humble virtue
But gratitude in this context is flawed. If jealousy is comparing up, gratitude (as commonly practiced) is just comparing down. Both are comparisons. The real gratitude is to appreciate that you are unique with your own goals and journey not where you are relative to others
Material success tricks you into thinking the game is about finishing goals. But real success and happiness is having a north star that you never arrive at that keeps you learning and keeps you growing
People idolise billionaires but focus on the wrong thing. The happiest ones spend most of their wealth into philanthropy. They create vehicles to give, to support loved ones, to build legacies. Their goals arent set with an end
So set impactful north star goals that don’t end. Then live in pursuit of that north star - that’s the win - the real success in ad infinitum
@mert
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What if there was a much easier way to access liquidity on Solana?
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The @solanafm story. Student or not, you're always a builder. We need to share this with everyone, everyone needs to know that building starts YOUNG! Don't give a damn about the adults thinking you're kids, keep trying.
In April 2021, we (@bingerbonker, Srikar, @LinRuwan, and @0xFA2) crashed a classroom at our university, and decided to go all in on the Solana Season Hackathon. The dumb idea to go all in on a data problem came from me; could've gone DeFi but I just had that "worry" of dealing with people's money...
Back then, we were all freshmen (@bingerbonker was a sophomore), and only Bing and I had prior experience in engineering. It just made so much sense to focus on data, else it'll be hard to pick things up along the way without a thermonuclear disaster.
30th April 2021, we crafted a simple database to stash the entire chain state (Photo). We nuked MySQL, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL with sharding, @TimescaleDB, @TimescaleDB with pgbouncer, and eventually landed on BigQuery.
It was amazing to see how we experimented indexing strats so quickly. We went from @dotnet to @rustlang in 3 days. Amazing coordination with everyone; we later split up in pairs to focus on Backend and Frontend for the hackathon submission.
Surprisingly, we won an award!! Thank you @ournetwork__
https://t.co/z8L6Bhj3Zv
Doing a PPP memecoin experiment that might or might not involve airdrops.
To be part of it, QT this w your address (or just RT & reply)
To kick it off, here’s mine:
AS3yMXa5yPRFeLgsdQkFR1KxBowExSY1JUzRGZj8iAMu
If we get enough real participants, the experiment will proceed 🐱
Solana is dead.
For that reason, I'm thrilled to announce that we're moving to @0xPolygon to truly scale DeFi via L3s.
Thanks again to @sandeepnailwal and team for all their amazing work, excited to be building the future of finance together 🙏
A takeaway from Singapore: Mad respect for the @SolanaFM team.
They're grinding night & day for the @Solana ecosystem. The energy and passion in their sweaty, monitor-filled office is incredible.
Former hackathon winners, crypto evangelists & true eco heroes in Asia IMO.
It blows my mind that blockchains like Solana can bring together builders from across the world, despite radically different cultures, to coalesce around a shared vision for the future.