ND64.ICP

@windoge_98 @Windoge98exe

It appears Kongswap is going into standby mode temporarily. We've moved all of our EXE/ICP LP back to the ICPSwap DEX for the time being. app.icpswap.com/swap/pro?input…

@ICSpicyRWA @SnassyIcp There was actually an iteration a couple years before!

@SnassyIcp Are we referencing the legendary @ND64_ICP ?

Some of you ICP OGs may remember "Super Mario 64" on-chain. It was in the tumultuous, glory heydays when the taste of chain genesis was still fresh in everyone's mouths. An anonymous user uploaded the WASM for a Super Mario 64 emulator plus the game ROMs on-chain so anyone could play it in their browser. This was, strictly speaking, not entirely legal. Deploying the emulator to ICP is fine, but distributing the ROM files containing all the original game assets (graphics, sounds, maps) is not. This distinction is relevant to me as I am about to deploy my own Out Run arcade emulator on-chain - however I will not distribute the ROMs. ROM owners will be able to supply their own ROMs to play, and the whole thing will be legal. But back to Super Mario, which was then let's say "sublegal", and would therefor ostensibly be a thing to be stopped . The way to stop something deployed to ICP is by a majority of staking ICP holders voting in the NNS, the DAO that controls the ICP network, passing a public proposal to stop the deployed code. After causing quite a stir, by giving a very concrete demo of something technically interesting that ICP could do but other blockchains couldn't (legal status aside), Super Mario 64 on-chain disappeared just as suddenly as it had appeared. Shortly thereafter, a very sticky rumor started. The rumor was that Nintendo had complained to Dfinity, and Dfinity had taken down the page. But Dfinity has no capacity to do so, only the NNS can do so via vote. "OK OK", the rumor mongers would fall back when pressed on that detail, "but it was via an NNS vote, then. The NNS took down Super Mario." But any search for such a proposal (all NNS proposals are public) came up empty handed. The truth was that the anonymous dev who deployed Super Mario also took it down, presumably of their own volition. Maybe they got some letter from Nintendo, who knows, but I would assume probably not, because this would not have reached Nintendo's radar, but even more because with some basic opsec the dev could have stayed very anonymous. At any rate, the dev was the only one who could take down the page without a public vote that never happened, so we know it was the dev who ultimately took it down. Which means that we have never really seen a good test on what would happen if someone did something like that but didn't take it down. How would the NNS react? Are the NNS voters take-down trigger happy, or tolerant? It would be interesting to find out! Many people still circulate the rumor that we did find out because NNS took down Super Mario, but that is not true. The truth is, we still don't know. The closest thing to such a test may be my upcoming Out Run emulator. As I said, it will be totally legal, so the NNS will have no reason to take it down. Will they, anyway, if someone (SEGA) complains? It would be interesting to find out, but it is unlikely that we will. SEGA is a very good company, not only do they understand the legal situation with "Bring Your Own ROMs" very well, but they have also historically been tolerant of fan efforts like emulators and fan sites. ❤️ SEGA So we probably (hopefully) won't get such a test of the NNS willingness to censor with on-chain Out Run. However, the quoted post does seem like it could bring about an even more interesting test. The post that @lysergin33 shares tells of a cyber attack that used a command center deployed to ICP, making it almost unstoppable. Almost? The NNS could stop it. Will it? We'll see, it is finally an interesting test! Even if no NNS vote ever comes from it, that in itself is a supremely interesting signal! The way I see it, on the Old Internet, web2, the way to stop such a thing would be to call the hosts and have them stop it, but on the New Internet, web3, there isn't really any such way, because web3 is properly decentralized. So the way to stop things like this, in the future version of the Internet a.k.a. ICP (which apparently the avant garde, i.e. criminals, is starting to discover), is via governance. Via voting in DAOs like the NNS. Which in turn finally means that as of this event ICP suddenly got real and meaningful value as a governance token, not just as a gas token. Ponder on that.

When did you buy your first $ICP? Post in comments. 101 $ICP @ $17.63 almost 2 years ago to date. Not gonna lie. I sold them at a loss like around $11. And that's okay. I have more of them now. 😎

@BobbyO_ @Real_MAP_Tech @dfinity Why would they buy the cow when they get the milk for free?

Is @dfinity paying this outlet $15k-$25k a year just to cover ICP? I would appreciate if someone could clarify. $ICP ☁️♾️

Sleeping Giant 💤

Cartridges walked so canisters could run. $ICP

#ND64 on $ICP is inevitable

Buying $ICP here. The US injecting trillions across markets to come . The price in will begin soon . Do not delay regardless of what you are buying…

@Chimera_Soft woof.

@ND64_ICP you ready

Fellow crypto travelers, my thoughts and best wishes go out to every token holder, whatever chain or projects you've backed. These are truly difficult times. At DFINITY and Caffeine, we remain focused on delivering mainstream value. Better times will come.

@pokedstudiouk Caffeine Code PTSD Triggered

3 tickets for the pokedbots screening have become available , get them before the ultimate master does...!

Your $ICP was dropped, but it shall be returned.

$ICP is 4.36 and rising 👆 #ND64 is a mere 9k MC 🤷‍♂️

Power-Saver Mode on the Interned Keputer ♾️

@theRunnico Superb.

Bubble Mew 🙃

@Corporate_Cats Are you ready?

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@BoneWumbo wasb

I’m buying $ICP

I remember when everyone was stoked for true Web3 and a new decentralized internet. $ICP went from $3 to $20 and life was good. Did something change or are we still anticipating a massive paradigm shift?