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proof generation has to become cheap it has to become fast and builders need to stop worrying about the infrastructure behind it that's the layer @fermah_xyz is focused on

its good that im earning quacks but my score isn't improving idk why

me trying to understand @get_optimum

i placed my bet on flashcast LFG

didn't make it this time

validators spend a lot of time trying to improve yield better hardware better uptime better strategies but there's another factor that doesn't get talked about enough: how fast blocks reach the network. every second matters the faster a validator receives new blocks and information, the faster it can react with @get_optimum instead of focusing on execution, it's focused on propagation using RLNC, a networking technology developed through years of MIT research, Optimum is trying to make blockchain data spread across the network more efficiently less redundancy less wasted bandwidth faster propagation as validator Thomas de Phuoc put it, propagation is one of the most overlooked parts of blockchain performance everyone talks about making blocks faster very few people talk about making them travel faster

what even is decentralized RAM? and why would Web3 need it? the easiest way to think about it is this: storage is where data lives memory is where data sits when it needs to be accessed quickly your computer needs both optimum believes blockchains will too that's the idea behind DeRAM a decentralized memory layer designed to give applications fast access to data without relying entirely on slower storage systems are there similar projects? not really > we have decentralized storage > we have data availability layers > we have execution layers but very few projects are specifically trying to build decentralized RAM for Web3

This is why propagation matters. > you can have faster execution > you can have better consensus but if data can't reach the network efficiently, performance eventually hits a wall that's why OptimumP2P is so important instead of asking how blockchains can process more data, it asks how blockchains can move data more intelligently. s Thomas de Phuoc from Everstake put it: "Propagation is one of the most overlooked parts of blockchain performance." @get_optimum

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everyone talks about being early the reality is that being early usually feels boring, uncertain, and a little empty then one day everyone shows up and wishes they had been there from the start flashcast season 1 is live create markets build your reputation climb the leaderboard a few months from now, the names at the top won't look random they'll be the people who started when nobody else was paying attention

Most social platforms reward attention. The louder you are, the more visibility you get. The more engagement you generate, the further your content spreads. But there's one thing they rarely measure: Were you actually right? That's what makes Flashcast interesting. Instead of letting opinions disappear into timelines, Flashcast turns them into Moment Markets where every prediction has an outcome and every outcome leaves a record. You have a take. Your community has a take. Create a market around it. People make their calls. Reality happens. The market settles. And the result becomes part of your reputation. No real money. No wallets. No gambling. Just conviction, accountability, and a transparent record of who saw it coming. In a world where everyone has opinions, being right is easy to claim after the fact. What's difficult is putting your prediction on record before the outcome is known. That's the shift @FlashcastSocial is trying to create: From opinions to accountability. From engagement to accuracy. From temporary takes to permanent reputation. The moment decides. The record stays.

most blockchain discussions focus on execution. • faster blocks • higher TPS • better consensus. but what if the real bottleneck is how data moves across the network? today, blockchains mainly rely on gossip protocols n node receives data, sends it to its peers, and the process repeats until everyone gets a copy simple but it also creates a lot of redundancy that's where OptimumP2P comes in instead of repeatedly forwarding the same data, it uses RLNC, an MIT-developed coding technique that lets information spread through the network more efficiently • less duplication. • less wasted bandwidth. • faster propagation. according to @get_optimum, this can make data dissemination 6–20× faster than traditional gossip-based approaches because scaling isn't just about processing more data, it's also about moving data smarter.

I think what makes Flashcast interesting isn't that it's a prediction market we've seen prediction markets before what's different is how it handles the part that usually becomes messy you know how a market ends and suddenly everyone starts arguing about the result? one group says the outcome should be YES another says it should be NO then moderators get involved, maybe governance votes on it and somehow the market isn't really over yet 😭 @FlashcastSocial tries to avoid all of that the rules are set before the market goes live th he data source is chosen beforehand the resolution logic is already there so when the condition is met, the market just resolves maybe people look at Flashcast and see another place to make predictions I look at it and see a team trying to remove human interpretation from the equation join with us on yt guys

✰ drop wallets or not :3 ✰

if you aren't an exit liquidity for this shii you gonna make it