Rex St. John
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Solana, semiconductors, AI, blockchain. Founder of @ReFiSummit . Developer Relations @ Anza (💃/ acc). All opinions are my own.
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Career Update: I am joining the
@solana
Core Engineering team as part of the new
@anza_xyz
spin-out as Developer Relations. Will be working on the upcoming Firedancer and Agave clients, client-diversity generally, Solana Validators and collaborating w
@SolanaFndn
. hmu
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I don’t know where Messari got the concepts for DePin, but I spelled it all out in a podcast years ago here months before Depin was announced.
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Running an AI <> Creator Relations agency the last six months has been fun. However, something transformative showed up. Will share further details next week.
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Satya Nadella, the morning after Sam Altman closes the first $7T check to build the Azure AI Fabrication Supply Chain
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The entire AI and venture capital and founder ecosystem in SV are incentivized to shake Google down for AI talent … I think Google may not be prepared for what is coming here lol.
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Resume of best unemployed hardware developer ever:
Community Manager @ random company
Technical writer @ some other random company
Part time desk manager @ hotel
Starbucks barista
Degree
B.A. pottery (community college with zero prestige)
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I wasn’t sure at first but the energy in tech is a little bit having a 2014-2016 era energy, which was a golden age for hardware hackathons and maker movement.
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Developers Organized By Level Of Aspergers
Least:
- React / Node
- UX / Front End
- Ruby On Rails
- Mobile
Mid-Tier:
- Full Stack Developer
- Back End Engineer
Most:
- FPGA Engineer
- Firmware Engineer
- Kernel Engineer
- Protocol & Consensus
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I wrote in February of last year that game engines and streaming would converge into a single engine. Sora seems to be doing exactly that.
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This is coming, this year. Perhaps in 1-2 months. You heard it here first.
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Crypto being in a cave and ignoring what is happening geopolitically and in AI, and nationally doesn’t compute. Focusing on infrastructure and vapid abstract mathematical thinking isn’t the next leg of this movement.
Sorry.
Time for a new dynamism to enter this space.
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My podcast with Richard Rodger from VoxGig went live
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I wrote my master thesis about the future of The Machine Economy earlier in the year () based on my experience in at Intel, Arm, NVIDIA. There has been steady progress and maturation in this direction, AI x Blockchain will converge.
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The shared characteristic of the upper Aspergers engineer is flying off the handle when they encounter minor logical inconsistency/ human error
See: Linus Torvalds
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There are three strategies for
@sama
to get the silicon he needs.
1. Come after Papa Jensen & Haas
Elon tried this with Dojo, why didn’t it work? Turns out this is harder than building rockets and landing them on drone ships.
This frames the problem as “we need more compute…
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I’ve never been so inundated with people wanting to talk about crypto devrel. Something has shifted. People are increasingly understanding that real traction and integration, scale (of devs who stick around) is the longterm game. Love to see it!
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Senior DevRel have like 8-12 skillsets in one person.
I have written applications with millions of monthly users in Android, iOS, Ruby on Rails, Node.js as well as designed and run dozens of hackathons, 85+ workshops, 6-7 full on summits.
And playing around with LLMs and AI.…
PSA to companies approaching me looking to hire senior Web3 Devrel talent:
Spoiler alert, there aren't that many of us!
The amount of senior devrel folks who got the engineering chops, can create programs for all aspects of the developer journey and can grow and manage a team…
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@VitalikButerin
This essay is very concerned with near-term mechanics. I think it is useful to look at long-term objectives: "Why" combine Blockchain and AI?
It is time to look further ahead in crypto - We are being far too short sighted about minor changes to the technology. Need a bigger…
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@BasedBeffJezos
I have been writing about how AI will create an open marketplace for compute for years. An open marketplace brokered by Machine-to-Machine payments will be most energy efficient structure by far. AI agents will trade compute futures. It's coming.
I wrote my master thesis about the future of The Machine Economy earlier in the year () based on my experience in at Intel, Arm, NVIDIA. There has been steady progress and maturation in this direction, AI x Blockchain will converge.
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@luke_metro
Reframe it in High-T:
“The best engineers of the Soviet Union tried and failed because they didn’t have me. I have arrived now.”
Proceed from there
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@Duderichy
Saw this situation handled in the following way:
VP Engineering: (to engineer who filled entire office with billowing clouds of black smoke) “So I love Gillette, what kind of deodorant do you usually wear?”
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Strong Evidence Of Simulation
#1
: Existence of “Sleep.”
Isn’t it convenient that every conscious animal blanks out all their memory of the prior day every night? Almost as though clearing limited RAM is programmed in.
From an evolutionary perspective, it makes zero sense:…
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@Calibaneur
It was technique. China at the time were severely disadvantaged compared to Russia due to nuclear weapons imbalance so he was “pretending” to be far crazier than they were so they wouldn’t invade etc. Nixon later called this method “Madman Theory.” Not sure if Kissinger got the…
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The
@solana
congestion patch in v1.18.11 has been deployed to devnet and is now recommended for testnet.
accelerate.
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Me & Mark back in my Intel days, hackDFW FTW. Can't believe I did 85 of these hackathons in 4 years, great memories.
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👀 previews of coming attractions. Don't get excited yet. This is just a test of what will go out more widely when cooked.
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@ThatApeMan
The only way evolutionary arachnophobiamakes sense is if it is actually based on fear of scorpions which run and move like spiders, and were present in warm geographies where humans evolved
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Are you bored of the movies and shows available from homogenized content factories and streaming platforms?
Imagine you could watch unlimited movies here on X created by the most talented directors, artists, musicians and writers in the world.
Well - now you can!
Introducing…
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The current Solana scheduler slows down because 6 threads in the banking stage attempt to process (serialize & execute) 128 of the most recent tx fed into the lead validator.
What ends up happening is these threads get confused trying to lock conflicting tx in parallel from the…
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Intro to Stake-weighted QoS (Quality-of-Service) in
@solana
🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
Stake-weighed QoS (Quality-of-Service) is an implementation feature which, when enabled, allows leaders (block producers) to identify and prioritize transactions proxied through a…
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Results of internal discussion: Discussion is to release (pending testing) a first round of changes designed to improve Stake-weighted QoS reliability in 1.17.
Improving SWQoS will improve the signal/noise ratio to leading RPCs --> Validators. When? Soon-ish. Being tested now.…
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@ionet_official
@LEAPandInnovate
@TheSandboxGame
Really excited about the work y’all are doing, huge fan of it. Would love to connect sometime.
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What if we replace 100% of Google stuff with decentralized stuff?
- Get rid of Gmail, replace with dMail
- Get rid of Google Maps, replace with
@Hivemapper
- Get rid of Android, replace with
@solanamobile
and
@helium_mobile
- Get rid of YouTube and replace with
@ionet_official
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TIL moving off the gold standard caused skin cancer
80 yrs ago, people didn't talk about skin cancer.
Since then, rates have gone up 2000%, and prevalence in children has increased too.
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Friday “state of the network”
1. Network congestion caused
@anza_xyz
to prioritize shipping a network improvement in v1.17.31 to help current mainnet handle congestion.
2. We worked all last week and two weekends to get v1.17.31 released this past Monday to mainnet. It is now…
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This contains the first round of
@solana
mainnet congestion updates which everyone has been waiting for from
@anza_xyz
. There are additional updates coming.
It is important to note this is NOT v1.18, which will have further improvements.
The v1.17.31 release is now recommended for general use by MainnetBeta validators. This release contains enhancements which will help alleviate the ongoing congestion on the Solana Network.
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I put together a teaser trailer for v1.17.32-33 (slated for this week, later) in collaboration with the team from
@Moutai_Sol
. Thanks to
@RachelYuan18
for idea & footage. n.f.a.
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When I first joined
@solana
@anza_xyz
at
@mtndao
didn’t really know what to expect. Most of what I had heard, like you all, was FTX / VC Chain / SBF FUD. Then I spent 3 days with 100+ ecosystem devs like
@CantelopePeel
@fd_ripatel
.
Did anyone talk about flipping shitcoins? Nope.…
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@AlpacaAurelius
Friend of mine had a bulldog. It could barely walk. Like it had seriously deteriorated joints. It was almost crawling. They switched it to a raw foods and it completely healed. Made me think a lot about the crap I have been eating.
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Short update on Agave (Solana validator client from
@anza_xyz
).
A new mainnet-beta candidate (code: Moutai) in the works based on discussion over the weekend.
Could be 1.17.32 or may skip right to 1.17.33 (including some additional PRs that have been integrated).
Should have…
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Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) is heading to
@solana
by way of the
@ComposableFin
team. To understand why this may be interesting, it is important to start with the context that transferring assets to Solana can be achieved in a variety of ways:
- Bridging
- L0
- IBC…
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We found the issue with Devnet btw. Devs are on it. Happy Friday.
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Today for Solana builders:
- Anchor 0.3 release (truffle for SVM)
- SIMD for enabling stake weighted voting (decentralized governance 101)
- Solana IBC from Composable
- v1.17.31 release (congestion relief progress)
Accelerate.
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Wired + LinkedIn “influencers” suddenly declaring war on crypto out of nowhere is among the strongest positive signals I can think of.
Did something happen that suddenly made them start to swarm? Not that I can think of. So why the reaction?
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People are experiencing enhanced semiconductor autism right now. Allow me to supply you with autistic fuel in the form of a landscape overview for software folks.
This thread is a super simple rundown of all of computing and an outline of opportunities to apply LLMs to do cool…
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@paulg
@engineers_feed
It sounds completely fake when you actually say it out loud to a five year old asking “where did space come from.”
Really fails that test.
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Release engineering updates for
@anza_xyz
agave. Everything subject to change, giving specific dates never works out well 🙃 don't @ me.
1. v1.18.12 testnet expected "later this week"-ish
2. 1.17.32 "early next week"-ish for mainnet-beta release
3. 1.17.32 "should be" the…
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@yacineMTB
Jim Keller is my favorite job hopper. Look at this low conviction slacker opportunist. He will never amount to much.
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How come when I tell the actual release schedule I get like 10 likes but when X randos make something up they get like 300+ likes and news coverage 🤷
And I actually know what the schedule is? I’m the one doing the release notes. I literally press the button to announce it. I…
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Appreciate all the devs and Solana users out there frustrated with this congestion. Things are in motion. Cant say further, will hopefully have updates soon.
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This is an Intel Edison paired with dual neuromorphic computing chips. We have had the technology for years, but the use cases and developer experience never figured out, and the Edison (Intel) lacked a real MCU. Was closed source.
A next generation AI device, soon.
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If the lack of “competence” is “incompetence,” the lack of “confidence” should be “inconfidence.”
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Interesting to note that heads of "Big Tech" were grilled in the Senate this week, combined with the R&D credit being reinstalled "temporarily."
They even made Zuckerberg publicly apologize (public humiliation).
If you don't see the shakedown that just happened, tech was just…
@Pragmatic_Eng
This resembles something called a Milker Bill. Sneak a provision in there, let it pass, then demand cash from tech to remove it. In this case its a sort of extortion play.
My guess is you see this removed after some back room negotiations and campaign donations.…
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I have engaged a professional motivation speaker to help
@trentdotsol
(message at 3:30) &
@anza_xyz
engineering ship v1.18.
Big shoutouts to
@solana
developer community,
@jump_firedancer
team & congrats to Will on the new baby. Appreciate everyone's patience over the last two…
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@twobitidiot
There are too many incentives.
1. Red Sea blocked guarantees inflation which disrupts entire economic plan this year. And it can’t be stopped. (+40% inflation)
2. Ukraine has for some reason fallen off the radar.
3. Approval ratings lowest in history.
4. Border nightmare…
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Here is my demo and explanation around MovieMinter, the Generative AI MovieNFT platform.
I believe a completely new wave of NFTs is coming, and it will be huge.
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🎟️Solanorientation (Saturday, April 6th edition)
How to get into Solana, as a Dev.
📢 If you are a new dev checking out Solana, here is a simple ecosystem update for those wandering in. Might do semi-regularly as things change / is very complex.
👉This will cover
- What the…
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This is all you need to know about the Solana scheduler. Except there are six hippos. And sometimes they eat the same pellets and get hippo indigestion.
The current Solana scheduler slows down because 6 threads in the banking stage attempt to process (serialize & execute) 128 of the most recent tx fed into the lead validator.
What ends up happening is these threads get confused trying to lock conflicting tx in parallel from the…
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Anza releases proposed Solana congestion fixes on devnet | The Block
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A few happenings from the Solana ecosystem from the last week:
- Solana Block Optimization Guide
- Priority Fees Implementation Guidance
-
@heliuslabs
is hiring a DevRel
- March 16th was Solana’s birthday
-
@Austin_Federa
shares a snapshot of coming milestones
- Solana…
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Look for antifragility in your favorite crypto ecosystem.
What was the effects of two weeks of congestion?
All the lead RPCs, developers, oracles and Validators made significant speed enhancements.
Thats called antifragility, thats a good sign.
We’ve overcome the Solana TX delivery issues! Confirmation times are under 2 seconds, and slot latency is two or less. Never fade the determination & hard work of
@anza_xyz
,
@jito_labs
,
@MRGNGroup
,
@fd_ripatel
,
@triton_one
,
@linuskendall
,
@_fanatid
, &
@immaterial_ink
. 🪡🧵
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@larry0x
@gunsnrosesgirl3
They already told you what’s down there. Barracudas. What’s the problem?
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@ThatApeMan
I have a very similar theory about why people fear clowns: If you see someone wearing face paint it is time to run away (evolutionarily)
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180+ Decentralized AI projects. Not all are real. Low AI & edge computing knowledge in the space makes it hard to get credit if you are heading in the right direction. Unfortunate side effect of the last few years is technology plays get overlooked.
It is lonely to be “doing the…
Akash Chat has a brand new look.
This new interface includes lots of the functionality of ChatGPT, while powered by only permissionless Akash compute.
No accounts needed. Completely zero-cost.
> Runs Mistral-7B, Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral, Mixtral 8x7B, and Dolphin Mixtral.
> Chat…
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If you have
@solana
congestion questions,
@trentdotsol
is here to answer live. It will be grumpy and unvarnished.
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@PatrickJBlum
Bicycle was a necessary skill tree unlock to get cars. The chain drive, rubber tires and the spoke wheels went directly into car invention
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We have released a blog on the Central Scheduler in v1.18+ on the new
@anza_xyz
blog, you can read it here:
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“That is old crypto. Are you ready for the new crypto world? Dont blink.”
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I don’t understand why staking doesn’t have multiple options. It should be more like bonds.
21 day lockup = 7.5%
3 month lockup = xxx%
12 month lockup = 20%
Maybe those higher value slots are limited for institutions and have sizing requirements (more)
Or alternative it should…
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For those in
@solana
who don’t know,
@gadikian
is the
@0xMert_
of
@cosmos
.
We are all one short
@ComposableFin
IBC bridge away…and perhaps soon…more?
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We are going to get a final v1.17.32 (last v1.17.x) early next week on mainnet-beta before any v1.18.x to mainnet-beta
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Helius is a rocket ship. If you have been in industry, you recognize when a startup has “hot hands.” Innovating. Shipping. Leading. Momentum. Growth market. Best tech blog.
I'm hiring:
- Senior backend engineer (low-latency systems)
- Senior backend engineer (IST time)
- Devrel (must be PST/EST time)
- Researcher / Technical Writer
for the fastest growing developer platform in crypto
@heliuslabs
DM me Proof-of-History to apply
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In another universe, KlimaDAO would be taught at the highest levels of business school as one of the most fascinating disruptive plays ever.
In our current world, "web2 people don't take kindly to this web3 nonsense" and pretend it isn't happening.
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@shaunmmaguire
I don’t think it is going to be winnable.
This is just the first stage, when they are being too overt. They will adapt, make it more subtle and pervasive and an entire generation will be getting fed realtime propaganda nudges laced with every information query.
It will all be…
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Personal theory is that 2024 election, and subsequent influx of possibly $15B in direct spend, combined with earned media will skyrocket decentralized governance tooling, membership, funding, investment and mobilization.
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Intel and NVIDIA did one important thing differently.
NVIDIA makes you work your f*cking ass off. But you are going to be rich, paid well, all your bills taken care of. And Jensen will pay you by surprise. He goes out of his way to airdrop his people.
Intel decided hiring ten…
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How to see code changes for Agave v1.18
In the interest of more regular updates about state of v1.18 here are some details about how to browse the current "state" of v1.18 via Github.
Several people have asked me how to see how to see what is "in" v1.18 via GitHub, for…
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v1.18.12 is code Vibing Cat
Next mainnet-beta release will be code Moutai
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Thanks to all the new followers. I joined
@anza_xyz
last month from the Cosmos ecosystem to help with DevRels. Would be interested to hear what topics people want more deep dive / simpler explanations. I hang out on here and on the Solana Tech Discord.
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@alexandr_wang
What do you think is the highest leverage use of time in an environment with so much rapid change? Nothing seems solid, hard to project any Tech or skill forward and expect it to be bankable in a year.
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The process is that the congestion patch gets tested a bit before going on mainnet, I'm told usually once it goes out on mainnet it takes like ~2 days to reach supermajority of validators.
if you or someone you love runs a TESTNET node, this message is for you
please upgrade TESTNET validators to agave v1.18.11 to assist in further validating congestion improvements
keep <5% delinquency, etc
NOTE I SAID TESTNET IN CAPS TWICE DO NOT RUN THIS SHIT ON MAINNET BETA
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@nearcyan
I remember in like 2006 working in search engine marketing, and then testing Google AdWords versus Yahoo vs Microsoft solutions. AdWords was so much better by a shocking degree I bought google.
Suspect that this "investor call" really only possible if someone took the time to…
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