the five highest forms of intelligence: 1. pattern recognition 2. delusional optimism 3. quiet discernment 4. strategic detachment 5. deep curiosity

Yes, moat is gone, but also this:

"People aren't ready, this is gonna change everything" You know what people weren't ready for? Fucking mammoths. Tigers eating them. Monkeys ripping their arms off. The black plague. The ice age. Smallpox. Vikings pulling up on the beach. Drinking water that gives you diarrhea until you die. Getting a scratch and losing your whole leg. The Mongols. The Spanish Inquisition. One volcano can send us back to the dark ages and these safety guys are gonna be shocked. Oh the robots didn't kill us? It was a volcano? Imagine their disappointment as the hot ash rains down on them. A solar flare is gonna explode your phone in your pocket your legs are gonna be covered in battery acid and your bank account will stop working. You're afraid of a computer program doing math? "Things are moving too fast" homie you live on a rock that periodically deletes everything. You are one the most luckiest entities in a 100 light year radius living during a golden era. Cheer up. My ancestors crossed an ocean in a wooden box because they ran out of fucking potatoes. "The social disruption will be enormous!" Nigga World War 2? World War 2? Hop in the people carrier we're landing on the beach. Are these people out of their fucking minds? Do they not know what we've survived already? A couple decades of air conditioning and people suddenly think oh this is the natural condition of mankind. No. We used to have eight kids because seven didn't make it. You're gonna be fine. Man the fuck up. Accelerate.

Four types of people at every company now yes, people get 10x better when the go from bottom right to top right but also, people get 10x worse when they go from bottom left to top left

So we all agree then the trick to escape the permanent underclass is an interest in olive oil?

"Claude usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at 7 AM"

Years the commentariat has been convinced there is a tech bubble: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

Renewables didn't cause Spain's blackout, says its Prime Minister. But by reducing needed inertia, they did, and the grid operator effectively admitted it was the loss of solar that triggered it. As such, @sanchezcastejon , who wants more censorship, is spreading misinformation.

For those keeping score at home: April 22nd: Spain brags about hitting 100% renewable power. April 28th: Spain has the nation's largest blackout in history.

Ok cool Spaniards have the best attitude. Now let’s learn how to vote properly so we don’t need to celebrate having power because we voted a Government who is incompetent.

Why we're building uAssets and @universaldotxyz uAssets are growing - close to $1B in volume since inception. We believe that one-to-one backed uAsset. tokens are a pragmatic solution to many of the UX and builder problems we face today. They involve some tradeoffs but, uAssets can fast-track the experience we're all building towards. They're not just a nice-to-have – they're making crypto trade onchain again. You should be able to access XRP from @base, DOGE from @solana , SUI from @monad_xyz, and WIF from @arbitrum. The Circle stablecoin model has worked, Universal is doing it for every crypto asset. Solving the Asset Diversity Problem For years, many expected one chain to win. But reality has proven otherwise. New Layer 1s and Layer 2s continue to emerge – they improve our experience with lower gas fees and higher TPS, they've also fragmenting where assets and liquidity live. This is where uAssets shine. Universal mints these uAssets natively across all supported chains, especially for assets that would otherwise be incompatible like XRP, DOGE, or SUI. This means you can access any asset on your preferred chain, whether that's Base or Solana, without the hassle of bridges or centralized exchanges. Stay where you are, trade what you want. Tackling the Cold-Start Liquidity Challenge One of DeFi's persistent headaches is maintaining deep liquidity everywhere. It's prohibitively expensive to lock liquidity on every chain – and market makers won't commit without proven demand. The classic chicken-and-egg story. Universal's on demand issuance and redemption of uAssets solves this by tapping into off-chain orderbook depth. Using dynamic minting, uAssets can be as liquid as they are on CEXs from the day they are deployed on a chain. The future is multi-chain, and uAssets embrace that reality. Unlocking DeFi Productivity for All Assets With uAssets, we transform otherwise limited assets into DeFi composability. Take Dogecoin holders: by accessing uDOGE, they suddenly unlock much more than just spot exposure. They can lend in money markets, provide liquidity on DEXs, use it as collateral for borrowing, and much more – all without leaving their preferred chain. uAssets bring the full power of DeFi to every asset, regardless of native choices. Empowering Devs to Move Better and Faster Perhaps most exciting, uAssets make developers' lives easier. For protocol builders, integrating Universal's API means you can instantly offer 80+ cross-chain assets to your users. Lending protocols can expand their collateral options, DEXs can list previously unavailable trading pairs, and wallets can support assets from any chain – all without the complexity of ever leaving your chain. You can focus on building innovative products and better use-cases without worrying about which assets your chain natively supports or if they are liquid on that chain. Everyone moves faster, and the entire ecosystem innovates at a greater pace. We're already seeing this play out. uAssets are productive on @aeroxyz @MorphoLabs, and the API is getting integrated across many frontends you love and use (soonTM). Bringing Everything On-Chain While Universal starts by making crypto trade onchain, uAssets aren't limited to just bringing crypto assets to new chains. The same architecture can apply to "real world assets" (RWAs), bringing all sorts of traditional assets onchain with the same seamless experience. Understanding the Tradeoffs Not everyone will embrace uAssets, and that's okay. They come with centralization considerations and aren't the silver bullet to all DeFi problems, but they dramatically improve user experience today. We can address these concerns over time with battle tested tech and relentless transparency of reserves. The goal with uAssets is to offer a pragmatic balance between decentralization and convenience, giving both users and developers more options to build and use the chains how they envision it. Start Building with Universal Today If you're an app, protocol, chain, wallet, or anything in between, we want to talk to you. We have a million ideas on how to make your life easier building and making a whole set of previously unavailable assets available on what you're building, via our API or directly with onchain pools. Reach out to me directly, check out the API in our docs (docs.universal.xyz) - Let's start building.

this entire industry is caught in a tragedy of the commons and if we cant collectively agree on what is socially unacceptable and how to sanction that behavior, theres not gonna be an industry to build in real soon. you might have market dominance but even 100% of 0 is still 0

I used @universaldotxyz to buy many of the tokens purchased for this year’s Top Ten Experiment, making it the easiest buying year since I started in 2018 - I barely had to leave @base. Despite your timeline, are there products with actual utility that add value to the space? Yes. Congrats @AustinLDiamond @0xgaut and team!

Introducing Universal, uAssets, and our $9M round led by @a16zcrypto. Universal brings the tokens you want to trade (think SUI, XRP, and DOGE) to the chains you already trade on (think Base and Solana) – and uAssets have already seen $850M+ in volume since going live. If you do most of your trading onchain, you know how painful it is. Want to trade spot coins like DOGE or XRP, but your money's on Base or Sol? Well...you can't. DeFi protocols are similarly constrained to whichever assets are available and liquid on their chain. We built Universal to make every crypto trade back on crypto rails. uAssets are 1:1-backed wrapped tokens that let you trade native assets without leaving your chain. No bridges, no CEXs, no fragmented liquidity. How this works: open universal.xyz, connect your wallet, and trade over 80+ assets previously unavailable on your chain. uAssets are minted and redeemed on-demand via the Universal relayer. You get near-instant, capital-efficient trading. This becomes really powerful when you use it for DeFi integrations. Take your uXRP and provide liquidity on @aeroxyz, or lend it on @MorphoLabs. uAssets work anywhere ERC-20 tokens do. Developers: we've made it ridiculously easy to bring 80+ assets to your protocol. Our Relayer API gives you access to offchain liquidity and cross-chain settlement in a few lines of code. Reach out to us for access. We're live on Base, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Many more chains coming soon. Try it yourself at universal.xyz. Builders: docs.universal.xyz

Super excited to share that we're closing in on $1B in volume since our launch and we've closed another $9m in funding led by our longtime partners at @a16zcrypto!

What do you think about this?

We're building Universal so protocols can build products to their full potential, not bound by a limited set of assets or lack of liquidity on a specific chain. Your protocol can directly mint and redeem uAssets through the relayer, no need for secondary liquidity.

do nothing. it’s cleaner.