Mad News #68 💃🏽🕺🏽 Frankendancer, It's Alive!
Mad News #68 💃🏽🕺🏽 Frankendancer, It's Alive!
Catching up with the Lads in Singapore, bouquets of champagne JPEGs, Mad Lassies are back in town, mobile Exchange reveals a major UX update, using Backpack to buy coffee, Wallet boosters. Fock it.
Catching up with the Lads in Singapore, bouquets of champagne JPEGs, Mad Lassies are back in town, mobile Exchange reveals a major UX update, using Backpack to buy coffee, another booster for Wallet users, TradFi brands make exciting announcements at Breakpoint and Solana Mobile's new Seeker phone. Fock it.
A meeting of Mad minds 🧠
Mad Lads flocked to Breakpoint like moths to a flame and spent the weekend strengthening bonds formed over the last two years.
ICE ICE BABY proved that Lads have diamonds in their veins.
Club Hologram awarded the Lads a place to strut their stuff and cut loose with the family.
SolanaConf itself set the stage for collaboration, building and conversation about the future of Mad Lads, Backpack and web3.
Dozens of holders met for the first time and Lads who typically live in the comment sections gained a voice.
Like the balding manlet Dominic Toretto said "I don't have friends, I got family."
LADS OF THE WEEK: Intrepid Travelers 🛫
Mad Lads holders from every corner of the globe flew into Singapore to celebrate community and build memories which will last a lifetime.
Gratz to our LOTWS and safe travels home!
Former LOTWs kev4evaa and @caiusonmute arranged an after hours Lads only dinner.
Hundreds of selfies were taken, Telegram handles exchanged and ideas hatched.
Lads partied the night away, there could have been no DJ and the vibes would still be unmatched.
Lads follow Lads.
Champagne wishes and caviar dreams 🥂
Mad Lads holders opened up their wallets and were greeted with a bouquet of champagne JPEGs.
Holders will soon be able to claim IRL airdrops of the dVIN Labs nectar and ship them to their doorstep.
Get To Know Your Lassie series is back 🤌🏼
MadLassieNFT's presence on X has ebbed and flowed since mint with a strong cadre of community members who constantly bullpost for the Mad Lads better half, the Lassies.
Lassies broke out as the most popular aspects of the Mad Lads and are a major element of success for the collection.
This isn't even my final form 📱
Backpack unveiled a massive user interface update which combined the best components of both Exchange and Wallet on mobile.
The home screen now allows users to seamlessly interact with both platforms all from one view.
A little discussed feature of Backpack Wallet 🎒
Backpack developers have shipped a tremendous amount of features which have not received a spotlight on the main stage of X announcements.
Even if they have, so many have been released in such a short amount of time that it's easy to forget.
The NFT trait listing function for tensor_hq is an old one but may have flew under the radar for many users.
Swap your wallet for Backpack 🔄
Product market fit and finding real world use cases has been the largest problem to solve in web3.
Alongside StraitsX, Backpack takes a step towards that vision with IRL food and drink payments.
The program is isolated to Singapore currently but will be expanded to crypto friendly cities and jurisdictions as more hardware touchpoints become available.
The Backwoods embraces Backpack users 🎮
Similar to how Solana ecosystem builders identified Mad Lads as one of the best ways to distribute their products, Backpack Wallet is becoming a no-brainer mechanism to offer platform rewards through.
TheBackwoodsSOL is the latest blockchain game to embrace Backpack and place it on top of their wallet selector.
Their dungeon crawler-esque adventure went into public beta mode last week and Backpack Wallet users receive a complimentary token chest.
More than just a simple 'hero fights monster' game, The Backwoods has developed a rich interactive world with marketplaces, weapons forges and daily challenges.
Breakpoint 2024 raised the bar for crypto conferences 🎤
Solana streamed and recorded nearly every minute of onstage alpha and you can watch them all via full length livestreams on X or individual videos on YouTube.
There were hundreds (thousands?) of side events which brought together the best and brightest in the crypto ecosystem.
MonkeDAO took over a hotel and created experiences for their community which has never been seen before.
Institutional money movers are aligning with Solana 🏦
Breakpoint isn't all parties, it's also the source of alpha which reaches deep into the future.
Visa, Shopify, PayPal, Robinhood and many more *bluechip* trad finance platforms have already aligned their crypto building with Solana and many more are on the way.
Citi announced they've been deeply researching Solana and in the coming months, will look at various opportunities to leverage Solana for their systems
Société Generale announced the first bank stable on Solana (Euro denominated) and plan to bring other products onto Solana soon
Franklin Templeton announced their money fund is coming to Solana Securitize announced a partnership with Wormhole and that their platform will be supporting Solana soon (issuer for Blackrock's BUIDL money fund!)
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Accelerate Solana with Frankendancer 💃🕺
Hold me closer, jump_firedancer!
Frankendancer made it's appearance on the dancefloor and is tearing up the Solana mainnet (******beta).
The release of Frankendancer is one of the steps needed to test functions of Firedancer before it is released next year.
Frankendancer requires a monumental amount of computing power and boast an impressive hardware config.
Dual 40-core Intel Ice Lake processors
Mellanox ConnectX-5 10Gb NICs
512 GB of RAM each
Find a link to Kevin Bower's full demonstration in PODCAST CORNER at the bottom of this issue.
If you're not familiar with Firedancer, longtime Lad gnarleysol just published a breakdown thread with everything you need to know.
Solana Mobile unveils Chapter 2 plans: Seeker 2️⃣
solanamobile Chapter 2 pre-orders were shrouded in secrecy as tens of thousands reserved what was described as 'the product'.
Speculation was rampant with guesses from dedicated hardware wallets to a crypto-native laptop.
Turns out that they were building another phone the whole time.
More than 140,000 pre-orders have already been received (for Chapter 2 devices).
Jambo also announces new mobile device 🌍
JamboTechnology dropped a bombshell during Breakpoint about the new model of their web3 aligned cell phone, JamboPhone2.
Priced lower than most hardware wallets, the Jambo platform of devices is a must have for entry level crypto curious and experienced degens.
Do you notice a familiar logo?
SEZ IT AIN'T SO 🇦🇷
All good things must come to an end eventually and the first Solana Economic Zone (SEZ) is going out on top.
We’re a think tank that works with techno-optimistic countries to create Solana Economic Zones.
formacity worked with Solana to invite builders to Argentina with the goal of connecting the web3 economy to national economic organizations.
The month-long experiment yielded impressive results and sets the stage for future SEZs.
$500,000+ in investments
500+ applicants (244 accepted)
62% local participation
PODCAST CORNER 🎙️
Breakpoint 2024
BP 2024: Debate: Crypto's Only Use-Case Is Speculation (Vibhu Norby, Tarun Chitra, Tristan Yver)
Breakpoint 2024: Keynote: Fast Forward From Frankendancer to Firedancer (Kevin Bowers)
Breakpoint 2024: Raj & Balaji Fireside: The Solana Network State (Raj Gokal, Balaji Srinivasan)
Breakpoint 2024: Fireside: Solana 2.0 (Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz)
Solana Crossroads
How Ansem Spots the Next Trend on Solana | Solana Crossroads
Have you wondered about Ansems’s secret sauce for identifying trending coins on Solana? This session examines his strategies for identifying emerging trends which combine financial research with social media insights to find undervalued assets. Chatting with George Harrap of Step Finance, they also reviewed token launches, airdrop strategies, and upcoming trends in consumer-focused applications and AI in crypto.
Validated
WTF RPC? w/ Brian Long (Triton One)
In this episode of Validated, Austin chats with Brian Long (Triton One) about the significance and functionality of RPC (Remote Procedure Call) services in blockchain. They delve into the complex roles RPCs play in enhancing blockchain usability, data retrieval, and transaction processing. Brian shares insights from his experience during the early adoption phase of Solana's network and discusses the operational challenges and hardware requirements for RPC nodes.
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