BlackPool Bulletin #21
Hello Apes! For this week, hard not to do a special The Merge edition. But don't worry, still some fun and REKT news in the Bulletin.
36ETH in gas, Starbucks going on-chain, a 1st REKT after The Merge... Time to have some fun!
Finance
- We have a double winner.
- Whale, you said?
NFT
3. 36ETH in gas?
4. Starbuck x Polygon, and it's not a joke.
Misc
5. Do Kwon: catch me if you can.
6. Finally happy about something shrinking.
7. A thread about ETH Scaling.
8. The Merge, and then?
9. Oops! Something went wrong about decentralization!
- 1st in line, 1st to get REKT. We have a double winner.
*BREAKING*
— DeFifrog (@DeFifrog1) September 15, 2022
CREAM Finance first DeFi protocol to get hacked on PoS Ethereum and 24th time in its history.
2. If you felt like a whale with your 2 BTC, just remember this tweet.
MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 22,026 bitcoins for $500 million at an average price of $22,700 per #bitcoin
— $trong (Goggins Mode Only) (@StrongHedge) September 15, 2022
3. Someone just missclicked a little bit hard in Metamask.
Someone just paid 36 ETH in gas to mint this
— Cirrus (@CirrusNFT) September 15, 2022
The first minted NFT on proof of stake pic.twitter.com/zKUKI06EjH
4. Your daily Karen pumpkin spicy latte will now be on chain.
The Starbucks Odyssey & Polygon announcement is quite significant imo
— Aylo (@alpha_pls) September 12, 2022
A few thoughts, and how it will work 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ZvwwhlJv88
5. We want the Netflix adaptation.
Arrest Warrant out for Do Kwon (founder of Terra)
— Garlam (@GarlamWON) September 14, 2022
SUMMARY
- Korea's Financial Security Crime Team found evidence of "Fraudulent transactions" in the form of investment contract securities
1/3
6. Finally happy about something shrinking.
ETHs total supply is now shrinking. pic.twitter.com/Agal7iRWX7
— eric.eth (@econoar) September 15, 2022
7. After the Merge direction the Eth scaling. Here is how it works :
(1/23) Blockchain Scaling: Zero-Knowledge Rollups
— Haym (@SalomonCrypto) September 12, 2022
State Channels → Plasma → Optimistic Rollups → ZK-Rollups
This is how @ethereum scales to 100k txn/sec. This is how Ethereum becomes the World Computer.
Your guide to the future of blockchain scaling technology. pic.twitter.com/hcKtmaQY9m
8. The Merge, and then?
The 6 big narratives after the Merge:
— Yano 🟪 (@JasonYanowitz) September 9, 2022
1) Capturing MEV
2) Cosmos ecosystem
3) Onboarding RWAs
4) Liquid staking derivatives
5) New DeFi primitives
6) Protocol-specific stablecoins
9. Oops! Something went wrong!
the merge has made ethereum more centralized than ever
— otteroooo (@otteroooo) September 15, 2022
this is terrifying
like & retweet
here's why
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And that's all for this short edition folks! See you next week.
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