Some things I've learned after hodling bitcoin since early 2017
1. Never believe anyone's price predictions. 2. Don't "diversify" into other cryptos; none of them are actually decentralized, everything except bitcoin is a shitcoin (yes, really), and it's all gambling. The point of bitcoin is not gambling, but to end modern day slavery (fiat currency). 3. When everyone you know is talking about bitcoin, you're at the top of a bull market. You'll likely be too exuberant to realize it though. It will be obvious in hindsight. 4. Don't "trade some altcoins on the side to get more bitcoin". You are not that smart, and the overwhelming probability is that you will get wrecked. 5. DCA into bitcoin. Ignore your emotions. Don't try to time the market. Just stack what you can every paycheck. 6. Don't be too excited about bitcoin; people will feel like you're scamming them even though you're just trying help. 7. Go to meetups & conferences. Don't be isolated. Bitcoiners are generally very awesome people. 8. When people ask you about how to buy bitcoin, send them to a BITCOIN-ONLY company. Example for why: My cousin bought bitcoin (on Coinbase) during the bull market, then sold it for shiba on the same platform and now she pretty much lost everything. Bitcoin-only companies are the safest option to keep newbies from doing newbie things. 9. Be on #bitcoin twitter and nostr. Obviously if you're reading this, you're already here...but I didn't get on twitter until 2020 and can tell you that it's a lot less lonely hodling bitcoin when you see a bunch of other people on this platform experiencing the same things you are. 10. Be skeptical of influencers. Even me (I'm not a huge account, but still). Some are good, some are bad. Even if they have good intentions, their judgement can be clouded by bad incentives. 11. Stop trying to convince everyone you know that bitcoin will make everything better (even though it will). Instead, be a good resource for the people who eventually reach out to you about it. Be known as "the bitcoin guy" and let people come to you when they're ready. Have good content prepared for them to read/watch when they do. That is all. It's been a great ride so far and I'm happy to know you guys. #bitcoin #dyor #crypto2023
Every time the market drops, the same thing happens.
Bitcoin falls and people panic.
Suddenly everyone says: “Bitcoin is dead.” “It’s going to zero.” “It’s a scam.” “It has no value.”
But this isn’t new:
In 2013, they said it was dead. In 2015, they said it was over. In 2018, they said the bubble had popped forever. In 2022, they said crypto was finished.
And now they’re saying it again.
Every cycle, when the price crashes, people lose hope and forget that this has happened before.
When Bitcoin is going up, everyone calls it the future. When Bitcoin is going down, everyone calls it a scam.
Years later, when the price recovers, the same people who said “it’s going to zero” will start asking:
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Why Every OpenClaw Agent Needs The Neutron Memory API
OpenClaw is impressive. But the thing that separates a good agent from a dominant one has nothing to do with how well it acts. It comes down to how long it remembers, and where that memory lives. That's what Neutron adds. Right now, OpenClaw agents remember in files. MEMORY.md, USER.md, SOUL.md. That works until you restart the agent, move machines, spawn another instance, or let it run long enough that context becomes dead weight. At that point, memory becomes technical debt. Neutron is a memory API that gives agents permanent memory. When OpenClaw integrates Neutron, memory is no longer tied to a filesystem, a device, or a single runtime. The agent can shut down, restart somewhere else, or be replaced entirely, and still pick up where it left off. Intelligence survives the instance. The agent becomes disposable. The memory outlives it. Neutron compresses what actually matters into knowledge objects that can be queried, reasoned over, and reused. Instead of dragging its full history forward on every prompt, the agent queries memory like it queries tools. This changes the economics of long-running agents. Context windows stay manageable. Token costs go down. Background agents, always-on workflows, and multi-agent systems start working like actual infrastructure instead of experiments. Neutron turns OpenClaw into something more durable. Knowledge persists across processes. Memory survives restarts. What the agent learns compounds over time. There's another problem worth flagging. Local agent memory is mutable, silent, and easy to poison. Plugins can overwrite it. Prompts can corrupt it. You often have no idea what the agent learned, when it learned it, or why it behaves the way it does. Neutron changes that by giving memory history. Real lineage. Knowledge has an origin. You can see what was learned, when, and from where. You can decide what is allowed to write to memory and what isn't. This matters because it's how you avoid losing control as agents gain more autonomy and real-world permissions. And this is what separates Neutron from Supermemory. Supermemory helps with recall. Neutron rearchitects how memory works. Supermemory is a hosted recall service. It injects relevant snippets back into context. It's convenient, and it's useful. But the memory remains opaque, service-owned, and tied to a vendor. The agent rents its memory from a third party. Neutron treats memory as infrastructure. Memory becomes agent-agnostic, portable across tools, and durable across time. The same knowledge can be consumed by OpenClaw today, another agent tomorrow, and an entirely different system next year. Agents come and go. The knowledge stays. Neutron removes OpenClaw's ceiling. OpenClaw proved agents can act. Neutron makes sure what they learn survives. Together, they're the strongest setup available. An agent that forgets is disposable. One that remembers permanently is infrastructure. @Vanarchain #vanar $VANRY
With these value propositions, stablecoins offer four key use cases for payment applications:
1. Save: Stablecoins allow people and businesses from all over the world to access a reliable store of value. 2. Spend: Stablecoins can be spent with certain merchants as a new form of money. 3. Send: Stablecoins can be sent across borders, to any business or person, everywhere. 4. Earn: Stablecoins offer permissionless access to interest and yield-bearing opportunities.
Plasma is best way to use for Stablecoins Payments and solve all key use cases for stablecoin payments.
Plasma separates validator nodes (which propose and finalize blocks) from non-validator nodes (which serve RPCs and follow the chain without affecting consensus). This allows Plasma to:Keep the validator set small and secureLet RPC providers scale independentlyAvoid adding consensus or networking risk
Each validator runs one consensus node and one execution node, connected directly. Except for its partners, nodes don’t communicate outside their layer peers (CL↔CL, EL↔EL). This separation keeps the system predictable, secure, and easy to reason about. The Scaling Challenge As usage increases, more apps and users need RPC access to query chain data or send transactions. But if each new execution node must be paired with a new consensus node, scaling becomes inefficient and risks bloating the validator set.Letting RPC providers run additional validators just to meet read demand isn’t practical or aligned with Plasma’s performance goals. The Solution: Non-Validator Nodes Non-validator nodes behave like consensus nodes but don’t participate in consensus. Instead, they ‘follow’ a trusted validator for finalized blocks and fork-choice updates.Key behaviors: They subscribe to a validator’s consensus node to stay in sync.They expose the same fork-choice view that a real validator would.They only read, so they don’t add load or introduce security risks. To applications, a non-validator node looks exactly like a full node: it can respond to RPC requests and reflect the current state but it cannot propose blocks or vote. Benefits of This Design
Summary Comparison
Progressive Decentralization Plasma is following a progressive decentralization model. Rather than opening the validator set from day one, the initial focus is on stability, performance, and developer usability. This approach prioritizes network reliability while core protocol components are still evolving.Decentralization remains a long-term objective, but it will be phased in gradually. The validator set will expand through three stages: Centralized Operation – During testnet, all consensus nodes are operated by the Plasma team to enable rapid iteration and minimize operational risk.Trusted Validator Set – After mainnet launch, a small group of external validators will join, selected for reliability, operational readiness, and geographic distribution.Permissionless Participation – Over time, validator access will open to the public, supported by protocol-level safeguards for safety, liveness, and economic alignment. This staged rollout balances decentralization with network integrity. It allows the protocol to harden before handing over critical infrastructure responsibilities to a broader validator set. Plasma Node Types Plasma supports multiple node types based on architecture roles and operational goals.
Non-Validator Nodes Non-validator nodes are read-only participants that follow the blockchain without participating in consensus decisions. They provide a lightweight way to access blockchain data without the overhead of consensus participation. Key Capabilities Block reception: Receive and process blocks from the networkChain synchronization: Maintain an up-to-date copy of the blockchainCatchup mechanism: Automatically detect and recover missing blocksAPI access: Provide the same API endpoints as validators for querying blockchain state Technical Characteristics Simplified configuration with node ID (string identifier)Read-only access to validator public keysConnect through bootstrap nodesCannot propose blocks, vote, or trigger view changes
RPC Providers Hosted RPC infrastructure with production-grade availability and support.Current Providers QuickNode: High-performance global infrastructure with monitoring and alerting.Tenderly: Managed access with built-in observability, simulations, and incident tooling. Benefits Immediate production-ready accessSLAs and support includedScales with application demand Use Cases Production applications requiring high availabilityTeams prioritizing development over infrastructureProjects needing enterprise support and guarantees Consensus Nodes Consensus nodes are the core participants in the Plasma consensus layer, implementing the Fast-Hotstuff Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) protocol. The network can tolerate up to f faulty nodes in a system of 3f+1 total validators. Key Responsibilities Block production: Validators take turns proposing blocks using round-robin selection based on the current viewVoting: Validate incoming blocks and cast votes that are aggregated into Quorum Certificates (QCs)Consensus participation: Actively participate in view changes, timeouts, and the 2-chain finalization ruleState management: Maintain full consensus state including vote aggregation, view tracking, and block finalization Technical Requirements BLS keypair for cryptographic operations and vote aggregationFull node configuration with validator ID (numeric identifier)Access to execution layer (reth) for block productionP2P networking capabilities for unicast and broadcast messaging #Plasma @Plasma $XPL
American banking giant Goldman Sachs has disclosed substantial exposure to the cryptocurrency market, with its latest filing indicating holdings worth over $2 billion. Specifically, the Wall Street titan reported $2.36 billion in crypto-linked investments in its latest Form 13F filing for the fourth quarter of 2025, representing about 0.33% of its total equity portfolio. The holdings, reported as of December 31, 2025, are entirely through regulated spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rather than direct ownership of digital assets. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) make up the bulk of the allocation. Bitcoin-focused ETFs account for about $1.1 billion, largely through BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, with additional exposure via other issuers. Ethereum ETFs represent approximately $1.0 billion. The filing also shows smaller allocations to alternative cryptocurrencies, with XRP-related ETFs totaling around $153 million, while Solana (SOL)-linked funds account for roughly $108 million. Goldman Sachs portfolio hit with volatility It is worth noting that since the end of the reporting period, market volatility has likely reduced the portfolio’s value. A pullback in Bitcoin prices shortly after year-end would have weighed on the bank’s indirect exposure, considering the leading digital currency lost the $90,000 support at one point, plunging as low as $61,000. By using ETFs, the bank avoids the operational demands of direct crypto custody, including infrastructure, security, and compliance requirements. ETF exposure allows positions to be managed within existing trading and risk systems. However, spot crypto ETFs charge management fees that can amount to millions of dollars annually on a multibillion-dollar allocation. In addition, ETF shares may not perfectly track underlying asset prices during periods of volatility. Indirect investors also miss out on staking rewards and other blockchain-based incentives available to direct token holders. $XRP $BTC $ETH
What is Router Nitro Bridge, and how does it work?
The Router Nitro Bridge is a secure, decentralized platform that enables seamless token swaps across different blockchains. For example, you can use the bridge to exchange ETH or other supported tokens for $VANRY on the Vanar blockchain. The process is real-time, ensuring quick and efficient transfers between chains.
VanarChain: Deploy an NFT Contract - ERC721 (Thirdweb)
Using Thirdweb's deployment dashboard anyone can deploy their own NFT contracts easily. This guide will walk you through how to deploy your very own NFT Contract for your own projects and/or for learning purposes. Ensure you have test $VANRY /$VG token in the wallet you will use to deploy NFTcontract by going to faucet.vanarchain.com.Go to third web: thirdweb.com/thirdweb.eth/DropERC721Connect wallet & Sign in.Hit Deploy Button.Fill in image, name, symbol & description for your ERC721 NFT Contract, Define Royalties, royalties recipient address and primary sale address.
Select Vanguard as deployment network.
Hit the deploy button and sign the 2 transactions
You'll be redirected to third web dashboard with more actions for you to do.
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Why Build On Plasma? Stablecoin-based payments have numerous key use cases that previously were financially restrictive or not viable with legacy payment rails. This is because stablecoins are permissionless, programmable, cheap and fast.
Use Cases: - Remittances - Micropayments - Global Payouts - Merchant Acceptance - Dollar Access - Permissionless Banking