Is Adam Back cypherpunk?
@Justin_Bons and @TheDesertLynx weigh in on what the cypherpunk movement entails and share their opinion of who is and who isn't part of it.
100% agree with you sir @Justin_Bons
The chains solving real problems don’t need to pump every month to prove their worth.
While everyone is distracted by the latest meta, the serious builders are laying foundation for the next cycle.
Fundamentals always win in the end.
The most important alpha is the one that's not on a chart. @Justin_Bons reminding everyone to focus on the signal, not the noise.
"Ideological fervor" is the perfect way to put it. Conviction comes from deep understanding... not just chasing green candles.
Study > Speculation.
Learning and understanding crypto is the key to finding long term opportunities, not just quick wins.
Salute @Justin_Bons sir
@Justin_Bons is my Crypto master 🫶🏻
Education is the ultimate alpha in crypto.
While everyone is chasing the next 100x, the real winners are building knowledge that compounds forever.
Study the tech. Understand the vision. The money follows understanding, not the other way
Exactly this @Justin_Bons
The truth is, the biggest edge in crypto isn’t chasing signals or the next pump . it’s actually understanding how the system works.
• When you study tokenomics, you see which projects can survive cycles.
• When you dive into infra, you know why some
This take from @Justin_Bons is going to stir the pot, but he's pointing to a real and undeniable trend.
Solana's metrics in 2025 are on a tear across the board. The debate is no longer theoretical....it's happening on chain. What does the Ethereum ecosystem do to counter this
ok so @Justin_Bons was totally right about Solana overtaking Ethereum and the data is actually wild when you look at it
January dex volume was insane solana hit $262B while Ethereum only managed $86B thats over 200 percent higher
Even in the last 24 hours, Solana is doing
Exactly @Justin_Bons , the claim that $SOL has now surpassed $ETH across key metrics is well founded. Data on DEX volume, active addresses, and TPS all back it up.
The numbers make it clear:
• Jan ’25 DEX volume → SOL $262B vs ETH $86B (+204%)
• Latest 24h → SOL ~$2.6B,
The mirage of marketcap at TGE is a rhetorical scam!
Let’s be clear: what @SasuRobert and the @xMoney_com team are doing is nothing short of misleading.
They keep repeating that the project is sitting at a "$50M market cap", as if that number meant anything.
In reality, the
That’s a powerful thread @Justin_Bons . Political violence only fuels the cycle of extremism, and you’re right both sides risk becoming what they claim to hate. Honoring Charlie Kirk means resisting authoritarian responses and keeping freedom, reason, and truth at the center.
Witnessing so many on the left justify the murder of Charlie Kirk is disgusting & frightening
Political violence is never justified; it only radicalizes people more!
The left's fear of fascism & racism has tragically become a self-fulfilling prophecy due to their own actions 🧵
From censorship, propaganda, identity politics, political violence & assassination. The left is becoming what they claim they hate
Ouroboros
The more extreme the left becomes, the more extreme the right-wing counter movements become... That is how their actions are creating bona fide fascists & racists
The political spectrum is like a snake eating its own tail; they come together at the extremes!
Identity Politics
That is how today, the most extreme leftists actually see eye to eye with neo-fascists & KKK members on segregation, inherent racial differences, & creating separate, racially based laws (affirmative action/Jim Crow)
To be very clear on my position on all of this madness; I take the classical position from the civil rights movement, best captured in this quote from the great Martin Luther King Jr:
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" - Martin Luther King, Jr.
To demonstrate how far the political spectrum has moved, according to the more extreme forms of identity politics, Martin Luther King Jr. would be considered a racist today...
According to most modern "critical race theory," we should treat people differently according to their ethnicity & gender... Something I refuse to do, as I consider that to be prejudiced! This is also why we might be criticized for hiring based on merit, rather than ethnicity or gender
Overton Window Shift
This type of insanity actually helps to justify & drives more people on the right towards bona fide racist & fascist belief systems. As it "legitimizes" this pattern of thought, since when you justify discrimination, it cuts both ways!
Only a decade ago, I would have considered the risk from fascism & racism to be mostly a fantasy concocted by the left for the purpose of political fear mongering
That is no longer the case today, especially after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, who, for the right, is likely to be as significant a figure as Martin Luther King Jr was for the civil rights movement
That is why this event is so significant & is creating ripples in history that will likely be felt for centuries
Radicalization
That is why I am now also concerned about the radicalization of the right. As I am witnessing, everyone, right from the centre, is being pushed further right because of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. This can be a problem for those already on the extremes...
This is where I see some people turning to authoritarianism in my feed, a frightening development. That is why, after all of these years, I am coming out with my first political thread now. In a way, this event has even radicalized me
The Message
We have to remind people what Charlie Kirk actually stood for; he never would have accepted any form of fascism or racism! The left has repeatedly falsely claimed that this is the case, which is what has caused this mess in the first place
Every time a leftist calls Trump or whoever else a fascist when that is clearly not the case, it stimulates violence, as some people will take that rhetoric very seriously
Charlie Kirk was a freedom of speech champion, a hero of the right, who has now been martyred. I can recognize this without even being a conservative myself, but as a human being with a heart. Recognizing bravery & sincerity in another human being
The left & the right are supposed to have the same classical liberal tradition in common! It is so sad to see so many people have forgotten the lessons of history
So let's honour Charlie Kirk's name by resisting the temptation to fall into the ideological abyss of authoritarianism in response or revenge
Because Charlie Kirk would have wanted us to approach this situation with the same calm common sense with which he approached life
While always keeping the north star of reason, truth & freedom front & centre! 🗽
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter" - George Washington
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear” - George Orwell
"No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government" - Frederick Douglass
“In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive” - Jordan Peterson
“If you believe in something, you need to have the courage to fight for those ideas - not run away from them or try and silence them” - Charlie Kirk
big ups @Justin_Bons for not sugarcoating
everyone hyped about eth L2 like they’re some magic scaling solution
truth is most of them are just centralized chaos with a fancy label, and ETH roadmap has clearly failed
if u actually care about decentralization and security, $SOL,
I fully agree with @Justin_Bons
ETH’s L2 roadmap hasn’t just stumbled, it has completely failed. Every major L2 today is insecure, centralized and controlled by a few hands. If Ethereum can’t guarantee real security or decentralization, then what’s the point? Scalable L1s like
The truth no one wants to admit: ETH’s L2 roadmap has failed.
@Justin_Bons is right.
Every major L2 is insecure, centralized and controlled.
If Ethereum can’t provide real security then what’s the point?
Scalable L1s like Solana, Sui and Near are already more decentralized