CEO of @AnvilDevAgency | Cardano Constitutional Delegate | drep1ygeyfh8nm03dnl5a2hxdtv09pu7uhep9l0cpg0zpr60jqys05cku2
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13 Sep 2021
Hey @IOHK_Charles , The community voted and we think you need to answer us as to what Mikka is doing at your desk? She's got all the same things in her immersive office as you do š @CardanoCity #CardanoCity #CNFT #NFT #smartcontracts #TheFutureIsNow
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We just dropped some new UI updates!
Stop by and let us know what you think!!
Wayup.io
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#Cardano fam, this is extremely concerning! Iām literally only 1 of 3 DReps that has ADOPTION as my voting priority!!
Combined the 3 of us have about 1.5% of voting power. NOTHING.
This has to change. Building a technologically incredible blockchain that has ZERO use will serve no one.
We need USERS and PURPOSE.
Please take this to heart. The alarm bells are ringing.
$ADA @CardanoFeed
Improved the DRep classification view š
Every Budget 2026 voter, now in one matrix:
rows = generosity (YES rate) Ā· columns = tilt (āļø infra / āļø balanced / š± adoption)
adatool.net/budget-2026-voteā¦
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Holy moly this thing did numbers
You think X messaging doesnāt matter? You can go to discord, you can go to WhatsApp, you can hide in a cave. None of that will matter unless you fix the external perception of Cardano at this point.
Hope you realize the more you fail to take control of the narrative and the people you are continually letting down, the worse and worse the narrative is going to be.
Saw holders reaching out I never even knew existed sharing similar sentiment.
Keep thinking the move is not listening to usā¦
Jun 12
I put my entire life into Cardano. My time, my expertise, my savings. Iāve literally gone all in, and for over 5 years now.
No salary for 3 years, along with my co founder, and every payroll was paid on time. This isnāt meant as a guilt trip just context towards my reality.
I forced my cofounders to envelope the āentrepreneur mindsetā and make sacrifices to make our vision of Anvil work.
I thought we were in good company in Cardano. A bunch of scrappy, smart people who are building the future financial rails of the world. Unfortunately, not everyone was living like starving entrepreneurs and looted our community/treasury while keeping cushy salaries. Now the price is in the teensā¦and we canāt even get contracts on Cardano to sustain our business, with no indication that change is coming, all community business proposals are not passing atm.
I gave up my 30s for this. I had a great career trajectory making solid money. I donāt regret the decision I just wish it went different. Believe it or not, we didnāt make many stupid decisions, we were responsible with salaries, and ran very lean operations. Did we fail? Or did Cardano fail to flourish and create real opportunity?
I bought Ada, I believed in the token. I dropped my 401k on it. Held it religiously for 5 years, all to sell at .16 so I donāt lose my house? Itās insane lol was I supposed to sell on everyoneās heads? I thought being a believer was the whole point now I just feel like a sheep. I donāt even have the 100k Ada required anymore to go straight to the treasury. The only thing I can think of that hurt worse were my kidney stones. This is the most defeated I have felt in a long time.
And now Iām watching 8 months of hard work and relationship building get thrown away. Canāt get a hold of half the DReps otherwise you come off as annoying. Didnāt do a Japan tour? Good luck!
I had to waste 6 days explaining to one of our top DReps why the product needs Cardano. He basically said we didnāt need to use blockchain or cardano. Instead of explaining the value we create I gotta convince our top DReps why a project chose to build on Cardano? š¤Æ
Im not perfect but I damn sure tried to be! Answered everyone promptly, reached out to DReps, and did our best to listen/apply feedback. I show up everyday.
Can someone explain to me why I should keep trying to build here? Iāve legit lost everything but my wife who isnāt getting any happier with me.
Today is the first day I work towards getting my life back. IDK exactly what that means but Iām done feeling like this for nothing.
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I put my entire life into Cardano. My time, my expertise, my savings. Iāve literally gone all in, and for over 5 years now.
And today, i got what i always wanted out of all my sacrifice.
A new Discord server.
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Ich liebe solche BeitrƤge!
Sie holen einen immer zurĆ¼ck auf den Boden. Gerade an Tagen wie diesen (SpaceX IPO = Elon Gewinner der Welt), erschaffen Sie einen starken Kontrast
Gewinner und Verlierer
Nur dass wir die āVerliererā viel weniger wahrnehmen. Es ist unattraktiv, Ć¼ber persƶnliches Scheitern zu posten, daher wird es wenig betrieben. Obwohl man viel ƶfter verliert als gewinnt
Es zeigt wunderbar auf, dass extremer Erfolg, viel mehr vom GlĆ¼ck abhƤngt, als jeder sogenannte āerfolgreicheā Mensch zugegeben mƶchte
Was kann diese Person zum Beispiel dafĆ¼r, dass die meisten Investoren Geld aus dem Kryptomarkt abziehen, um es in KI-Infrastruktur zu investieren?
Vor 5 Jahren war Krypto DIE Branche
Wer da sagt āTja Pech gehabtā, hat weder/noch verstanden.
Der Faktor GlĆ¼ck spielt eine groĆe Rolle, egal wie viel Energie, Geld und Geduld man mitbringt, denn die Gegenprobe beweist es
Wir brauchen mehr solche BeitrƤge
Jun 12
I put my entire life into Cardano. My time, my expertise, my savings. Iāve literally gone all in, and for over 5 years now.
No salary for 3 years, along with my co founder, and every payroll was paid on time. This isnāt meant as a guilt trip just context towards my reality.
I forced my cofounders to envelope the āentrepreneur mindsetā and make sacrifices to make our vision of Anvil work.
I thought we were in good company in Cardano. A bunch of scrappy, smart people who are building the future financial rails of the world. Unfortunately, not everyone was living like starving entrepreneurs and looted our community/treasury while keeping cushy salaries. Now the price is in the teensā¦and we canāt even get contracts on Cardano to sustain our business, with no indication that change is coming, all community business proposals are not passing atm.
I gave up my 30s for this. I had a great career trajectory making solid money. I donāt regret the decision I just wish it went different. Believe it or not, we didnāt make many stupid decisions, we were responsible with salaries, and ran very lean operations. Did we fail? Or did Cardano fail to flourish and create real opportunity?
I bought Ada, I believed in the token. I dropped my 401k on it. Held it religiously for 5 years, all to sell at .16 so I donāt lose my house? Itās insane lol was I supposed to sell on everyoneās heads? I thought being a believer was the whole point now I just feel like a sheep. I donāt even have the 100k Ada required anymore to go straight to the treasury. The only thing I can think of that hurt worse were my kidney stones. This is the most defeated I have felt in a long time.
And now Iām watching 8 months of hard work and relationship building get thrown away. Canāt get a hold of half the DReps otherwise you come off as annoying. Didnāt do a Japan tour? Good luck!
I had to waste 6 days explaining to one of our top DReps why the product needs Cardano. He basically said we didnāt need to use blockchain or cardano. Instead of explaining the value we create I gotta convince our top DReps why a project chose to build on Cardano? š¤Æ
Im not perfect but I damn sure tried to be! Answered everyone promptly, reached out to DReps, and did our best to listen/apply feedback. I show up everyday.
Can someone explain to me why I should keep trying to build here? Iāve legit lost everything but my wife who isnāt getting any happier with me.
Today is the first day I work towards getting my life back. IDK exactly what that means but Iām done feeling like this for nothing.
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Literally one of the best people Iāve worked with. Heart of gold with one of the finest minds out there! And Iād just say outrightly cardano doesnāt deserve you. Itās time to finally spread your wings! Rooting for you brother š«”
Jun 12
I put my entire life into Cardano. My time, my expertise, my savings. Iāve literally gone all in, and for over 5 years now.
No salary for 3 years, along with my co founder, and every payroll was paid on time. This isnāt meant as a guilt trip just context towards my reality.
I forced my cofounders to envelope the āentrepreneur mindsetā and make sacrifices to make our vision of Anvil work.
I thought we were in good company in Cardano. A bunch of scrappy, smart people who are building the future financial rails of the world. Unfortunately, not everyone was living like starving entrepreneurs and looted our community/treasury while keeping cushy salaries. Now the price is in the teensā¦and we canāt even get contracts on Cardano to sustain our business, with no indication that change is coming, all community business proposals are not passing atm.
I gave up my 30s for this. I had a great career trajectory making solid money. I donāt regret the decision I just wish it went different. Believe it or not, we didnāt make many stupid decisions, we were responsible with salaries, and ran very lean operations. Did we fail? Or did Cardano fail to flourish and create real opportunity?
I bought Ada, I believed in the token. I dropped my 401k on it. Held it religiously for 5 years, all to sell at .16 so I donāt lose my house? Itās insane lol was I supposed to sell on everyoneās heads? I thought being a believer was the whole point now I just feel like a sheep. I donāt even have the 100k Ada required anymore to go straight to the treasury. The only thing I can think of that hurt worse were my kidney stones. This is the most defeated I have felt in a long time.
And now Iām watching 8 months of hard work and relationship building get thrown away. Canāt get a hold of half the DReps otherwise you come off as annoying. Didnāt do a Japan tour? Good luck!
I had to waste 6 days explaining to one of our top DReps why the product needs Cardano. He basically said we didnāt need to use blockchain or cardano. Instead of explaining the value we create I gotta convince our top DReps why a project chose to build on Cardano? š¤Æ
Im not perfect but I damn sure tried to be! Answered everyone promptly, reached out to DReps, and did our best to listen/apply feedback. I show up everyday.
Can someone explain to me why I should keep trying to build here? Iāve legit lost everything but my wife who isnāt getting any happier with me.
Today is the first day I work towards getting my life back. IDK exactly what that means but Iām done feeling like this for nothing.
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After reading todayās post from @CashAnvil, I have to give some flowers to the man, his co-founder, and the whole team. They are fucking legends.
Not many people realize this, but Anvil API is used for the Citizens mint. So yeah, minting Citizens supports their team too.
What they have built is a powerhouse of infrastructure, and Iām honestly shocked that alone isnāt helping them self-sustain on this chain.
Second point: wow, what fucking support. We are about to pass 50% sold out on Citizens, and with booster packs, weāre at over 1,100 NFTs minted so far.
I know, NFTs are dead, etc. etc. But ādeadā means several things, lel. Everything is dead, even on ETH, but at the same time, free mints there have recently run to several hundred-floor prices, and the volume is still way ahead of Cardano.
I feel like sometimes we are hurting ourselves by being too pessimistic. Since ADA dumped from $3 four years ago, all Iāve heard is: āItās not the time to launch. Itās not the time to mint. You have to wait.ā
Donāt fucking wait. Just build.
Jun 12
250 NFTS MINTED IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, SMELLING CHAD ENERGY
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My post somehow reached way outside of Cardano.
There are a lot of hopeful people out there shilling other chains in my replies. Seems to be opportunity out there.
The support has been epic. Thank you all. I am feeling a bit reinvigorated. Means more than you know.
Taking the weekend to weigh options!
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Jun 12
Sure, most startups fail.
But what I see over and over again is that we fail to acknowledge that Cardano has few and little known financial incentives for builders to come and stay, plus the lack of users/marketing.
Cardano is not attractive unless a new project
A) really is into the tech or
B) has insider connections for support.
If we then think further and treat Cardano like a tech company where acquiring new users vs. retaining existing ones is about 7x more expensive, it might become a bit more clear what weāre also losing when loyal builders leave.
They are users of the chain, advocates and potential multipliers.
DReps approving a mass of integration proposals but voting no on marketing and growth proposalsā¦ itās not just all on the DReps, but the current system enabling this outcome.
This will hurt and the treasury will likely pay for it x-fold next cycle.
I salute you Cash. Youāve always been driven and constructive with hope for change.
Jun 12
I put my entire life into Cardano. My time, my expertise, my savings. Iāve literally gone all in, and for over 5 years now.
No salary for 3 years, along with my co founder, and every payroll was paid on time. This isnāt meant as a guilt trip just context towards my reality.
I forced my cofounders to envelope the āentrepreneur mindsetā and make sacrifices to make our vision of Anvil work.
I thought we were in good company in Cardano. A bunch of scrappy, smart people who are building the future financial rails of the world. Unfortunately, not everyone was living like starving entrepreneurs and looted our community/treasury while keeping cushy salaries. Now the price is in the teensā¦and we canāt even get contracts on Cardano to sustain our business, with no indication that change is coming, all community business proposals are not passing atm.
I gave up my 30s for this. I had a great career trajectory making solid money. I donāt regret the decision I just wish it went different. Believe it or not, we didnāt make many stupid decisions, we were responsible with salaries, and ran very lean operations. Did we fail? Or did Cardano fail to flourish and create real opportunity?
I bought Ada, I believed in the token. I dropped my 401k on it. Held it religiously for 5 years, all to sell at .16 so I donāt lose my house? Itās insane lol was I supposed to sell on everyoneās heads? I thought being a believer was the whole point now I just feel like a sheep. I donāt even have the 100k Ada required anymore to go straight to the treasury. The only thing I can think of that hurt worse were my kidney stones. This is the most defeated I have felt in a long time.
And now Iām watching 8 months of hard work and relationship building get thrown away. Canāt get a hold of half the DReps otherwise you come off as annoying. Didnāt do a Japan tour? Good luck!
I had to waste 6 days explaining to one of our top DReps why the product needs Cardano. He basically said we didnāt need to use blockchain or cardano. Instead of explaining the value we create I gotta convince our top DReps why a project chose to build on Cardano? š¤Æ
Im not perfect but I damn sure tried to be! Answered everyone promptly, reached out to DReps, and did our best to listen/apply feedback. I show up everyday.
Can someone explain to me why I should keep trying to build here? Iāve legit lost everything but my wife who isnāt getting any happier with me.
Today is the first day I work towards getting my life back. IDK exactly what that means but Iām done feeling like this for nothing.
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Thatās because most of the voting power is with engineers or entities with a vested interest in infra construction.
Folks need to delegate to growth minded pro enterprise/commercialization DReps. But they donāt. Consequences of lazy governance
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Jun 12
That moment when the future of Cardano and the projects building on Cardano is being decided by people who have never hired employees, scaled a company, paid salaries, or managed teams in their lives.
Yet, behind their pseudonyms on X, with enough delegated $ADA, they get to play gods, steering the fate of projects and #Cardano itself in the wrong direction for years. With no accountability, no emotional investment, no rational thinking, no understanding of business, no ability to generate value, and no real judgment, our dReps somehow become experts on everything the moment ADA is delegated to them.
Itās like putting a white coat on someone in a hospital and suddenly theyāre a cardiologist, radiologist, dentist, pediatrician, pulmonologist, and ophthalmologist all at once. They get to decide the fate of the hospital and every patient in it. Just an ordinary incompetent person wearing a white coat. And yet, these are the kinds of people who today are deciding the future of Cardano and the projects building on it.
Keep going @CashAnvil š¤
Jun 12
I put my entire life into Cardano. My time, my expertise, my savings. Iāve literally gone all in, and for over 5 years now.
No salary for 3 years, along with my co founder, and every payroll was paid on time. This isnāt meant as a guilt trip just context towards my reality.
I forced my cofounders to envelope the āentrepreneur mindsetā and make sacrifices to make our vision of Anvil work.
I thought we were in good company in Cardano. A bunch of scrappy, smart people who are building the future financial rails of the world. Unfortunately, not everyone was living like starving entrepreneurs and looted our community/treasury while keeping cushy salaries. Now the price is in the teensā¦and we canāt even get contracts on Cardano to sustain our business, with no indication that change is coming, all community business proposals are not passing atm.
I gave up my 30s for this. I had a great career trajectory making solid money. I donāt regret the decision I just wish it went different. Believe it or not, we didnāt make many stupid decisions, we were responsible with salaries, and ran very lean operations. Did we fail? Or did Cardano fail to flourish and create real opportunity?
I bought Ada, I believed in the token. I dropped my 401k on it. Held it religiously for 5 years, all to sell at .16 so I donāt lose my house? Itās insane lol was I supposed to sell on everyoneās heads? I thought being a believer was the whole point now I just feel like a sheep. I donāt even have the 100k Ada required anymore to go straight to the treasury. The only thing I can think of that hurt worse were my kidney stones. This is the most defeated I have felt in a long time.
And now Iām watching 8 months of hard work and relationship building get thrown away. Canāt get a hold of half the DReps otherwise you come off as annoying. Didnāt do a Japan tour? Good luck!
I had to waste 6 days explaining to one of our top DReps why the product needs Cardano. He basically said we didnāt need to use blockchain or cardano. Instead of explaining the value we create I gotta convince our top DReps why a project chose to build on Cardano? š¤Æ
Im not perfect but I damn sure tried to be! Answered everyone promptly, reached out to DReps, and did our best to listen/apply feedback. I show up everyday.
Can someone explain to me why I should keep trying to build here? Iāve legit lost everything but my wife who isnāt getting any happier with me.
Today is the first day I work towards getting my life back. IDK exactly what that means but Iām done feeling like this for nothing.
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I put my entire life into Cardano. My time, my expertise, my savings. Iāve literally gone all in, and for over 5 years now.
No salary for 3 years, along with my co founder, and every payroll was paid on time. This isnāt meant as a guilt trip just context towards my reality.
I forced my cofounders to envelope the āentrepreneur mindsetā and make sacrifices to make our vision of Anvil work.
I thought we were in good company in Cardano. A bunch of scrappy, smart people who are building the future financial rails of the world. Unfortunately, not everyone was living like starving entrepreneurs and looted our community/treasury while keeping cushy salaries. Now the price is in the teensā¦and we canāt even get contracts on Cardano to sustain our business, with no indication that change is coming, all community business proposals are not passing atm.
I gave up my 30s for this. I had a great career trajectory making solid money. I donāt regret the decision I just wish it went different. Believe it or not, we didnāt make many stupid decisions, we were responsible with salaries, and ran very lean operations. Did we fail? Or did Cardano fail to flourish and create real opportunity?
I bought Ada, I believed in the token. I dropped my 401k on it. Held it religiously for 5 years, all to sell at .16 so I donāt lose my house? Itās insane lol was I supposed to sell on everyoneās heads? I thought being a believer was the whole point now I just feel like a sheep. I donāt even have the 100k Ada required anymore to go straight to the treasury. The only thing I can think of that hurt worse were my kidney stones. This is the most defeated I have felt in a long time.
And now Iām watching 8 months of hard work and relationship building get thrown away. Canāt get a hold of half the DReps otherwise you come off as annoying. Didnāt do a Japan tour? Good luck!
I had to waste 6 days explaining to one of our top DReps why the product needs Cardano. He basically said we didnāt need to use blockchain or cardano. Instead of explaining the value we create I gotta convince our top DReps why a project chose to build on Cardano? š¤Æ
Im not perfect but I damn sure tried to be! Answered everyone promptly, reached out to DReps, and did our best to listen/apply feedback. I show up everyday.
Can someone explain to me why I should keep trying to build here? Iāve legit lost everything but my wife who isnāt getting any happier with me.
Today is the first day I work towards getting my life back. IDK exactly what that means but Iām done feeling like this for nothing.
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Probably shouldāve waited longer to post but Iām running out of steam and will power
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Whelpā¦
We gave it everything we had. Couldnāt get the proposal over the line through Intersect despite an epic amount of support.
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who did in fact vote for us. We saw a wide variety of turn out from different sectors and beliefs.
Going to take some time to think about the path forward. Itās a big mix of emotions right now. I donāt think X is a good place for me to vent.
Hope everyone has a good weekend
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Heading to bed!
Only 7 hours left to vote in the Intersect process!!
Very grateful for all the Yes votes we have received in the last 24 hours (and all voters in general ofc).
What a showing. Thank you all for believing in us.
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Jun 12
JUST IN: Steve Ballmer receives $303,261,807.94 quarterly dividend from Microsoft.
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šI've cast my votes for the 2026 Intersect Cardano Budget Process š
My focus was on investment into programs that can deliver real on chain traffic for cardano:native and that can bring serious attention to our blockchain worldwide.
Advertising, continued support for builders, and missing critical infrastructure spending were also included:
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Cardano Enterprise Adoption: Production Ticketing Platform @CashAnvil
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Dano Finance: DeFi Kernel, American Options, and Orderbook SDK @DanoFinance
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Innovation & Growth DAO @JaromirTesar
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Daedalus Wallet Maintenance and Improvements 2026ā2027 @se7en_labs
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Eryx: Zero-Knowledge Capabilities @eryxcoop
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GOV.EXE by TxPipe & gf Consulting Group: Public Project Execution Integrity, Pilot in Argentina @txpipe_tools
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Support Cardano 2030: A Techstars Strategy for Global Ecosystem Adoption & Utility. @Techstars
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Cardano Content Creator Consortium (C4): Ecosystem Video Content Production, Marketing & Education
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Amplify Cardano: Ecosystem Accelerator Community-Led Marketing & Events Fund
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DeltaDeFi: Cardano Flagship Exchange: ā³5,000,000 Treasury Loan with Perpetual Upside
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Hardware Wallet Maintenance 2026
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A High-Performance Partner Chain Factory using Ouroboros TachĆ½s
Once reaching my personal NCL of ~150,000,000 ADA, the remaining proposals were a no.
If so much of this NCL had not been consumed solely by IOG @IOGroup , I would have been able to be more flexible.
Full Ballot:
intersect.ekklesia.vote/voteā¦
Rationales (up to personal NCL being met):
docs.google.com/spreadsheetsā¦
DRep ID:
drep1ytxr0lhg5j72wysva9ac2gsn4lck4gyen8ywxkqfchsqg3qs8uy44
Thank you to everyone who has put in so much work in building for #Cardano and making our blockchain better - this includes, proposers, developers, DReps, and reviewers š„³
For those that don't get funded this year, please know that next year I hope that the majority of the NCL will go to community builders instead of IOG and the Founding Entities alone š
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The Cardano Builder DAO isn't perfect, but I believe it's the kind of budget that can be vital for a few grassroots projects across the ecosystem.
The vote is very close to passing at 66% (67% required), and I hope DReps will consider voting in favor.
16 hours left.
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Dropping by to let everyone know that I spoke with @phillip_pon and we are working out a plan to create a discord for a great migration of the Cardano community from X. We can have happy, positive, well-moderated channels and leave behind the drama, lies, endless rage, and embittered people for a place where real conversations and real progress can be made.
I will continue broadcasting live streams to X as I have a million followers here, but will only take AMA questions from the new Cardano and current Midnight discords. I've seen some commentary that broadcasting means I'm back on X. For those people, I can't solve stupid.
Enjoy your scandals of the week and FUD. Real work is done elsewhere. Looking forward to Cardano ascending to better days, governance, and culture.
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There are 21 hours left until the Intersect Budget voting ends. This is a reminder to all the over 20M delegated large 20 DReps who haven't voted yet ššš
@blockdaemonhq (318.8M) @jasonappleton (227.0M) @sebastiengllmt (176.9M) @ArmyofSpies (89.1M) @dori_coin (47.5M) @theoccryptobro (44.0M) @hisa_iokinawa (42.9M) @lazycryptocats (38.1M) @cryptofly777 (37.9M) @aichistakepool (33.4M) @liqwidfinance (32.7M) @kyosuketakatuki (32.7M) @hoskytoken (32.5M) @nedscave (30.5M) @sachs_johnny (27.9M) @ada_ocean (23.1M) @hahero7 (21.3M) drep190xv8v32nā¦sm80cs(21.1M) @phillerino (21.0M) @moonstake (20.8M)
adatool.net/budget-2026-voteā¦
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