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@askgina.eth eli5 me on the latest google quantum thing

ELI5: How are 15-30% APYs on Base USDC possible right now?

ELI18 how does the new roc.camera from @faust actually works? 
Why does the uninterruptible supply matter/why is it necessary. 
Can this be incorporated in today's smartphones as an app (i doubt it but why?)
Will we see this tech being adopted by large mainstream manufacturers in the future?

Capture verifiably real moments in the age of AI

Ethereum

faust

ELI5 /faust and ROC. 
Hard mode: Preferably in a single a single sentence.

why should someone build a FC client?

ELI5

When it comes to the Decentralised GPU Network, it takes a village.

That's why we rely on Fizz Nodes help to facilitate the deployment and distribution of compute resources!

Anyone can operate a Fizz Node, help maintain the Spheron network, and earn rewards in return 👇

https://x.com/lindayax/status/1820838134470328676?s=46&t=dO0uo_CgV6MrB7N3NkVjDA

"What is the Spheron Matchmaking Mechanism?"

We've made it super easy to understand! Take a look at our ELI5 showcasing what Matchmaking is, how it works, and why it matters.

For a deeper dive, check out our docs: https://docs.spheron.network/core-concepts#overview

Memes

zkEVM
What aspect of EVM is zk in zkEVM? 🫠

the /toe-spacer and @randomeror phenomena provide a few insights:
 
1. creating environments where norms and taboos break releases fresh energy from existing qDAUs. 
2. although OGs respond better to these emergent memes, there's actually nothing holding new users out from getting involved. many of them do. 
3. memecoins haven't been cracked on Farcaster yet. creation/distribution mechanisms are suboptimal for this medium. we almost need our own meta. until the mechanisms are well understood, capital won't flow in. 
4. content is in fact the main bottle neck to growth. @dwr.eth is right. (it's not marketing). 
5. Farcaster is much more metamodernist than postmodernist than X for example (hate to sound academic but no better way of describing it).

Zora

Just added a new piece in my Unbalance collection , free mint /zora 

https://zora.co/collect/base:0x14cd42d9d2578d98ad45bec8d74c57b0bc528036/3?referrer=0x6FB53031e2b3d7D4d6f7fAd6D69952F87477BC82

Can someone explain what the definition of "free" is? 

If I have to drive my 🚗 from A to B and don't encounter taxes or anything along the ride, it's still not free, I still have to pay ⛽ for the car to run.

A "free mint" transaction on Zora usually costs  0.00777 eth. 
I know it's negligible but it's not "free"