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quick AI translation of a message I sent about kaspathon : Hey, have you checked out the results/projects submitted at Kaspathon? We had 296 participants and 50 projects... It's awesome... with projects like: - Gaming: Tons of great games and projects... including one where you earn KAS in real time when you hit your opponent, for example... Nobody else, no other blockchain does that - Payments with lots of different use cases: Uber-like, content creator rewards/donations, payment stations for festivals, invoicing/payment platform for freelancers, e-commerce, concert ticket buying/selling management - Governance: Content audit trails/ERP, event management/execution guarantees for IoT, decentralized application execution (ICP?) - AI: OpenClaw integration, payment for AI agent service execution via x402 - And more: Encrypted email, learning platform, blockDAG visualization tools, online auctions, price observer/oracle/transaction visualization, travel guides with AI generator Honestly... lots of top-notch ideas and builds, all without covenants or vprogs...

@kaspathon 4 hours to the finish line on Kaspathon ! 44 projects so far and lots lots of real innovations, ideas and creativity... Judging is going to be hard (and fun !) Lots of them really show Kaspa incredible speed. Bravo to the participants ! #Kaspa #kaspathon

Kaspathon submission deadline is approaching soon ! (can't believe it's going to be tomorrow already). So far we have 290 hackers registered, 32 projects submitted with excellent quality ! This is FANTASTIC ! #Kaspa #Kaspathon #Blockchain @kaspathon

@LevendiPro github.com/Kaspathon/Kasp…

@LevendiPro Don't hesitate to add to github.com/Kasbah-commons…

@michaelsuttonil @FreshAir08 @elldeeone @hashdag Added that as a reference for kaspathon. Would be great to see a project capturing this and extending / realizing the ideas you have outlined here !

1/2 What if you could build high-frequency dapps on Kaspa in minutes? That’s the idea we (@freshair08, @elldeeone; inspired by @hashdag) have been exploring with Kdapp, a small “weekend effort” side project to highlight Kaspa’s blazing 10bps. It has been a true pleasure to see grass-roots efforts like Kasia (@kasiamessaging) going live while we were working on this. Our hope is that these movements are only amplified—our own effort was always meant to facilitate new ideas, and we have no intention of “standardizing” how apps on Kaspa are supposed to look. In the general case, dapps could rely on data lying beyond the pruning point, greatly increasing design complexity. To circumvent this, we chose to restrict the current effort to time-sensitive applications lacking “persistency”. Consider a blitz chess server: if you initiate a game and don't care about ratings, you only need to track that single game, not any past ones. As our “launch title”, we don’t have frantic bullet chess, but we do have the magnificent tic-tac-toe with a nice twist. We might add more, but frankly, it is best for community devs to take it from here. The current codebase is a foundation, but much is needed on the developer experience and UI fronts.

📣New Spot Listing Alert: $KAS Kaspa @kaspaunchained @Kaspa_KEF Kaspa is a decentralized and fully scalable Layer-1, based on the GHOSTDAG protocol. 🪙Deposits Opened, 📈Trading Starts Soon! htx.com.lv/en-us/support/…

HTX公告将上线 $KAS (Kaspa) @kaspaunchained @Kaspa_KEF 📌 Kaspa 是一种去中心化的和完全可扩展的 Layer-1，基于 GHOSTDAG 协议。 ✅ 充币业务已开启 ⏰ 币币交易12月24日 17:00 (UTC+8) ⏰ 提币业务12月25日 17:00 (UTC+8)

🚨 DEVS & CRYPTO CHADS – KASPATHON IS HERE TO BLOW YOUR MIND! 🔥🔥 Code dApps, DeFi, wallets, tools, anything that you can think of creating that actually feel like the future! Huge KAS prizes 💰 Instant legend status + eternal glory 🔥🚀 If you're a: - vibe coder - developer - idea man This is your entry to discover and experiment building on a PoW network with internet speed. Work together to create something amazing! DROP EVERYTHING. JOIN KASPATHON NOW. WE'RE MAKING HISTORY!!! #cryptocurrencynews #Hackathon #Kaspa #eth #Bitcoin

@Kaspa_KEF #HelloTX ! :)

HTX officially announces $KAS (#Kaspa) listing! Trading goes live December 24th at 17:00 (UTC+8). Marketing activities that we support will kick off alongside the listing. Stay tuned!

@oneforonehaha @HTX_Global @DefiLlama Should we go from #byenance to #HelloTX ? Great work to all who were involved !

Good to see @HTX_Global finally listed $KAS. For those who are not familiar with HTX, you may be inetrested in reading this post: x.com/HuobiGlobal/st…, open release of its proof of reservce for the 38th month consecutively. DYOR, CEX transpareny @DefiLlama: defillama.com/cexs

Agree... But you forgot trust... If I am using an open source project, I can and I know others have checked its inner details and report / fix issues. But also, as a builder or user, I know that even if the original author is not able to make it evolve, there is still a possibility to resurrect it. Now, on the other hand, it's a complex business model (supposing you want to live from your work)

I think that open-source is the best way to go for tools and for the community. - It allows people to learn. - It allows people to review the code and feel comfortable that it is correct and/or help refine, improve it. - One can still put appropriate PR controls and reviews in place so that it doesn't get away from the original intent. - It can accelerate improvement. - It can reduce the burden that you alone are responsible to fix, support it when it's out in the wild. The beauty of open-source is amazing talent is attracted to good projects. @IzioDev @theandrewkasper @KrcBot @MerlinNobody @Seb28_7

Good Morning everyone 🥱 💡 A New Chapter for Kaspa Explorers The beloved kas.fyi has officially shut down after over 3 years of service. A huge thank you to @cryptok777 and the team for everything. This change highlights how vital these tools are for our community. That's why I've built Kaspascope.com, a new, community-focused explorer (mainly my goal is to show the scope of kaspa...) crafted with the same heart and dedication. 1/ Live market data & network status 2/ Quick tools for everyday use 3/ A clean, intuitive interface built for everyone We're working hard to ensure a smooth transition for all Kaspa users. While kaspa.stream remains a great option, we also encourage you to check out our progress... ➡️ Explore the new scope at: kaspascope.com #Kaspa #KAS #Blockchain #Crypto #Web3 $KAS

(human thought [and wrote] for 3 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes, 34 seconds) The death of a casino, The birth of a clock 'Cypto is dead' is half-right. Crypto has only been around for less than two decades. You can only build something that is guaranteed to last by modeling it on something that has been needed for centuries, like clocks The closed loop 'cryptoland' has currently built-- the CT casino and the same 50k wallets rotating liquidity between slightly different yield farms is hitting its ceiling The people cheering for 'cryptoland's (in its current forms) death are right: as a subculture, crypto is finished. This also ties to misunderstanding the internal and external communities have about Kas The market (and 'cryptoland', more generally) is missing this pivot. The death of "crypto as a lifestyle" is the birth of crypto as infrastructure. The winning endgame is not a casino; it’s an invisible, neutral, immutable verification layer of the internet And that is exactly why the market isn't understanding $KAS A speed/decentralization paradox: Here is a technical reality most people ignore- fast proof-of-work (PoW) is the only way to scale without centralizing control In proof-of-stake (PoS), speed comes from knowing the validators ahead of time. You select the committee, then they work (select-then-work). This makes them fast, but it makes them targets; bribable, coercible, and political Fast PoW (Kaspa) flips this model: work first, select later You don't need a committee. Every block is a statistical proof that it out-worked the network. This means you can crank the block rate to 10 or 100 BPS without appointing a 'ruling class' of stakers (who continue to grow with power as they accumulate more of their favorite coin). Will the world in the future be based on doing (and proving) the work, or selecting those who already have the power? A ledger war: the computer vs. the clock, and the importance of understanding the differences We have been fighting the wrong war, staying in 'cryptoland'. Here's a brief on some technical nuances: Account Models (ETH/SOL): Optimized for stateful apps. Great for DeFi casinos, terrible for global verification (bloat, sequential bottlenecks) eUTXO: A hybrid attempt. Smart contracts on L1 are cool, but they add (too much) weight Kaspa is taking a different path, one let's call Radical Simplicity (this is the point most people are missing) We keep L1 (Kaspa) as a pure, fast (maxxed-out) UTXO timestamping engine. It doesn't want to be a computer; it wants to be a clock By stripping away the heavy logic, Kaspa becomes the perfect anchor for Real-Time Data, and therefore Real-Time Decentralization (RTD) Miners as a believable witness- at 10+ blocks per second, miners effectively become a real-time decentralized committee that can attest to external events (prices, APIs, payments) in seconds The end game: A "truth" layer- Flight delay insurance that pays instantly. Viral video verification where the deepfake is caught by checking the chain's timestamp. ZK-logins that kill phishing without needing a central server The point of all of this Scaling is messy. You will see politics. You will see friction between purists and builders. You will hear about bad actors and subversion. It will be unclear who to trust Ignore noise. Focus on the network that's being built and what will be required to run it If you believe the future of the internet requires a neutral, un-bribable way to prove what happened and when, you don't build it on a council of stakers. You need it built on high-speed proof-of-work. The protocol protects itself The casino is closing. A truth verification layer is opening Crypto is dead. Long live the Clock

SUI was DDoS attacked yesterday causing mass delays Proving again that 127 validators is not enough Sufficient decentralization demands a larger attack surface Let this be a lesson for SOL not to let validator counts drop too low. We must win on scalability & decentralization!

@KaspaMarketing @kaspathon I don't know :) and that's what makes it even better. Let's all be wowed !

@kaspathon What kind of projects do you think will have the biggest impact in Kaspathon?

Kaspathon is live! Head over to kaspathon.com , Get a team, hack something great and spread the word ! This is a fantastic opportunity to grow the ecosystem, attract new devs, and create real open-source tools that benefit everyone! #Kaspa $Kas #hackathon

@Damian890127 @michaelsuttonil Credits should really go first to Tim for his generosity, the community to have voted for a hackathon and to the whole team who worked on making it a reality (izio, bkyou, rhubarb media and many others)

@MerlinNobody @michaelsuttonil Credits to you! Thanks

I've been working in tech and monitoring the blockchain space for over 10 years - anticipating how it would disrupt the products and industries I worked on. Now I'm on the other side, helping build that disruption. And a project that really caught my attention is Kaspa. Fair launched, fully decentralized, proof-of-work - but with block times so fast you can build at internet speed. Ready to be the infrastructure that enables these disruptions. I've participated in hackathons. I've organized them. I know how powerful they can be - not just for building cool stuff, but for bringing people together and sparking ideas that stick around long after the event ends. This is why I'm thrilled to have worked with the Kaspa community to launch a new hackathon: kaspathon.com 200K KAS in prizes. 4 tracks. A chance to bring new builders into an ecosystem I believe in. If you know someone who loves to build - a dev, a student, a tinkerer - send them our way. Whether you're Web3-native or even better, wanting to learn and bring a different perspective from real world experiences, hackathons are the best way to learn by doing. The best projects come from unexpected places. Let's learn, let's disrupt and let's see what we can create together. #Kaspa #Kaspathon #Hackathon #Web3 #BuildInPublic

@chriskontz01 That's even better ! successful teams have often people with different backgrounds / affinity (eg engineering, product, UX,...). The platform on Dorahacks allows you to create a team and make announcements to hire these missing profiles for your team

@MerlinNobody Awesome! Can we work in a team ( of around 3 people) for a submission?

Exactly ! I often have seen teams forming during a hackathon and talking like "hey, we should make a business out of it (remind me I have to follow up with some teammates from a hackathon we did in November where we built an AI augmented prospection platform with a process to autogenerate its own code - skynet ! )

Yes, very significant, global products and companies have come out of hackathons. Some well-known examples: •Facebook – the “Like” button Created during an internal Facebook hackathon. It became one of the most influential features on the internet. •GroupMe Built at a hackathon, later acquired by Skype for around $85 million. •Zapier First prototype was created at a startup hackathon; today it’s a major global automation platform. •Gmail (key components) Originated from Google’s internal hackathon / “20% time” culture. •Slack (early concept) Started as an internal tool built in a hackathon-style sprint before becoming a global communication platform. •Easy Taxi Began at a hackathon and later expanded internationally. •Grab Early versions and validation came from innovation competitions and hackathon-like events before becoming a super-app unicorn. •Devpost The platform that now hosts hackathons was itself born from a hackathon. •Instagram Stories (prototype inspiration) Influenced by rapid internal experimentation similar to hackathon development. •Twitter (partially) Hashtag usage and several core features were created during internal hack days. Why hackathons sometimes produce global successes •⏱ Extreme time pressure → focus only on what truly matters •🚫 No bureaucracy → faster decisions and creativity •👥 Cross-disciplinary teams → better, more practical ideas •🧪 Rapid experimentation → real prototypes instead of endless planning Important reality check Most hackathons do not produce the next Facebook or Slack. What they do produce is: •The seed of a big idea •Strong founding teams •Fast proof of concept and validation