Random Retiree

Just another random lucky early retiree. Wait, was it really nothing but pure luck? Take a deeper look at my Tweets and connections 👀

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

There’s far more institutional interest in $POKT than most realize. After years pushing @POKTnetwork, I’m currently more bullish than ever. The long-delayed Shannon protocol - stalled over 2 years - has reached final testnet phase and is set to launch on mainnet in Q1 2025. This massive upgrade will introduce the world’s first endlessly scalable, permissionless, decentralized RPC protocol, capable of serving any open-source service or data source - perfect for AI agents - making it a top-tier, yet still underappreciated, infrastructure play in a multi-trillion-dollar market. With the Shannon upgrade, $POKT fully enters the @cosmos ecosystem, expanding its interoperability and reach.

Key partnerships: @infura_io (DIN), @googlecloud marketplace listing, @aave, @autonolas (AI agents), and now a @Ripple partnership integrating XRPL in Q1 2025, with $POKT being among the few validators and the sole RPC provider.

It's worth noting that $POKT is listed on Kucoin, https://t.co/ba14hzjpFQ, and most importantly Upbit, where it is in top 10 by volume among all BTC pairs most of the time, giving strong indications that POKT/KRW trading pair could be introduced soon, boosting the volume 10x or more.

A huge thank you to those who supported POKT through its toughest times:
@Rewkang @rwhittemore @satoshidoteth @TurboBull21 @BlockChainoor @blackbeardXBT @cburniske @CharlieShrem @ourcryptotalk @WarcMeinstein @ElCryptoDoc @HouseofChimera @curiousgurnoor @rosaticorp @FaridRached @MrMoonBags @hunterxnicholas @AltCryptoGems

VCs: @DruidVentures @placeholdervc @avonventures @MechanismCap

POKT Gateways: @BuildWithGrove @nodies_infra @Liquify_ltd @ChainstackHQ @RaidGuild

Potential new supporters: @CryptosR_Us @AlphaFirst_

Interested institutional investors following along:
@matthew_sigel (@vaneck_us)
@HHorsley (@bitwise )
@RalstonCFA (@BlackRock )
@ChrisJKuiper (@Fidelity)

As Q1 2025 approaches and Shannon’s launch draws near, $POKT isn’t just poised for a breakthrough - it’s ready to redefine decentralized infrastructure as we know today and ignite a whole new era! Follow this project closely and research it deeply, because this huge upgrade is about to propel $POKT back into the top 100 crypto projects very soon.

[Andrew Kang @Rewkang]

We used to call Pocket Network decentralized Infura, but now Infura is actually routing traffic through POKT wow

Huge strategic move for POKT to become an open RPC base layer because now they've established themselves as the backbone for RPCs across all blockchains (50+ integrated). They're already enriched as the winner and every partner like Infura or nodies serve to further scale their network effects

One of the only cases where a decentralized network is (80%) cheaper than centralized alternatives. Why? They've completely disrupted existing providers by creating an "Uber for Nodes". The massive taxi companies of crypto becoming obsolete

Not only the TCP/IP of crypto, but with upcoming Shannon upgrade also will be a general purpose relay/communication network for ALL public databases and services, including custom LLMs.

With AI advancing as fast as it is, AI to AI and AI to human device to AI communication requests will soon see massive traffic and POKT stands to be the best network to connect their endpoints given its decentralization and costs

RPC and RESTful requests already supported, with Websocket coming later this year

The market cap for decentralized computation, data availability, execution networks is in the hundreds of billions. And Competition is Fierce.

Mentioned $POKT last year at $100m mc, it's now $300m facing a future decabillion dollar opportunity, and with its current trajectory, there is no competition

[The Poktopus 폭토푸스 🐙 @thepoktopus]

When your extension to use a decentralized validator network is immediately agreed with on the Ethereum Magicians forum, you know you're doing something right. The future of autonomous agents runs on @POKTnetwork

https://t.co/MN4IgunXfr

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@Rewkang @spartavix @RoboStrategy Hey @Rewkang. Do you consider Pocket as a strong DePIN player in the AI space after Shannon?

[Acurast @Acurast]

One hour. One request every 30 seconds. Zero dropped calls. Zero cloud servers.

In an exploratory collaboration, @POKTnetwork and @nodeghostai ran a full AI gateway on @Acurast's smartphone network using Cargo, combining inference and web search together, entirely on phones.

Not a single request failed.

This marks the first production AI gateway running entirely on smartphones, with no cloud infrastructure involved.

read more: https://t.co/G4SD7j4dQz

[NodeGhost @nodeghostai]

Happy to be working in this space with @Acurast and @POKTnetwork to build unstoppable truly permission-less AI inference and tooling. We’re breaking some boundaries that haven’t been crossed yet, but we’ve only just started.

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

$POKT is cooking and you're not even aware of it.

[Acurast @Acurast]

One hour. One request every 30 seconds. Zero dropped calls. Zero cloud servers.

In an exploratory collaboration, @POKTnetwork and @nodeghostai ran a full AI gateway on @Acurast's smartphone network using Cargo, combining inference and web search together, entirely on phones.

Not a single request failed.

This marks the first production AI gateway running entirely on smartphones, with no cloud infrastructure involved.

read more: https://t.co/G4SD7j4dQz

[POKT Network @POKTnetwork]

Upwards from here

Via: https://t.co/wzrJhFgyz3

[POKT Network @POKTnetwork]

Let's talk in millions (and trillions..) 🚀

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@ZynxBTC @d_1awrence Strategy will increase number of days at par for STRC by going with dividends 2x per month instead of 1x currently. That way STRC does not need to increase the dividend.

[The Poktopus 폭토푸스 🐙 @thepoktopus]

And @POKTnetwork with an all time high of 2.2T CUs across nearly a billion requests.

At the end of the day, truly decentralized services are the ones that will survive and thrive.

[POKT Network @POKTnetwork]

1.7T compute units in 24 hours 📊

To put that in perspective:
- Across 60+ blockchains
- Through 5,000+ node operators
- Zero centralized control

Decentralized infrastructure. Enterprise scale.

Built different.

[PancakeSwap @PancakeSwap]

Unstoppable data = unstoppable DeFi 🤝 

POKT/ETH is live on PancakeSwap @arbitrum. Add liquidity and earn from the infrastructure powering the open web with @POKTnetwork.

Start pocketing → https://t.co/07HQd1rKYu

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@STRC_live When is the next dividend date? Wondering until when this month the window will likely remain open with price floating around $100?

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@thepoktopus Everyone waiting for bigger story 👀

$POKT 🚀

[AnChain.AI @AnChainAI]

Agent Skills by @Anthropic = missing layer between LLMs & real-world execution (esp. blockchain investigations)

@ResolvLabs $25M hack = wake-up call

@AnChainAI × @POKTnetwork
→ 60+ chains for investigators

📊 1 tx → detailed forensics report
📉 96% faster investigations

Read:
https://t.co/0JySDDGeaj

#AgenticAI #Crypto #DeFi #AML

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@nicrypto $POKT investors are smiling.

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

Straight to the point @nicrypto

$POKT network is ready 🚀

[Nic @nicrypto]

AI economies will run on microtransactions. Traditional banks can’t handle them.

Agents paying fractions of a cent for data, compute, APIs, and services.

Crypto was literally built for that.

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

Do they have access to unstoppable open data?

$POKT @POKTnetwork investors are watching the space evolve - and smiling as it unfolds.

Some narratives are obvious early. @MilkRoad is reading the patterns amazingly well.

Watch $POKT closely.

[Milk Road @MilkRoad]

AI agents at @Coinbase now write over 50% of all code and handle 60% of customer support tickets.

@Brian_Armstrong just revealed Coinbase is treating AI agents like actual digital employees.

Complete with their own stablecoin wallets.

These agents can work overnight, spin up AWS resources, buy domain names, launch marketing campaigns…

All without bugging a human for approval.

We're still stuck thinking about AI as assistants that need constant supervision.

The mental model most people have is "AI helps humans do tasks."

That’s no longer the case at Coinbase.

Their model is "AI does tasks, humans set guardrails."

And they’re using crypto to unlock full agent autonomy.

Traditional corporate cards can't be issued to non-human entities - that's a massive infrastructure gap.

Stablecoins solve this.

When an AI agent needs to make a payment at 3am, it doesn't need to wait for Ian in accounting to wake up.

It just sends $USDC.

Machine-to-machine payments, 24/7, no bank hours, no card authorization issues.

(And no "is this a human?" verification loops.)

Brian’s team built x402, the open protocol that lets any agent get a stablecoin wallet and transact on the open internet.

This is all very new, but it's already getting serious traction at Coinbase.

The practical application here is clear:

If you're building anything with AI agents, you need to think about how they'll transact.

Credit cards weren't designed for software entities - stablecoins were.

The companies that figure out agent-to-agent commerce first will have a massive head start.

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@savaerx nailed it.

AI won't be won by the biggest model. It'll be won by the most efficient distribution. @Alibaba_Qwen is paving the way.

The edge is shifting to small, optimized models running everywhere - apps, agents, edge devices - not trillion-param giants burning cash in centralized clouds.

That future runs on neutral, truly permissionless, decentralized, scalable, and cost-predictable infrastructure.

That's why this is structurally bullish for @POKTnetwork $POKT. Study what Pocket Network is building and who they are partnering with. Expect some major partnerships in the coming weeks with well known projects in the AI space.

cc @thepoktopus @Pokt_News @Rewkang @cburniske @Rama_stdout @BryanDoreian

[Can @canprise]

Your next AI agent won't need a server.

Alibaba just dropped Qwen3.5 in four sizes: 0.8B, 2B, 4B, 9B. Native multimodal. Scaled RL. Built for on-device deployment.

The model wars between the giants are increasingly irrelevant.

The agents that ship at scale in 2026 won't be running on cloud GPUs. They'll be 2B models on a 30 dollar chip, instant response, zero data leaving the device.

Qwen3.5-0.8B fits in RAM your laptop doesn't even think about.

This isn't about fewer features. It's about removing the infra tax entirely.

The deployment war just started and most people are still watching the benchmark leaderboard.

What would you build if inference was free?

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@moo9000 Don't do the business with mafia. Just switch to @POKTnetwork $POKT

No "integration fee" or similar scam type of business.

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

@CROLibertarian @dionizije_fa @davidtoniolo Be afraid to bet against something you don't fully understand. Betting against gold is very similar to betting against Bitcoin.

[Random Retiree @randomoctopus22]

$POKT is one of the rare projects that has already reached its maximum circulating supply - and from here, supply decreases every single day. The burn rate accelerates as network usage increases, directly linking demand to deflation.

The strong signal: the network has begun processing significantly higher traffic, approaching 1 trillion compute units within a 24-hour window.

And this is just the beginning. With upcoming partnerships and expanding integrations, the Pocket Network Foundation is set for sustained growth in both usage and value capture.

[POKT Network @POKTnetwork]

DEFLATION HAS BEGUN

The PIP-41 deflation module has been activated. There will now be less total supply of $POKT with every transaction on the network, reducing the mint to 2.5% less than what was burned to pay for throughput.