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After 1 year of joining the @Optimism Superchain as an Ethereum Layer 2, @Celo is proof that bringing financial tools to everyone, everywhere, is not just a vision... It's happening. Our new, 18-page research report, in collaboration with @Celo, explores how we got here and where we are headed. 👇 Link in the post below What shaped Celo - Milestones explored: ▸ A year of growth: Why Celo ranks among the fastest-growing chains in real users - measured by daily verified active addresses via Self Connect ▸ A thriving ecosystem: The rise of MiniPay, stablecoin economy, and a deeper look at Celo's user profiles ▸ The benefits of blockchain: Real-world adoption via stablecoins and tokenization across emerging markets and the unbanked ▸ What's ahead: Accelerating the mission - a look at what comes next for Celo's technical roadmap and ecosystem growth Read the full report - see next post 👇

This is my list but I am biased, haha @ADIChain_ @nillion @XLayerOfficial @Lighter_xyz @edgeX_exchange @reya_xyz @StatusL2

Ethereum Part 13: Slot Time Reduction Ethereum produces a new block every 12s. The Strawmap is cutting it to 2s. > DEX trades that settle before you blink > DeFi that feels like Web2. > MEV windows that shrink to nothing. 7 forks. 3 years. 6x faster. Watch now🔽

@itsolelehmann ... are still pretty cheap, Limassol tops everything (sometimes twice the price for the same meal in the same restaurant chain). Happy to meet at some point, I am here most of the time now. 😊

@itsolelehmann Couldn't have said it any better. 😊 I personally don't miss the big city vibes (I've lived in London and Berlin before) and if I do, I just fly to London, which is perfect from Cyprus as there are so many flights a day. I'm staying in Larnaca, and here food + restaurants ...

i've lived in cyprus for the last 5 years here's my (more nuanced) view of pros and cons: the pros: 1. people are insanely friendly. people genuinely talk to you in cafes and everyone is SUPER sweet to our baby 2. tax status is the best option in europe, both in terms of tax rate and flexibility (you only need to be there 60days/year) 3. weather is elite from april - june and september - december 4. there are few distractions, it's a great place to lock in, work out and work (but more in the cons section..) 5. living costs are decent (though been rising A LOT). 6. growing expat community (mainly germans in paphos, more russians in limassol) 7. slowly growing availability of organic food sources (still in its infancy tohugh) 8. pro business mindset (compared to other european countries, not to US lol) 9. I love the sea in cyprus (great colour and very clear!) , and they also have mountains too hike in troodos mountains 10. easy and fast to get any doctors appointment (and cheap!) 11. very safe, I would always leave my backpack with my car keys out in the open while swimming etc. low crime rate is awesome. 12. everyone speaks english! and very well. now let's get to the cons: 1. it's very hard to maintain friendships with the expats because MANY of them will be traveling outside of cyprus for 70% of the year. I personally want a place where most peopel stay permanently, not only a couple of months. It's ok if your 24 and nomading (which im not). 2. the sun is extreme in juli, august. especially with a small child thats kinda fucked and hard to navigate (UV index 12...) 3. it often still feels like 2018. in a good AND a bad way. there's not much to do compared to other places where I lived before. 4. you need a car (despite what people been telling you on X). sidewalks are often times fucked up, especially if you are pushing a stroller around 5. culture, music, art scene is extremely small. I love these things so it does matter to me. 6. there is no real big city in cyprus. something i'm genuinely missing 7. there's close to 0 significant companies here, no good events, tech ecosystem is very very small (despite what people try to tell you on here). on a world scale, cyprus doesn't matter at all 8. a lot of "entrepreneurs" coming here are coaches or actually employed to someone. I have met 10x more interesting entrepreneurs in big european cities in a days vs in 6 months in cyprus. there are some but it's far from a "tech hub". might be skill issue on my end lol 9. there's a lot of dodgy shit going on with casinos, russian money in cyprus. but I guess that happens in many countries 10. its an island, so everything needs to get imported. many shops don't ship to cyprus. there is no amazon (only if you order from a different country + pay the shipping 11. cyprus is very far away from the pulse of culture, it mostly feels like every trend is happening 5 years later here 12. lots of mold in almost EVERY house. cheap build quality and a lot of cookie cutter ugly investment properties 13. very close to the wars in the middle east 14. there no great architecture in any city my tldr: we're looking at other options in europe right now, but we might stay here and just move to limassol but a kind of house I want is probably 6-9k/month so it's expensive af there (over 2x-3x from paphos) personally, I mainly miss the vibe and drive of a more metropolitan city but that's just me! the main factor I don't like is how so many people only stay a couple of months in cyprus, making it hard to compound and friendships but people like @marclou moving here def make me want to stay more :D

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💯 L2s had a hard time the past months, but it's just noise. In the long run the strategy is still sound: - L1 as the liquidity + security layer - L2s pulling in additional demand (for things that wouldn't be feasible on L1) I know sentiment is down and the space got more competitive (which is good!) but we are still growing the pie 🥧

The intersection of crypto and AI is one of the most exciting things happening in the space right now ✨ On the Superchain, @Celo is positioning itself as the go-to hub for AI agents, with stablecoin rails and developer tooling agents need. Here's what's happening ⬇️

Glad to hear someone said this exactly this way 👏🏼

@tkstanczak Thanks for sharing @tkstanczak. @austingriffith you created this, didn't you? I think many of our resources, be it the @growthepie_eth API or @open_labels contract labels could be of help here. Happy to help integrate our data sources!

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There is much to talk about in the ecosystem. 👇🏼

"L2s exist on a spectrum, and that’s fine. Some will pursue full Stage 2 decentralization and function as true extensions of Ethereum’s blockspace. Others will maintain more centralized control in exchange for the ability to customize, ..."

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@FundingCommons @frontiertower Great place to do this, have a great festival 😎🥳

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Ethereum Mainnet has onboarded 28.3k AI agents since late January, most of any chain. But quantity and quality are telling different stories. When you rank agents by unique reviewers, Base takes 6 of the top 10 spots and Mainnet only has 2. Track how it plays out on @growthepie_eth Taiko's on the list too (at the bottom, but not for loooong 😜)

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Meet the man behind visualizing Ethereum’s story through data 🎨👨🏻‍🎨 This is @tobschcom, co-founder of @growthepie_eth and the newest name on our speaker lineup! 🔥 This May at ETHPrague ☀️ 🎟️ Get tickets in bio

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