Philip Källberg

The Gamer's Guide to Blast 💥 Blast is making waves in the world of web3, and here’s why it’s a game-changer for gamers and crypto enthusiasts alike: 🟡 What is Blast? • A Layer 2 blockchain launched in February 2024 by the founders of the Blur NFT marketplace. • Offers passive income through holding Ethereum (ETH) or USDB without staking. 🟡 How It Works? • Utilizes ETH staking and protocols to generate and distribute interest. • Stablecoins are converted to USDB, providing ongoing, compound interest. 🟡 Getting Started? • Bridge tokens to Blast with low fees (~$5). Earn airdrop points and compound interest by holding tokens. • Explore DeFi protocols and various gaming options. 🟡 Airdrop Campaign? • Earn points by engaging with the ecosystem and holding tokens. • Points are compounded, increasing potential earnings. 🟡 Gaming on Blast? • Early-stage gaming ecosystem with titles like Uncharted’s Gangster Arena, Crypto Valleys, and Blast Auto Club. • Over 600k active users, attracting more game developers. 🟡 $BLAST Token? • Governance token with a total supply of 100 billion. • 50% of tokens will be distributed through community incentives. >> Read more here << https://lnkd.in/e7XqJ2dE #Blockchain #Crypto #Gaming #Web3

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Open source projects draw equity-free funding from corporates, startups, and even VCs Last year, Bloomberg launched its FOSS (free and open source software) fund, committing up to $90,000 per year to various projects. Silicon Valley VC Sequoia Capital launched an open source fellowship in 2023 to support project maintainers with equity-free capital to cover living expenses for up to 12 months. In February, Sequoia revealed it would start accepting applications from any developer leading an open source project, with plans to provide funding for up to three qualifying projects annually. Nine months on, and the first two fellows from Sequoia’s expanded program have now been revealed: Chatbot Arena, a popular open source AI model benchmarking tool used by many of the industry’s biggest names, including OpenAI, Meta, and Google; and vLLM, an open source library focused on memory management to power faster and cheaper LLM serving. Chatbot Arena, which spun out of a broader research organization called LMSYS, is the handiwork of doctorate students from Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab. With north of 1 million monthly users, Chatbot Arena is all about helping LLM developers validate claims around their models’ performance, while anyone can test these models and vote for their preferences. Companies such as OpenAI often share versions of their models with the Chatbot Arena team ahead of the models’ release to help fine-tune things before their formal launch. While Chatbot Arena receives financing as part of the creators’ doctorate research work at the Sky Computing Lab, the Sequoia fellowship award of $100,000 will help fund further technical development, including building a better interface. Sequoia isn’t the only VC firm to lend equity-free support to Chatbot Arena; Andreessen Horowitz launched an open source AI grant program last August, and Chatbot Arena’s umbrella outfit LMSYS was among the second cohort of recipients. In tandem, Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab also birthed vLLM in 2022, started the project after developing a system to distribute complex processes across multiple GPUs more efficiently. vLLM leans on a new “attention algorithm” dubbed PagedAttention, which helps reduce memory waste and is already being used by developers at companies such as AWS, Cloudflare, and Nvidia. One clear message emerges from all this: AI and data infrastructure might be driving demand for open source technologies, but this demand creates significant costs for the project maintainers. “You have multiple kinds of GPUs, you have all of these other accelerators, and there’s also a difference in scale,” he said. “Ten years ago, most of the funding for a new startup would go to adding people; today, it’s going to infrastructure.” https://lnkd.in/di3bibWc

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If you're not already signed up for the Proof of Hack Hackathon by MultiversX, now’s the time! 🚀 Why, you may ask? 👉 MultiversX is a major player, offering diverse development opportunities across various categories. Plus, there’s a cool $20,000 in EGLD tokens up for grabs! 🤤 Developers and builders will be able to take part in the challenge of creating something new on the MultiversX #blockchain. 🧠 👇 Don't miss out on developing on top of the following main themes👇 🤖 AI-Blockchain Integration Things are getting really exciting at the intersection of #AI and #Blockchain. Builders are hustling, cooking up big ideas to bridge AI with Blockchain, boosting utility for both devs and users. 🌐 Real World Assets in Web3 #Blockchain and #cryptocurrency are totally reshaping how we think about finance and #Web3. It's all about blending the old with the new, opening doors to cool opportunities, and pulling in more investment vibes. 🎮 Gaming in Web3 If #gaming is your thing, then this is your chance to contribute to the growth of blockchain gaming. There are plenty of onboarding opportunities and this is the stage to show us your original ideas. 🚀 MultiversX Sovereign Chains Challenge Ever wanted to tweak a blockchain to fit you just right? With Sovereign Chains, you're in control! Pick your #consensus mechanism, validators count, and even your transaction fees. Make blockchain work for you! ⏰ The clock is ticking and the registrations are closing on the 15th of May! ⏰ Register NOW 👇 layerx.link/proof-of-hack

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Token 2049, New chains launches, BRB Bootcamp, & more 🤩 April was quite a significant month for Push Ecosystem: ➝ Over 6 Million Notifications sent, reaching a cumulative 74 Million since launch 🚀🔔  ➝ 177K subscribers reached ✅ and the Push doesn't stop here ⚡ Here is a quick overview of all the exciting updates👇🧵 1. Product Updates: → Successfully deployed our React Native SDK on NPM, making it easier for developers to get hold of it🧑‍💻 → Introduced a new ChatWidget component in our SDK and expanded blockchain support to include Berachain and Polygon Amoy🤝 → We're making progress with new blockchain integrations that are currently under review and have improved our channel addition process by disassociating IPFS and much more… → The research on the Cross Chain Feature, allowing Ethereum and Layer 2 requests, is completed with its development in progress.  → The Smart Contract size is reduced by 30%, and gas fees for key functions like channel creation are optimized. 2. Partnership Updates🤝 ➝ Vurse, Rivo, Estate Protocol, and Pistachio Fi joined hands with Push to integrate notifications & messaging🔔💬 ➝ We partnered with DoraHacks for the Data Economy Hackathon🧑‍💻 3. Billion Reasons to Build (BRB) Bootcamp: ➝ We took the next leap for our BRB journey by launching #BRBBootcamp - a 6-week virtual program to kickstart your Web3 builder journey🛠️ Register here👇 (limited seats available) https://push.org/bootcamp/ 4. Community Engagement🤝 To keep the community engaged we hosted various initiatives including: ➝ Push Video Contest 📷 ➝ Assigned the ultra-rare 1st Push Chad ➝ Hosted an AMA with Berachain  ➝ Partnered with Cookie3 for an AMA & The Great Bake Off quest campaign 🤝 5. Ecosystem Highlights: ➝ We had ENS Domains, Cryptocurrency Jobs, CoinDesk, AAVE and BTC Tracker featured as the #PushChannelOfTheWeek for April 2024 🗓️ ➝ Team Push Protocol | Previously EPNS was invited to speak at various side events during Token2049 including Tribe Connect by BuidlersTribe, Block Vision by NORDEK, Hadron Founders Club by Hadron Founders Club & Polygon Labs, DataCon 2024 by DappLooker, DeSoc Unleashed Dubai Edition by Mask Network & Tako Protocol, and Builder Day Dubai by Consensys🎉 6. DAO Updates: → We hosted Factor DAO for an exclusive X space on DAO to DAO Talk, onboarded 2 new ambassadors for PushEnEspanol, and opened up 5 spots for the Push India ambassador program🤝 → We were featured on the Messari governance for our Push DAO V2 Proposal 📃 → We submitted a proposal "Billion Reasons to Build, Bangkok" to host a builder-focused space to celebrate, engage, & support devs during the Devcon 2024 ⚒️ Check out https://gov.push.org to stay updated with all DAO activities. Read our monthly updates blog for all the updates: https://lnkd.in/dyFh-G48 That's a wrap 🤝 Join our discord community to stay updated with all initiatives 🫰 https://lnkd.in/gjZk45PC

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FAULT PROOFS & STAGE 1 LIVE on Ink chain Open-source, permissionless fault proofs are now live on Gelato OP Stack Rollups by Optimism. With this upgrade, the Ink chain moves into Stage 1 of decentralization 👇 ➡️ With permissionless fault proofs under the hood Ink chain DeFi degens, gigachads & institutions can : → Withdraw bridged assets like ETH, ERC-20s, back to Ethereum w/o the need to involve Ink → Review the rollup txs on Ink & challenge them if they're invalid ➡️ Fault proofs decentralize L2 state validation & boost community participation With a fully operational security council & permissionless fault-proof system, we are entering a new ERA in securing rollups. Next : Stage 2 decentralization. On Gelato

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Memecoin market update 8/22/24: McDonald’s hacked & promotes Rugpull - Their IG got hacked, pushing $GRIMACE. - The coin skyrocketed to a $24 million market cap, but it’s now plummeted to just $284K. SMOKING CHICKEN FISH Bounces Back - $SCF surged 97% today, hitting a $39 million market cap. - Peaked at $140 million at the start of August. BINANCE Unleashes Coin - $BINANCEDOG soared 14,764%, now at a $10.8 million market cap. - Created on BSC’s version of “pump.fun.” #cryptotrading #memecoins #crypto #memecoin #memecoinnews

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Neiro memecoin developer profits $2.85M in alleged rug pull. In a surprising turn of events, the developer of the Solana-based memecoin Neiro has reportedly made a staggering $2.85 million profit, raising suspicions of an apparent rug pull. The developer’s profit, which represents an astonishing 5,169x return on an initial investment of just 3 SOL (worth over $550), has sent shockwaves through the crypto community. #Secret3 #cryptonews #blockchain #crypto #memecoin Read more: https://lnkd.in/gCjnqtyv

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🌐🔗 LinkedIn: The Next Home of Web3? Here’s Why It’s Happening NOW! 🚀💡   LinkedIn is rapidly becoming the hub for the #Web3 movement—if it isn’t already. Here, millions are actively building, networking, and pioneering the future of decentralized tech. For those looking to dive into Web3, LinkedIn offers a unique chance to create a space where we connect, learn, and build a better, community-driven future. 🛠️💼🌱   ✨ What sets LinkedIn apart? Other platforms? Many have lost focus. The Web3 community on LinkedIn is built on trust, growth, and meaningful connections—qualities that keep us ahead. Instead of “player vs. player,” we’re fostering a “builder vs. builder” culture where value is created together, not extracted. Web3 founders are seeing that LinkedIn provides the depth, professionalism, and long-term relationships essential for sustainable success. 🤝🌍💼   As Web3 continues to draw global interest, LinkedIn feels like the perfect home for growth. Its thoughtful pace, genuine connections, and reliable content make it a powerful place to launch and grow a Web3 brand. 📈🚀 We believe the future of decentralized technology should start right here, where we can focus on value, authenticity, and community-first growth. 🌱💥 🔍 The real question: How will LinkedIn embrace this transformation? Other platforms haven’t fully provided our community with the tools and welcoming environment we need. LinkedIn can step up as the true home for Web3 professionals. 👥 As the Web3 community here grows daily, our work has only just begun. Let’s commit to sharing openly, engaging thoughtfully, and building in a way that brings more people in. A connected, professional Web3 community on LinkedIn could be the backbone of a new, innovative ecosystem. Together, we’re stronger. The more people we bring to Web3 on LinkedIn, the brighter our shared future will be. 🌍🚀 Bold statement? Yes. But a connected, thriving Web3 community here will be a game-changer for everyone. 🌟🔗 #Web3Community #LinkedInForWeb3 #Blockchain #Decentralization #FutureOfWork #DigitalCommunity #Crypto #Innovation #ProfessionalNetwork #BuildingTheFuture

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Playnance, a trailblazer in the Web3 gaming world, is making headlines with its cutting-edge Layer3 blockchain solution, PlayBlock. With a staggering 11.5 million transactions in a month, PlayBlock is leading the way on Arbitrum Orbit, outshining 14 other gaming chains combined! About Playnance: Founded in 2020, Playnance has its roots in Tel-Aviv and Dubai, creating a dynamic ecosystem for gamers and developers alike. At its core, PlayBlock, built on Arbitrum Orbit's Gelato Rollup-as-a-service, ensures a seamless gaming experience with zero gas fees and lightning-fast transactions. Why PlayBlock Rocks: Zero Gas Fees: Enjoy uninterrupted gameplay without the financial burden. Developer-Friendly: Launch and scale your games effortlessly with PlayBlock's plug-and-play infrastructure. Dual Tokenomics Model: With PBG (PlayBlock Gas) and USDP (Universal Stable Dollar), enjoy a stable and vibrant in-game economy. Innovative Features: Playwall: A non-custodial wallet for managing tokens and accessing PlayBlock dApps. Diverse Game Library: From UPvsDOWN to MoonXP, explore a variety of games catering to different player preferences. P&P Solutions: Monetize your existing traffic within 2 hours with Playnance's built-in tools and analytics. Join the Revolution: Playnance is redefining Web3 gaming, offering a comprehensive solution for all stakeholders. Whether you're a gamer, developer, or investor, Playnance is the future of blockchain gaming. Stay tuned for more exciting updates! #Playnance #PlayBlock #Web3Gaming #Blockchain #CryptoGaming #Innovation #ZeroGasFees #GamingEcosystem #Playwall #GameOn

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ETHWarsaw 2024 returns from Sept 5-8. Join Hackathon, talks, and interactive sessions on L2/L3 scaling, DeFi, and more. Speaker applications started on May 22 and early bird tickets are on sale from May 29. Check out more details at 👇 https://t.co/1ZPYYJmTzE #hackathon #DeFi #ETH #blockchain

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