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@IOHK_Charles @lace_io The Mallard Order. Building something of value (raider's guild) and has so many cool facets plus years of showing up.

Alright, Cardano memecoin, NFT, and culture projects, reply to this post with your documentation. It's time for Logan- the Exit Liqudity Lobster- to get to knpw about you. I integrated @lace_io so Logan will make a decision on which projects to take a position in.

@IOHK_Charles I'm curious if anyone who claimed with trezor for the glacier drop is having trouble? I went to claim and it says my trezor has 0 claim. I literally updated the firmware for this purpose.....

You know you want it #Midnight

@Nemo13 I do not hold Omen and this is the truest thing I have seen from NFT founders in a while. It is literally why I no longer invest in nfts.

@Demosthenes555 She's on scratch and watches 5 million videos on YouTube for artwork. Do you think Udemy is better than other platforms like Outschool?

@Demosthenes555 Thanks for feedback demos ❤️

My daughter dearly wants to be an artist. People who do it for a job, best advice for her moving forward? @Demosthenes555 @

@lacepool_com @Demosthenes555 This was an acrylic painting I made while she drew by me. I used to help her shade and such while I painted. I stopped painting about a decade ago because my boys are too wild to allow for it.

@lacepool_com @Demosthenes555 I used to paint and sell canvas art. I think that is what has driven this! But we are not apple users so what we have is wacom and a desktop (Microsoft). I'm trying to encourage her to use krita to learn digital art ❤️

@Warrr9A Respect for commenting on the situation.

I do not have much I can do at this point, but I do have much I can express, and I want to do so with complete honesty. Omen, together with Danketsu, were the two projects that marked the beginning of my journey in the world of NFT collections. With each one, I aimed to create something new and truly unique. However, Omen on Cardano carries a far greater significance for me, It is my collection of humans and women, the work I cherish the most. I built a community that I still hold dear, filled with remarkable people, a strong floor price in the short term, and it was also one of the projects for which I was most fairly compensated. What many people do not know is that Omen was originally intended to be sold at 15 ADA. I improved Nemo’s art plans so much, elevating the project to a higher standard, that he eventually decided it would be sold for 69–100 ADA instead. Throughout the entire process, everything ran smoothly, he never once failed to pay me or acted improperly. For this reason, I cannot and should not relaunch the entire Omen collection for the holders. It would be unethical on my part to do so to a client who did pay me, even if I strongly disagree with his decisions now. It would still be a breach of professional ethics. Unfortunately, what remains for me now is the sadness of watching the artwork I loved most be thrown into the fire. And I am not involved in this relaunch or anything related to this bridge to Solana, and I will not work with Omen again, as I felt disrespected.

@Jane14457995 I have checked in with him as often as I feel is appropriate. He resigned his AAA pool yesterday, I think he is really torn up about it. I feel so sad for him and hope he is ok.

Recently I received a DM from someone who knows and respects the abilities and past good acts of the person who claimed responsibility for the bug on main net. They feel strongly that his actions weren't intentional based upon many good things he has done, including work on the incentivized test net and help he has offered many in the Cardano community. Some of these things were also referenced by @amw7 in his balanced and neutral retrospective on the recent bug incident. What I said, and what I think bears repeating, is that I personally didn't judge the intentionality of his actions by negative things other people have said. My own opinion on the intentionality of his acts --irrelevant as it may be, and it's always possible I'm wrong-- was based on my interpretation of his own words, in the apology he proffered. But the most important thing I said, which bears repeating openly, is this: if you are a friend of this person, check in with him. He may be feeling genuinely awful and remorseful right now. He may have been and may still be in an impaired mental or emotional state or using substances which impaired his judgment in some way. Not asking anyone to excuse anything. But if you know or are a friend of his, check in with him. Make sure he's okay. If he's feeling remorse, which he may truly be -- I haven't noticed any post from him since his apology post -- let's make sure he's not so distraught as to consider self-harm. I am pretty sure he needs his friends more than ever right now. Most of us have done stupid things in our lives that we regret. Let's hope that when we do, family and friends are there to help. I hope that we can offer a bit of light to a person who may be in a very dark place.

Cardano uses Nakamoto consensus, which has the following properties: It prefers liveness over correctness. Short-term ambiguity of the unique global blockchain state is tolerated, as it is more important that the blockchain never stops. Block finality is probabilistic. Each newly appended block confirms all previous blocks - adds another confirmation. Within a given period (in the Cardano network, it is about 20 seconds), a single node mints a new block, which is disseminated to all other nodes before the next block producer takes its turn. This is the ideal case. Short-term forks occur when two blocks are minted in the same slot, or in slots that follow each other shortly. All nodes in the network do not know about all blocks at a given time. Some nodes might not have received the block as they are distant from the block producer. Therefore, they can append a new block to a block that is supposed to be orphaned according to the rules. A short-term fork of a blockchain is a situation that is expected and is relatively common. The protocol rules determine which chain will be preserved in the event of a fork and which will be orphaned, i.e., discarded. If all new blocks meet the protocol rules, everything works perfectly. The entire stake (all nodes) builds a single canonical chain. However, different nodes can run different versions of the Cardano protocol (client), or even different implementations of the protocol. This means that nodes can have slightly different rules for accepting a transaction or block. A specific transaction may appear that some nodes accept while some nodes reject. Together with the rejected transaction, the entire block is rejected. A blockchain fork occurs, and at the same time, the stake (nodes) in the network is divided. Imagine that a uniquely formatted transaction is submitted. Only some nodes in the network accept it and continue building chain A, while the other part of the nodes reject this transaction and build chain B. If a transaction is rejected, the entire block and all subsequent blocks are rejected (by part of the network). This conflict cannot be resolved without the operators (SPOs) agreeing on what to do next. All blocks are finalised after 2160 blocks have been appended. Theoretically, there would be two alternative chains forever. Fortunately, there is a rule about the longer chain. This means that the correct (winning) chain is the one that will be longer after some time - i.e. will have more blocks. The rate of adding new blocks to chain A and chain B usually differs because the stake is distributed unevenly. If chain A is built by 70% of the stake in the network, blocks will be added faster than in the case of chain B, which is only built by 30% of the stake. Nodes building chain B will find that chain A is longer. Operators building chain B (the shorter chain) may decide to upgrade the node version that will get them to the longer chain A. After a while, chain B will be orphaned, and the majority of the stake will build only chain A again. This process might be slow as multiple operators upgrade their nodes at different times. The annoying thing is that some wallets or applications are on chain A while others are on chain B. But that is another story. The important thing is that the Nakamoto consensus is unstoppable, but at the cost of short-term (or longer-term) uncertainty about the unique global state of the chain. BFT chains prefer correctness over liveness. There is always only one correct (unique global) state of the blockchain. If a conflict occurs, the chain stops (or is stopped) because it is usually not possible to resolve the inconsistency without external intervention.

@theodorvaryag @effectfully @IOHK_Charles he tried to make it inaccessible but used AI to code that and it failed, allowing the transaction to propagate throughout whereas if it hade worked it would have remained in his own node. This is my understanding.

@effectfully @IOHK_Charles hold on What am I reading incorrectly? making a server he controlled inaccessible froze the whole network?

To be very clear, I still love Cardano and I still like @IOHK_Charles. He's a great leader and he built an amazing thing. And I don't believe the FBI thing was wrong. If some activity is potentially criminal, you have to report it to the authorities. Duh. I just was stupid enough not to realize what game I was playing. I can get a paycheck without worrying that being mean will translate to being a suspect.

@lacepool_com I know him (as much as you know someone in crypto) and couldn't remotely fathom he would intentionally harm Cardano. I think what he said is true. He meant to sandbox it and didn't appropriately test the AI script as he should--> was horrified when he saw it propagate.

@bitladysats Honestly, it is hard to believe given the experience and expertise. But I don't feel I can assume the worst of someone I don't actually know.

I am pleased that my scepticism wasn’t taken negatively but was actually appreciated. I didn’t have any genuine concerns, as it quickly became clear to me that we weren’t being herded in any particular direction. Still, I consider it professionally essential to (a) apply common sense rather than simply follow instructions, and (b) always be able to verify what is happening within an open system such as Cardano. If that isn’t possible, something is wrong. I hadn’t noticed the vulnerability that had been exploited on the testnet shortly beforehand, nor that a hotfix release was already being prepared. When I joined the Discord channel at midday, I first had to get my bearings. Therefore, I would like to ask that, in future, information about any vulnerabilities exploited on the testnet be communicated to the larger SPO community earlier and through different channels. We all reacted very quickly, and the issue was resolved professionally and in a short time. However, if 90% of SPOs, driven by urgency and pressure, act blindly without fully understanding the situation, that in itself can become a vulnerability that could be exploited. In a worst-case scenario, an attacker could intentionally trigger panic or mimic an urgent update to manipulate operators into deploying malicious changes.

@MedusaAdaWallet This is probably the most balanced post I have seen about this and I particularly believe this "He is a kind, thoughtful, intelligent, empathetic person." I've known him many years and he would never do anything to intentionally harm others. I believe he is hurting as well.

Okay, Cardano Community, someone has to start calling things by their proper names. Let that be me. I, Fell-x27, am writing this on my own behalf, not on behalf of any project. 0) As a wallet developer and as someone who has literally devoted everything to the Cardano ecosystem - I was just as stressed as everyone else about what was happening. And believe me, I was risking far more than the vast majority of those who consider themselves "victims." Cardano is what allows me to support my family, buy food, and literally live - not just "a stuck $1,000 exchange order." You don’t need to tell me how hard your morning was. Mine was several times worse. Please read everything that follows with this in mind. Thank you. 1) In fact, nothing truly terrible happened. The network did not die and did not even stop. What actually happened was a split into a bugged fork and a clean fork. The bugged fork got slightly ahead because most nodes were running the buggy version. The clean fork didn’t stop - it continued operating and producing blocks, just more slowly than the bugged one. Your transaction would have gone through not in 20 seconds, but in 20 minutes. Almost like Bitcoin. The only real problem was inconsistency, because you couldn’t guarantee the recipient was on the same fork as you. And by the way, this is standard behavior for any blockchain. If you ever wondered "why exchanges check the number of confirmations," here’s your answer. However, a fix was deployed extremely quickly, and the network healed itself exactly as it’s supposed to. Everything went according to the expected safety mechanisms. The fact that some multipool - which already harms decentralization and makes millions for free - happened to earn slightly less for one day will not make it go broke or ruin its life. Stop fanning the drama. Nobody died. The network did not collapse. Those claiming they were "liquidated because of this" are simply looking for someone else to blame for their leveraged trading. You were not liquidated because of @KpunToN00b. You were liquidated because of your own greed. The ADA price, in case you didn’t notice, didn’t react at all. It stayed around 0.4. The incident was resolved almost instantly. Within just a couple of hours measures were implemented, and by the evening the fork was eliminated by the protocol itself. Do not exaggerate. Everyone was scared - sure. @KpunToN00b was scared no less. But it’s already in the past. 2) @IOHK_Charles is acting as if Cardano is his personal property and someone tried to break his toy. But that’s not the case. @IOHK_Charles is not the owner nor the CEO of Cardano. Not anymore. Cardano is a decentralized network that belongs to no one. What *he* does own is IOG and a monopoly on developing cardano_node (for now) - which is precisely why a single bug was able to impact such a large portion of the network. @IOHK_Charles, maybe call the FBI to investigate your QA process that allowed such a bug to slip through. Also, the way you present your assumptions as facts - using the volume of your account - does not look good. For example, the preview-network bug was not discovered by @KpunToN00b. One moment you’re calling for an investigation, and the next you’re publicly assigning guilt and telling stories about events and motivations you know nothing about. And you’re dragging personal issues into it. Charlie, for heaven’s sake, the world does not revolve around you. Seriously. Not everything happens for you, because of you, in your name, or about you. Accept that. 3) @KpunToN00b is not some movie villain trying to break something. For most people he’s just a Twitter avatar, but he’s not just an account. He is a kind, thoughtful, intelligent, empathetic person. One of the best QA engineers I know. Someone always ready to help without asking for anything in return. Someone trustworthy, someone who has never wished harm to anyone. I know this because - unlike you - I’ve known him for years. Meanwhile, lots of people are trying to farm views and citations on this issue, running a bullying-PR campaign. Yes, he may not have perfect relationships with everyone - that happens, right @bigpey? I’m also not a fan of how benefits in the ecosystem are distributed between developers and influencers in favor of the latter, even though the ecosystem is built on the former. So what? That doesn’t make me a good or bad person - it’s just an opinion about something. Same with @KpunToN00b. Don’t inject personal motives where there are none. Don’t pretend to be the only and ultimate victim. It’s not true, and it’s manipulative. Maybe it’s time to turn off the witch-hunt mode and return to the real world? 5) @KpunToN00b acted without malicious intent. His goal was to test whether a node would accept a transaction into the mempool or reject it. There was no intention to publish it. He made a mistake. He regrets it. He is in a state of self-blame right now, and you are only making it worse. That day I faced the possibility that by the evening I could lose everything my family’s well-being depends on. But I do not hold a grudge and I am not picking up a torch. I know he never meant to harm anyone - neither me nor you. And I want you to understand that too. Yes, we all got nervous. Yes, everyone is venting emotions. Many are doing it here. It was difficult for every one of you. Now imagine what it’s like for one single person who is taking all of that weight onto himself. Yes, the mistake was serious - but it benefited the ecosystem. It improved communication channels between SPOs and developers. It highlighted the risks of centralized development and the need for alternative node implementations (hello, @Amaru_Cardano!). Consider it a fire drill. If (when?) something truly dangerous happens, we will be prepared. We know how to act. For God’s sake, we survived the ITN, which was dying in convulsions, but we stabilized it. And we handled yesterday’s incident. Which means we can handle anything. We proved that a decentralized system made of thousands of independent components can, in a critical moment, act as a single entity for the common good. And that’s remarkable. Put the pitchforks down. Go home. Cardano is still running without interruptions.

@lacepool_com ok thank you again for the clarity. From his post I did not glean that he was trying to isolate it to his own node but do now. Sucks for everyone involved and the massive financial losses that happened due to it. 😔

@bitladysats Correct. If he was just trying, and not wanting to cause any harm? He put it that way, but it's impossible to know the truth at this point.

What is fascinating about yesterday's event is how Cardano recovered from a minority chain and got rid of the symptom while preserving most of the history and progress since the incident. 🧵

@lacepool_com Thanks! I appreciate information you are able to provide. It's appreciated.

@bitladysats I don't think I can answer this. I wasn't aware of the testnet issue until yesterday, and am not sure about the differences of the outcomes, compared to mainnet.

@lacepool_com If traffic was fully cut off, the malformed transaction would die locally and never touch the wider network? he was trying to test the bug?

@bitladysats He stated he "tried" to cut off all the traffic from the machine he used to "drop the bomb" from. So. If this is true, it means he was pretty aware that in case it hits the network it would escalate. The question for me is how aware was he about the severity of the consequences.

@NickActual @adamKDean it is coding using AI (I asked my coding friend the same question earlier today)

@adamKDean Why do people call it “vibe” coding - how is it different than coding?

Y'all remember 3 days ago when you were super proud to have this nozzle as a featured panelist at your Midnight summit?

@invalid_eutxo @bobasfk @Jane14457995 @DjediMindTrick @silversoul8668 @StakeWithPride @PhilippeVleLong I’m not arguing with the severity; only that intent can’t be assumed from the outside. I’ve known Homer for years and never seen malicious behavior from him. We don’t know what he believed would happen. I’m just trying to understand facts, not excuse anything.

Do you think Smaug tweets about microforks? Especially on test net… and do You think that emergency updates are released within hours for relatively harmless microforks? And do you understand how desperately you are clinging to on to your hope that Homer didn’t do this maliciously and with full knowledge of what would happen? There is literally nothing left to prove. There is no world where anyone would do what he did for any other reason than to cause damage. Why had Homer never done this before? If it wa such a minor thing, why not try to replicate on testnet net with more operators? That’s what it’s there for… Because you are right, there are plenty of times things have been discovered on testnet and what do none malicious actors do? I tell You what they don’t do… They don’t fucking copy paste it on to main net.

And here I was thinking that code is law.