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Dialectic with Jackson Dahl

Chris Paik is an investor and co-founder of Pace Capital.

Chris is all about intentionality and discovery.

He combines rigorous frameworks about incentives, people, and markets with an insatiable appetite for the new. He is a true original thinker.

We discuss his intentionality, approach to explanations, how culture follows a pendulum, the efficient market hypothesis and other frameworks for evaluating businesses and markets—including his newest on top-down vs. bottom-up companies, how he finds new stuff, the pros and cons of the internet and capitalism, Pace Capital’s values, and the inner-workings of Chris’s unusual mind.

Episode 6 is out now on all platforms, more links below: 

https://pods.media/dialectic/6-chris-paik-intentionally-in-search-of-the-new?referrer=0x9b902482E62Db8FC486C3f1acAA568006021DbEC

Chris Paik on incentives, capital, systems, and power:

"The world has two sides: a for-profit world and a non-profit world. There are entities that are trying to drive profits, and there are entities that are not trying to drive profits (governments, religions).

For-profit companies are really good at pushing the world to the way that it will be. They are very bad at being paternalistic. They’ll give people exactly what they want.

The non-profit side is really good at pushing the world into how it should be. It’s really good at being paternalistic. We as individual actors depend on the systems to imbue society with paternalism."

"You are the architect of your future. Build wisely, and remember that every decision shapes your path forward."

"The best stories are the ones we tell ourselves. Write your narrative every day, no matter the struggle."

"When things get tough, don’t stop. Keep moving, because persistence is the key to breakthrough moments."

"Life doesn’t wait. Make every second count, because time lost is time you’ll never get back."

"The sun sets, but tomorrow always brings a new chance. Don’t let today’s mistakes define you."

"Challenge yourself; greatness lies within."

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~14.7k website visitors on http://app.sablier.com yesterday

Farcaster

Base

incredible work onboarding folks on the street

I'm sending @afrochicksnft $100 USDC and @base is granting her 1 ETH

skininthegame

Hal Finney 🧡 🧡🧡 https://t.co/8IsdrdoFDC

Nick Tomaino

PLEASE SHARE 

https://x.com/ntmoney/status/1884361791263891506?s=46&t=CJb1D8GzV2qvXPeMRuc_Wg

I've spent the last few months in deep conversation with the @coinbase listings team on how they can better support and lift up builders, whether it's on @base or any other chain (L1, L2, everywhere)

There's a difference between what Coinbase wants to list, and what they're able to list, based on their status as a regulated exchange — but the team understands the lack of clarity and frustration and are committed to making the process better.

I know it's slow and I'm frustrated too — but me and the team are going to keep working until its fixed. I'll be having a discussion on the Regulatory Landscape with Paul on Thursday on @base, would love folks to tune in.

https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1884051994324947001

Ethereum

we're up to 40%! block gas limits will go up to 36mm when this crosses 50% - it's likely this happens within the next week

this means a bit more blockspace for users + apps. once the network has time to digest the Pectra upgrade in March, expect further increases

post-holidays gas limit creeping up to 36mm.. will prob continue to accelerate. chart via @nero_eth 

ethereum L1 is scaling. while relatively modest, i expect further increases post pectra (~end of Q1) once vals digest effects of blob increases + other optimizations https://t.co/In16uqzTqB

31.5% signaling an increase !! block gas limits will go up when this crosses 50%

also see @etherscan's block gas limit chart over the years. tiny jump on the right is the change starting in Dec 2024. we still haven't crossed the high of march 2022 yet (30,047,000) https://t.co/bKwaGskGbY

trent.eth

we're up to 40%! block gas limits will go up to 36mm when this crosses 50% - it's likely this happens within the next week

this means a bit more blockspace for users + apps. once the network has time to digest the Pectra upgrade in March, expect further increases

https://x.com/trent_vanepps/status/1879896778809786543

The P2P marketplace Noones was likely exploited for ~$7.9M on Ethereum, Tron, Solana, & BSC on January 1-2, 2025 as its hot wallets saw hundreds of suspicous outflows for <$7K per txn. 

Shortly after the platform made an announcement about maintenance although no official statement was made about any security incident. 

Funds were bridged to Ethereum/BSC and then deposited to Tornado Cash. 

Theft consolidation addresses:

Ethereum
0x72c1eabafc42a2ac6d0447b02c657b96f07402e6
0x4b0edd27196063476d91b634333be289beca9202
0x6c9b55b50e6a42fd7a14b49ba7747096090b0465
Tron
TLRzLWbrCPVjXEcTDHv4Lavm6CxonUgJST
TSnsmxEPy7rqk9XRsCiYEk5ntchweGFq2A
BSC
0x72c1eabafc42a2ac6d0447b02c657b96f07402e6
Solana
BBJoEgHq1igbH4fXfLtxRBodpFb1qcYQRk4UCpzVKobo

chasing metas is choosing to be in a constant manic environment

mossywillow

@mossywillow