Paul van Son

312ppm Never a dull moment! RNA (Respect Nature Again), Dii Desert Energy (Munich, Dubai). Zeta Global, Kaspa Kii, Africa Association, Geidco, EFET

[Paul van Son @pvson]

Kaspa is still hardly known in finance, industry and broad public worldwide. They will all discover it, not through hyped stories and false expectations, but by experiencing the true value of security, processing speed and smarter, (clean) energy use

[Kaspa Commons @Kaspa_Commons]

What are you waiting for!?

[Paul van Son @pvson]

Quite right. Encouragement of clean energy at the demand side is still pretty modest in many markets. A quota or green certificates floor’ approach, bringing the percentage of ‘green’ up may help @ZETAlliance @DiiDesertEnergy

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

“35% electrification by 2035 would be the most important energy pledge since the tripling of renewables,” I told Le Monde.

Tripling was about supply.

This is about demand: the missing half of the equation.

https://t.co/aPJUQHvBjN

[Paul van Son @pvson]

@kasmediadotcom @NicholasSismil @Gate @Han_Gate Welcome!

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

This is the strongest argument I know against AI taking over the world: the smarter AI gets, the more it costs to make it even smarter. There's a law of diminishing returns here. So even though AI is a game changer, that speaks against a sudden singularity.

[Paul van Son @pvson]

@DiiDesertEnergy

[Fadi Maalouf @SolarUAE]

📌10-Fold Surge in 9 Months: Sodium-lon Battery Enters
GWh-Scale Commercialization
2026

⛳️Market Inflection Point, Order Backlog Analysis, and Global Capacity Landscape

Source: ICCSINO

@pvson

[Mighty 🩵 @MightyPetrCoin]

Good night, Kaspa family 🌙

One last look at what I built before bed… what a week.

The kind words from Michael Sutton and all of you mean more than I can say. I’m still taking it all in.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Good night. 🩵
#KAS #Kaspa

[Paul van Son @pvson]

My compliments for another ‘toward net zero’ report. This time zooming in on the largest country on earth that can and imho shall migrate swiftly for its own and for global benefits @DiiDesertEnergy @ZETAlliance @KaspaKii @SolarUAE

[Christian Breyer 🦣 @ChristianOnRE]

1/ New research @luf.fi maps transition pathways for Russia https://t.co/y6x4Qpkqqs. Central question: Can a country switch from extracting & exporting fossil fuels to a carbon-neutral energy system? Russia is one of the world’s largest energy suppliers & CO2 emitters.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Russia gave him a choice — betray Ukraine or die in prison.

Volodymyr Mykolayenko, the former mayor of Kherson, refused to serve the occupiers and spent more than three years in russian captivity, where he was beaten with batons and fists and tortured with electric shocks from the very first day.

When russia invaded in 2022, Mykolayenko joined the territorial defense forces. A few weeks later, he was abducted, stuffed into a car trunk, and transferred through prisons in Crimea, as well as in the Voronezh and Vladimir regions. The torture did not stop for a single day.

For every word spoken in Ukrainian, he was beaten. Prisoners were fed potato peels, watery soup, and a single piece of bread per day. For vitamins, they gathered nettles growing by the fence. In the morning, the guards played Orthodox sermons on the radio; in the evening, they tortured the prisoners.

Russian officers offered him money, safety, and any position he wanted in the occupation administration. He refused. They lined him up against a wall and staged a mock execution.

“I told them I have two grandsons — they will continue my life,” he recalls.

In 2022, Mykolayenko refused early release so that a gravely ill young prisoner could take his place. Later, he accidentally overheard from an investigator that Kherson had been liberated. “That was the day I truly felt free,” he says.

On August 24, 2025 — Ukraine’s Independence Day — he was freed during a prisoner exchange. He returned exhausted but unbroken. His mother’s home was destroyed, and his own apartment damaged.

“I will return to Kherson — to rebuild it and to defend it again, if necessary.”

Source: translated and adopted from Tymofiy Mylovanov

[Dii Desert Energy @DiiDesertEnergy]

120+ GW of solar and wind by 2035: here’s how Türkiye can get there. 🌍

Ahead of #COP31 next week, Dii is sharing its contribution: Türkiye 2035: A Strategic Roadmap to a 120+ GW #Solar and #Wind Future.

🎥 Watch the full webinar here: https://t.co/14WBQZv3sx

[Paul van Son @pvson]

Americans are those people that live in, are residents of American countries
from Canada in the North to Chile in the South, including US citizens, right?

[Arlin Medrano @arlinmedrano_]

América para los Americanos, o ¿cómo era?

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

The growth of batteries at 40% a year is not so much incredible as remarkably predictable.
Nevertheless it's great to see this prerequisite for replacing fossil fuels fall into place. And if there is one place AI can do a lot of good, it's in battery development.

[Paul van Son @pvson]

@ZETAlliance @DLA_Piper @HydrogenCouncil @DiiDesertEnergy @KaspaKii @DiiDesertEnergy @KaspaKii

[ZETA Global @ZETAlliance]

Join ZETA & @DLA_Piper for a webinar introducing the Hydrogen SPA, originally developed under the @HydrogenCouncil and now taken forward by ZETA.

📅 16 Nov | 10:00 CET
🎙️ Dr Jan Haizmann & Andreas Gunst

Register: https://t.co/6Z7CBvoYWK

@pvson @DiiDesertEnergy @KaspaKii

[Paul van Son @pvson]

In the US Midterms the people have clearly said “no” to self serving political governance. May this lead to true CLARITY, a.o. encouraging integer decentralised ledger technology bitcoin:native kaspa:native

[Alexander Brandenburger † 𐤊 @anbrandenburger]

I think people underestimate the significant barrier to entry involved in getting a centralized stablecoin issuer like Tether or Circle to adopt Kaspa as a settlement rail, especially compared to the path of creating a decentralized stablecoin.

For context, Tether and Circle collectively represent over $250 billion in liquidity, compared to $14 billion across Sky Dollar and DAI.

The fundamental difference is how these stablecoins are structured. Centralized stablecoins are typically backed 1:1 by traditional financial instruments such as cash, Treasury bonds, and other assets. Decentralized stablecoins, on the other hand, are generally overcollateralized, with assets locked into smart contracts.

Of course, it would be incredible to see Tether or Circle eventually offer Kaspa as a settlement rail. However, getting a centralized company to implement something like this is not as simple as pitching the idea. There are significant business, operational, regulatory, and demand-related considerations involved.

A decentralized stablecoin presents a much more accessible starting point. The community can build an overcollateralized stablecoin on kaspa:native , and the primary barrier to entry is the community’s ability to execute.

More importantly, centralized entities typically want to see evidence of demand before committing resources to a new integration or product.

If @KaspaDollar gets built, attracts meaningful liquidity, and demonstrates real adoption, that could provide tangible evidence of demand. That evidence could ultimately strengthen the case for @tether and @circle to consider #Kaspa as a settlement option.

What other options are there?
• Fund a centralized Tether/Circle listing?
• Fund a new centralized start up?
• Wait and hope for a listing?

In my opinion, building a decentralized stablecoin through KaspaDollar could actually be a better pathway toward eventual integration with Tether or Circle than simply pitching them the idea.

There are certainly more questions to address, and execution will be critical. But overall, I see this as a positive development for the Kaspa ecosystem and an opportunity for the community to build something meaningful.

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

Just made an update from "my" Solar reality vs IEA graph for an upcoming book called "Power to the People". The difference is still going strong...

[Rokko 🌐✈︎🇯🇵 @Msamalam]

Best chart to radicalize someone into anti-democracy

[Paul van Son @pvson]

Interesting question, indeed

[Kaspa Commons @Kaspa_Commons]

With the recent @binance hack, we’re curious about how #Kaspa’s technology could help exchanges prevent or limit similar breaches.

Kaspa’s #Toccata upgrade introduced native covenants, allowing developers to build custody systems with spending limits, withdrawal conditions and other security measures enforced directly on L1. Even if a wallet’s private key were compromised, transactions would still need to satisfy those conditions.

These capabilities apply to assets secured through Kaspa’s network, but we’re wondering whether they could have broader applications.

A question for Kaspa’s developers:

Could Kaspa’s technology eventually help exchanges strengthen withdrawal security across multiple blockchains, including BTC, ETH and stablecoins?

We’re interested in understanding what’s technically possible, what limitations exist, and whether Kaspa could play a role in protecting assets beyond its own network.
@michaelsuttonil @OriNewman @manyfest_ @IzioDev @KaspaKii

[Paul van Son @pvson]

@moxypixy15683 @KaspaKii Thanks for the hint. Well observed🙏

[Vijay 𐤊ailash, CFA, CFP® @realvijayk]

Bitcoin had Miami.

Ethereum had DEVCON.

Now it’s #Kaspa’s turn.

Introducing the Kaspa Conference: a 4-day experience bringing together builders, investors, and the $KAS community.

And we’re investing up to $1,000,000 in Kaspa startups.

Here’s what we’re building. 🧵

CHECK IT OUT!!!!! WE'RE PUMPED FOR THIS EVENT!!!