4 days ago
🚨 #BullPay New Listing Alert! 📈
$FFROG is now listed as a payment method on BullPay.
FrankenFrog is the first memecoin that grows and evolves with its community!
You can now use FFROG to pay for services, exclusive content, and digital products through BullPay.
Congratulations to the team and community over at
@FrankenFrog
!
$FFROG is now listed as a payment method on BullPay.
FrankenFrog is the first memecoin that grows and evolves with its community!
You can now use FFROG to pay for services, exclusive content, and digital products through BullPay.
Congratulations to the team and community over at
@FrankenFrog
!
13 days ago
WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO DePIN GROWTH??
In a recent appearance at ETHToronto, Frank Mathis highlights the next steps for DePIN’s future.
GenesysGo founder Frank Mathis is no stranger to the highs and lows of crypto’s thriving DePIN sector.
Drawing on his years of experience, Mathis joined other DePIN thought leaders at ETHToronto, including Helium COO Scott Sigel, to discuss the future of the sector.
“If DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable”
Like many passionate crypto community members, DePIN advocates staunchly argue that DePIN is inevitable. Speaking to hundreds of crypto enthusiasts at ETHToronto, Mathis offered a refreshing point of view.
The GenesysGo founder argues that value creation for contributors is one of the most integral aspects of running successful DePIN networks. Mathis highlighted that, while DePIN promises to reward contributors as decentralized software scales, “it’s shocking how much of that is running on AWS and Google Cloud.”
For example, over 50% of Ethereum node operators are hosted on AWS, Hetzner, and OVH servers.
Reiterating the importance of wealth creation for contributors, Mathis contends “what DePIN really is, is an attempt to take one of the most centralized layers of the stack and decentralize that amongst the people such that they start to participate in the growth and success of these models.”
GenesysGo’s ShdwDrive is one such example. The decentralized storage solution empowers users to earn $SHDW tokens by providing unused mobile storage to a distributed network, directly generating income from a device that lives in their pocket.
Reflecting the ideal DePIN model proposed by Mathis, network contributors benefit from the growth and success of the platform. The GenesysGo founder reinforced this notion, opining “DePIN is only as inevitable as the value that participants in the network get from it… if DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable.”
POOR PERFORMANCE “ONE OF THE BIGGEST FAILINGS OF DePIN”
On paper, the benefits of DePINs are obvious. However, in practice, these platforms often sacrifice performance and scalability in favor of decentralization. While this aids in value creation for contributors and increases security, it actually hamstrings performance and growth.
DePIN is often considered the natural evolution of the sharing economy, which delivered iconic businesses like Uber and Airbnb.
Drawing parallels between the pearls of the sharing economy and emerging DePIN projects, Mathis illustrated that “Uber became highly successful, not just because you’re able to share in pieces of things you don’t use everyday.. but because it worked well, it was fast, it was easy to use.”
Mathis argues that for DePIN projects to truly take off, they need to rival the performance standards set by centralized industry leaders. Referencing his experience with GenesysGo, the founder posits “in our case, our first principle [is] decentralized storage needs to be as fast, as secure, as stable, and perform every bit as well as a traditional Web2 cloud service.”
ABSTRACTION IS KEY
The Web3 user experience has long been considered one of the industry’s biggest obstacles to adoption. The complexities of wallet management and security have discouraged newcomers to space for over a decade, and continue to repel potential users today.
Mathis insists that abstracting the end-user experience away from blockchain technology is key to the success of the industry. Reinforcing this belief, the founder affirms “Your end user shouldn’t know that they’re interacting with Web3”
Looking towards the future, Mathis considers DePIN regulation will present a significant obstacle to the sector’s growth. However, instead of taking a chagrined approach to future regulatory concerns, the GenesysGo founder suggests that DePIN projects need to take on some responsibility.
In a recent appearance at ETHToronto, Frank Mathis highlights the next steps for DePIN’s future.
GenesysGo founder Frank Mathis is no stranger to the highs and lows of crypto’s thriving DePIN sector.
Drawing on his years of experience, Mathis joined other DePIN thought leaders at ETHToronto, including Helium COO Scott Sigel, to discuss the future of the sector.
“If DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable”
Like many passionate crypto community members, DePIN advocates staunchly argue that DePIN is inevitable. Speaking to hundreds of crypto enthusiasts at ETHToronto, Mathis offered a refreshing point of view.
The GenesysGo founder argues that value creation for contributors is one of the most integral aspects of running successful DePIN networks. Mathis highlighted that, while DePIN promises to reward contributors as decentralized software scales, “it’s shocking how much of that is running on AWS and Google Cloud.”
For example, over 50% of Ethereum node operators are hosted on AWS, Hetzner, and OVH servers.
Reiterating the importance of wealth creation for contributors, Mathis contends “what DePIN really is, is an attempt to take one of the most centralized layers of the stack and decentralize that amongst the people such that they start to participate in the growth and success of these models.”
GenesysGo’s ShdwDrive is one such example. The decentralized storage solution empowers users to earn $SHDW tokens by providing unused mobile storage to a distributed network, directly generating income from a device that lives in their pocket.
Reflecting the ideal DePIN model proposed by Mathis, network contributors benefit from the growth and success of the platform. The GenesysGo founder reinforced this notion, opining “DePIN is only as inevitable as the value that participants in the network get from it… if DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable.”
POOR PERFORMANCE “ONE OF THE BIGGEST FAILINGS OF DePIN”
On paper, the benefits of DePINs are obvious. However, in practice, these platforms often sacrifice performance and scalability in favor of decentralization. While this aids in value creation for contributors and increases security, it actually hamstrings performance and growth.
DePIN is often considered the natural evolution of the sharing economy, which delivered iconic businesses like Uber and Airbnb.
Drawing parallels between the pearls of the sharing economy and emerging DePIN projects, Mathis illustrated that “Uber became highly successful, not just because you’re able to share in pieces of things you don’t use everyday.. but because it worked well, it was fast, it was easy to use.”
Mathis argues that for DePIN projects to truly take off, they need to rival the performance standards set by centralized industry leaders. Referencing his experience with GenesysGo, the founder posits “in our case, our first principle [is] decentralized storage needs to be as fast, as secure, as stable, and perform every bit as well as a traditional Web2 cloud service.”
ABSTRACTION IS KEY
The Web3 user experience has long been considered one of the industry’s biggest obstacles to adoption. The complexities of wallet management and security have discouraged newcomers to space for over a decade, and continue to repel potential users today.
Mathis insists that abstracting the end-user experience away from blockchain technology is key to the success of the industry. Reinforcing this belief, the founder affirms “Your end user shouldn’t know that they’re interacting with Web3”
Looking towards the future, Mathis considers DePIN regulation will present a significant obstacle to the sector’s growth. However, instead of taking a chagrined approach to future regulatory concerns, the GenesysGo founder suggests that DePIN projects need to take on some responsibility.
19 days ago
Partnership Announcement🤝
We’re thrilled to announce a partnership with FrankenFrog! Their account proudly wears the gold checkmark on BullVerse reserved for our partners.
$FFROG x $BULL
Follow FrankenFrog on BullVerse: @frankenfrog
We’re thrilled to announce a partnership with FrankenFrog! Their account proudly wears the gold checkmark on BullVerse reserved for our partners.
$FFROG x $BULL
Follow FrankenFrog on BullVerse: @frankenfrog
20 days ago
🐸Official $FFROG Links🐸
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26 days ago
🔺 Franklin Templeton extends his Blockchain Fund to Avalanche.
The Wall Street titan's Government Money Fund (FOBXX) is now available on the Avalanche network.
FOBXX is represented by the BENJI token, which is currently trading on Stellar, Polygon and Arbitrum.
"The addition of Benji to the Avalanche network further expands access to our first tokenized money market fund"
Says Roger Bayston, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton.
https://www.theblock.co/po...
The Wall Street titan's Government Money Fund (FOBXX) is now available on the Avalanche network.
FOBXX is represented by the BENJI token, which is currently trading on Stellar, Polygon and Arbitrum.
"The addition of Benji to the Avalanche network further expands access to our first tokenized money market fund"
Says Roger Bayston, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton.
https://www.theblock.co/po...
26 days ago
💬 Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson is shocked by how much traditional finance underestimates #Bitcoin .
In a conversation at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium in Jackson Hole, she said:
“What’s crazy to me is that in traditional finance, they have no idea how much money and how much volume [of bitcoin] there is “
http://coindesk.com/busine...
In a conversation at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium in Jackson Hole, she said:
“What’s crazy to me is that in traditional finance, they have no idea how much money and how much volume [of bitcoin] there is “
http://coindesk.com/busine...
1 month ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - August 5
Market had a small bounce today
Too early to get excited, this could just be a relief pump, we need to see more follow through
Wrapped Meta
$wDOG -> hit $4 .34m, top holder was a whale (with $1 .5m+), "wrapped dog", meme referencing wrapped coins ( $wBTC , $wETH , $wSOL , etc. )
$wCAT -> hit $307k , beta to $wDOG
$wPEPE -> hit $157k , wrapped pepe
Slerf Team Confirms CTO rumours
$oodles -> $1 .7m to $12 .7m (7.47x)
- They've been teasing at a CTO ( $slerf team)
- People had been speculating that it would oodles
- Today they confirmed it
- Typical huge pump on the news, and major crash a couple minutes after (since there's nothing to look forward to anymore)
- Currently sitting at $3 .5m
Play On Letters
$btw -> $1 .2m to $6 .44m (5.36x), banana taped to a wall meme
$wsb -> hit $400k , "We're So Back", after market bounce today
$pac -> hit $280k , "Post Ape Clarity", funny meme
Dog Meta
$bane -> $894k to $8 .45m (9.45x), CTO, crashed from $4m last night down to $900k today & ran even higher to $8m +, pushed by influencers
$ares -> hit $500k , wolf meme
$png -> hit $250k , dog with a png background
More Cooks
$retardio -> $48m to $94 .5m (1.96x)
$helen -> $310k to $2 .85m (9.19x), CTO
$frank -> $141k to $943k (6.68x), CTO
$bunne -> $30k to $830k (27.6x), CTO
$walz -> $160k to $870k (5.4x), redacted GovTimWalz
, pumps as KamalaHarris
narrows down her VP choices
$mici -> hit $770k , $michi beta
$anon -> hit $340k , bunny meme
A lot of higher market cap coins have wicked and began to see some green
Would like to see continued push here to confirm this isn't a dead cat bounce
Market had a small bounce today
Too early to get excited, this could just be a relief pump, we need to see more follow through
Wrapped Meta
$wDOG -> hit $4 .34m, top holder was a whale (with $1 .5m+), "wrapped dog", meme referencing wrapped coins ( $wBTC , $wETH , $wSOL , etc. )
$wCAT -> hit $307k , beta to $wDOG
$wPEPE -> hit $157k , wrapped pepe
Slerf Team Confirms CTO rumours
$oodles -> $1 .7m to $12 .7m (7.47x)
- They've been teasing at a CTO ( $slerf team)
- People had been speculating that it would oodles
- Today they confirmed it
- Typical huge pump on the news, and major crash a couple minutes after (since there's nothing to look forward to anymore)
- Currently sitting at $3 .5m
Play On Letters
$btw -> $1 .2m to $6 .44m (5.36x), banana taped to a wall meme
$wsb -> hit $400k , "We're So Back", after market bounce today
$pac -> hit $280k , "Post Ape Clarity", funny meme
Dog Meta
$bane -> $894k to $8 .45m (9.45x), CTO, crashed from $4m last night down to $900k today & ran even higher to $8m +, pushed by influencers
$ares -> hit $500k , wolf meme
$png -> hit $250k , dog with a png background
More Cooks
$retardio -> $48m to $94 .5m (1.96x)
$helen -> $310k to $2 .85m (9.19x), CTO
$frank -> $141k to $943k (6.68x), CTO
$bunne -> $30k to $830k (27.6x), CTO
$walz -> $160k to $870k (5.4x), redacted GovTimWalz
, pumps as KamalaHarris
narrows down her VP choices
$mici -> hit $770k , $michi beta
$anon -> hit $340k , bunny meme
A lot of higher market cap coins have wicked and began to see some green
Would like to see continued push here to confirm this isn't a dead cat bounce
2 months ago
Crypto Community Smug About Global IT Outage, But Does Blockchain Actually Fix This?
A software bug invoked international hysteria when a bug in a Windows content update shut down banks, airlines, and emergency services.
Showcasing the world’s reliance on centralized systems, a global IT outage brought the world to its knees. Across the planet, major service providers like banks, supermarkets, and logistics companies found themselves unable to operate, causing significant disruption.
Eager to prove its relevance, the crypto community was quick to launch a tirade of smug comments. “Crypto fixes this” was heard across social media platforms, with crypto advocates championing blockchain as an obvious solution to singular points of failure.
But is that truly the case? While decentralization aims to eliminate centralized points of failure, would blockchain solutions actually have prevented this widespread technical meltdown?
What Happened?
The chaos began when CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity provider, pushed a defective single content update to Windows hosts. The bug affected millions of Microsoft Windows devices all over the world, causing infinite reboot loops and leaving users staring at Windows’ infamous BSoD (Blue Screen of Death).
Attempting to bring clarity to the situation CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, released a statement on 𝕏. Assuring affected users that “this is not a security incident or cyberhack”, the CEO claims that “the issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been deployed”.
While Kurtz has indicated that a fix has been deployed, Windows users globally report still being unable to access their devices.
Fortunately, savvy developers were on hand to remedy the situation and provide timely solutions.
Affected users can reboot their Windows devices in Safe Mode and delete the defective update file, or wait until CrowdStrike implemented resolution is distributed.
CRWD stock
In traditional markets, CrowdStrike stock (CRWD) suffered a crippling blow, down 8.82% in today’s trading, based on NASDAQ data. While this might seem insignificant when compared to crypto’s volatility, price movements of this scale are uncommon in traditional markets.
Does Crypto Really Fix This?
The crypto community wasted no time calling out the flaws of centralized systems and singular points of failure. Citing mass outages like today’s as evidence that decentralized systems are the future of infrastructure, crypto advocates were quick to leverage the event as an example of “Bitcoin fixes this”.
However, not all pockets of the crypto community were in agreement. Several blockchain developers and engineers highlighted that in this specific example, pushing bugged code to production would likely have the same effect to blockchain networks.
Despite the specifics and technicalities, the event serves as a powerful reminder of the flaws in centralized services and singular points of failure. Commentators remarked that society’s reliance on centralized companies and infrastructure providers doesn’t bode well for our future.
This belief reinforces the viability of DePin technology, which aims to distribute services across a variety of independent providers and establish more secure and reliable infrastructure. Frank Mathis, founder of GenesysGo, highlights the importance of conducting rigorous security checks before pushing software updates.
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology may not have been a direct solution to this particular problem. However, global outages like the CrowdStrike defect help to promote discussion around the benefits of decentralization and distributed systems.
A software bug invoked international hysteria when a bug in a Windows content update shut down banks, airlines, and emergency services.
Showcasing the world’s reliance on centralized systems, a global IT outage brought the world to its knees. Across the planet, major service providers like banks, supermarkets, and logistics companies found themselves unable to operate, causing significant disruption.
Eager to prove its relevance, the crypto community was quick to launch a tirade of smug comments. “Crypto fixes this” was heard across social media platforms, with crypto advocates championing blockchain as an obvious solution to singular points of failure.
But is that truly the case? While decentralization aims to eliminate centralized points of failure, would blockchain solutions actually have prevented this widespread technical meltdown?
What Happened?
The chaos began when CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity provider, pushed a defective single content update to Windows hosts. The bug affected millions of Microsoft Windows devices all over the world, causing infinite reboot loops and leaving users staring at Windows’ infamous BSoD (Blue Screen of Death).
Attempting to bring clarity to the situation CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, released a statement on 𝕏. Assuring affected users that “this is not a security incident or cyberhack”, the CEO claims that “the issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been deployed”.
While Kurtz has indicated that a fix has been deployed, Windows users globally report still being unable to access their devices.
Fortunately, savvy developers were on hand to remedy the situation and provide timely solutions.
Affected users can reboot their Windows devices in Safe Mode and delete the defective update file, or wait until CrowdStrike implemented resolution is distributed.
CRWD stock
In traditional markets, CrowdStrike stock (CRWD) suffered a crippling blow, down 8.82% in today’s trading, based on NASDAQ data. While this might seem insignificant when compared to crypto’s volatility, price movements of this scale are uncommon in traditional markets.
Does Crypto Really Fix This?
The crypto community wasted no time calling out the flaws of centralized systems and singular points of failure. Citing mass outages like today’s as evidence that decentralized systems are the future of infrastructure, crypto advocates were quick to leverage the event as an example of “Bitcoin fixes this”.
However, not all pockets of the crypto community were in agreement. Several blockchain developers and engineers highlighted that in this specific example, pushing bugged code to production would likely have the same effect to blockchain networks.
Despite the specifics and technicalities, the event serves as a powerful reminder of the flaws in centralized services and singular points of failure. Commentators remarked that society’s reliance on centralized companies and infrastructure providers doesn’t bode well for our future.
This belief reinforces the viability of DePin technology, which aims to distribute services across a variety of independent providers and establish more secure and reliable infrastructure. Frank Mathis, founder of GenesysGo, highlights the importance of conducting rigorous security checks before pushing software updates.
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology may not have been a direct solution to this particular problem. However, global outages like the CrowdStrike defect help to promote discussion around the benefits of decentralization and distributed systems.
3 months ago
Franklin Templeton Digital Assets, the digital asset arm of global investment management organization Franklin Templeton with over $1 .5 trillion in assets under management, has publicly shown its interest in the Solana ecosystem with a focus on DePINs.
In a report, Franklin Templeton Digital Assets discusses world of DePINs on the Solana network, with emphasis on two projects: Hivemapper and Helium dealing with global mapping and telecommunication respectively.
In a report, Franklin Templeton Digital Assets discusses world of DePINs on the Solana network, with emphasis on two projects: Hivemapper and Helium dealing with global mapping and telecommunication respectively.
