The biggest issue with
#web3
is poor
#UX
.
How do we fix this?
- Stop gatekeeping against new people
- Focus on the user NOT the technology
- Use familiar a UI - swipe, drag, tap
- Don't give new users the entire kitchen sink
- Advance education w/modular features not FAQ
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Things I learned in life to improve:
- Constructive criticism is more important than praise
- Admit when you're wrong - even if it takes a minute
- Respect valid opinions that differ from your own
- Trust your gut but know your own bias
@waxxinated
@sovrynmindset
Or maybe they weren’t created at all and we evolved to be two sexes of the same species with decades of social influence creating gender roles?
Or God made women just to look after the kids? So if I want to stay home to raise my kids I’m going against God now? K
Reading back my Op-ed on
@SBF_FTX
from October just days before
#FTX
blew up.
At
@CryptoSlate
we certainly highlighted takes from people like
@0xrooter
who claimed SBF was “a profit maxi: profit at all costs” before the FTX collapse.
1/4 🧵
The
@Grayscale
$GBTC great withdrawal has finally started as of 15 minutes ago -$200M
Yesterday GBTC did not redeem any cash for
#BTC
and thus was not responsible for any selling as the ETF works on T+2 or T+1...
Looks like they started this morning as the first BTC in 2 weeks
🚨Don't sleep on this!🚨
Biggest news in the
#EVM
space that's currently under the radar.
#Ethereum
wallets that can be made either
#custodial
or
#noncustodial
with a few clicks of a mouse.
Learnings from
@EthCC
- BUIDLers know
#web3
UX is trash
- Multi-chain is the new meta
-
#Bitcoin
price isn't relevant right now
- Insiders don't watch the charts or care
- Community sentiment is sky high
- Innovation is moving faster than you know
#EthCC
[5] = BULLISH af
"Every other form of property in the history of the human race. I pull the gun I get it all. My incentive is to violence. With Bitcoin, I pull the trigger I get none of it.” -
@saylor
Read more on
I try not to have favourites but my recent interview with
@CoDeTechCC
has to be right up there given how well I got on with Okkie, the vision, dedication and scope of their tech.
This is a don’t miss SlateCast
Over the last 24 hours, 93% of relayed blocks on
#Ethereum
were censored.
In the same period, 63% of total blocks were OFAC compliant.
@VitalikButerin
@ethereum
, is this the decentralized future you envisage?
"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."
This has always been a driver for me since I first read Diary by Chuck Palahniuk.
Working in crypto feels much closer to this vision than running a marketing agency.
#Bitcoin
settled $366M in the last block taking up 1.8MB of space.
I verified this on my own Bitcoin node.
I did not rely on any government.
I verified the data.
This matters.
Bitcoin matters.
💵FIAT IS NOT BETTER THAN THIS!
#Blocklight
has officially gone live and our first piece goes to the heart of the recent issues in crypto.
Retail investors left high and dry with a CEO trying to stop the story getting out.
Read the first
#Blocklight
article on
@CryptoSlate
below
Ok, so I've pretty much spent the whole day on
@lensprotocol
and I don't miss Crypto Twitter at all! I've been on Twitter since 2009, and today it's clear to me that web3 is the future of social in 2022.
I wrote a new Op-ed on
@CryptoSlate
on the broader impact of
#Terra
& the way it can shape
#crypto
#regulation
in coming years
This should have been a case study in
#decentralization
instead it will end up as a key argument against it! Be savvy out there
Bitcoin and Ethereum are the most important milestones in the evolution of blockchain technology... so far...
[WARNING LONG RANT]
Hot Take: I believe that
@CoreCoinCC
represents the next chapter, one that synthesizes the lessons and advancements of the entire web3 and
Web3 social is taking over and I'm using them all. Out is like but with real feed engagement.
I joined last night and already building a community within 12 hours! Come say hi using the access code below.
Invite code for
@Outappofficial
:
$22M mcap? I think I can honestly say this is the most undervalued tech in the space.
This has the potential to be a real L1 player given its not Pos and more aligned to dePIN/RWA!
For this to compare with any of the top 100 coins that's a 50x from here... Lots of ifs and buts
💥💱The moment we've all been waiting for!
From now on you can follow your favorite $XCB and all market data in real-time in two cryptocurrency price-tracking apps!
✅CoinCodex
✅CoinCheckup
CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap will
The correlation between
#Bitcoin
( $BTC ) and the
#NasDaq
( $QQQ ) since January has been uncanny.
Bigger drawdown for Bitcoin but also less volatility over the past 30 days. 1/2
🔦
#Blocklight
is the investigative journalism arm of
@CryptoSlate
.
If you have any tips related to stories aboutcrypto projects that haven't yet been reported get in touch via DM
@dennishegstad
You realise the advertising budget to get 100k LinkedIn follower would be less than $1 million right? Give me $1.2 billion and I’ll get you 200k LinkedIn followers no problem
I'm leaking the schedule for our
#Ethereum
Merge Livestream as I'm so excited!!!
The Panda Reveal Party is gonna be 🔥
Tag your friends and come join us tomorrow ALL DAY!!
Don’t sleep on this.
Still the most impressive blockchain implementation I’ve ever seen!
@CoreCoinCC
is my Number 1 blockchain for the future as it truly encompasses everything I want from web3.
Bitcoin will always be Bitcoin but XCB offers an
Been away from the
#KillaBear
community for a while. When did this happen? Last I looked the floor was 1/3 of this!! Did I miss some news about
@killabearsnft
??
SBF made sure he and Alameda aren't considered insiders just before
#Voyager
suspended trading.
They bought 14 mill shares and then cancelled 4.5 mill a week later to reduce ownership below 10%
Probably nothing
The value of
#Bitcoin
depends on the lens you view it through.
The price vs Turkish Lira has fallen far less due to 70%+ inflation
We’ll be digging into this and more Monday with
@defiyield_app
and friends at the Space below
Glad you enjoyed the article
@alexisohanian
. If you're ever in need of a chat about
@helium
and why you believe in it I'd love to have you on a
@CryptoSlate
video sometime!
“The
@helium
Network has completely upended the wireless industry… Nova Labs🎈 is a prime example of how new incentive models can drive real change, and we’re excited to see what they introduce next.” -
@alexisohanian
in
@CryptoSlate
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!!
TRM Labs spoke with me about Tornado Cash and OFAC sanctions. They work with DEXs to offer AML systems used to block sanctioned addresses.
I was shocked to hear what Ari had to say, but pleasantly surprised!!
Was playing with
@PingHEX
and had to make this video cos it’s cool AF!
Ever complained you always miss crypto projects when they’re super low cap and “insider”level early? Well
@CoreCoinCC
is for you 🤩😁
(I’m not being paid to make this, the team have no idea I filmed it I
If
@BlackRock
continues 6k $BTC daily buys, we get a supply crunch within 18 months; here’s why.
BlackRock has reached 25k
#BTC
in just 4 days. If this continued, by June 2025, it would have absorbed all of the very liquid supply as defined by
@glassnode
Ofc this is mostly for
The exchange flippening may be upon us soon as
@Coinbase
Prime hot wallet sees record $11B
#Bitcoin
volume (in+out) over the past 7 days, smashing
@Binance
.
The angel-looking diagram below shows the flow of funds into the wallet. It may even identify some of the
#ETF
trading
👀
@LensProtocol
is really popping off!
Genuinely enjoying the feed more than Twitter these days.
The algorithm here is really poor.
On Lens you can just jump to a new app client without losing content or connections.
#web3social
Theres need for a properly decentralized that online encyclopaedia. The personal agendas of
@Wikipedia
editors is getting worse & reports of how they spend donations is concerning.
is trying to solve the problem. More about me here
I am a
#ProudSwissBorgPartner
shaping the future of wealth. You can be one too!
I wear my
@swissborg
hoodie almost every day. Seemed only right to get involved and support my buddy
@alex_fazel
One if the sweetest and most intelligent people in the space
Have to say after spending the weekend with the
@CoreCoinCC
team. I'm more excited about the project than anything else in the crypto space beyond
#Bitcoin
.
Video incoming once I edit together the mini-doc.
🤩Check out the enthusiastic excitement (quite literally) behind CorePass! Are you as excited for the upcoming release as Michael Loubser and Liam 'Akiba' Wright are?
Core Corner Issue 2 Out Now 👀
This week, I look at
@PingHEX
exchange and its novel hybrid approach to custody using
@CorePassCC
#Bitcoin
is king, but I do love
@CoreCoinCC
for the
#Web3
aspect of digital assets.
Proof Of Work > Proof of Stake IMO, and there's no other PoW
@ihors3
your 'algo' was working overnight all week & now all of a sudden it takes all weekend and will conveniently finish just before trading starts? Either 1) You're not working this weekend and not taking advantage of the world spotlight being on you or 2) something fishy is going on
Travelling for my job is super fun and I get to meet great peeps but nothing like being back on the sofa with this one.
Shout out to
@swissborg
fam for the coziest hoodie ever too!
Just had lunch with the person who inspired me to get into writing at the age of 11.
Its important to remember how you got to where you are in life. Thank you
@OhgsPrincipal
and best of luck with your next adventure!
For anyone waiting on my
@CoreCoinCC
video. It's coming. I underestimated how much footage there was to go through!
Should be out within 24 hours still hopefully!!
"If it has no product, you are the product!"
I've long hoped for a way for this to no longer be true.
@CorePassCC
and
@PingHEX
Exchange just launched on
@CoreCoinCC
where you actually get paid to KYC
Also it's the only exchange with XCB and CTN. Its
Gratz to everyone working on
@CoreCoinCC
and
@PingHEX
These are the types of people who are building decentralized tech for all the right reasons IMHO
Everything I've seen has been about blood sweat and tears to do things "the right way" not the easy way.
Addicted to
#web3
social. Twitter algo shows my content to around 200 people out of 16k so no one will see this either!
Bullish on
@LensProtocol
and the overall ecosystem. Signed up to
@phaverapp
last night and nabbed
#Akiba
as a username to go with my akiba.lens users! WAGMI!
@SterlingCooley
Q: You said it was cured
A: Yeah so what?
All you need to know about this 👆
Engagement farming, CN likely incoming - move on nothing to see here.
I'm writing a weekly column on
@CoreCoinCC
, and the first issue is out now on
@CryptoSlate
.
Innovation into Proof of Work has seemingly been abandoned by web3 in favor of staking. The team at
@CoDeTechCC
doesn't take this view.
If you're interested in what web3 can look like
@BanKsEsports
@LDeeep
I don't see this confirms your story. You've dragged his family into this from an anonymous Reddit post. Whether he is guilty of that or not is it NOT your place to drag up their pain!! What you have done to his ex-wife and children here is unforgivable!
@OckertLoubser
Dude! This is awesome! Loving me some XCB DePIN action! Ever since you showed me the tech a few years back I've been itching to see more of it! LOVE THIS!
54%? 👀👀 RAW / DePIN sleeper IMO - never thought of it like this but XCB is DePIN and CTN is RWA - if only Core had an AI and a ZK coin it'd have the 4 tokens of the moonpocaplypse haha
1️⃣Core Coin $XCB is the top performer for the day, up 54.20%↗️ in the last 24 hours with a current value of $0.53🔺
2️⃣In the second position is Core Token $CTN with an increase of 14.94% and a current value of $0.05🔺
3️⃣The third position belongs to Litecoin $LTC, which has
Life settlements certainly isn't sexy but tokenizing investment assets usually unavailable to us plebs is important.
Sometimes the seemingly boring things can be the most bullish.
There's a trend for tokenizing RWAs coming and it's a big wave. Keen to seen how
@AraxCorp
ride it
New Op-Ed: The new update for $USDC is huge in allowing cross-chain swaps without bridges. But - is Circle's centralized system what the future of web3 needs?
Today is a really proud day for me. I published my first piece about
#Bitcoin
on
@Forbes
as a contributor for
@ForbesCrypto
.
As the Senior Editor at
@CryptoSlate
, I get to talk to Bitcoin and crypto-native people every day. Contributing to Forbes gives me the chance to speak to
I’ve had a
@Wikipedia
page since 2010 and now because I added my work in crypto it’s been nominated for deletion by the same person who declined the CryptoSlate page.
I’m sorry but the bud against
#crypto
on Wikipedia is absurd!
The heart, dedication, ambition, passion, vision and damn right grit and determination from team building
@CoreCoinCC
is next level.
You want proof of work? Look at everything these guys are doing! Hard goddam work!
@CoreCoinCC
is proof of distributed efficiency
🚀🌟 Unstoppable! Today's trading on Ping Exchange hit 2024's 3rd highest activity - $XCB with a massive 189K+ volume & $CTN at an astonishing 236K+ and counting. 📈 And guess what? The day's not even over! This is all peer-to-peer magic, no bots, no market makers, just real
Honestly, interviewing
@alex_fazel
and
@Cyrus_Fazel
was so much fun! I wish all founders had this type of thinking about building a proper company culture!
@ZaleskiLuke
@elonmusk
Probably because once you remove all credibility of established institutions its easier to fake 'citizen journalism' with the use of generative AI-powered bots?
That's the dystopia version of this.
However, some for of proof of humanity turns it into DeJournalism?
The next halving event could be during a recession; the first one since the creation of Bitcoin.
Could this affect the potential for a 2024 bull run? Full story below:
#bitcoinHalving
#bitcoinnews
#bitcoin
#recession
Still awaiting replies from
@ArkhamIntel
on the
@CryptoLeaksInfo
report.
Honestly, I hope this is a hoax because it's an awful way to do business, in my personal opinion.
(1/2)
I'll be moderating an AMA with
@bosotoyko
via
@cryptoslate
at 8PM BST tomorrow June 21. Check the link below to set a reminder.
🔥2 WL spots are available for those who send in questions and join the
#AMA
live!!
I believe that a focus on WALLETS over BLOCKCHAIN can help improve adoption
Users need to understand how a wallet works in the same way they had to learn how email works.
They don't need to know about blockchain just like they dont know TCP/IP
fin/x
The biggest issue with
#web3
is poor
#UX
.
How do we fix this?
- Stop gatekeeping against new people
- Focus on the user NOT the technology
- Use familiar a UI - swipe, drag, tap
- Don't give new users the entire kitchen sink
- Advance education w/modular features not FAQ
🧵
🤩Test CorePass Digital ID Application is now live on iOS.
1. Install the TestFlight application
2. Once installed, click on this link
3. Test away!
More information:
Hey
@GoogleAds
Can you explain why I was hung up on twice by your Customer Support and am now unable to call back using your system? I was polite and explained my issue and both times simply turned away.
#BingAds
incoming I guess?
Im hearing
@BlackRock
got 11.5k BTC for ~$497M that suggests they paid $43.5k per coin but
#Bitcoin
traded well above that for most of the 2 days $IBIT was live.
These OTC swaps happening 1-2 days after trades are essentially setting the price. Blackrock set the price at $43.5k
Give users what they NEED not what is POSSIBLE. Just because blockchain has all this super cool, innovative tech doesn't mean we need to shove this down the average user's throat.
Web3 PUTS YOU IN CONTROL and that's the important part of the message
4/x
$62.8k it was! But hard rejected. These channels are strong.
Weak bears or desperate bulls? $61.7k or $65.4k next - this is a fun game to keep
#Bitcoin
interesting :)
We need to focus instead on usability and world-class user experience. Dave down the pub doesn't care if his app users blockchain or lego blocks. Dave cares about a better experience and applications that can improve his life.
3/x
I know I shouldn’t say things like this but it’s my professional opinion Gary’s an absolute potato.
The “accredited investor” gatekeeping scam protects us eh Gary?
Gary Gensler says that
#crypto
is an outsized piece of scams, frauds and problems in the overall market
Now do the traditional finance and banking sector Gary
Op-ed: The dawn of the Post-Knowledge Era:
#AI
’s threat to white-collar Jobs
The internet, the mobile phone, social media, and now A.I. The four horsemen of the technological apocalypse, or the dawn of a new era?
via
@akibablade