The Morning Star has risen. Exploring the story & spirit of $ATONE - conversations that connect belief, creation, & the movement shaping the AtomOne revolution
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AtomOne Morningstar retweeted
Thank you for the writeup, @MrMonopolyofBTC. Indeed $atone isn't meant to be money, and the high inflation is an opportunity for stakers.
The reason why I am a $atone, $photon, $gnot maxi is because of what is coming.
A: gno.land is the best smart contracting system in the world. It is 10x better than Ethereum. Gno is launching around Christmas time, along with killer applications including a great DEX and mmo game. And before I invented Tendermint and solved proof-of-stake, I was a programming language nerd. I assert with my expertise that Gno is the next C. It is the first multi-user general purpose programming language, and Gno is the new paradigm for smart contracts; and developers just aren't aware yet--they are building faster carriages while we have the first automobile. It takes a good programmer versed in smart contracts and the various bandaid interoperability/type-safety solutions to truly appreciate the "genius" of Gno. You can't replicate this w/ WASM, you *need* the innovations of the GnoVM.
B: atom.one's business proposition is ICS horizontal scaling. gno.land will become an atom.one ICS hosted blockchain when atom.one ICS is ready, and there *will* be demand because gno.land will be the bee's knees. Given the 80/20 rule, in the long run 80% of smart contracts by users will be running on the many Gno VM shards hosted on atom.one ICS. $photon is the fee token for this massive validator-as-a-service ecosystem. $gnot is the byte-storage deposit token.
C: atom.one ICS will allow other smart contracting platforms/vms and even non-vm applications to be run along the many gnovm shards. In this way atom.one is independent of the GnoVM, so in a way it is a diversification bet. However, I still assert that Gno is the next C. Next generation blockchain programming languages will be forked from Gno, most likely, and atom.one will support those too.
This is why the inflation economics does not matter. If anything, high inflation is an opportunity to get more ownership of the what I call Web7.
AtomOne Morningstar retweeted
When I pitched Cosmos back in 2017 everyone thought I was crazy or too ambitious. Now we have an IBC network of blockchains and I coined that term.
So I was right, I saw the future, right?
I foresaw "Classical BFT" in 2013 w/ the first Tendermint white-paper, not published in academia but the first to apply BFT research to blockchains. I was right, I also coined that term, and now we have so many blockchains because Tendermint made PoS chains legitimate like proof-of-work. I was right about betting on Go too. (see mapofzones.com).
But I'm not done yet. The best is yet to come.
I *know* programming languages. Before I got into crypto to disrupt the old banking world order (mission accomplished) I was in love with programing languages. I grok languages more than I know blockchains. (AI too, but I'm not there yet, there's so much to fix first).
You like Rust now, but AI is making "memristors" a thing. This AI bubble is going to burst (just like I said it would), but it will become *real* with memristors.
And the gno.land ecosystem of Gno code will benefit and be 100x faster than anything else because the GnoVM is basically a memristor simulator. It's a new paradigm of computing that removes two layers of complexity and more or less allows you to express the logic you want in the most succinct way possible. Also it's a blockchain smart contract platform, so really it's a multi-user language based operating system.
You know how many people in the world can really design a multi-user language well? Maybe a dozen at most.
Gno is the new C.
This is the biggest bet in the world, it is my life, and I can't wait for you all to get it. It's coming guys. About to put the capstone on it. Hold my wine.
$ATONE for staking and voting.
$PHOTON for payment.
$GNOT for storage.
p.s. For the speculators out there... I used to be a speculator too, trading options and vix instruments etc. I put all that and poker aside and focused on building instead. Trust me; stop gambling in zero sum games and build toward the heavens. Diamond hands, guys. My tokens are HODL coins, not for speculating. Stop gambling and build something.
Explain This to Your Kid
Alright, let’s break it down in a clear and simple way, as if talking to kids, what AtomOne’s tokenomics is, what the ATONE token is, and how it connects to PHOTON. We’ll keep it fun and easy to understand!
What is AtomOne?
Picture AtomOne as a cool, modern city on the internet where people can trade things, vote on rules, and build stuff together. This city is part of a bigger place called Cosmos, which is like a country full of connected cities. AtomOne was created because some people in Cosmos wanted a simpler, safer, and better-organized city, so they built this new version.
What is tokenomics?
Tokenomics is like the rulebook for how money and valuable things work in this city. It’s like when you play a game with coins and need to know how to earn them, what you can buy, and what happens if you lose them. For AtomOne, the “coins” are the tokens ATONE and PHOTON.
What is the ATONE token?
ATONE is like a special coin in the AtomOne city. People use it for three big things:
Voting on rules: If you have ATONE, it’s like having a ticket that lets you say what rules you want in the city (like what buildings to make or which roads to fix).
Keeping the city safe: To help protect the city, you “lock up” some of your ATONE coins. It’s like putting your coins in a safe to show you’re serious about keeping the city secure.
Earning rewards: If you lock up your ATONE coins in the safe, you sometimes get extra coins as a thank-you for helping the city stay strong.
To keep things fair, new ATONE coins are made slowly over time. Each year, there can be up to 20% more coins (so there aren’t too many) and at least 7% more (so there are enough for everyone). These rules are like laws that keep the city running smoothly.
What is the PHOTON token?
PHOTON is another coin, but it’s simpler and used for everyday things in the city. For example, if you want to send a message or trade something with someone, you pay with PHOTON. It’s like ATONE is the coin for “big stuff” (voting, security), while PHOTON is for “everyday stuff.”
Here’s the cool part: PHOTON is made from ATONE. If you want PHOTON, you have to “burn” (destroy) some ATONE, and in return, you get PHOTON. It’s like trading a big dollar bill for smaller coins. But there’s a limit: there can never be more than 1 billion PHOTON coins, so they don’t get out of control.
How are ATONE and PHOTON connected?
ATONE and PHOTON are like siblings working together in the AtomOne city:
ATONE is the “powerful” coin that helps organize and protect the city. Without ATONE, the city wouldn’t work well.
PHOTON is the “practical” coin used for quick and simple things, like payments.
You can turn ATONE into PHOTON, but not the other way around, because PHOTON is less “powerful.” It’s like trading a gold coin for silver coins, but you can’t make gold from silver.
This system makes the city both well-organized (with ATONE) and easy to use for everyone (with PHOTON).
Why does it matter?
Think of AtomOne as a place where everyone can decide together what to do, without needing a big boss. ATONE and PHOTON are like tools that help people work together, stay honest, and keep the city safe. It’s like a big game where everyone follows the rules, and if they play fair, everyone can win!
AtomOne Morningstar retweeted
With the upcoming v3 upgrade, AtomOne enters a new stage of the roadmap, Phase 1: Implementation. Where governance improvements, token mechanics, and early treasury design move from vision to practice.
Hop into "A Roadmap in Motion."
atom.one/blog/atomone-v3-a-r…
