Master of the Le'sigh Side @TelcoinTAO - Platform Council Owner\Vice President at Indy Data Partners, Inc. Owner - OpRail

Indianapolis, IN
Joined June 2009
Thank you to everyone who tuned in to last week's X Space with David Palmer (@Metaversebizz) and Parker Spann (@P4Cap). One question from David stayed with us: when did you last make a normal phone call, or send an SMS? Most of that traffic now runs through apps built on top of the network, and so does most of the value. For mobile operators, he sees one big area left: "So I think the last frontier of that is payments, right?" Listen below.
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For anyone who missed yesterday’s discussion with Parker Spann (@p4cap) and David Palmer (@Metaversebizz), they covered David’s role as @TelcoinTAO's telecom advisor, mainnet, and how they’re approaching operator adoption. A few things worth sharing: • Parker said mainnet is coming later this year. No specific date was given. • Validator onboarding is happening now. He asked operators and mobile money providers to get their technical and strategy teams involved before mainnet. Reach out to @TelcoinTAO if you are interested in getting involved or to learn more. • Developers are already working on integrating existing applications and bringing local currencies onchain. • Part of the plan is to move existing mobile money apps with millions of users onto Telcoin Network. • Parker said the banking and partner API allows operators, wallets, and fintechs to offer bank accounts under their own brand. Customers could use those services through apps they already have. • David is already helping them reach the right decision makers. Parker said those introductions are getting them into the right rooms pretty much immediately. • The first use cases Parker expects to move quickly are remittances, mobile money, and payments between operators, using stablecoins and onchain FX. • Parker also said they’ve identified an agentic application he’s excited about, but left the details for another time. David kept coming back to one point: operators need to see how this makes them money. His work includes helping the team build that business case and connect it with the people who can approve it. He said he hopes we’ll start seeing the results over the next few months. He also described the next 12 to 18 months as a critical window for execution. No new operators were named, but Parker did explicitly say onboarding and integration work are underway. You can watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=5fldBVFK… base:0x09be1692ca16e06f536f0038ff11d1da8524adb1
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Just got this email from @TelcoinDAB… You can now move USD from your connected bank account into eUSD and withdraw it back to your bank through ACH with ZERO fees charged by Telcoin. No deposit fees. No withdrawal fees. This is the kind of stuff that matters when it comes to making digital cash practical for everyday people. Getting money in and out shouldn’t be complicated or expensive. Another piece of the infrastructure coming together. base:0x09be1692ca16e06f536f0038ff11d1da8524adb1
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Telcoin Association welcomes David Palmer as our Strategic Telecom Advisor. David brings 25+ years in telecom, including a decade leading blockchain and Web3 work at a global mobile operator, and co-founded Pairpoint, a Vodafone and Sumitomo venture.
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Arie Jones retweeted
Germany’s former foreign intelligence chief August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of treason and accused of selling state secrets to a foreign power ft.trib.al/urgwtQt
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Arie Jones retweeted
I'm gonna need someone, someday, to explain why this woman is the focus of near psychopathic hate for a small but vocal group of lunatics
The mom of the little boy Caitlin sat with at the children’s hospital during the Iowa game wrote a touching message thanking Caitlin “Thank you for being the bright spot during his darkest days.” This is what it’s all about ❤️‍🩹
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I’m so fucking sick of giving away 3% of all our revenue just for processing a payment. Like how is that not disrupted yet? Most ecom brands run on around 15% net. So we are giving up over 16% of our potential pre transaction fee profits to these bastards. Someone please disrupt this. It’s as if credit card processing companies are 16% equity holders in all our businesses.
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Any list of the best TV shows of the 2000s that does not have Fringe in the top 10, let alone the top 100, should be discarded.
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In 2005, Oneida shut the flatware factory in Sherrill, New York. A town that had made silverware for MORE THAN 100 YEARS was supposed to be finished. Two men refused to let that happen. Their names are Matt Roberts and Greg Owens. Roberts had managed that factory. Owens was another former Oneida manufacturing manager. When the company ended U.S. production, they bought the plant and the equipment and reopened it the NEXT DAY as Sherrill Manufacturing. They did not have a giant rescue fund. They did not have a Hollywood ending waiting. They had a building, some machines, and a workforce that knew how to make forks, knives, and spoons. At first they kept making product for Oneida. Then Oneida pulled the remaining American work and sent it overseas. That should have been the end. It wasn’t. They took government flatware contracts to keep the lights on. In 2010 they filed Chapter 11. They sold unused equipment. They sold space they could no longer fill. They leased back only the part of the factory they could still run. They came out of bankruptcy in 2013. Then they did the thing that saved the company. They built their own brand: Liberty Tabletop. They sold 18/10 stainless flatware straight to customers who wanted tableware MADE IN THE UNITED STATES. Not through a department store that could drop them overnight. Direct. Today Liberty Tabletop is the only company still manufacturing stainless steel flatware in America. Same town. Same trade. U.S. steel. About 70 jobs. They did not bring back 2,000 workers. Nobody did. What they saved was the last line. If you want American-made forks and spoons, this is the factory that still makes them. Support Liberty Tabletop. THIS is what keeping manufacturing in America actually looks like. 🇺🇸
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excuse me I must correct the record on this slander
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You guys think @alexandr_wang is underdressed but he's literally flexing on you like crazy lol There are levels to this
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Just did the ethereum:0x467bccd9d29f223bce8043b84e8c8b282827790f update on both metamask and through the @telcoin wallet. Metamask took 30 seconds maybe? Telcoin wallet was less than 10 seconds. No issues. Just plain worked. The way things need to when your becoming an actual business. Good job guys!
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Arie Jones retweeted
Crypto Rover
@cryptoroverSep 24
BREAKING: 🚨 Bitget reportedly hacked for over $170 million. Large amounts of $ETH, $AVAX, $BNB and stablecoins are being transferred out, while users report withdrawal issues. Bitget has not yet confirmed a hack.
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Looks like Bitget just got hacked for $178M follow the hacker's fund flow here arkm.com/explorer/entity/f22…
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Arie Jones retweeted
🚨 $TEL : les signaux autour du mainnet deviennent de plus en plus difficiles à ignorer. TEL v3 démarre sa migration aujourd’hui, le nouveau $TEL est conçu pour devenir le gas natif de Telcoin Network, et les derniers upgrades du protocole Adiri sont programmés. En parallèle : hardening des validateurs, genesis, infrastructure de déploiement et préparation opérationnelle. ⚠️ Aucune date de lancement officielle confirmée. Mais la séquence est claire : TEL v3 → upgrades protocole → validators → genesis → production. $TEL 📈✅
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Replying to @telcoin
@telcoin app update 5.3 released a few hours ago. Nice security updates. ethereum:0x467bccd9d29f223bce8043b84e8c8b282827790f
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Arie Jones retweeted
We’re thrilled to support the ethereum:0x467bccd9d29f223bce8043b84e8c8b282827790f upgrade ahead of Telcoin Network mainnet. Telcoin Wallet users can upgrade to new TEL in a few taps beginning this Thursday, September 24th. For holders using external wallets and exchanges, visit the official portal: tel3.telcoin.network/
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For all questions regarding the ethereum:0x467bccd9d29f223bce8043b84e8c8b282827790f upgrade starting on September 24th, head to tel3.telcoin.network There you will find all FAQs, information and step-by-step guides.
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The ethereum:0x467bccd9d29f223bce8043b84e8c8b282827790f upgrade begins on September 24th. Find step-by-step guidance, FAQ answers, and the latest exchange statuses on the official site: tel3.telcoin.network
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🚨NEW: Several Democrats who have spent months negotiating the Clarity Act, including Gillibrand, Warner, Booker, Warnock, Gallego, Alsobrooks and Cortez Masto, have all voted NO. One industry leader just texted me: “It died.”
Watch the Clarity Act vote live starting at 2:15 PM ET on @CryptoAmerica_ ⬇️
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Sad to see. I guess after balancer labs restructuring having gone away, this is now officially the end of Balancer and BAL
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