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Developer Relations Engineer @avacloud / @avax, Air Pollution Expert, Cryptocurrency Geek, Comedy Nerd, https://xitter.gq/t.co/8A48QOogpl Founder

Connecticut, USA
Joined August 2009
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
What a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work. My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
Helicon has been activated on Fuji Testnet 🔺 This upgrade brings Continuous Execution to the C-Chain, along with changes to Avalanche's staking economics. The upgrade is driven by six Avalanche Community Proposals ⤵️
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
That's a wrap! NHN KCP × Avalanche Stablecoin Demo Day: • 2,392 transactions • 100% payment success • 1.87s online payments • 1.76s offline QR payments • Merchant settlement reduced from 2–3 days to 1 hour Stablecoin payments don't need another whitepaper. They need infrastructure built to prove what's possible.
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
On July 21, AvaCloud will roll out the upgraded Helicon client code across all managed Fuji Testnet L1s ahead of activation on July 24. 🔽 For most clients, no action is required and there are no application-level changes. Redundant services should experience no downtime. Non-redundant services may experience approximately one minute of downtime during the rolling restart. Mainnet rollout details will be announced separately.
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
The Little Casualties Playtest is live on Steam. Request access: store.steampowered.com/app/4… #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #gamemaker
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
Good ole @AvaCloud has @TheGrottoL1’s back.
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A friend's new game coming soon on Steam.
Tiny named units. Endless carnage. A Lemmings-inspired chaos puzzle game where the casualties are named, the deaths are creative, and you will feel bad about Gerald. Wishlist on Steam 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4… #indiegame #pixelart #lemmings
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
At some point, the excuses ran out. That point was 2025. AvaCloud Wrapped // 2025 🔵 $7B+ supply chain trade. 🔵 Billions in RWAs. 🔵 100M+ interactions, one L1. Banks. States. Sports. Gaming. Redefining creator economies. Infinite global impact possibilities. One AvaCloud. 👇 1/ $7.7B cross-border trade enabled via KBank and @StraitsX 2/ Policy engagement preceded regulation, not followed it 3/ $7B+ RWAs + 16M+ compliance traits live via @blockticity 4/ @DinariGlobal Financial Network launched, AvaCloud-powered L1 for 150+ regulated equities 5/ SOC 1 + SOC 2 completed before institutional mandates via @aligncompliance 6/ Stablecoin VAT refunds piloted with real travelers via NH NongHyup 7/ 100M+ onchain interactions processed by @MaplestoryU 8/ Global sports L1 built for fan engagement via FIFA 9/ Consumer-scale creator economy operated without congestion via @orange_web3 10/ Millions of users onboarded without throughput degradation 11/ Zero downtime sustained during major cloud outages 12/ Dozens of Avalanche L1s moved from pilots to production 13/ Minutes to mainnet replaced quarter-long deployment cycles 14/ Privacy and auditability shipped together with policy enforcement 15/ eERC enabled encrypted transactions on public infrastructure 16/ Healthcare refunds executed digitally without paper or kiosks via @Letsbuyhealth 17/ Wyoming launched FRNT, first usable U.S. state-issued stablecoin on @avax 18/ Bank capital bridged onchain without rebuilding settlement rails via FIS, @intainft 19/ Wallet abstraction removed onboarding friction for non-crypto users @cubistdev 20/ Asia functioned as execution, not expansion, via TIS No victory lap, we're just getting started. Just fewer reasons left not to move real economies onchain. Let's make 2026 one to remember. 🔺 - The AvaCloud Team
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ANSWERS!!! In chronological order: Hubble (older 1990). Super Mario Kart (older 1992). vgmusic.com (1996). Google (younger 1998). Ocarina of Time (younger 1998). Game Boy Color (younger 1998).
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Is Game Boy Color older than vgmusic.com (29 years old today)?
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1 votes • Final results
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Is Super Mario Kart older than vgmusic.com (29 years old today)?
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Is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time older than vgmusic.com (29 years old today)?
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Is the Hubble Space Telescope older than vgmusic.com (29 years old today)?
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Is Google older than vgmusic.com (29 years old today)?
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Happy 29th birthday to @vgmusic (launched Dec 19, 1996)! 🥳 Quiz time: Is each of these older than the site? Vote in the polls below! (Answers revealed at the end of the thread)"
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Nice to see one reference in Grokipedia v0.2 to @VGmusic in this article: grokipedia.com/page/Wilbert_…
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Michael Newman 🔺 retweeted
My last talk on #Ethereum, Decentralisation: Original dream vs. shaping reality So long, and thanks for all the fish! 🐣 youtu.be/9WT-nsneEDA?feature…
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