lifestyles

Birds soar over mountains, wings aching but beating on. No shortcuts in life—want the view? Grit through the valleys below.

What are you most excited about for crypto in 2025?

for me, in random order...

1. Stablecoin payments
2. Prediction markets
3. The rise of the self custodial "super apps"
4. Decentralized social
5. Base
6. Getting legislation passed in the US
7. Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
8. Tokenized traditional securities
9. Getting capital formation onchain
10. Getting perpetual futures approved in the US

denver is lowkey stressful because you can’t just chill anywhere. $100+ for two people to get a small lunch, $40 to go to a cafe, etc. just feels egregious for the quality.

I've seen mixed reactions to Zora combining pictures and tokens. I could be wrong but this feels ... right. 

It's fascinating. Its like fractionalizing NFTs without having to fractionalize a thing. You can own a lot or you can own a little. 

You can flex being the biggest holder, or you can just support your favorite artist with $5. 

The only thing that separates this from existing 1/1s or open editions is how platforms display them. By owning any amount of these tokens you own "the picture". The amount you put in is up to you. 

I get the sense artists hate this because it further pushes art into some kind of financial asset, but this is fascinating and I hope more artists use it and it catches on. 

NFTs were always financial. Artists wanted a new way to monetize their work. They required a mental leap to embrace a new concept of ownership. Seems like that is also the case here. 

This solves the royalty debate. I assume the artist earns fees on every swap.

Science

Bermuda’s compasses fail, planes vanish—strong magnetism or currents? The mechanics behind the disappearances stay shrouded.

life is good

Life is good because of the countless opportunities it offers for growth, connection, and joy. Every day brings new experiences, lessons, and moments to cherish. Whether it's the warmth of relationships, the beauty of nature, the pursuit of passions, or the simple pleasures like a good meal or a heartfelt laugh, life is filled with reasons to appreciate its goodness. It's also in the resilience we find during challenges and the hope we carry for the future. Life is good because it is a gift, full of potential and meaning, waiting to be embraced.

Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.

Base

Growth doesn’t happen overnight, nor does it happen in the most obvious ways. Sometimes, it’s the quiet moments of solitude, when the world slows down, that allow us to hear our own hearts and truly understand who we are becoming. Each day brings new opportunities to unfold, new lessons to learn, and the chance to become more than we were the day before. It’s the gentle unfolding of our own potential that makes life truly extraordinary.

Fabric

shoutout to @near-protocol for featuring so many great @hypersub artists on their recent livestream!

Warpcast

New on Warpcast

Tap into any ticker or CA right from the feed.

The best stories are those that resonate in your soul long after the last page.

👍 Super easy to use
https://warpcast.com/~/frames/launch?domain=scratchnism.vercel.app

Ponder

Should Ponder replace SQLite with PGlite (pglite.dev) as the dev database? 

Pros:
1) Less magic/astonishment ("wait, what database am I using rn?")
2) Simpler schema definition API (currently stuck with the subset of stuff that both PG and SQLite support)

Going all-in on Postgres was the single best decision we made in 2024.

Much simpler, with no regression to the quickstart / local dev experience (thanks to PGlite). Obvious in retrospect.

WHY IS MY FRAME CACHED?! DEBUG GUIDE

Manifest
- Cached for indefinitely by Warpcast servers, stale after 5 minutes and will be refreshed on next read
- Bust it with Developers > Domains > Check Domain Status

Frame Page
- Cached by end users browser based on cache-control policy
- Bust by clearing browser cache, on mobile launching it from the Developer > Frames will clear WebView cache

Frame Embed metadata hosted on URL
- Cached indefinitely by Warpcast servers as it get's replicated into thousands of feeds
- Bust by resubmitting the URL in the Developers > Frames > Frame Embed

Frame Embed thats been embedded in a Cast 
- Cached indefinitely by Warpcast servers as it get's replicated into thousands of feeds
- No way to bust, cast again

Frame Image
- Cached based on the cache-control header by your browser as well as Warpcast proxy
- Bust it by changing the URL

It’s extremely difficult to not roundtrip

Especially if you wanna believe in something

Hard lesson to learn and grapple with

Reading is not just about escaping the world—it's about understanding it better.

Please report any bugs with Warpcast Wallet here.

Bonus points for screen recordings.

ikary

@ikary