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Scionic94

Watched this yesterday, really cool video. Definitely applies to nodes, I'd venture to guess the average node connection coefficient is around 3.0 or less -- a "small world" network. Would be cool if someone went deep on node geographical analysis, but I wouldn't know where to start outside of IP addresses (which can obviously be "spoofed" via VPNs, proxies, TOR, etc.)

LectureTall7744

A friend of mine got paid CA$600 back in the early 80s for writing the Quickbooks code. He worked for an accounting company in Mission City, Canada. He wrote it as a shortcut exe for Bedford. He wrote it on the company computer. It was a $10,000 286, I think, much of the cost was the large hard drive. He tried to claim IP, but the company claimed 50% and the right to sell it. Bedford bought it for CA$1200 and he got 1/2. He was very angry.

Chop7172

IP, Link

ElderMight

The Bitcoin network is made up of nodes that relay and validate transactions according to the same consensus rules. A node can be a validator, a miner, or both. Anyone can run a node to participate in this network. That's largely what makes it decentralized and secure. There is no single failure point and each node maintains a separate copy of the blockchain history, making it very difficult if not impossible to alter past transactions. All nodes have to agree to changes to the blockchain. That's why you might hear that it is immutable. The benefits of running your own node include: 1\. Audit the supply of the network 2\. Participate in network consensus 3\. Initiate peer-to-peer transactions with your own wallet 4\. Retain privacy with no centralized third-party interactions 5\. Connect to a mempool.space instance to your node and explore the blockchain privately 6\. Connect an electrum server to your node for even more privacy and security. Privacy is probably the biggest benefit because if you are not running your own node and using it, you are using someone else's node whenever you look at your balance in your wallet or send a transaction. This other node can see your balance and your IP address. As you can imagine, you likely don't want your balance seen by another node operator especially if you hold your life savings in bitcoin. This might make you a target of bad actors. Running your own node not only eliminates this privacy issue, but it also lets you verify your savings and safely broadcast your transactions. Participating in network consensus also lets you have a voice in future bitcoin updates. The developers of bitcoin cannot force updates on nodes of the network. Each node owner can choose which version of software they use. So if you don't like a change developers have made, you don't have to adopt it. Running a node basically requires downloading bitcoin core onto a computer and run it. You may need to open a port on your router to allow connections to other nodes on the network. You'll need at least 1 TB of storage if you are running a full node - holds the entire blockchain history. Less storage if you run it in pruned mode which doesn't keep the whole history. I recommend using at least a 2TB SSD for full node to ensure it lasts several years.

mickalawl

Layers of abstraction that provide a separation of concerns can indeed be powerful like TCP/IP stack. However crypto L2s are not that. They are more like plastering wallpaper over the top of something to paper over the cracks. L1 might not scale for example so an L2 is invented , but that usually then immediately has to sacrifice decentralisation perhaps. There is no modular architecture here that introduces layers of abstraction that allows independent modules to concentrate on their respective iareas of concern and with a clear interface agreement to the next level. Its wallpaper glue to.hide the cracks. And L3 will just be different wallpaper.

rgnet1

What you call L1 flaws, others might call security through simplicity. Kind of like TCP/IP only tried ti do one thing really well.

EnZ07boyyy

$IP just got a head start this morning

EnZ07boyyy

My $IP bag went from $8.3 down to $7.1 and now we’re back to $9 all in one day lol. I’m over a grand in profit and have no plan to leave

ThatChrisGuy7

Gotta say I’m up decent on $IP now it’s starting to recover from its giant dip

ThatChrisGuy7

$IP already in profit lol

ThatChrisGuy7

IMO $IP is way oversold atm

liTtlebrocoi

I’m with you on this. XRP has been doing all the right things. The SEC case is over, the ETF news is coming, and big partnerships with banks and Mastercard are happening. The July/August run showed how much upside there is, and $2.8–$3 feels like a bargain. I’m holding long too and treating it as a key part of my portfolio. What’s exciting is that projects like this show blockchain can actually create real value. RECORD Nexus is another example, bringing things like music, patents, and IP into DeFi in a clear and fair way. If XRP is making finance faster and safer, projects like RECORD Nexus show how it can really change industries. 2026 could be a big year for XRP if this keeps up. It could easily become one of the top coins alongside BTC and ETH in the next 10 years.

SpendHefty6066

if you are using someone else's node, you are trusting them to feed you the "correct" data. And every time you check your wallet you are leaking your IP address and Bitcoin addresses to them. To truly verify your holdings and maintain privacy, run a node and connect your wallet to it.

o0c3drik0o

1. By having a premium for exit/entry. So when you want some freshly minted USDC from Circle, you get to buy (mint) $1 for $1.01 and when you exit (burn) you get $0.99 back. Additionally, companies like Tether (USDT) park their cash (which they get from people buying USDT from their treasury) in T-bills. So they generate income by buying government debt. 2. Pairs exist to avoid staking being dead capital. But there's a distinction between staking for chain validation and staking for yield farming. So if you're unsure about what's what, let me know. 3. Because the nodes broadcast their IP address to the others. While nodes are actively looking for broadcasted messages to validate. Basically, the software they run makes it so that they are actively seeking each other out. 4. Blockchain explorers doesn't know the difference really. But the people that create the block explorers can build a library of whitelisted or known smart contract/ token addresses, so the end user can be safer.

bruhagan

So you're building a [pump.fun](http://pump.fun) for sports IP basically? As a football club / athlete, why do it with you rather than [pump.fun](http://pump.fun) ?

aliassuck

How do stablecoin providers make money? If "staking" just means lending your crypto to take part in chain validations to earn more of the same crypto, why do "staking pairs" exist? If the blockchain is decentralized, how do nodes know other people's IP addresses without a central authority to coordinate the IP addresses? How do blockchain explorers know which smart contract is the "real" one given that anyone can create a smart contract token in seconds using the same name of an existing tokens?

AnimaCityArtist

My thesis for many years now has been that in the long run, the most valuable blockchain will be the one serving the highest quality information. That is, if we have a big shared database and we put a lot of energy into maintaining it, the logical arrangement is that it contains our best  commons consensus, both in trading/pricing info, and practical knowledge about the world and how to understand it. The dynamics of the market we have are priced opposite to information quality because the investment picture centers bureaucracies as the ultimate source of truth: traditional IP law, credentials, security forces, consumer protections, and so forth form a moat of honest dealing that makes them the better system to turn to in daily life than crypto. We're in a scenario where the technology is mostly used for the worst possible reasons and can't surface potential for social good, so it gets sucked into the existing systems as an accessory buzzword. It's a lot easier to sell unproven products for gambling to gamblers than it is to sell unproven products that are made for a critical function. At the same time, it's also demonstrated Taleb's "antifragility" properties by gaining from chaos and disorder. Everyone that needs to work around a bureaucracy ends up motivated to participate in crypto, if only temporarily... And the less stable the world feels, the more likely it is that information of some value crosses the gap.

Shivam5483

If you’re thinking of bypassing a traditional payment processor, say because local laws block a service, crypto can sometimes help, but don’t expect a clean escape. Most places where you buy crypto still ask for KYC, and transactions can be traced. Your IP can give you away, VPNs aren’t foolproof, and determined investigators have ways to link things back to people. For low-risk stuff, like using a restricted app, authorities usually won’t bother, but for serious crimes crypto won’t protect you. Also keep taxes, withdrawal fees, and reporting rules in mind when you convert fiat to crypto. Bottom line: crypto can work around payment limits, but weigh the legal, privacy, tax, and cost trade-offs for your situation.

Enth_E_Nd_GaME

On-chain AI analytics will expose all historical ties to real user ID via KYC, IP logging, etc... for as long as BTC has existed, forever. Bitcoin also has a tidal wave of competition... dirty bitcoins, block junk-up and excessive energy and E-waste will become more prominent arguments going forward. As for your expected "but the network is super duper secure" argument, let's see how well that holds once market makers suppress the price via fractionalized reserves until miners are no longer profitable and they start dropping like flies, not to mention the absolute crushing of reputation once a PoS surpasses grandpa coin in MC. Old tech is old tech, stop clutching the past so hard maxi.

Toinked

I own a few meme coins within the Abstract ecosystem but nothing near the amount of $PENGU I hold. I’m more of a BTC/ETH holder but when it comes to my Pudgy Penguins… I’ve been a mega fan for years now : ) it’s such an easy hold when I see how well the IP is reaching the entire world

Toinked

I love the Pudgy Penguin brand and IP so please don’t hesitate to ask more questions : ) I own multiple Pudgy NFTs, a large bag of $PENGU and own one of the Lils in their YouTube series. Not to shill too hard but yeah I love the Penguins, I trust what Luca Netz is doing. I’ve been lucky enough to meet him twice, crazy awesome!!!

Jenn2895

Chainlink. CCIP is designed to be the TCP/IP of blockchain…

frooost1337

May wanna add Troll, recently acquired IP rights and who doesn’t know the Trollface… Otherwise I love that list =)

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uncapchad

"tightened security measures" yeah they don't expire session cookies (which can be stolen by spyware), they only lock your account after you report a theft (not when a new login is detected from another IP). No action is taken when 2FA or other security settings are changed from a new IP and then they have staff who have sufficient access to sell your data. It's all completely unacceptable. Cryptocurrencies are P2P, not designed for "trusted 3rd parties" in fact a lot of the point was to get rid of "trusted 3rd parties". Being your own bank is hard. Trusting Coinbase with your coins and data - madness.

Primary_Abrocoma_637

Wonderful take brother. Captainbnb has everything- lore, cult, IP, utility, time in the market

hawtdiggitydawgg

I feel like a lot of the answers here don’t necessarily get it. Even some of the pro Bitcoin ones. It’s be interesting to see how this same questioned is answers in the Bitcoin specific subreddit. I don’t know enough about this in particular but a bitcoiner influence regularly mentions that it’s the protocols that, I believe, are powerful from a technology perspective. likening it to things like TCP/IP for the internet. Like is said I don’t know much about that technology piece but find other reasons to support it b

liTtlebrocoi

Good start man, SOL, ETH, LINK and even some BTC are all solid for the long run, especially if you keep adding with DCA. Those have strong communities and real use cases that should last into the next cycles. If you want to mix in something smaller with big potential, I’d also look at Record Nexus ($RECORD). It is different from the usual chain tokens because it is bringing music rights and film IP into DeFi. Stuff like that could grow a lot by 2030 if real world assets on-chain keep expanding.

SevenCroutons

Yeah I'm not clicking some IP logger, pal

Competitive_Bet_8485

You’ve got a solid start with SOL, LINK, and ETH. For the long run (2030+), I think it’s also smart to look at projects that connect crypto to real-world use. One example is Record Nexus, which is bringing music, film, and patents on-chain through IP-backed bonds. It’s not the hype type of coin, but more of a slow and steady kind of play that could give balance to your portfolio over time.

Original-Assistant-8

There are public audits. And I saw plenty of devs trying it out. Gopherswap is the best example on community side. The reason to protect IP is to build their ecosystem, partners, docs, well before other chains may try to implement their code. You can't have a public mainnet without open source code.

Hooftly

Are you being serious? What about public audits? Developer Good will? no dev worth his/her salt is going to install an unknown binary. If the reason for not open sourcing is to protect IP why would they ever release it after main? quantum resistance isnt novel its actually standardized by NIST.

Competitive_Bet_8485

Hard to say which ones will “run the hardest” because seasons shift quick, but I’d keep an eye on sectors rather than just coins. Historically Q4 tends to be strong for majors like BTC and ETH, and memecoins usually catch hype waves too. But what excites me more are RWAs since they’ve got real adoption momentum. For example, Record Nexus is launching IP backed bonds tied to music, film, and patents. That’s a different kind of value driver compared to pure speculation, and if RWAs keep trending this fall, projects like that could see serious attention.

liTtlebrocoi

Yeah, it definitely moves faster than most people can keep up with. For every new wave like ICOs, DeFi, NFTs, and now RWAs there’s a learning curve that filters out a lot of newcomers. But I think that’s also where the long term value shows up: projects that solve *real* problems end up sticking. For example, Record Nexus is working on IP backed bonds for music, film, and patents. That’s not just another hype cycle, it’s an actual bridge between crypto and traditional industries. If more projects focus on that kind of utility, the space becomes easier for average investors to grasp less about chasing the next trend and more about sustainable value.

SeaworthinessSad7300

I'm not considering selling real estate to buy Bitcoin but it was a very hard decision when I bought my most recent IP Even unleveraged that deposit could do better over 10 years in Bitcoin

King-Choco

Exactly, layers are the key, and history shows us how this plays out. The internet didn’t bend itself to people’s comfort level, people had to adjust to the internet. Even the most powerful institutions on earth couldn’t stop it, they had to adopt it, build on it, and align themselves with it or be left behind. The same applies here. Bitcoin is the TCP/IP of money, the base layer. It doesn’t need to be shiny or convenient by itself because it isn’t meant to be. It’s meant to be rock solid, unbreakable, and permanent. On top of it, other layers will emerge, evolve, or get replaced entirely, just like HTTP/HTML built the web on top of TCP/IP. That’s why the “Lightning is garbage” argument misses the forest for the trees. Maybe it’s Lightning, maybe it’s something else, but the point is: the foundation is already here, and it won’t adjust to us. We’ll adjust to it. Just like the internet, adoption won’t be optional in the long run.

MachaMacMorrigan

The Internet was around for twenty years plus, before Berners-Lee invented HTTP/HTML and the foundations of the World-Wide Web. We use TCP/IP all the time, but no-one sees it without Wireshark. Layers. I tell you. Layers.

No-Magician-2257

Problem with easily replaceable battery is the IP classification will go way down. You can submerge modern phones entirely without any issues.

annonnnnn82736

so it’s like TCP/IP for blockchains or Stripe for inter-chain smart contracts?

AndyR1chy12

Appreciate it, right now it just displays the single token (you can change through a web interface you connect via the IP address) the Tokii is not locked in anyway and people are free to make their own tweaks, to be honest the intention probably would be to have the code be open sourced allowing the community to develop in ways that suit them, right now it’s super early on so just focusing on building them up

meni0n

You do know they use fingerprinting so even if there's a session token stolen, unless it's exactly same browser and IP, it will throw up some flags based on the activity.

002_timmy

I mean, sounds like we're mostly in agreement. We differ on our opinions of Luca/Pudgy, but that's fine. I see things like Pudgy Party and the success of that game as an indication the team is heading in the right direction. I also like the Pengu proliferation theory and that's clearly been successful. It may or may not reflect in the token price, but people are using Pengu IP without knowing they're using it and that counts for something in my book. For the Fartcoin, SPX, and WIF, seems like it see things similarly.

JimmyAlgo

Hello, your approach is pretty solid, a nice balance of the obvious BTC and ETH is always a safe bet. Looking for a more leveraged opportunity in the market comes down to two main factors imo. What can you hold long term from current market conditions and what can you believe in long term as an individual? This means being real with what resonates with you to point where short term price swings don’t throw you off balance. This is where market research places a huge role in the edge you get when investing in these new crypto projects. You’ve come here to do research and get opinions so here is mine. The $GIGA coin based on the GigaChad meme (consistently largest meme by impressions) is one of the only memes with a deeply underlying message, one that focuses and promotes self improvement and masculinity. Not only is the meme in the top spot for organic uses, the team associated with the CTO is building out a potentially massive lifestyle brand utilizing the GigaChad IP (Yes they have IP rights, bullish I know) With products about to roll out into large online retailers with targets set on meaningful shelf space the attention flywheel around $GIGA will be at a scale that has never been done and can never be done again. Similar to the bitcoin narrative unable to be replicated is what a long term edge in crypto looks like. Everything else is hot until it gets replaced by a faster younger fresher narrative. This is why memes are valuable especially ones that have already proven to stick for years on end at the forefront of internet culture and have that deeper more profound messaging underneath. Anyways that’s my 2 cents (plenty more where that came from)

Tobelmann_Creations

I am all in on $GIGA on Solana. Biggest meme in the world. Has the most mindshare on all social media. You see it everywhere. It also has a fitness company helping drive attention and they own the IP rights as well. It was the fastest growing coin in 2024 and had 13 straight months in the green. I believe it will be the biggest runner when the bull run returns.

castorfromtheva

Does this mean not having bought the IP6 for the BTC back then would now buy you 267 IP17? Yes. Long time preference and patience always pay out. Stay humble, stack sats.

JustStopppingBye

I already gave it but heres more. >*With millions of digital assets spread across thousands of public and private blockchains, interoperability between blockchains is absolutely critical to overcoming fragmentation and building scalable global markets. This mirrors the early Internet, which was once divided into isolated intranets until TCP/IP unified them into a single network. On top of such a unified foundation, DeFi is already demonstrating how blockchain and oracle technology can modernize traditional capital markets and usher in a new era of more efficient, transparent, and programmable financial services. Chainlink seamlessly connects data and value across blockchains and traditional systems, accelerating the inevitable convergence of DeFi and TradFi into a unified global financial system.”* **Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink**

ChampionshipUnique71

Wow so much to address here. Okay here we go... The technical knowledge required includes the following: 1) Economics and risk Convert your power rate to cost per BTC. Know kWh price, expected hashrate, watts, pool fee, downtime, difficulty growth, halving impact. Understand how this decreases over the lifetime of the hardware as ASICs becomes less competitive and difficulty increases. Amortize capex. Treat ASICs as fast-depreciating equipment with salvage value near zero. Understand variance. Pool luck and payout schemes change cashflow. Opportunity cost vs buying spot. 2) Electrical fundamentals Voltage, amperage, wire gauge, breakers, grounding, surge protection. Continuous-load rule. Do not exceed 80% of breaker rating. Power factor and inrush current. Example math: current A ≈ watts ÷ (volts × PF). A 3000 W rig on 240 V, PF 0.95 draws ~13.2 A. 3) Heat, airflow, and noise Every watt becomes heat. BTU/hr = 3.412 × watts. A 3 kW rig = ~10,200 BTU/hr. Ventilation sizing. Approx CFM ≈ 3.16 × watts ÷ ΔT(°F). Dust filtration, humidity control, negative pressure, ducting, and hearing protection. Expect 70 to 80 dB per unit. 4) Networking and pool basics Reliable Ethernet, DHCP vs static IP, VLANs if needed. Stratum config, pool endpoints, watchdogs. Payout schemes: PPS, FPPS, PPLNS. Know fee, variance, and minimum payout. 5) Firmware and monitoring Web UI, kernel logs, tuning for efficiency vs hashrate, fan curves, auto-reboot. Firmware flashing and rollback. Monitoring and alerting. 6) Maintenance and failure modes Fan swaps, PSU faults, bad hashboards, thermal pads, connector wear, RMA logistics. Cleaning procedures and ESD safety. Downtime accounting. 7) Custody and security Pool payout wallet setup, self-custody, address management, hot vs cold paths. Basic opsec. Do not expose admin panels to the internet. 8) Legal, tax, and utility rules Income on receipt, capital gains on disposal, record keeping. Possible equipment depreciation if run as a business. HOA, zoning, utility time-of-use rates, demand charges, curtailment programs. 9) Hosting contracts if you do not self-run Power passthrough terms, uptime SLAs, curtailment rights, overclock policies, fee stacking, termination and RMA handling, counterparty risk. Quick self test If you cannot state these five numbers with confidence, you are not ready to mine: 1. kWh rate and any demand or TOU adders. 2. Available amps at 240 V and the continuous-load limit. 3. Cooling capacity in BTU/hr or CFM at a target ΔT. 4. Expected hashrate and watts for your specific model and firmware. 5. All-in cost per BTC today under conservative difficulty and uptime. If this is not "a lot of technical knowledge" to you, you probably do not understand it or have this knowledge. For most people, buying BTC is simpler and safer.

Scary-Sector-7035

Cant they get the IP addresses of where those emails were sent from and see who was there at that time? Voila we nail Satoshi 🎯

Charming-Designer944

They will screw up at some point. - forced to renumber subscriber lines - database error - going bankrupt - selling the IP range - some got.ankthe idea on how it should be handled at the next contract renewal, invalidating / not renewing your current agreement. I am pretty sure the contract have clauses that allow the ISP to reassign you to another IP if they need The only case where you can trust the IP is yours is when you are big enough and early enough to have bought an IP block before the IPv4 address range was depleted.

rgnet1

My opinion is Bitcoin was invented and had a magic confluence of necessary properties: uncensorable, trustless, decentralized, and finite supply. The technology and economic marriage was perfect. If Bitcoin tech existed without the Austrian economic model, it would not have succeeded. Everything that came after Bitcoin was the result of a developer or businessperson who thought they could do better. While competition is ordinarily good, it is the same as trying to promote your own Internet protocol. Imagine if we had 1,000 fragmented Internets with incompatible email, web browsing etc. TCP/IP is the network protocol of the Internet, and while not perfect, it works. Bitcoin is the protocol of modern money and while not perfect, it works. Everything else is noise and unnecessary fragmentation. Do yourself a favor and just buy bitcoin for the long term. Anyone who has held bitcoin for 5 years is in the green and by a better margin than any other asset. You don't even need a hardware wallet. 1. Download free, open source Electrum or Sparrow 2. Disconnect your wifi 3. Generate a new wallet. Write down the seed phrase. Keep it secret, keep it safe. 4. Copy the "zpub" to a note file. (Used in step 6) 5. Delete the wallet. 6. Create a new wallet file from the zpub. This is a "watching only" wallet. You can receive bitcoin to it, you can check your balance. No one, not even you, can spend from this wallet. Your future self in 5 years will thank you. Your future self in 10 years may be retiring if you bought a decent amount.

skydiveguy

Why do you need IP whitelisting when they offer wallet whitelisting? I don't want my ability to move my crypto off the exchange hindered by where I am physically located but I do want to only be able to transfer it to wallets that I control.

NightinSoul

Answer him, I would like to know too. You'd be better off if you posted your IP or coordinates to make it easier for us to understand.

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Competitive_Bet_8485

Patience is what pays off. While waiting, I’ve been checking out projects like Record Nexus they’re turning IP into tokenized assets. Way different from the usual altcoins but feels like the kind of long-term play worth holding too.

Awesomest_Maximus

If you run your own node, you have a copy of the *entire* blockchain. You validate it yourself. No need to trust a third party to give you info about the blockchain. It’s the only way to actually trust that the balance of your wallets are correct. When you want to check the balance of you wallets using someone else’s node, you are basically announcing ”this address comes from my IP”. Also when you want to broadcast a transaction using someone else’s node you are trusting them to actually broadcast it and not ignore it. Lastly, when running a node you get to participate in strengthening the network. And it allows you to have a say/vote on which rules and filters should be enforced. A very real example of this is the OP_RETURN debate. Where ~20% of the nodes are running bitcoin knots. That was just 1-2% a few months ago. This is a way to signal to bitcoin core, and the community, that core’s new policy regarding op_return is harmful to bitcoins future.

1_BigPapi

There's a few out there but rarely advertised in this sub bc it's usually allergic to NFT anything. Goblin Crash is a good example of another fun game IP. Only Up too.

nmount911

Been playing mythical games since Blankos came out. Pudgy Party is similar but a more desirable IP and being mobile is awesome and allows many more potential players. So far I'm enjoying it, and can't wait to see what they bring next! Shameless plug of you haven't joined yet and are looking to you can use my link, https://pudgy.sng.link/E1hgi/ihhg2/cnhm?_p=F-RZNPYW

Shiratori-3

I can probably add in a bit of additional info around the dev, chain, and some other bits as I guess I've been reasonably active in proximity. Pudgy Party is first and foremost a game-first effort, with added asset ownership. Effectively taking web2 gaming and adding some web3 rails that are largely abstracted away so that casuals and normies don't have that onboarding friction. Mythical Games are the game dev - see https:// mythicalgames.com They also do the official FIFA Rivals (which I play quite a lot), and NFL Rivals titles (which i played for a while, but am not American, so found it harder to acquire and keep up with in-depth player knowledge etc). So some big IP's in the mix. Mythical have a built-for-purpose gaming chain called Mythos - see https://mythos foundation - which runs on the MYTH token. The chain got built using a Polkadot tech stack. It's been set up as a platform play, to host multiple games from both them and 3rd party devs. MYTH token is on Mythos, Ethereum, Avalanche, and Base, but it's the native token that is used for marketplace (or staking, etc). So if you buy on Ethereum then you have to bridge, etc. Personally I just tend to buy DOT on CEX, send to Nova wallet, swap to MYTH in-wallet, and send to marketplace wallet. Fees for that are next to nothing. Marketplace is free to list/delist, but the sales fee feels steep. Most of my funding and spend experience with it has been related to FIFA Rivals, though tbh in due course there is a chance that I may sell a couple of players to buy some pudgy items. I'm lucky enough to have won one of the Power Pudgy skins mentioned (recent sales tracking around USD 1k) but tbh no real plan of selling - I still see it as just an in-game thing that's in my inventory. Hella good moves though 😅 The marketplace also has a Coinify option so you can just use ETH, BTC, whatever if you want. I understand PENGU is being added to the list. And it has the usual fiat options. I agree with u/gabester - the web marketplace https://mythical.market is sub-par in terms of info and user interface. It works, but I personally prefer to have more by way of analytics re bids and trends. In terms of in-game marketplace, I get that it makes more sense to keep the in-game version simple, but if I'm using web then I'd like more info. Elsewhere, NFL Rivals already has an in-game marketplace, and FIFA Rivals is just launching the first stage of it. Mythos was formerly on Ethereum, but switched for technical reasons - scaling, throughput, fees, control etc. I did hear/see a thing about why. Will add the link if/when I find/see it again. The token itself has had a bad run. I personally am guessing it's undervalued, but I guess we'll see in due course. It might be that there's still some more clearing out that needs to happen. I understand there was a big MEXC listing dump early on, and then trends exacerbated with bear market, gaming sector implosion and so forth. Tokenomics have been re-done earlier this year, so now all transaction fees are burned, etc etc. There are some indicative analytics here: https://mythos.foundation/analytics Scytale Digital wrote about the tokenomics pivot here: https://www.scytale.digital/blog-posts/the-platform-playbook-how-fifa-rivals-adidas-and-new-tokenomics-signal-a-re-rate-for-myth Related X profiles: @playpudgyparty is the game @playmythical is Mythical games @enterthemythos is Mythos Chain @johnwastaken is the CEO of Mythical - as I recall he started off as a CoD studio head @freaz7 is Mythical's head of web3, recently joined. He wrote a thing talking about why, and the state of web3 gaming generally, which is pretty insightful imho: https://x.com/freaz7/status/1961088061951164711?t=yzJJCSWzdprfFdaTO0kjZA&s=09

Shiratori-3

There'll be new every season. Launch season in Pudgy Party is with the 'Brainrot' IP out of Roblox. A season is [probably] around a month.

Think-Apple3763

I’m in Thailand at the moment. Maybe the IP address here is blocked.

GIGAbtcHodl

You nailed it, this is way bigger than “internet money.” Bitcoin’s a game changer, like TCP/IP for value. Corrupt fiat fuels wars, breaks families, and traps us in survival mode. Bitcoin’s hard cap and halving flip that script: saving wins, inflation loses. Saylor’s right - it’s a protocol leveling the playing field. Elites can’t cheat the game anymore; they’ll have to play fair or watch fiat crumble. Stack sats, stay strong, and let’s ride this paradigm shift to freedom!

AyZay

Usually you don't have a fixed IP from your ISP unless you pay for one. They usually are dynamic and change every once in a while which will make this a little more difficult...

mdeevy

I dont know the specific steps. But im sure you could contact your previous ISP or otherwise find your IP address from any previous residence you had and connect that to previous emails or accounts you used to confirm you were connected to that account. If you do this and they still dont help, get a lawyer.

mdeevy

You could probably get the IP addresses that have logged into that email. Proof of prior residence. Proof you had that IP address. Proof the IP was logged into that account. Problem solved. Do you want your bitcoin or do you just want to dream about it?

mdeevy

Couldn't you show them your prior residential history and connect that to an IP address connected to the account?

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castorfromtheva

u/Quirky-Reveal-1669 is right. Sometimes a router doesn't resolve local dns request. But it will certainly be possible to access the Start9 server via its IP address. You will find it by logging into your router and heading to the network section. It's listed there along with all your further devices connected to your network (via LAN/WiFi). If there is the possibility to connect a monitor to your server, I am quite sure you'll see a message pointing you into the right direction by giving you the correct IP address you need to head to. Last but not least to find the correct IP of your server you can use the infamous tool angry IP scanner that can be found at https://angryip.org/

Quirky-Reveal-1669

Can you access your router? You should see if the router assigned an IP address to the server. If so, you can also try to access the server via http://192.168.***.*** (the assigned address).

allnightscroller

Yes — this is one of the most overlooked paradoxes in the entire Bitcoin story. If the blockchain is truly transparent and traceable — and yes, it is — then tracking down the coins from Mt. Gox or the ones seized from Silk Road shouldn’t be a problem. The blockchain allows full visibility of every transaction from the Genesis block to today. And yet? With Mt. Gox, we’ve heard years of vague reports: "lost coins," hacking, technical failures. But with full access to the addresses and modern blockchain analysis tools, it should be easy to say: “This is where the coins moved. This is where they ended up. This is who controls them.” But nothing like that was ever clearly shown. Instead, we got vague media coverage, delayed legal action, and a wall of silence that still hasn’t been lifted. Then with Silk Road, the situation gets even stranger. After the takedown, the U.S. government seized hundreds of thousands of BTC — and instead of freezing or destroying them, it auctioned them off publicly, in batches. One of the most well-known buyers was billionaire Tim Draper. So what does this tell us about the government’s relationship with Bitcoin? If it’s “the currency of crime,” why are state institutions openly redistributing it? And if it’s not — then why criminalize it in the first place? This opens a line of suspicion that can’t be ignored: What if enforcement wasn’t really about stopping crime — but about acquiring coins without having to buy them on the open market? And it goes deeper. Bitcoin is not anonymous. It’s pseudonymous. And combined with the way most people use it — via apps on smartphones linked to Apple/Google accounts, KYC exchanges, email logins, IP addresses, and social media activity — backtracing identity is not only possible, it’s shockingly accurate. In many cases, it’s entirely feasible to track: what device the transaction came from, which wallet app was used, what email was tied to that device, what IP address it came from, and even what social accounts were active at the same time. So the argument that “we just don’t know who owned those coins” doesn’t hold up. If someone wanted to know — and had the tools and legal cover — they could find out everything. And that’s exactly where this lines up with the broader theory I’ve been exploring: That maybe Bitcoin was never a rebellion — but a plan. That events like Mt. Gox and Silk Road weren’t just unfortunate incidents, but either engineered or exploited for greater consolidation and long-term control. And when people ask, “Why would the same institutions that feared Bitcoin be so quick to embrace it later?” Maybe the simplest answer is: Because they were never afraid of it in the first place.

only0555

1. Special codes in blockchain (mining/validation) It’s like a lottery: machines keep guessing numbers until one fits. No one can “know” the answer ahead of time — math makes it unpredictable. Faster machines = faster guesses, but no cheating. 2. Can people be tracked on Bitcoin/Ethereum? Yes, because all transactions are public forever. Wallets are anonymous, but if your wallet is linked to your real identity (via exchange or IP), you can be tracked. Governments use blockchain forensics tools to trace. 3. What Bitcoin can do vs Ethereum/Solana Bitcoin: Digital gold, store of value, sending money. Ethereum: Smart contracts, apps, NFTs, DeFi. Solana: Same as Ethereum but much faster and cheaper, used for NFTs, games, memecoins. 4. Paying directly without converting Yes. Bitcoin Lightning Network is used in El Salvador and some global merchants. Some stores accept ETH, USDT, or SOL directly. But stablecoins (USDT/USDC) are usually best for payments because they don’t fluctuate in price. 5. Best wallets Hot wallets (apps): Trust Wallet, MetaMask, Phantom (Solana). Cold wallets (hardware, safest): Ledger, Trezor. Since you’re in Pakistan → use non-custodial wallets like Trust Wallet/MetaMask. 6. Best exchanges Binance P2P KuCoin (less strict KYC). Always move long-term holdings to your wallet, not the exchange. 7. Should beginners study coins or tokens first? Learn Bitcoin & Ethereum first (the foundation). Then explore tokens and projects. 8. Best way to study/invest Read whitepaper summaries. Follow Coin Bureau, InvestAnswers on YouTube. Watch on-chain data (Glassnode, Dune). Join 1–2 quality communities, not hype groups. Invest with Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) — small amounts over time. 9. Remember this- Never keep all money on exchanges Don’t invest money you can’t afford to lose. Don’t chase memecoin hype unless you understand technicals. Understand 4-year Bitcoin cycles (bull runs often follow halvings). Patience beats trading — most beginners lose day-trading. Holding good assets wins :)

macetheface

if you're in the US for pretty much any Dex, they don't want to deal with US regulations and red tape so they put up a disclaimer/ block for any US IP address. Nothing a proper VPN can't fix. If they wanted to block VPN access, they certainly could....

MinimalGravitas

Rotki - https://rotki.com/ It runs locally, preserving your privacy and is open source. If you run nodes at home you can connect it to those so it tracks your onchain balances and DeFi positions without any of your portfolio data getting sent out of your house. Any time you use an online portfolio tool like some of the ones mentioned in other comments here you are letting whoever runs those websites know all of your crypto addresses and link them to your IP address, and maybe your email address if you use that to sign up. That data is likely to get bundled up and sold to data brokers who will combine it with everything else linked to that IP and/or email address. That's not very cypherpunk. Rotki was created by Lefteris, one of the real Ethereum OGs. He was one of the people who helped save the funds stolen in the original DAO hack, and has been a strong advocate for open source software for about a decade. There is a paid version for if you need to track more than 4 validators or more than the last 100 DeFi transactions etc, but for most users the free version will be more than enough.

JustStopppingBye

It’s not because you’re using the wrong analogy. What you’re really asking is why would every bank or corporation want its own database and I could give you a million reasons. The only thing they share is the connection between their databases, which is TCP/IP or the blockchain equivalent, CCIP. https://blog.chain.link/from-tcpip-to-ccip/

paidzesthumor

How is that any less myopic than saying every large corporation needs their own TCP/IP?

mehmet_okur

Do you really think a cloud provider would risk their entire reputation to crack into their own customers private data for a wallet worth 1.5MM that they then have to figure out how to crack? You are on crack with this take. AWS/azure/GCP/etc makes more than 1.5MM PER HOUR. And they'll risk their entire professional reputation for a *chance* at possible 1.5MM? Lets talk about Netflix, one of AWS biggest customers. If ONE customers address, full name, and billing info was leaked because an insider at AWS somehow worked around their own customers IP restricted VPN, their customers heavy PRIVATE encryption, aWS would lose billions of dollars in a day out of pure reputation damage alone. You have no idea what you are talking about. And yes I'd love for you to find anyone who can provide even a theory on why this would be possible, for a cloud provider to hack into their own customers heavily protected servers.

italianwopper

Very likely I agree it's the API. I actually don't think it was a bot on gate; I think it has to do with the API I created. Although I set the permissions to not allow withdrawals. I suspect something has been compromised here imo. The only other thing it could be is that my logging details were somehow stolen off my device. But I have travelled through my browser history through every site over the past 2 months. I know every site I've visited, nothing else in my history. It's definitely not a phishing site. No friend or family has access or log in details. I've looked through signs on my device. I've run PowerShell searches, manually searched my event viewer. I've run a malware check nothing. No trojans either. I've run wireshark and am still monitoring my network, I don't see unusual IP's.

italianwopper

I'm pressing on with the request for API logs. According to them, the back end verified the withdrawals as approved via 2fa, email code, funds password etc. Notifications sent as well. Although none received my end. No signs of access into my email, looking at the IP activity. No signs of any other mail missing, or read, or tampered with. Gate hasn't sent me proof of the notification emails, or the API logs. Hoping the police work with me in requesting that info.

DoReMi007

**Last Saturday my account on Nexo got hacked. This is what happened:** I have had a Nexo account since February 2025. On Saturday I logged in to my Nexo account at 12:42 (Brussels time) using my email, password, and 2FA. I copied my Solana address from my Trezor cold wallet to make a transfer of around 315 SOL. First, I transferred 1 SOL to check if I hadn’t made a mistake with the address. The 1 SOL arrived safely on Nexo. However, at that same time (12:42) I also received an email from Nexo, which I only noticed 45 minutes later, stating that an unknown IP address had logged into my account. In the meantime, I had already sent the rest of my Solana, as well as 0.408 BTC (luckily, that transfer takes longer to process). A little later I saw that the SOL had arrived on my Nexo account. But at around 13:11 the Solana disappeared from my account to an unknown address. This happened in three separate transactions: first 200 SOL, then 102 SOL, and finally 14 SOL, each two minutes apart. At first, I thought it was a Nexo error, so I closed my browser and tried to log in again, but I couldn’t. I contacted Nexo a while later, but my account was already blocked. They told me not to worry and that my funds were safe. For the Solana deposits and the three withdrawals I never received any emails from Nexo. For the BTC, however, I did receive an email around 14:00. It took nearly two days before my account was unblocked. On Monday morning I was finally able to log in again, after changing my password, only to see that all of my Solana was gone. The BTC was still there, which I then transferred to another wallet of mine (not Nexo). Why didn’t Nexo block my account immediately when they saw an unknown IP login? Before this incident, I had only ever logged in from my home IP address for 7 months straight. They had nearly 25 minutes to react and block the account. Why would I deposit Solana into my account only to withdraw it again a few minutes later in three phases? I also contacted the police, and an investigation has been opened, but I wonder if I will ever see my Solana again. Meanwhile, Nexo’s helpdesk keeps repeating that my funds are safe. **No, they were not!** My wife and I had planned to build a new kitchen, and I was about to get a loan with Nexo (to keep my Solana safe for a while, since I expected the price to rise in the coming months). But now all those plans and dreams are gone. Is it normal for something like this to happen? I have no idea how it could. I never reacted to any spam or phishing messages. My PC is clean (I scanned it twice in-depth with Bitdefender antivirus). I don’t visit phishing websites. I honestly have **no idea** how this happened. A case was opened with Nexo: **02161659**. They replied to me as they did everything possible to block my account. But way to late as I only saw the mail with the unknown IP adress when the harm was already don. NEXO should have blocked it automaticali.

mrjune2040

Honestly, of course you're going to receive a cease and desist with that name—wtf were you thinking? Just rebrand it with something that doesn't infringe on their IP and continue the business—it's not that big a deal.

kyleleblanc

It’s been 16.5 years so far. Global domination is still 2-4 decades away. Bitcoin is a protocol like TCP/IP and unlike technologies that are winner take most, protocols are winner take all. We don’t have another internet based on a protocol that’s different from TCP/IP, everything converged over the last 3-4 decades to use TCP/IP and Bitcoin will do the same thing for global finance. TCP/IP = how you exchange packets of data LNP/BP = how you exchanges packets of value (UTXOs) Bitcoin is not asking for anyone’s permission because it doesn’t have to, it simply will continue to absorb all global wealth until it becomes the global unit of account, and when it does everything will be priced in Bitcoin forever and all prices will continue to go down over time forever as all the global productivity gains flow into Bitcoin forever.

NoSkidMarks

* They're not improvements to the Bitcoin protocol. * Defi isn't decentralized. * Smart contracts are scammy and have no real-world legitimacy. * NFTs are based on IP, which is a perversion of the original concept of property and the source of our worst economic problems.

drnoisy

Bitcoin is a protocol. The protocol cannot change. The software implementation of nodes on top of the protocol layer can change (think internet browsers like chrome on top of the internet itself TCP/IP). The beauty of nodes and knots is that they are open source, anyone can make one, and Bitcoiners are free to choose their software implementation that secures the network. Changing the core rules of bitcoin is effectively impossible without 51% of miners, 100% of nodes agreeing to a new version. Which isn't going to happen anytime soon. Also another crypto won't become more popular, because bitcoin is the only truly scarce crypto. And it's the only truly scarce one because it's the only truly decentralised one. And it's the only decentralised one because of proof of work and the size of the network and it's high hash rate. Other proof of work cryptos are too small to be secure, and therefore not decentralised, and therefore their supply caps can be manipulated and inflated. So there's no threat of any other crypto 'becoming more popular' because bitcoin is the only true store of value on the market.

AbysmalScepter

The internet wasn't invented in 1991, that's just when web browsers and web pages were created. The internet was launched in 1971 with the invention of TCP/IP. So realistically, crypto would be like the internet in 1986. But that's not what people describing it as "the internet of the 90s" are talking about anyways. They aren't comparing it to the technological maturity of the internet, they are comparing it to the speculative mania of the dotcom bubble.

rankinrez

I think it is reasonable to say the Internet started in 1969 with the first ARPAnet nodes. Or at least 1983 with the move to TCP/IP. But yeah 91/92 was first time it became available outside large companies and universities.

northcasewhite

HTTP was invented in 1991, not the Internet. TCP/IP and email existed before that. Crypto will become more useful when people have a need to avoid fiat. It could take a long time, but it will happen.

mement0m0ri

Interesting comparison. I don't see it that way though, here's what I see Mobile/AI adoption curves worked because those techs had instant, universal usefulness Bitcoin’s curve is different, it’s not a gadget everyone uses daily, it’s more like infrastructure (closer to TCP/IP or gold) Mass usefulness can take decades The internet took \~30 years. Even electric cars were first invented in the 1800s After 16 years, Bitcoin has already proven itself for censorship-resistant money, store of value, and cross-border money transfers (people still use Western Union, which is expensive and slow) Whether it becomes as mass-consumer as phones is debatable, but usefulness isn’t just hhow many people use it every day It’s what problems it solves that nothing else can.

user_name_checks_out

> **Open Source?** > * Goal: **Yes, progressively**. I will open up the *client code + protocol spec* after independent **security audits**. > * The core out-of-band relay logic will stay closed at first (IP protection), but **NDA access** will be available for reviewers. Priority is security first, then disclosure. I don't think you understand what open source means. "Available to reviewers with NDA access", that is not open source. And security through obscurity is not security. I would not touch that shit with a ten foot pole. If you expect anybody to take you seriously then you need to release all of your code under an established open source license - just like Satoshi did with the bitcoin code.

Satoshi-Boy95

**Open Source?** * Goal: **Yes, progressively**. I will open up the *client code + protocol spec* after independent **security audits**. * The core out-of-band relay logic will stay closed at first (IP protection), but **NDA access** will be available for reviewers. Priority is security first, then disclosure. **“Offline balance check – I don’t see the advantage.”** * The point is not to “guess the balance without network.” The idea is that the **phone itself remains offline**, while an **out-of-band relay** fetches blockchain data and returns only the **minimal metadata** (balance/confirmations) to the user. * Useful in **zero-connectivity scenarios** (blackouts, remote regions, border crossings, crisis zones): the user can still **see their balance and send transactions** without ever turning on data. **“Offline signing already exists with Coldcard, etc.”** True — *offline signing* exists. The difference with Bitsend is that it’s **end-to-end**: * **No QR codes, no NFC, no Bluetooth, no SD cards, no second online device needed.** * A transaction is **signed offline** and then **instantly broadcast worldwide** through an alternative relay — so the user never needs internet access at all. * It’s not just “signing.” It’s **offline signing + instant broadcast** without the device ever going online. You can see the result on the blockchain in real time. **Security** * **Keys/seed never leave the device.** * The relay has **no access** to private keys. * Independent **audits** will precede wider release. The demo runs on **testnet** and shows exactly this: **offline register → offline balance → offline send → instant on-chain broadcast.**

Aussiehash

No need to send me any money or satoshis. If you use Trezor, or Ledger or Bitbox's wallet AND their backend, then they know everything about you. All of your past, present and future Bitcoin transactions, your name, email and postal address, IP addresses. Hardware wallet vendors have their mailing list and customer databases hacked all the time, how do you know their backend server isn't logging all of your data and handing it over to the ATO when requested. How do you know Trezor doesn't sell their backend data to Chainalysis ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biVrsJskX_g Sounds like the ATO can request your transaction history from local and international exchanges. Banks have been complying with FATCA for years . By running SparrowWallet you can choose to connect to a full node or Electrum server you trust, or to your own full node. You can choose to broadcast your transactions via a different node via Tor like (optional of course, but to separate your spend transactions broadcast IP from your own IP) https://blockstream.info/tx/push (Click on the onion v3 at the bottom for the Tor link)

uncapchad

They've had 16 years to try. India I think tried a few years ago to put IP address restrictions on ISPs and get the app/play stores to geo-block but people just found other ways and it was too costly to do DPI

MaximumStudent1839

Humanity has been using centralized servers to manage IP for over a century. So but only now you think creators have a trust issue? Now? But never before? Only after ppl hype about blockchains, somehow trust issue is a thing?

Past_Hotel_5987

Fair point. But without some governance, two people could claim the same IP. Some balance is probably needed.

Dettol-tasting-menu

Network effect (game of chess, English language, email protocol, TCP/IP etc)

the_ocs

"pioneering Layer 1 (L1) blockchain platform leveraging AI to transform intellectual property (IP) management" lol

MATHP17

Wow If it’s not IP it’s not worth your money! $ZEUS #CC8 @zeuscoineth_

Luca_Pudgy

I think a NFT bull run as we saw it in 2020/2021 will never exist again. I think however you will see 2 things happen to NFTs during this bull market. 1. I think you will see lower price point digital collectibles using legacy IP insert themselves into the meta. something like "Buy this rare digital Pokemon card for $5 and resell it for $100". The days of bullshit minting for $200 and reselling for $10,000 20 minutes later and this happening multiple times a day I think are over. 2. I think you will see power law kick in for the top projects and I do believe a couple existing collections could hit triple digit ETH floor.

Luca_Pudgy

I want to be own as an IP that makes people happy. Whatever the medium it doesn't matter.

Luca_Pudgy

Asia is our #1 focus from a GTM perspective. Asia is the home of cute IP and Pudgy is unequivocally the face of cute in crypto. Both from a brand and crypto perspective, its a key focus for us.

PeetaBread

What's your dream Pudgy x partnership? Thanks for building in public and taking these questions. There's a lot of hurt people on reddit who simply view NFTs and memes as evil and can't see that there is an undeniable IP and business being built. They find joy when the hater hive mind validates them and blame circumstances and others for anything bad in their life. Appreciate the grind of you and your team. I'm looking forward to when the communities you've been building eventually converge. Good luck!