Slysmik

Happy new year everyone! A time of reflection, looking back over the years remembering the good times and sad at the many many not so good. I respect the grit of the few community members still soldiering on and wish you all the best. Strive for the change you seek. Wishing you all a very much betterer 2026. Laters.

First up, we have a responsibility to manage the runway and finances of the Foundation. This is being done, and there is sufficient cash runway outside of the XRD treasury. At times, we have to convert XRD to USD, as many bills to run the foundation don't accept XRD, or would liquidate it in unsophisticated ways. To raise USD, the foundation uses OTC or professional market makers. It's only done when market conditions allow and we monitor this closely and ensure there is no price impact. As a result, this hasn't been possible for the vast majority of the time since Hyperlane and Incentives went live. When it is done, the MM takes a small % of organic buys they would normally be filling to provide a liquid market.

@Adam_XRD thanks Adam, have a good xmas and new year

2025 has been a year where everyone agreed the future of finance is going onchain. We saw a resurgence of corp-chains, dApps going direct to consumer apps, and a rapidly changing landscape (merging) of crypto/fintech. Will 2026 be a similar year, or the start of the cascade?

@beemdvp Pivot to web2

@beemdvp @timanrebel just cancel the incentives campaign completely, absolute circle jerk, no new interest (which was the point).

.@Adam_XRD 1) Is the foundation or rdx or any associated entity linked (ie one that passes sales funds back) actively selling $xrd within the last couple of weeks? 2) Recently there was mentioned a runway. What denomination is the runway currently in? 3) Doubt i'll get an answer to this one. How much runway is there currently (non $xrd value only please) As an advocate of transparency I hope you can illuminate.

@RadixMaximalist Damn I forgot about that one

@Slysmik Now that you talk about it. It should have been the $XRD chain for Okolie. Should have seen it as what it was: Wasting Money.

Jesus Christ the ptsd. Which was the signal you look back on most as “fuck shudda sold then”. Think maybe mine was redfoo.

@beemdvp @timanrebel Ooooooh nice. Glad it wasn’t just a one off

A fairly important space in the grand scheme of things. Worth a listen and maybe even get some questions ready etc…

Again, for those with seats at the back… This is still a no brainer. Either give the whole thing over or fork it. I’d rather the coffers pay Josh than Adam’s wage, sorry fella. Either that or take a hefty pay cut that reflects performance.

@ben0far Maybe the agreeableness is uncontrollable emergent behaviour haha (sorry I’m currently readying “if anyone builds it everyone dies”)

Do foundation model providers, OpenAI, Google, etc keep an internal "score" on a user's capability? This would allow them to weight how strongly they should take account of user feedback, e.g. "no, you are wrong", when training their next model. Would you want to know?

@Conor_XRD @radixdlt @MultiversX Good ‘cult’ leader with integrity

I think we should ask more questions directly to members of a community Here’s one: how do you build a strong and REAL community like those at @radixdlt and @MultiversX? What’s in the magic sauce?

@Justin_Bons Does solana have high node requirements?

High node requirements do not make a blockchain centralized! What matters is that it is permissionless & widely distributed A high barrier to entry keeps the system secure, as skin in the game aligns incentives That is how crypto & capitalism works; that does not make it evil!

@jimmytheross @felixXrd @proof_of_paul @radixdlt @Adam_XRD Networking innit. I started this account from zero and a year later I was in a 1-on-1 video call with Dan. You gotta be present. Either way I see zero marketing (or at best less than bare minimum)

@Slysmik @felixXrd @proof_of_paul @radixdlt @Adam_XRD Ofc. Somehow I doubt if Paul’s bants on X are gonna move the dial much tho. But I take your point

Couldn’t agree more! Can you let @proof_of_paul know please? It says “marketing at @radixdlt” in his bio Presumably this is a paid position, but he hasn’t posted for almost 3 weeks…

@jimmytheross @felixXrd @proof_of_paul @radixdlt @Adam_XRD costs fuck all to be a reply guy, get involved in conversations, bloody pathetic

@felixXrd @proof_of_paul @radixdlt @Adam_XRD Guess Adam has to cut his cloth accordingly. Radix isnt VC rich. When we have something fresh to market, maybe Paul will earn his keep.