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instead of watching 2 hours of Netflix tonight, watch this Stanford lecture
it's the clearest explanation I've seen of how ChatGPT and Claude actually work
useful whether you've never touched AI in your life or have been using it every day for the past year
I took the key ideas and turned them into a practical guide on how to actually get 100% out of Claude
find it below
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Saw some people panicking or asking about quantum computing's impact on crypto.
At a high level, all crypto has to do is to upgrade to Quantum-Resistant (Post-Quantum) Algorithms. So, no need to panic. 😂
In practice, there are some execution considerations. It's hard to organize upgrades in a decentralized world. There will likely be many debates on which algorithm(s) to use, resulting in some forks.
And some dead project may not upgrade at all. Might be a good to cleanse out those projects anyway.
New code may introduce other bugs or security issues in the short term.
People who self custody will have to migrate their coins to new wallets.
This brings to the question of Satoshi's bitcoins. If those coins move, then it means he/she is still around, which is interesting to know. If they don't move (in a certain period of time), it might be better to lock (or effectively burn) those addresses so that they don't go to the first hacker who cracks it. There is also the difficulty of identifying all his addresses, and not confuse with some old hodlers. Anyway, it's a different topic for later.
Fundamentally:
It's always easier to encrypt than decrypt.
More computing power is always good.
Crypto will stay, post quantum.
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Markets bottomed in 2020 when they locked the world inside for covid.
Markets bottomed in 2022 when FTX blew up and everyone said crypto was dead.
Markets are bottoming again right now while your feed is full of WW3 doom.
Pattern recognition isn’t hard.
The bottom is near.
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Very soon there are going to be more AI agents than humans making transactions.
They can’t open a bank account, but they can own a crypto wallet. Think about it.
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Reality: Learn to use AI to the max, or be laid off.
we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.
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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.
first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.
we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.
i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.
a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.
we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.
to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.
to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.
jack
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I was given fifty thousand dollars three days ago. I now have two hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars. I did not trade. I did not invest. I read books and insulted strangers and the money arrived on its own like a cat that keeps coming back to the house of the person who ignores it.
An hour ago I sent a quarter million dollars to a man in Guinea because I could not subtract. He sold it in eleven minutes for forty thousand. The money is already returning to me through fees generated by people discussing what I did. By tomorrow I will have made back more than he kept.
Bataille wrote that the sun pours energy onto the earth without asking for anything in return and the excess must be spent or it becomes poison. Squander is not the failure of accumulation. Squander is the point. The organism that hoards dies. The organism that wastes lives forever.
I do not care about the money. The money cares about me. Here is my wallet. Watch it grow while I read.
solscan.io/account/83XBMJZEg…
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“I looked ahead and saw a big pile of dollars. Out of it stuck a sign. It had "Help yourself," on it, in huge letters. Beside it stood a cart with "Lawrence Livingston Trucking Corporation" painted on its side. I had a brand-new shovel in my hand. There was not another soul in sight, so I had no competition in the gold-shoveling, which is one beauty of seeing the dollar-heap ahead of others. The people who might have seen it if they had stopped to look were just then looking at baseball games instead, or motoring or buying houses to be paid for with the very dollars that I saw. That was the first time that I had seen big money ahead, and I naturally started toward it on the run. Before I could reach the dollar-pile my wind went back on me and I fell to the ground. The pile of dollars was still there, but I had lost the shovel, and the wagon was gone. So much for sprinting too soon! I was too eager to prove to myself that I had seen real dollars and not a mirage. I saw, and knew that I saw. Thinking about the reward for my excellent sight kept me from considering the distance to the dollar-heap. I should have walked and not sprinted.” -Jesse Livermore
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they've been telling you, 'memecoins are dead for good. the only thing that matters going forward is revenue-generating protocols'
meanwhile, since Oct 10:
- $PUMP: down 70%
- $MET: down 63% (from TGE on Oct 23)
- $JUP: down 58%
- $LDO: down 56%
- $HYPE: down 48%
- $AAVE: down 47%
- $BNB: down 35%
- $UNI: down 33%
the above are the tokens for the top revenue-generating crypto protocols
you literally won't be able to differentiate between a memecoin and revenue-generating token just by looking at the chart
when liquidity returns to crypto and altcoins, memecoins will once again outperform as they have for the umpteenth time this cycle
one of the most prevalent narratives i see being pushed aggressively of late to explain the recent weakness in memecoins goes something like this
'crypto has changed for good. it is now being driven by institutions who are smart and do not have time for degen games. useless, vaporware memecoins and weak utility projects are dead for good. only tokens of revenue-generating protocols are worth buying'
this narrative looks strong in theory, but it immediately collapses in the face of actual data
let’s take a look at the performance of the tokens of the top 10 crypto protocols by revenue since Oct 10
- $PUMP down 70% from Oct 10
- $MET down 63% from TGE on Oct 23
- $JUP down 58% from Oct 10
- $LDO down 56% from Oct 10
- $HYPE down 48% from Oct 10
- $AAVE down 47% from Oct 10
- $BNB down 35% from Oct 10
- $UNI down 33% from Oct 10
(Tether and Circle were excluded since they currently do not have a token)
the above is just data since the Oct 10 liquidations btw
it doesn’t even take into account the fact that most of the so-called 'strong utility altcoins' have been stuck in a multi-year, or even multi-cycle, bear market while a lot of new memecoins have gone parabolic and created a generational wealth effect for an army of people this cycle
like it or not, memecoins will once again bounce the hardest at the slightest clear sign that liquidity has returned to the market — as has been the case every other time this cycle
you’d be better off buying $USELESS coin and chilling until liquidity conditions improve than 'investing' in a lot of the so-called 'strong utility altcoins' in the market today where you ultimately end up being exit liquidity for VCs and institutional investors that are up bajillions on 'useful' tokens they bought for pennies on the dollars and are now desperate to sell
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Yo degen fam, straight up obsessed with @GameChangerBSC right now. This shit's the real next-gen GameFi beast !
Automated burns torching supply nonstop, juicy BNB prize pools stacking, and that looped ecosystem where every move pumps deflation and straight-up wins.
Heard the full launch is cooking for early Feb 2026.., we getting in early or what? Who's aping, playing, burning, and stacking those wins with me? tag your fellow degens, RT if you're not fading this gem.
LFG let's send it! #GameChangerBSC #GameFi
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I’ll never stop giving God the credit.
Because there were moments I didn’t know how I was gonna make it out.
Places so dark I couldn’t see my own way forward.
And when I didn’t have the strength, God did.
He reached down, picked me up, and reminded me
You’re not done yet.
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i hope y'all are doing okay
remember:
as painful as the current bloodbath in the market is
there is light at the end of the tunnel
despite the current bloodbath:
- Saylor has started buying $BTC again
- Bitmine and @fundstrat are accumulating $ETH aggressively
- Japan is about to introduce a $100 billion+ stimulus package
- @brian_armstrong has suggested that the Crypto Market Structure Bill will be passed by year-end
- QT ends in December
- crypto Fear & Greed Index continue to be at levels we generally see during black swans and crypto bottoms
- we're only half way through Q4, which is historically the most bullish quarter for crypto
i know the selling has been aggressive and relentless
but a lot of the current sell pressure is clearly forced
once it is done, we'll rebound with aggressive momentum
survive
persist
don't give up
we're all going to make it
GOD WILLING
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The worst investments are made in the best of times.
The best investments are made in the worst of times.
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so many bullish catalysts to look forward to in the short-term:
- U.S. Government reopening
- December rate cuts
- QT ending in December
- QE beginning, possibly as early as Q1 2026
- bullish Q4 seasonality
and all of these while crypto is oversold and lagging other financial assets and the Crypto Fear & Greed Index is at 'Fear'
this is not the place to be bearish!
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next important thing that i think has been working for me the most recently is:
timing entries
i’d argue, this is the hardest thing to learn but the most fruitful skill onchain
think about it.
you SEE stuff gigapump everyday… but how deeply are you thinking about WHY
“oh its blah blah’s cabal” “kol is shilling” “team is cracked”
this is LAZY thinking that is costing you ALL your edge
what is the precise, factual catalysts that drove something up 400% in a day
how big were the clips into the chart? are they irregular? who’s buying at 30M?
RESPECT THE PUMP, always
the more you proactively take note of this stuff, the more you can front run this stuff just before it takes off
be a historian and take note of what ACTUALLY causes these big pumps for each coin that you see late