Posterity
Saving it all
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Saving it all
Last updated
00:00–06:00 — Caleb Williams Tried to Dodge the Bears 06:01–20:00 — $20M Ransom? Coinbase Breach Breakdown 20:01–27:00 — Is Coinbase Still Safe? 27:01–38:30 — Shadowbanned by Hashtags? X Algorithm Tests 38:31–45:00 — NFTs for Sports Bets? Cool but Clunky 45:01–54:00 — Fed Balance Sheet is Climbing Again 54:01–58:00 — BNPL = New Debt Bubble? 58:01–61:00 — Cobb Playground – Big Round Coming 61:01–End — NFL Teams Doing Minecraft Drops? Yes Please
Karl opens with a grimly funny update: Caleb Williams reportedly tried everything to avoid being drafted by Chicago — even considering a different league. From film-study isolation to systemic mismanagement, it’s more Bears pain.
A Coinbase insider breach led to customer info being stolen and a $20M ransom demand. Karl & co. walk through the social engineering tactics, staff bribery, and why Brian Armstrong refused to pay.
ZK asks the question everyone’s thinking: Is this a red flag? Karl says no — this wasn’t catastrophic, and centralized exchanges always carry risk. “Self-custody is still king.”
Papa shares results of a test suggesting posts with hashtags or $tags are being algorithmically buried. Karl agrees it now feels real. Reminder: impressions don’t lie.
ZK proposes a global sportsbook powered by NFT bet slips. Karl’s verdict: neat idea, but not practical — too fragile, too hard to fractionalize cleanly. Think Polymarket, not profile pics.
Papa notes the Fed’s balance sheet has quietly increased for three straight weeks — a signal that QT may be slowing. Karl connects the dots with tariff policy and how unresolved trade tension keeps markets on edge.
Karl riffs on "Buy Now, Pay Later" culture and its rebranding of consumer debt. The west isn’t saving — it’s credit-stacking. “Don’t put your burrito on credit.”
Over 1,000 lives purchased. Karl shouts out the Cobb community and the next round of Playground kicking off. Reminder: it’s community-led now. Get involved.
Karl praises the Chargers' Minecraft-style NFL schedule release, calling it “high-effort marketing done right.” Bonus points for Easter eggs. Colts tried the same — and flopped.
00:00–07:00 — The Lost Art of PFP Switching 07:01–10:00 — Betting on Caitlin Clark: W Hits and WINS 10:01–13:00 — CRO ETF: News or Noise? 13:01–18:00 — Robinhood, Onboarding, and the Real Bottleneck 18:01–22:00 — ETFs: Not a Magic Bullet for CRO 22:01–26:00 — Who's Gonna Buy CRO? And Why? 26:01–39:00 — Is Lion Token Helping or Hurting CRO? 39:01–47:00 — CRO Market Psychology and Correlation Copium 47:01–50:00 — Lion Token: Still a Net Win 50:01–54:00 — Crowdsourcing Crow Flows: Liquidity Moves & Suspicion 54:01–58:00 — Does Selling Lion Crash CRO? 58:01–1:11:00 — Exploit Ethics: The Orbi Debate 1:11:01–1:18:00 — Dev Culture: Copying Code Isn’t the Sin 1:18:01–1:24:00 — Ambassador Backlash & “Shill Accountability” 1:24:01–1:28:00 — Historical Failures ≠ Present Malice 1:28:01–End — Bears QBs, NBA Picks, and a Little Sports Pain
Karl and the crew reminisce on the old Twitter culture of community PFP swaps. With paid checkmarks now locking you in, the spontaneity is dead. Turns out, PFP changes may not delay your checkmark as long as people thought — crowd-sourced testing ensues.
Karl shares a successful WNBA bet off a Portnoy signal — Caitlin Clark triple-double at +1400. First-time WNBA bet, big return. Slight digression into free play apps like ParlayPlay.
Crypto.com partners with Canary Capital to seed a “CRO Trust.” Karl calls it a pebble, not a boulder. Until ETFs are bundled into broader indexes, CRO’s exposure to traditional finance remains limited.
Debate erupts on whether listing CRO on Robinhood would meaningfully impact adoption. Karl separates concerns: buying CRO is easy; getting into the Cronos ecosystem isn’t. Two different friction points.
Karl outlines two ETF mindsets: “won’t matter at all” vs. “this changes everything.” His take: the effect will be downstream, via index bundling — not immediate, direct demand.
Cole raises a core problem: what’s the incentive to buy CRO right now? If you're not already in the CDC ecosystem, it’s a hard sell. Even friends onboarded during pumps are now confused.
Pickle argues Lion Token movements drag CRO up and down. Karl pushes back: the volumes are too small to matter materially. The only real CRO boost comes from net inflows, not trading side-effects. Papa adds nuance — even perceived patterns can be tradable, regardless of whether causation exists.
Karl drops the correlation vs causation hammer. Just because two lines move together doesn't mean one's causing the other. That said, anecdotal traders can act on patterns they believe in — and sometimes make money.
Karl makes the case: Lion brings new money into the Cronos orbit — especially CDC-native users who’ll never touch DeFi. Even if there’s no direct CRO link, ecosystem gravity matters.
Papa points out strange liquidity additions/removals on VVS — sometimes $8M at a time. Arbitrage theories fly. Pickle says it’s exit liquidity. Cole says it’s opportunistic trading. All agree: it’s happening.
Karl presses for evidence: how much net Lion outflow does it take to move CRO? Pickle says $9K net out can move it. Karl says it’s a rounding error in CRO’s daily $20M volume — basically irrelevant.
A heated dive into whether Orbi’s prior contract exploit was handled properly. Was it just a bug? A rug? Pamper defends their response, saying it was patched and early buyers made whole. Tex and Cole remain skeptical.
Cole rants about copied code and insecure contracts. Papa and Karl argue that code reuse is industry standard — the issue is testing and audit, not reuse. A needed reality check on dev process vs crypto optics.
The group debates whether community members who promote failed projects should be held accountable. Karl is firm: if you believed in it and got wrecked like everyone else, that’s not malicious — that’s just crypto.
Karl shuts down the tired angle of “you used to like that one project that failed.” Nobody’s batting 1.000. If you never get it wrong, you’re not playing the game.
Karl closes the Space with some Bears cope (Jay Cutler might be the GOAT QB?), light Knicks hopes, and a salute to sports heartbreak. “Same time tomorrow.”
00:00–03:00 — Weather banter & Scotland’s short summer 03:01–05:30 — Tough love from Hasbun & AI recaps go live 05:31–10:00 — Orbi fallout, timeline hypocrisy & “sell the top” logic 10:01–13:30 — Grok builds a greenhouse; Karl wants a second opinion 13:31–17:00 — AI hallucinations & prompt shaping: toaster vs bathwater 17:01–20:00 — Sciatica, healing emojis & Karl’s tech prescription 20:01–25:30 — Dragonchain win, Bitcoin 2025 hype & booth strategy 25:31–30:30 — Crypto event pricing vs traditional industry standards 30:31–36:00 — Do crypto conventions provide ROI? 36:01–End — Kronos visibility, vending machine rug, and betting on escaped prisoners
🔴 Weather banter & Scotland’s short summer (00:00–03:00) Troops celebrates rare May sunshine while Karl complains Chicago skipped summer entirely. “Three weeks of Scottish sun, then rain till September.”
🔵 Tough love from Hasbun & AI recaps go live (03:01–05:30) Karl revisits Hasbun’s trolling during a tense boss fight, walks it back slightly. Meanwhile, Hasbun drops the first AI-powered Traffic recap — surprisingly accurate, sarcasm aside.
🔴 Orbi fallout, timeline hypocrisy & “sell the top” logic (05:31–10:00) Troops questions the outrage after Orbi’s dump. “People sold the top. That’s what we do here.” Karl notes it’s only drama when someone doesn’t win.
🔵 Grok builds a greenhouse; Karl wants a second opinion (10:01–13:30) Pickle’s new hobby? Using Grok to design and price a greenhouse. Karl admires the move, but recommends double-checking before trusting AI to engineer your roof.
🔴 AI hallucinations & prompt shaping: toaster vs bathwater (13:31–17:00) Troops explains how ChatGPT confidently made up a fake idiom — “throwing the toaster out with the refrigerator.” Claude caught the lie. Prompt phrasing matters.
🔵 Sciatica, healing emojis & Karl’s tech prescription (17:01–20:00) Carly tries AI to cure her sciatica. Karl delivers a healing protocol — complete with emojis. Results: inconclusive. Grok may not be a licensed therapist.
🔴 Dragonchain win, Bitcoin 2025 hype & booth strategy (20:01–25:30) HST preps for Bitcoin 2025 in Vegas. Karl stresses face-to-face time at booths is where real value is — not just listening to speakers. “Conferences are for connecting.”
🔵 Crypto event pricing vs traditional industry standards (25:31–30:30) Karl criticizes the $600+ ticket model. “Most real-world conferences are free or sponsored. In crypto, they gatekeep discovery.”
🔴 Do crypto conventions provide ROI? (30:31–36:00) The group debates whether these events are even worth attending. Karl prefers events with broad themes — not platform-specific ones. “You want crowds, not silos.”
🔵 Kronos visibility, vending machine rug, and betting on escaped prisoners (36:01–End) Text loses chips to a vending machine front-run. Karl calls it a harder rug than the CDC land drop. Meanwhile, Polymarket lets you bet on which escaped prisoners will be recaptured first.
00:00–07:30 — Bitcoin chaos, 40x leverage whale drama & market whiplash 07:31–13:00 — NFL schedule, Hard Knocks picks & fantasy football already buzzing 13:01–18:30 — The silent rise of gambling addiction & societal consequences 18:31–24:00 — Call playground updates, CrowDraw reminders & Troops time warp 24:01–32:00 — Pacers conspiracy theories, NBA narratives & betting psychology 32:01–37:30 — Fair play in betting: throttled smart money & rigged incentives 37:31–44:00 — Main City leaderboard feud, faction flips & guild future 44:01–50:00 — Crypto conferences vs real industry events & ROI mismatch 50:01–56:30 — Big vs Milk mining mechanics & why clones usually flop 56:31–End — AI recaps, CrowBunker plans & pyramid conspiracies (again)
🔴 Bitcoin chaos, 40x leverage whale drama & market whiplash (00:00–07:30) Karl reacts to Bitcoin cracking ATH, dumping hard, then rebounding — all while a whale trades $25M on 40x leverage live in another Space. “Moon or bust” energy in full force.
🔵 NFL schedule, Hard Knocks picks & fantasy football already buzzing (07:31–13:00) Bills are confirmed for Hard Knocks, and Karl’s relieved it’s not the Bears. NFL news cycle stays dominant despite it being the offseason. Even fantasy leagues are stirring already.
🔴 The silent rise of gambling addiction & societal consequences (13:01–18:30) Karl cites a new report linking financial stress, domestic violence, and the explosion of easy-access sports betting. “It’s becoming the next opioid crisis — quietly.”
🔵 Call playground updates, CrowDraw reminders & Troops time warp (18:31–24:00) CrowDraw is live with crew crash credits up for grabs. Karl is still adjusting to it being Wednesday — Troops thought it was Thursday. The week’s timeline is collapsing.
🔴 Pacers conspiracy theories, NBA narratives & betting psychology (24:01–32:00) ZK floats the idea that the NBA wants the Pacers to win because of Halliburton and Caitlin Clark. Karl doesn’t buy it — but admits: “If the bad logic wins, maybe it’s good logic.”
🔵 Fair play in betting: throttled smart money & rigged incentives (32:01–37:30) Karl slams platforms for capping smart bettors while advertising skill-based success. “You can't say 'get good' then punish people when they do.” Gaming regulation might catch up soon.
🔴 Main City leaderboard feud, faction flips & guild future (37:31–44:00) CD flexes being #1. Hayden chirps back. Cole gets dragged into the mix. Factions may be fading, but the competition is heating up. “Guilds are the future,” says CD — “and we’ll be on the same team.”
🔵 Crypto conferences vs real industry events & ROI mismatch (44:01–50:00) Karl criticizes crypto cons for high ticket costs and low public access. “Logistics expos are free. Why are we paying $650 to stand in a half-empty booth?”
🔴 Big vs Milk mining mechanics & why clones usually flop (50:01–56:30) Final Boss and Milk Finance comparisons roll in. Karl reflects on Wolf Game and how copycats always crash faster. “Once people know how to play the game, the game dies.”
🔵 AI recaps, CrowBunker plans & pyramid conspiracies (again) (56:31–End) Karl shouts out Hasbin for the AI Traffic recaps and plots two upgrades: full CrowBunker summary + speaker tagging. Also, maybe… finally… pyramid conspiracies on Monday?
00:00–06:30 — SUI exploit breakdown: multi-hop mayhem & fake liquidity 06:31–13:00 — Did validators freeze the chain? Centralization debate begins 13:01–20:00 — The risk illusion: audits, decentralization & everyone’s sleeping on exposure 20:01–27:30 — SafeMoon CEO convicted, scams, and social engineering takedowns 27:31–33:00 — FIFA subnet on Avalanche: ticketing plans and strategic moves 33:01–38:00 — TV sidebars: Troops discovers Ted Lasso, Karl praises Pascal 38:01–45:00 — Final Boss mint blowback, Nakamoto coefficient explained 45:01–51:00 — When decentralization isn’t: validator control on Kronos & SUI 51:01–End — Knicks game reaction, Halliburton heartbreak & weekend sendoff
🔴 SUI exploit breakdown: multi-hop mayhem & fake liquidity (00:00–06:30) Sui’s flagship DEX Cedis suffered a catastrophic exploit, draining $220M+ in assets. Not a standard hack—the attacker gamed multi-hop swaps using fake-priced tokens and bypassed checks to drain value via complex bundled trades.
🔵 Did validators freeze the chain? Centralization debate begins (06:31–13:00) SUI validators agreed to block the hacker wallet. But are they truly independent, or sock puppets of the foundation? If consensus was decentralized, is it still DeFi? Hard questions, no clear answers—yet.
🔴 The risk illusion: audits, decentralization & everyone’s sleeping on exposure (13:01–20:00) Troops and Karl stress the same lesson: nothing is truly safe. Even fully audited, Meta-backed projects can implode overnight. Diversify wallets, chains, and expectations. “This space was never safe.”
🔵 SafeMoon CEO convicted, scams, and social engineering takedowns (20:01–27:30) Big wins for crypto justice: SafeMoon CEO found guilty of fraud. Another scammer caught via Discord recordings after socially engineering a whale out of $230M. Coffeezilla’s threads and ZachXBT’s digging still paying off.
🔴 FIFA subnet on Avalanche: ticketing plans and strategic moves (27:31–33:00) FIFA announces its own Avalanche subnet. Could be for NFT ticketing, possibly a FIFA token. Troops suspects AVAX out-pitched CDC at Trump’s summit. If you want your own chain, subnets make sense.
🔵 TV sidebars: Troops discovers Ted Lasso, Karl praises Pascal (33:01–38:00) Troops is late to Ted Lasso. Karl compares Pedro Pascal’s rise to Mark Wahlberg. Also, strong love for HBO’s The Last of Us—another win for game-to-show storytelling.
🔴 Final Boss mint blowback, Nakamoto coefficient explained (38:01–45:00) Final Boss NFTs revealed with duplicates, prompting backlash. Meanwhile, Mustard explains Nakamoto coefficient: how many validators control 33% of stake. SUI’s number? Just 18. Yikes.
🔵 When decentralization isn’t: validator control on Kronos & SUI (45:01–51:00) Kronos’ Nakamoto score? 4. Possibly even just 1. SUI might score better, but if their validators are shadow-controlled, it’s no different. Everyone loves “decentralized”—until it means no refunds.
🔴 Knicks game reaction, Halliburton heartbreak & weekend sendoff (51:01–End) Karl shares a hilarious Knicks fan video reacting to Halliburton’s miracle shot. Epic way to end the week. Reminder: no Traffic Friday. We’re back Monday with more smoke.