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This year I invested in pumpkins.
They've been going up the whole month of October. And I got a feeling they're gonna peak right around January.
And bang! That's when I'll cash in...
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Modern Words in Historical Newspapers, Pt. 4: In January, 1938, over 100 flock owners around the Midwest met with the Taylor Swift company to discuss poultry husbandry.
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I see value in orchestration layers. I don’t view link as “crypto” like all the other stuff out there. This is smart contract infrastructure that’s crypto agnostic and seems to be the necessary layer to make it all work. It appears link is already the dominant oracle. I think blockchain and tokenization of RWA will grow in the future and from a very high level it seems like Chainlink is positioned well with a sort of monopoly. The value will flow through Chainlink infrastructure is how I see it. And I assume a sliver of that value will flow though to $LINK.
I still don’t understand shit in the big picture, which is why it’s only just a 1% allocation for now as I learn more. I’m ignorant, but it smells right. It seems like if the thesis plays out, the upside is so high that even a tiny allocation like this could grow into something sizable over time.
@TheLinkPanda videos are great. @mindthelongterm has sent me a lot of helpful information over the last year as well.
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Ian Fleming’s typical day at his estate in Jamaica where he wrote all his James Bond stories, need to emulate this
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You're Darryl Strawberry.
Yes.
You play right field.
Yes.
I play right field too.
So?
Are you better than me?
Well, I've never met you, but... yes.
#TheSimpsons
Fudder: $link no real revenue
Customers: it’s expensive (but worth it)
The reason Solv picked Chainlink CCIP as our official cross-chain infrastructure partner:
The short answer: Trust is cheap, verification isn’t.
Chainlink runs SolvBTC through a structured report card (see example generated on Apr 20) that scores our setup against best practice, chain by chain:
- Overview & current setup: full map of how SolvBTC is deployed per chain — contracts, dependencies, integration surface
- Authority hierarchy & security model: is SolvBTC at the highest standard (MCMS + Timelock) on every chain
- Permissions: key pool roles and privileged actors, per chain
- Cross-chain architecture summary
- Rate limiter safety matrix
- Gas overhead config matrix
As the asset issuer to SolvBTC, the cross-chain infrastructure provider is one of the single biggest counterparty risks we carry. As a client, I've been deeply impressed by the level of detail and rigor Chainlink brings to the relationship.
From day one, they've shown real professionalism, willingness to work alongside us to continuously raise the standard, and the discipline to keep us in check.
That is invaluable.
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My dad used to tell me that you can’t save anyone; they have to save themselves.
Great man. Terrible lifeguard.
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"Uh-oh. Ooh! Okay, don't panic. Remember what the instructor said."
"If you ever get into trouble, all you need to do is--"
"Feels like I'm wearin' nothin' at all. Nothin' at all. Nothin' at all."
"Stupid sexy Flanders!"
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The wife asked to do our 5 Hall passes last night
Hers
1. Ralph Macchio
2. Patrick Swayze
3. Simon Le Bon
4. Jon Bon Jovi
5. Jason Momoa
Mine
1. Her sister
2. Our neighbour
3. The blonde checkout girl at our local supermarket
4. Tracey who is a member of our golf club
5. My secretary at work
And now she isn’t talking to me
I can’t understand women 🤷♂️