Game of Nodes: The Validator Podcast

GoN basks in the mini-pump (just checked, it's already over), Juno rewards, Sei EVM gas & large transaction refunds, standing-seam metal roofs (why not?), 24 bay NVMe drive arrays and @Rarma_'s hangover.Show LinksShoal: How We Reduce Bullshark Latency on The Aptos Blockchain - mediumAptos Redefines Blockchain Efficiency with Shoal++ DAG BFT - mediumClaw Back SAIL DAO Funding - osmosis.zonePlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

On this episode of "Game of Homes", @nullmames shows off the new digs, we talk new appliances, sleeping on plants, and just how expensive it all is. Meanwhile, pump.fun has crossed $50M revenue in the creation of 1.18M memecoins. Cool, cool.Show LinksPump.fun’s cumulative revenue crosses $50 million - theblockPolkadot intern takes over marketing - twitterGaia v18 Software Upgrade - WASM inbound - mintscanPlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

On this episode of "Blame of Nodes", @nullmames provides proof of life, we discuss home-labbing the Interchain, @EvmosOrg moving to ICS (rebranded to Interchain Hospice), learning new languages, the death of "platform chains", Tank's Juno overthrow and more.Show LinksEnd the Juno Charter and Redistribute Juno Tokens - commonwealth.imPlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

It's down only for apples. We talk conference strategy, new testnets, the high-quality of Penumbra, the low-quality of transaction spamming, @zmanian's stake module complaints and more.Show LinksZaki's tweets on the staking module - twitterSEC drops investigation into Ethereum studio Consensys - blockworksIs Certik Extorting Kraken for Millions? Here's What's Going On - decryptCertik twitter response - twitterPlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

the-frey and usurper stay violently independent and talk through the new wave of services-based validators, team foundation strategies, the future value from node operators, project selection, and losing money with style.Show Links:Value Chain vs. Evolution from thefrey - rhinostakeDonald Trump Says He Wants All Remaining Bitcoin to Be 'Made in USA' - coindesk#ConsolidateTheChains - twitter@TimewaveLabs - twitterTimewave - timewave.computerOmniflix on DAODAO - daodao.zonePlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

Post Consensus 2024, we debrief from Austin, talk about the subduded crowds, suits, and how we're going to AI alllllll of the things. We catch up on the state of payments, jetlag, and how two wrongs absolutely do not make a right.Show LinksBlackRock and Citadel back new Texas national stock exchange - cointelegrahJacob Gadikian Affidavit - adobe.comCelestine Sloth Society - stargazeTop Watched Sports Events - roadtrips.comPlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

It's Crusade Week on GoN, where we talk about @gadikian haltin' chains for haltins' sake, soaked UK PMs, the money in AI, the challenges of 13,000 nodes on @initiaFDN, Consensus 2024 and more.Headed to Consensus 2024 in Austin? Reach out!Show Links:today I stopped @archwayHQ from making blocks - twitterInitia App - initia.xyzInit-AI - initia.xyzThings can only get wetter: Sunak soaked as he announces election to Labour song - standard.co.ukPlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today.

It's cleanup week on GoN as we ban some long-discussed topics, discuss the best & worst Star Wars, the best John Williams score, fatburg(h)s, and meme coins on and off the blockchain.Headed to Consensus 2024? Reach out!Show LinksGameStop’s 'Roaring Kitty' surge doesn’t mean meme stock rally has legs - yahooCosmos governance claims 3 lives - mintscanRipple and Peersyst to Leverage evmOS for XRPL EVM Sidechain DevelopmentFatburg - wikipediaPutting Fatberg on Display - museumoflondonMovietimeBrick - imdbStar Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - imdbStar Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker - imdbHighlander - imdbThe Creator - imdbRogue Heroes - imdbThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly WarfareThe Asteroid Field - John Williams - youtubePlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today. WE HAVE CHILDREN HERE.

Less than a month to Consensus 2024, and we talk about the meeting of the squad, the importance of networking, and fuck all else. We complain about distributed networks that are centrally controlled, and the pros and cons of large token holders (looking at you, foundations).Show LinksLocalMonero to shut down P2P exchange after seven years of operation - theblockSEC’s Gary Gensler gets irked being asked about crypto - cointelegraphFTX crypto fraud victims to get their money back — plus interest - techcrunchUK to Introduce New Stablecoin and Crypto Laws by July - blockchain.newsPlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today. <<-- MARKETING

In this deep-dive episode, we talk about the @Injective Validator Miracle, the provider's struggle in delivering SLAs in fast-moving software (poor us), CZ's coming summer vacation plans and updates in 17/8 from the basement.Show LinksInjective snapshots without those pesky errors checks - highstakes.chNapoleon - imdbPeak Hollywood - youtubeWatch Arena now! - youtubePlease support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today. YES EVEN WHILE PRICES GO DOWN.