Game of Nodes: The Validator Podcast

We catch up on European travel, the 2024 Olympics, old theories, new sleep schedules, @TeamKujira investment decisions, oh, and the slow unraveling of crypto until JPMorganChase figures it out. Show Links Kujira Foundation's Tokens Stung by Its Own Leveraged Positions as Bets Backfire - coindesk Terra IBC Hooks Exploit - medium Big Keith's Appraisal - youtube Please support Game of Nodes and other...

GoN has a very special guest, @codingwithmanny , Lead DevRel Engineer from @berachain ! We talk berachain v1, v2, consensus clients, Proof of Liquidity, and so much taxes . Show Links BGT Station - berachain.com BEX - berachain.com The Fat Bera Thesis - berachain.com Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast , Kingnodes , RHINO , and Lavende...

GoN basks in the mini-pump (just checked, it's already over), Juno rewards, Sei EVM gas & large transaction refunds, standing-seam metal roofs (why not?), 24 bay NVMe drive arrays and @Rarma_'s hangover. Show Links Shoal: How We Reduce Bullshark Latency on The Aptos Blockchain - medium Aptos Redefines Blockchain Efficiency with Shoal++ DAG BFT - medium Claw Back SAIL DAO Funding - osmosis.zone...

On this episode of "Game of Homes", @nullmames shows off the new digs, we talk new appliances, sleeping on plants, and just how expensive it all is. Meanwhile, pump.fun has crossed $50M revenue in the creation of 1.18M memecoins. Cool, cool. Show Links Pump.fun ’s cumulative revenue crosses $50 million - theblock Polkadot intern takes over marketing - twitter Gaia v18 Software Upgrade - WASM inbou...

On this episode of "Blame of Nodes", @nullmames provides proof of life, we discuss home-labbing the Interchain, @EvmosOrg moving to ICS (rebranded to Interchain Hospice), learning new languages, the death of "platform chains", Tank's Juno overthrow and more. Show Links End the Juno Charter and Redistribute Juno Tokens - commonwealth.im Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent valid...

It's down only for apples. We talk conference strategy, new testnets, the high-quality of Penumbra , the low-quality of transaction spamming, @zmanian 's stake module complaints and more. Show Links Zaki's tweets on the staking module - twitter SEC drops investigation into Ethereum studio Consensys - blockworks Is Certik Extorting Kraken for Millions? Here's What's Going On - decrypt Certik twitte...

the-frey and usurper stay violently independent and talk through the new wave of services-based validators, team foundation strategies, the future value from node operators, project selection, and losing money with style . Show Links: Value Chain vs. Evolution from thefrey - rhinostake Donald Trump Says He Wants All Remaining Bitcoin to Be 'Made in USA' - coindesk #ConsolidateTheChains - twitter @...

Post Consensus 2024, we debrief from Austin, talk about the subduded crowds, suits, and how we're going to AI alllllll of the things. We catch up on the state of payments, jetlag, and how two wrongs absolutely do not make a right. Show Links BlackRock and Citadel back new Texas national stock exchange - cointelegrah Jacob Gadikian Affidavit - adobe.com Celestine Sloth Society - stargaze Top Watche...

It's Crusade Week on GoN, where we talk about @gadikian haltin' chains for haltins' sake, soaked UK PMs, the money in AI, the challenges of 13,000 nodes on @initiaFDN , Consensus 2024 and more. Headed to Consensus 2024 in Austin? Reach out ! Show Links: today I stopped @archwayHQ from making blocks - twitter Initia App - initia.xyz Init-AI - initia.xyz Things can only get wetter: Sunak soaked as h...

It's cleanup week on GoN as we ban some long-discussed topics, discuss the best & worst Star Wars, the best John Williams score, fatburg(h)s, and meme coins on and off the blockchain. Headed to Consensus 2024? Reach out! Show Links GameStop’s 'Roaring Kitty' surge doesn’t mean meme stock rally has legs - yahoo Cosmos governance claims 3 lives - mintscan Ripple and Peersyst to Leverage evmOS fo...

Less than a month to Consensus 2024, and we talk about the meeting of the squad, the importance of networking, and fuck all else. We complain about distributed networks that are centrally controlled, and the pros and cons of large token holders (looking at you, foundations). Show Links LocalMonero to shut down P2P exchange after seven years of operation - theblock SEC’s Gary Gensler gets irked bei...

In this deep-dive episode, we talk about the @Injective Validator Miracle, the provider's struggle in delivering SLAs in fast-moving software (poor us), CZ's coming summer vacation plans and updates in 17/8 from the basement. Show Links Injective snapshots without those pesky errors checks - highstakes.ch Napoleon - imdb Peak Hollywood - youtube Watch Arena now! - youtube Please support Game of No...

The crew welcomes @0xSenCom from @WhiteWhaleDefi ! Back after the break, we chat about the past & future of White Whale, Stargaze rejecting Stride's request for $1.8M USD, and debating if every movie can sync up to Dark Side of the Moon. Show Links whitewhale.money Migaloo Ecosystem - migaloo.zone Sync Floyd - Apple podcasts Mall Cop II - imdb #267. stSTARS / STARS POL for Cosmos DeFi Applicat...

The crew talks skinny tires at the Arenberg at Paris-Roubaix , the Grayscale Bitcoin exodus , Coinbase winning... something , the SEC going after Uniswap , and all the SLOTH . Show Links Rallycross - wikipedia Berenstain Bears - wikipedia GTBC - schwab Scaling Yourself • Scott Hanselman - youtube Dune 3 Confirmed - independent Movietime Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - imdb Past Lives - imdb Wido...

usurper , schultzie , and nullmames look at their keyboards to talk @dYdX liquidity pairs, the possibility of @Uniswap v3 on @Sei , and Thelma & Louise'ing servers across the Yabba... And Jake Hartnell urges you to vote YES on 895 ! Or else. Show Links Deploy Uniswap v3 on Sei - uniswap.org DefiLlama.com Signaling Proposal: Permissioned CosmWasm - mintscan Origination of $YAWP - twitter Noble...

the-frey , schultzie , and nullmames trash their NVMes in real time, talk SBF jail time, remember January 6, and talk decentralization theater Show Links Celsius seeks to claw back $2B in customer withdrawals - cointelegraph Signaling Proposal: Permissioned CosmWasm - mintscan Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast , Kingnodes , RHINO , a...

the-frey , schultzie , and usurper talk the Sei upgrade, the growing Stride juggernaut, and the finer movies about robots f**ckin eachother up Show Links Three-peat - wikipedia @cosmos_slashbot - twitter The Stride Circlestake - dydx.forum Movietime Spinal Tap II - imdb Pacific Rim - imdb Robot Jox -imdb Flight - imdb Alien: Romulus - imdb Battlestar Galactica - imdb Homeworld 3 - steam Please sup...

the-frey , nullmames , schultzie , and usurper welcome Mantas and @BurntBanksy from Burnt (XION) ! We successfully avoid talking about Xion for 87 min and, well, I don't even know. Dogwifhat will rule over us all, though. Show Links pump.fun unicorn.meme Xion from Burnt Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast , Kingnodes , RHINO , and Lave...

the-frey , schultzie , and usurper bang on about EthDenver positive vibes, discuss the true meaning of crypto (spoiler, it's about a dog with a hat), try to decipher who, exactly, the Federalist Paper 51 is protecting, and talk Batman. DID WE MENTION A DOG WITH A HAT? Show Links SEC Files C&D against Shapeshift - twitter Scaling Yourself • Scott Hanselman - youtube Pump.fun Market Cap - twitte...

While schultzie and usurper bounce around EthDenver, the-frey and nullmames welcome Bendy to talk NEWT bags, yawp up DAODAO and discuss the physics of pandas standing on their head to pee. Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast , Kingnodes , RHINO , and Lavender. Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

the-frey , nullmames , schultzie , and usurper discuss crazy Cosmos voting power %'s, the Hetzner Advantage™, describing "what we do", and the upcoming Aptos previewnet3. Coming to EthDenver ? Reach out to @rhinostake for GoN Merch and more! Show Links Circle drops USDC on Tron - twitter EPYC binning - amd.com Bufficors Dreamland Opening Party @EthDenver - metis.foundation Please support Game of N...

the-frey , nullmames , schultzie , and usurper cross the century mark in style, discussing the fashion icons of the Bundeswehr , the key stats from the ABS , and we determine it's still okay to make fun of tombstones. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv ! Show Links WWIII Team Yankee - team-yankee.com We misconfigured the node - twitter Australian Bureau of Statistics - abs.gov.au Byzantine Fault - wikip...

the-frey , nullmames , schultzie , and usurper , in this "out of both-ends" 100th episode, discuss CBDC advances, Juno regressions, free electricity, and the pleasant realities of Singaporean prison. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv ! Show Links Su Zhu Recommends Prison for All - coindesk Crypto Hacking Losses Halved in 2023 - financemagnates.com Core-1 Vesting drops a number - github Please support G...

the-frey , nullmames , schultzie , and usurper solve global units of measure, discuss SeiDB and prep for the upcoming Wassailing. Have you even scrumped, bro? Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv ! Show Links Inch - Britannica Metric System - Britannica Scrumping - cambridge.org Wassailing - historic-uk.com Reece moving on - twitter Stride / dYdX - twitter Put it in H! - youtube Please support Game of Nod...

nullmames and usurper do the-frey's homework in real-time, mis-quote Die Hard, correctly discuss DVT , spend too much money on too many nodes, and shit on ATOM wars. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv ! WE'RE ON THE BLOCKCHAINGOMGOMGOMG Show Links On a beach, earning 20% - youtube SSV Network - ssv.network Obol - obol.tech ATOM wars post is live on the Cosmos Hub forum - twitter Imagine it's your first...