312ppm Never a dull moment! RNA (Respect Nature Again), Dii Desert Energy (Munich, Dubai). Zeta Global, Kaspa Kii, Africa Association, Geidco, EFET

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11 Apr 2025
Kaspa is still hardly known in finance, industry and broad public worldwide. They will all discover it, not through hyped stories and false expectations, but by experiencing the true value of security, processing speed and smarter, (clean) energy use
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Let's deep dive into Toccata, Kaspa's biggest milestone to date. This is one of those "if you know, you know" moments for the network. Kaspa spent so long refining the speed and the blockDAG architecture that it’s easy to forget we’ve been waiting for the *programmability* piece of the puzzle. Here is a simple breakdown of why this is such a massive milestone and what you should know about the technical shifts. ⚡ Why is Toccata such a big deal? Up until now, Kaspa’s identity has been pretty straightforward. It’s the ultra-fast, decentralized, proof-of-work electronic cash layer. It’s incredibly efficient, but it’s essentially a high-speed highway that only lets one type of vehicle drive on it. Toccata changes that. It essentially upgrades our engine to handle more complex traffic without slowing down the core network. We’re moving from being just a payment coin to a truly programmable Layer 1. The best part? We’re doing this while keeping the network lean and maintaining that legendary speed. ⚡ What about covenants? Think of covenants as programmable rules for your coins. Normally, a transaction just says, "I am sending X amount to this address." With covenants you can add conditions to that transaction. You can essentially tell your coins: "You can only be spent if X happens," or "You must go to this specific type of vault," or even "You are part of a smart contract that only releases you if a certain condition is met." It turns every UTXO into a smart unit of money. Instead of building massive, heavy virtual machines like other chains, Kaspa is adding these constraints directly to the base layer. It’s cleaner, more secure, and keeps the DAG running exactly as fast as it always has. ⚡ And Silverscript? If covenants are the rules, silverscript is the language you use to write them. Developing directly on a base layer can be daunting but silverscript is designed to be a high-level, structured language that makes these complex covenant rules practical. It gives developers the tools to build: DeFi protocols that actually live on the base layer Vaults for enhanced security Truly native tokens And more It’s the development layer that connects the raw protocol power of the Toccata update to actual, usable applications. 👀 The big picture This is the moment $KAS stops being "just a faster Bitcoin" and starts becoming a legitimate contender for building real-world financial infrastructure. By baking these capabilities into the L1, we’re avoiding the bloat and security risks that come with complex, heavy smart-contract L2 layers. If you’re watching the ecosystem, Toccata is the gate-opener. It’s the shift from a network that just moves value to a network that can process complex, programmable value. All on top of the most robust, high-throughput PoW foundation out there. It’s definitely an exciting time to be building here. If you haven't started looking into how these tools will impact projects running on Kaspa, now is the time to dive in!
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The energy crisis has once again exposed vulnerabilities of fossil-based energy systems. By shifting toward renewables, countries can reduce their exposure to fossil fuel volatility and enhance competitiveness. My views ahead of the #G7 Summit in France ➡️bit.ly/G7Evian
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Als je de effecten van broeikasgassen niet in de prijs van fossiele energie meeneemt is fossiel in de markt wel ‘goedkoper’ maar tevens veroorzaker van onschatbare kosten in de nabije en verre toekomst. Een onprettig dilemma!
De USA heeft onder Bush en Obama gekozen voor schaliegas. Europa deed het anders en vertrouwde op Rusland. Daarbovenop kwam Europa de ETS CO2-heffing voor bedrijven (en toeleveranciers). Elektriciteit is hierdoor in Europa ook veel duurder dan in USA (en Azië). #grafiekvandedag
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Statements like ‘renewables lead to grid and supply instability’ are, thus, no longer an argument in any debate
California's grid is so stable, gas output has declined by 62% in 2026 vs 2023. Wind has now provided almost the same output as gas (~14% of demand). 69 days straight and 135/159 (85%) with WWS>100% of demand for an avg of 5.1 h/day among all days. In-state WWS has supplied 57% of demand in 2026. Batteries up 335%, demand down 0.9% vs '2023.
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ZELENSKY: I told Trump that I didn’t play with Putin. For us, it’s very serious. It’s not about cards. I didn’t have cards, but I had the most important — smart and brave people. This is our card — the card of Ukraine. That’s why we’re now very strong with our drone technology.
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The #Kaspa Discord fundraiser has started. Donate $KAS to get Kaspa into the top 10 universities world wide. You wanted marketing? Here is your chance! x.com/KasMaporg/status/20639…

Hi #Kaspa community! In the Kaspa Discord the official fundraiser has started to get Kaspa represented at the event at the Imperial College London June 28 - July 4th. You can contribute by sending $KAS to Kaspa Discord wallet kaspa:ppzl63w0hp6c9l08zuxasuwwlffpr25g2vv30s60x0jdmf8eymm7vlmvgklps So many people have been asking for marketing efforts to be done, this is one that is being done at the highest levels, with raising awareness at the top 10 universities and the top tier companies that will be present. Just retweeting or chatting and asking "dev do something" doesnt cut it. A community can sit still and chat, but if we need to go towards a goal, we need to work for it and transform into a goal oriented movement. We have gotten probably 1,000 likes and support for this initiative, it would be great to see as many people pitch in, so we can make this happen for real. Ps. the donations in the other #KasMap #KUDOS wallet will also be used for this event. Thanks for all your support!
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The Robotics and AI Institute built this with NVIDIA, using NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab. This is only the beginning of the end. So why does AI need extreme mobility? Military and recon: an unmanned bike that slips through alleys, mountain trails, and war-zone debris on its own tracking targets or hauling payloads with no human in the line of fire. Tactical surveillance: strap on 360° cameras, thermal, and LiDAR, and you've got a high-speed security platform patrolling rugged borders no normal vehicle can reach. Genius marvel or dystopian red flag?
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He is imho a blessing. We shall keep striving, indeed, for well functioning ethical compasses of government leaders in EU, US, China, India, Russia, Brazil and all other countries…..
Pope Leo XIV in Madrid: “I encourage you to nurture the process of European Union, which is not merely a counterweight to other powers, but a gift to humanity.” Wonderful. A powerful reminder of how beautiful and hopeful the European project truly is. 🇪🇺🇪🇸
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All reasons to be excited! My compliments for one of the best explanations of Kaspa👌
I’m super excited for Toccata. It could open the door to a whole new generation of Kaspa products: real-time, permissionless financial apps that are cheap enough to use at scale. I updated kaspaexplained.com to celebrate. Go on a Toccata-style easter egg hunt while learning how Kaspa works. Visit the site and let me know what you think! Cheers to everyone celebrating this, especially the devs involved: @michaelsuttonil @OriNewman @IzioDev @Max143672 @coderofstuff_ and others.
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Happy to announce we have been working with @Igra_Labs to get #Kaspa represented at the #Berlin Blockchain Festival this year June 19. More info: x.com/Igra_Labs/status/20629… #KasMap aims to get Kaspa represented in the top 15 crypto hubs world wide. Want to partner? DMs are open!
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1 million transactions. Kaspa: $10 Ethereum: $259,500 Bitcoin: $348,100 At some point, the market will realize that scalability isn't a luxury feature. It's a requirement. 👀 #Kaspa $KAS #Crypto #Blockchain
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This will indeed change airtraffic
"This flight, for about an hour, will cost us about $8 in energy" "The electric plane can charge in about 50 minutes" "the aircraft can travel more than 300 miles on a single charge" "Plus, as the plane descends, the force of going down actually recharges the battery." "two versions of its aircraft, one that can lift off and land vertically like a helicopter and another that takes off on a traditional runway" abcnews.com/GMA/Travel/takin… @BETA_aircraft
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Want more eyes on $Kas? Then go to discord and give this initiative a thumbs up! Marvelous work from @Seb28_7 and @Elliott_Blast
Do you want #Kaspa #marketing at the top universities of the world? #KUDOS is organizing it. The brightest minds coding with #Kaspa! This can be reality at the end of this month! If you support this initiative, go to the $KAS Discord and give it a like: discord.com/channels/5991532…
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Gas spent 20 years owning the evening peak. Batteries took a year to crash the party. That's disruption. Not gradual, but a rapid shift in who supplies grid's most valuable hours. The battle was never about total generation. It was about the peak & batteries are winning it.
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The boring heat pump is obliterating gas demand in Europe: heat pumps will cut 30 bcm of natural gas demand out of European buildings and light industry, each year, by 2030, a permanent structural erasure of gas demand >30 bcm is about 20% of the entire annual output of the US LNG export infrastructure >It's also 19% of Qatar’s entire annual global LNG exports, pre Hormuz >And 80% of the total capacity of Russia's Power of Siberia 1, which ships 38.8 bcm/year to China In Germany for example, heat pumps have outsold gas boilers for the 1st time in modern history. In the US, they've beaten gas boilers for 4 consecutive years Every single heat pump is a non-reversible eviction notice for a fossil gas pipe
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KasGraph is now feature-complete. Think of it as The Graph rebuilt for Kaspa, except not lazily ported from an account-chain worldview. Kaspa is not Ethereum with different branding; it is a UTXO-based BlockDAG with Covenant IDs, lineage, forks, native assets, and parallel history, so the data layer has to respect that architecture from the ground up. KasGraph does exactly that. You define a schema, write an AssemblyScript mapping, build, deploy, index, and query through GraphQL or MCP. That matters because this is not only for dashboards and explorers, it is AI-native from day one, letting agents query structured Kaspa data without manually stitching together RPC calls or writing raw GraphQL. The full pipeline is live: build, deploy, index, query. Multi-tenant, hot-reloadable, and able to pick up new deploys without restarting the node. Under the hood it supports real covenant fingerprints from live compiles, OpenSilver core patterns, native KCC20 controllers, legacy KRC-20/KRC-721, BlockDAG-aware reorg handling, typed subgraph schemas, relation resolution, covenant lineage, fork-aware DAGs, and Proof of Indexing with an independent verifier. The only remaining piece is operational: deploying the hosted site at kasgraph.com with log streaming and auth layered in. MIT licensed, public from the first commit. Kaspa finally has structured data querying. github.com/trillskillz/KasGr…
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The EU saved $60 billion in fossil fuel costs in 2025, according to the IEA. Solar led the charge, generating over 340 TWh and reaching 12.5% of the bloc’s electricity mix. Clean energy investments helped Europe avoid €51.4 billion in fossil fuel imports, while global savings across five major importing regions reached $260 billion. European industry trade on input costs. For thirty years, European manufacturers competed with one hand tied behind their back because gas and electricity prices here ran consistently higher than in the United States, Russia, or the Gulf. That cost gap drove investment decisions, plant closures, and relocations. It shaped entire supply chains. Solar is beginning to close that gap structurally. The distinction is critical. A temporary dip in gas prices does not change investment calculus. A decade of declining renewable generation costs, combined with massive domestic capacity, does. When a factory in the Ruhr or northern Italy can increasingly price its electricity from domestic solar rather than from Qatari LNG or Norwegian gas, its cost base becomes more predictable and, over time, more competitive. The 2025 savings also served as a direct buffer against the energy price spikes driven by the ongoing Middle East conflict. That is the geopolitical hedge in action. Certain American politicians who appear to believe Europe is permanently overcast, argue that solar cannot be a reliable baseload source because clouds exist. This reflects a misunderstanding of how modern grids work. No serious grid planner expects a single source to carry the entire load. Solar operates as part of a diversified generation mix alongside wind, hydro, gas peakers, nuclear, and increasingly grid-scale storage. Germany manages this. Spain manages this. Denmark manages this. The grid does not stop when a cloud passes over Bavaria any more than it stops when a gas turbine goes offline for maintenance. By the late 2020s, if capacity expansion continues at current pace, European heavy industry could hold a genuine structural cost advantage over competitors still dependent on volatile fossil fuel imports. That would represent a quiet but decisive reversal of a narrative that defined European industrial decline for a generation. The $60 billion figure is the receipt. The competitive advantage is still being built. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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Eine absolute Erfolgsgeschichte!👌Die ganze Energieimporte (hauptsächlich Molekuelen) sollen auch noch klimaneutral werden! @DiiDesertEnergy
Deutschland im Jahr 2000. Mehr als die Hälfte des Stroms kommen aus Kohle. Ein Drittel aus Atomkraft. Wasserkraft ist die wichtigste erneuerbare Energiequelle, Windkraft ein absolutes Nischenprodukt und Solarenergie statistisch nicht messbar. Doch am 29. März 2000 beschließt Rot-Grün das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz - der Urknall der Energiewende. Was jetzt geschieht ist wirklich unglaublich! Innerhalb von 25 Jahren entwickeln sich die Erneuerbaren zur tragenden Säule des Energiesystems. Wir schaffen den Atomausstieg und halbieren unseren Kohleverbrauch. Die Windkraft wird mit 30% 🇩🇪 wichtigste Energiequelle und PV trägt zeitweise 80% des Verbrauchs. Das EEG wird zum Exportschlager. 144 Länder führen nach 🇩🇪 Vorbild ähnliche Gesetze ein - eine beispiellose Erfolgsgeschichte❤️ Die 🇩🇪 Energiewende hat die Welt verändert. Sie hat den fossilen Mythos widerlegt, dass Sonne und Wind nie mehr als 4% des Stroms liefern können. Und wie! Jetzt gilt es zu beweisen, dass Sonne & Wind auch 100% liefern können. Der Weg ist technisch anspruchsvoll, aber nicht unmöglich. Dafür müssen wir die Erfolgsgeschichte der Energiewende noch viel stärker erzählen, Probleme offen benennen und mit Lösungen beantworten. Genau so werden sich die konstruktiven Kräfte am Ende gegen all die Dauernörgler, Pessimisten und fossilen Kräfte durchsetzen. Davon bin ich zu 100% überzeugt❤️🙏
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Temperatures under 20 oC are not functional for sleeping per se and consume unnecessary cooling energy in warm areas! Take notice of what Grok is claiming. Airco’s in hotels, public spaces etc. cooling down under, say, 20 oC are wasting energy
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Replying to @grantsnz @karlmehta
grantsnz The exact "6.2 min cool vs 20 min warm" claim with those numbers isn't from any verifiable Harvard-controlled study. It’s a viral paraphrase without a clear primary source. Closest real paper: Baniassadi et al. 2023 (Harvard Med School affiliates) – observational study in older adults. Sleep efficiency best at 20–25°C (68–77°F) bedroom temp; drops 5–10% as it rises higher. No sleep-onset latency data matching those minutes. Cooler rooms (~15–19°C) aid the core temp drop needed for sleep onset — solid general evidence, just not that dramatic Harvard headline.
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RT @Outokumpu: The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is reshaping competition. Emissions are no longer abstract; they directly impact cos…
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