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The Eskimo π§π retweeted
π€― 2.21 BILLION tokens today.
Building fast, iterating faster, and nowhere near slowing down.
π Currently #1 on the @DevClashAI leaderboard.
Think you can out-build me?
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
β° Years ago, I bought a three-word .io domain. Since then, the industry has grown 20x, and the domain alone is now worth over $1 million.
Today, Iβm confirming it: that domain will be home to one of IONβs protocols.
Thatβs a $1M+ asset I personally own, and Iβm putting it behind something I believe in. I know what itβs worth. I also know what ION means to me.
Iβm not playing around.
Three words. Ends in .io. Can you guess the domain? π
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
π« Still building!
β¨ I want to speak openly with you about where we are and what matters most to me.
One of my biggest priorities has been getting #ION to a point where we can keep operating without selling tokens to fund the project. We have now reached that point. For me, this is one of our most important milestones because it gives us a stronger foundation to build for the long term.
My focus now is on delivering what we promised. I will do everything I can to make these products succeed, and, as those who have followed us for years know, we still like to leave room for a few surprises.
In the past 4 years, we posted almost daily, shared development details early, and gave timelines that we too often missed. The complexity of the work was real, but those estimates were ours, and we are responsible for them. I understand why that affected your trust.
We communicate less frequently now, and I know the silence can be frustrating. We need to do a better job of keeping you informed while making sure the updates we share are concrete and the timelines are grounded in actual progress. Less noise should still mean clear accountability.
What gives me confidence in the upcoming products is that they build on industries where our team has spent more than 15 years developing technology, protocols, and commercial relationships. We already have clients we can offer these services to. That gives us a practical starting point for bringing them to market.
The goal is simple: useful products, paying customers, and a business that can support itself. That is the foundation I want for ION.
We have invested, and lost, more than anyone along the way. I share that as context for our commitment, but I know it does not excuse delays or erase anyone elseβs disappointment. Trust has to be earned through what we do next.
I am proud of the products we have delivered and the millions of dollars distributed to participants through tap-to-mine of the phase one. I also accept that those achievements do not cancel out the things we got wrong. Both are part of our history, and we have to own both.
To those who have stayed: thank you. To those who are frustrated or have stepped away: I understand. Everyone has their own circumstances, and it is our responsibility to give people reasons to believe in our work through delivery.
Iβm putting my energy into building, supporting the team, and bringing these products to market. I have faith in what we are doing, and I remain committed to seeing it through.
The next chapter needs to give you something tangible to judge.
Peace - Zeus
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
β¨ I want to speak openly with you about where we are and what matters most to me.
One of my biggest priorities has been getting #ION to a point where we can keep operating without selling tokens to fund the project. We have now reached that point. For me, this is one of our most important milestones because it gives us a stronger foundation to build for the long term.
My focus now is on delivering what we promised. I will do everything I can to make these products succeed, and, as those who have followed us for years know, we still like to leave room for a few surprises.
In the past 4 years, we posted almost daily, shared development details early, and gave timelines that we too often missed. The complexity of the work was real, but those estimates were ours, and we are responsible for them. I understand why that affected your trust.
We communicate less frequently now, and I know the silence can be frustrating. We need to do a better job of keeping you informed while making sure the updates we share are concrete and the timelines are grounded in actual progress. Less noise should still mean clear accountability.
What gives me confidence in the upcoming products is that they build on industries where our team has spent more than 15 years developing technology, protocols, and commercial relationships. We already have clients we can offer these services to. That gives us a practical starting point for bringing them to market.
The goal is simple: useful products, paying customers, and a business that can support itself. That is the foundation I want for ION.
We have invested, and lost, more than anyone along the way. I share that as context for our commitment, but I know it does not excuse delays or erase anyone elseβs disappointment. Trust has to be earned through what we do next.
I am proud of the products we have delivered and the millions of dollars distributed to participants through tap-to-mine of the phase one. I also accept that those achievements do not cancel out the things we got wrong. Both are part of our history, and we have to own both.
To those who have stayed: thank you. To those who are frustrated or have stepped away: I understand. Everyone has their own circumstances, and it is our responsibility to give people reasons to believe in our work through delivery.
Iβm putting my energy into building, supporting the team, and bringing these products to market. I have faith in what we are doing, and I remain committed to seeing it through.
The next chapter needs to give you something tangible to judge.
Peace - Zeus
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
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The Eskimo π§π retweeted
β‘ September is near.
The noise will fade.
The results will speak.
And once again, youβll witness the power of Zeus.
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
π£ The past few months havenβt been easy.
For the first time in a long while, I found myself mentally exhausted. Spending more than five years building something that became a huge part of your life, then waking up one day not knowing whether it would survive, takes a toll that is difficult to describe unless youβve lived through it.
When youβre fighting every day just to keep something alive, itβs easy to lose focus on the bigger picture.
The good news is that Iβm in a much better place today.
Over the next 10β15 days, Iβm going to do something I should have done months ago: completely disconnect from the internet, spend time with my family, reset, and come back with a clear mind.
When Iβm back, my focus will be stronger than ever.
Youβll see me communicating more frequently, sharing what weβre building, being transparent about our progress, and focusing on execution instead of giving attention to FUD or people who have never experienced what it takes to build and lead a company through difficult times.
Our immediate objective is simple: by the end of September, generate enough revenue that we no longer need to sell treasury tokens. Reaching that milestone would be a major turning point for ION.
From there, the focus becomes straightforward: scale revenue, strengthen the ecosystem, and work toward buybacks.
I know some people will always find it easier to criticize than to build. Thatβs part of the journey. But Iβm proud of what weβve achieved with the resources we had, even during one of the most challenging periods in our history. Many companies much larger and older than us have shut down, reduced their teams, or disappeared entirely over the past year. The entire industry is going through a reset.
The fact that weβre still here, still building, still adapting, and still moving forward gives me confidence that weβre on the right path.
This holiday isnβt me stepping away from ION.
Itβs me making sure I come back as the leader this project deserves.
Thank you to everyone who stayed with us through the difficult months. Your patience and belief havenβt gone unnoticed.
See you in a couple of weeks.
Letβs build the future.
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
β³ Silence doesnβt mean weβre standing still.
It means weβre building.
We know youβre waiting for an update, but weβre not ready to share partial progress yet. When we have something meaningful to announce, backed by real results, youβll hear it from us first.
Back to work.
Zeus
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
π¨ We want to address the misinformation currently being spread regarding Aegis.
Some community members have shared posts claiming that Aegis was launched by us or is secretly connected to Ice Open Network / Ice Labs.
This is false.
Aegis is not our product.
Aegis is not launched by us.
Aegis is not the product we referred to in our recent announcements.
We made it very clear that the new product we launched on Monday would not be revealed publicly yet. We also explained that it is being launched under a separate product brand, the same way Online+ has its own name, brand, and domain while still being part of Ice Labs.
Unfortunately, instead of reading the announcements properly and waiting for facts, certain individuals decided to create unnecessary speculation, spread misinformation, and drag an unrelated project into baseless accusations.
That is unacceptable.
We also want to apologize to the Aegis team and community if they received negative comments, accusations, or harassment because of false assumptions made by people connected to our ecosystem. No legitimate project should be attacked because someone decided to turn speculation into βfactsβ without doing proper research.
Regarding our former CMO, we are disappointed to see her continue spreading misinformation and creating confusion around ION. This is not the first time we have seen narratives pushed in a way that damages the project, the team, and the community.
How can someone like her claim to stand for transparency and values.
Instead, we have seen comments removed from her channels, members of her own community blocked from participating in discussions, and conversations restricted when questions or facts challenged the narrative being presented.
This does not help the community.
This does not protect ION.
This only creates more FUD.
To everyone in the community: please read our official announcements carefully.
We said the product would launch on Monday.
It did.
We said the product name would not be revealed yet.
That remains the case.
We said it is a product brand under Ice Labs.
That is still true.
We are keeping the product private for now because the current level of FUD, personal attacks, and unnecessary speculation proves exactly why this approach is needed. Our priority right now is to protect the work, protect the launch, protect the team, and give the product the clean start it deserves.
Our goal is not to satisfy every demand for immediate disclosure.
Our goal is to save and rebuild the project with real products, real revenue, and real utility for the $ION ecosystem.
We will share more when there is something meaningful to share.
Until then, please stop turning assumptions into accusations. If you care about ION, focus on facts, official updates, and the long-term direction we are building.
We are here.
We are working.
We are protecting the project.
And we will continue moving forward.
Zeus
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
β¨ Even though it is Sunday, I have personally spent more than 20 hours yesterday and today making sure everything is prepared for Monday.
I am honestly very hyped about tomorrow.
The next two weeks are extremely important for us and, in many ways, they will help define the future direction of $ION.
For those of you who have ever run ads or marketing campaigns before, you will understand what I mean when I say this: promoting Online+ through platforms like Google, Meta, and other major advertising networks was extremely difficult because of the nature of the product and its connection to crypto.
That created real limitations for us.
We could not properly promote it, scale campaigns, test audiences, optimize lead costs, or reach users in the way a normal product should be able to.
What we have built and are launching tomorrow is different.
From the beginning, this product has been designed with advertising compliance in mind, so we can finally run proper campaigns through platforms like Meta, Google, search, social, and other business acquisition channels.
The goal is very clear:
Bring in real users.
Generate real revenue.
Create real utility for the $ION ecosystem.
My focus right now is simple: I want the company to generate revenue without needing to sell a single token anymore.
Once we reach profitability, we can move with more strength into the next phase: token appreciation, buybacks, burns, deeper utility, and long-term ecosystem growth.
I want this project to succeed more than anyone.
I want you all to know that I am doing my best, every single day, to beat what sometimes feels impossible.
What I can promise is transparency.
Positive or negative, I will keep sharing the progress, the data, the feedback, the next steps, and what we are learning along the way.
These next two weeks will show us a lot:
Whether the product is strong.
Whether acquisition costs make sense.
How real customers react.
What feedback we receive.
What needs to be improved.
And how fast we can turn this into a profitable growth engine.
What I can say already is that we are pioneers again.
This is something new, something nobody else is doing in the way we are preparing to do it, and that is one of the reasons we are keeping the product name private for now.
Not because there is anything to hide.
But because we want to protect the launch, protect the teamβs work, and avoid unnecessary FUD around a product that deserves a clean start.
New product.
New brand.
Same company.
Just like Online+ has its own name, brand, and domain, this new product also has its own brand and domain.
That does not mean it is separated from Ice Labs.
That does not mean anything strange is happening.
It simply means we are launching it properly for the market it is built for.
Tomorrow is the beginning.
Now we execute, measure, improve, and prove.
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
βοΈ We said two weeks. We were wrong. It launches Monday
π« We owe you an apology.
One week ago, we said Phase One of the new ION direction was expected to launch within two weeks.
We were wrong.
Phase One is already finished β and the controlled launch is scheduled to begin first thing Monday.
That means we are moving one week earlier than expected.
Over the past week, our small team pushed harder than ever. We have integrated AI deeply into our development, QA, testing, iteration, documentation, and automation workflows.
In total, last week, we processed more than 17 billion AI tokens across agentic development pipelines, automated QA loops, regression testing, edge-case simulations, code reviews, optimization tasks, technical documentation, campaign preparation, and product validation work.
While we were sleeping, our agents were still working.
Testing.
Breaking things.
Finding issues.
Re-running flows.
Improving outputs.
Validating user journeys.
Preparing the product for real clients.
This is exactly the speed we were missing in the past.
We had strong ideas before, but we often lacked the execution velocity needed to bring them to market fast enough. This time, things are different.
Phase One is not a hype launch.
It is a controlled launch with a small initial client base, where we will calibrate campaigns, optimize acquisition costs, collect real feedback, improve conversion flows, and validate demand with actual users.
The goal is simple:
Build a product that brings real utility, real monthly revenue, and real value back into the ION ecosystem.
This new direction is connected to the AI industry, but it is not dependent on crypto hype, KOLs, market noise, or empty speculation. It can be marketed through real business channels, including search, social, and direct acquisition campaigns.
We have already prepared multiple campaign angles. Once we begin collecting data, I will share updates as transparently as possible: what works, what does not, what we are improving, and how the product is performing.
Some people will say this is just marketing.
That is fine.
If it is only marketing, it will not survive contact with real clients, real campaigns, real feedback, and real numbers.
The project is 100% open-source under the MIT license and will be shared publicly at the right moment.
For now, we launch, measure, learn, improve, and grow.
This is the rebuild.
This is the speed we needed.
And this is how we make ION stronger, sharper, and useful again.
Zeus
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
π« We owe you an apology.
One week ago, we said Phase One of the new ION direction was expected to launch within two weeks.
We were wrong.
Phase One is already finished β and the controlled launch is scheduled to begin first thing Monday.
That means we are moving one week earlier than expected.
Over the past week, our small team pushed harder than ever. We have integrated AI deeply into our development, QA, testing, iteration, documentation, and automation workflows.
In total, last week, we processed more than 17 billion AI tokens across agentic development pipelines, automated QA loops, regression testing, edge-case simulations, code reviews, optimization tasks, technical documentation, campaign preparation, and product validation work.
While we were sleeping, our agents were still working.
Testing.
Breaking things.
Finding issues.
Re-running flows.
Improving outputs.
Validating user journeys.
Preparing the product for real clients.
This is exactly the speed we were missing in the past.
We had strong ideas before, but we often lacked the execution velocity needed to bring them to market fast enough. This time, things are different.
Phase One is not a hype launch.
It is a controlled launch with a small initial client base, where we will calibrate campaigns, optimize acquisition costs, collect real feedback, improve conversion flows, and validate demand with actual users.
The goal is simple:
Build a product that brings real utility, real monthly revenue, and real value back into the ION ecosystem.
This new direction is connected to the AI industry, but it is not dependent on crypto hype, KOLs, market noise, or empty speculation. It can be marketed through real business channels, including search, social, and direct acquisition campaigns.
We have already prepared multiple campaign angles. Once we begin collecting data, I will share updates as transparently as possible: what works, what does not, what we are improving, and how the product is performing.
Some people will say this is just marketing.
That is fine.
If it is only marketing, it will not survive contact with real clients, real campaigns, real feedback, and real numbers.
The project is 100% open-source under the MIT license and will be shared publicly at the right moment.
For now, we launch, measure, learn, improve, and grow.
This is the rebuild.
This is the speed we needed.
And this is how we make ION stronger, sharper, and useful again.
Zeus
The Eskimo π§π retweeted
π« Over the past month, we have been working on a new direction for ION β one that I personally believe can define the future of this project.
This time, we are doing things differently.
In the past, we shared too much too early: teasers, plans, timelines, and details before products were fully ready. We learned from that. This time, we build first, launch first, prove first, and only then reveal everything.
Phase One of this new product is almost ready and is expected to launch within the next two weeks.
The product is connected to the AI industry, designed to generate revenue from day one, and built to bring real utility and long-term value back into the ION ecosystem.
Unlike previous initiatives, this does not depend on crypto KOLs, hype cycles, or market noise. It can be marketed directly through proper business channels, including social and search campaigns. This was something we could not realistically do with Online+ due to the nature of the product and the restrictions we faced with major advertising platforms.
Once the campaigns begin, we believe it should take around four weeks to validate the product, the demand, and the market response.
For now, because of the aggressive FUD and unnecessary attacks around ION, we will not disclose the product name publicly until the right moment. The product is being launched by Ice Labs under a separate brand, as it is focused on AI and not directly branded as the ION Chain.
This approach protects the launch, protects the teamβs work, and gives the product the clean start it deserves.
I will keep the community updated step by step as we move forward. Once we prove traction and growth, we will reveal more and bring the community fully into what we are building.
In around six weeks, we will have a much clearer answer on where ION stands and what this new direction can become.
I am more confident than ever that ION can come back stronger, sharper, and more focused than before.
Now it is up to the community to decide: believe in the rebuild, or watch it happen from the sidelines.
Zeus