Dear Cardano,
It’s not lack of liquidity. It’s not the lack of CEX listings. It’s not the lack of USDC. It’s not because you didn’t get Catalyst funding. It’s not because the industry is biased against Cardano. It’s not because we got left off some list. It’s not because of how
Cardano doesn’t need to compete with Solana on Solana’s merits, it will lose. Flawlessly!
Cardano doesn’t need to compete with Ethereum on Ethereum’s merits. It’ll be a humiliating defeat.
It feels like taunts and jeers from the sidelines are starting to get to us.
If feels
Cardano is not Solana.
Cardano is not Ethereum.
If you want a Solana experience, the best place you can get it is in Solana.
If you want an Ethereum experience? The same thing goes.
A lot of people are pushing Cardano into an identity crisis which is the biggest threat to
Getting USDC on Cardano will not solve the core issues we have within Cardano.
Aggressively pursuing scaling on Cardano will not solve the issues either...unfortunately.
I wish it were that easy, but in both scenarios we have a classic case of putting the cart before the
The biggest issue Cardano has is not scalability. It’s not native centralised stablecoins either. And it definitely definitely isn’t marketing.
The biggest issue is volume.
I am aware that an argument for these would be that volume can be created by addresses the above issues
Dear Cardano builders, holders and community members.
This is the time to show conviction.
We are in a moment where it’s easy to lose our soul in pursuit of fool’s gold.
Easy to lose our culture to impatience.
Easy to be peer pressured into wrong decisions.
Easy to let
Cardano will greatly benefit from VISIONARY LEADERS, way more than USDC. Way more than CEX listings. Even way more than scaling, at least at the moment.
We have a lot of influential people who look to what other ecosystems do and then exclaim we need the same on Cardano.
There are builders and users on here that want Cardano to be something it clearly isn’t.
When pumpinomics is on the brain, the temptation to forego fundamentals start to creep in, suddenly the grass across other chains start to appear greener.
Cardano’s fight isn’t to pump
I have been investing and building on Cardano for nearly 3 years now, but I am very worried about the chain's future 🚨
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A desperate desire for USDC on Cardano will most likely be DETRIMENTAL to Cardano in ways I don't hear many talk about. Let me explain how such attempts can be harmful to our ecosystem.
1⃣It Could Harm Our Builders
The community talked at length about having a stablecoin, and
While you await
@IOHK_Charles
and
@cardano_whale
let me chime in around some points you’ve made on this thread as some info you have on here seems to be outdated or has been addressed in some capacity:
Stablecoins
You are correct about iUSD but very very incorrect about DJED
Looks like my recent Cardano Thread took off and I want to firstly thank
@IOHK_Charles
for responding with a video and answering some concerns so we can progress the chain/solve these issues as a community.
That being said I have some follow up questions:
Part 2 🧵
Cardano is a brilliantly designed POS protocol. Probably the best. But without enough economic activity happening on chain there's a huge risk of degradation to the high security assurances it currently possesses.
We need to fix this! We can, by having the right focuses.
To
We shouldn’t think of Cardano’s treasury as something to blow through. Our first priority should be how to actively increase our treasury funds.
It’s a sign of good health when “treasuries” increase over time (see picture of Apple and Nintendo below).
Investors will be
There’s a lot of talk around Polkadot’s use of their treasury. We will soon be in this position within Cardano.
So I pose a question:
What do you think is most important for us to spend treasury $ADA one?
Create a top 3 list if you can.
To be competitive Cardano needs to stop competing…with VC powered chains. Quite frankly, it’s a battle we will lose easily because that doesn’t play to Cardano’s strengths.
The big money people would rather support a chain where they get a bigger slice of the pie. That clearly
@davidgokhshtein
I think people are generally confused about the success because Cardano took a very different route to the other chains propped up by VCs.
It’s a very weird energy to have hate against a blockchain that’s sticking to the foundations of cryptocurrency while trying to expand it.
I thought Cardano was different.
I thought our community was a little bolder…a little bit more formidable.
Going to UTxO route was gutsy.
Going the research peer reviewed road took courage.
Taking a different path from the wider industry knowing Cardano would be later to
🔴Cardano won’t win by being the most scalable blockchain.
🔴Cardano won’t win by being the chain most beloved by institutions.
🔴Cardano won’t win by being the chain that launches the most memecoins.
🔴Cardano won’t win by being a perfect chain that gets everything right.
I have so many things to say about
@pxlzNFT
and I’ll get to it but
@pxlzAF
is one of the most inspiring builders here. There are so many good decisions he has made and I’m looking forward to seeing the pay off
⛰️Terrain will play a tactical role in choosing how you position your war
#PXLZ
on the board in PXL Wars.
The various terrain tiles scattered throughout the board will restrict movement, affect surrounding tiles & even feature base-specific behaviour.
So a 10k NFT mint happened and sold out yesterday. On Cardano!
This is why it’s a turn off when builders say “wait till the market turns”. No. Build something good that people want and maybe your products can turn the market sentiment.
Congrats
@stuff_io
@book_io
team!👏🏿👏🏿
@coinbureau
“The high level of technical sophistication and unique programming languages (like Haskell) can present a steep learning curve for developers”
Just on this point Cardano has significantly improved. We have languages like
@aiken_eng
which is very accessible. We have
@OpShinDev
It’s been a long road to getting to
@pxlzNFT
’s PXL WARS and it might still be sometime till we get it but...I remain super bullish.
I’m always a tad nervous to write about DEADPXLZ because there’s so much to say and there’s so much I’d have to leave out. So I wanted to focus on
There’s something special about Cardano!
If you listen carefully to some of the critique Cardano gets you would realise that there are compliments in those critiques.
“I can’t believe Cardano is still in the top 10. How is its market cap that high? It’s a ghost chain! It’s a
Shout out to the OG NFT projects and community on Cardano that have been here since close to the beginning, are still here and are still have a huge imprint on the Cardano NFT scene!
S/O to
@spacebudznft
! Where would we be if you didn’t kick this off sharing your ideas and
At some point a builder within Cardano will get tired that Circle hasn’t deployed native USDC on Cardano and build a fiat backed Cardano stablecoin with Cardano’s native token properties…
Oh wait
@MehenOfficial
already did that with USDM.
Will Cardano support its builders?🤔
At some point a builder on Cardano is going to be tired of CNTs not getting listed on CEXes and build a much better on boarding protocol that can really shake up things.
Maybe one has already started.
Hint*
@AnastasiaLabs
*Hint*
@ENCOINS1
*Hint*
@zkFold
Cardano doesn't have a liquidity problem.
But it's an easy excuse to pull out when the products aren't connecting to the audience.
We have a lot of passionate Cardano holders, but they seem to be way more passionate about the L1 than anything being built on Cardano. Hence,
You never really hear Nintendo say anything bad about Sony or Microsoft.
You never really hear Apple say anything bad about Samsung or Google.
I generally think it’s a waste of time slagging off other blockchains to make Cardano look better.
For me…
What’s important is
As someone who has been advocating for volume creation on Cardano with our current infrastructure, I’m quite happy to see the success of $Nike.
It shows that we can’t use the excuse of lack of USDC or scaling limitations as an excuse anymore for lack of volume.
It shows we
There’s a reason why holders have so much faith in
@pxlzAF
. If you think about what PXL accomplished on a one man team you would understand why.
Then look at the different products shipped and it’ll make more sense.
Look at the mint experience (by far the best I’ve been a
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I can tell you clearly why I like
@pxlzNFT
I can tell you clearly why I like
@TheDerpBirds
I can tell you clearly why I like
@axotrade
I can tell you clearly why I like
@OptimFi
All without mentioning price.
Let’s talk more about products Cardano.
Cardano needs great products. Our volume screams this to us. We can get honest about it or live in a space where we don't accept harsh realities.
We. Need. Great. Products.
I'm going to attempt to explain what constitutes great products from my POV.
But before I do that,
Every blockchain has to continually justify its existence in the sea of blockchains if not it’ll eventually die.
There’s a critical role storytellers play in this. In Cardano we have:
@cardano_whale
to tell beautifully the essence of Cardano from a community perspective and
The implications of this is massive, I haven’t seen any project in gaming anywhere tackle decentralisation and then tackle it this elegantly. I think every project founder should watch the full video. The problems that have been tackled and solved are *chef’s kiss*
It's time.
The DEADPXLZ Q3 2023 Update is here!
Strap in, because this one is a behemoth with over an hour of PXL video content and so much more.
Let's take a peek at what the PXLZ team has been working on: 🧵
The
@stuff_io
mint tells us something really clearly if we are willing to listen.
🎯There is liquidity in Cardano.
🎯Cardano can have really impressive volume.
🎯A great product can turn market sentiments pretty quickly.
Maybe the reason why your project is not doing well
If you don’t love your project like
@theother_dave
loves
@TheDerpBirds
you are probably NGMI in crypto. Because that’s the level of dedication you need, especially on Cardano.
This is the
@pxlzNFT
difference. It’s very important to pay attention to the moves being made by projects especially during the bear market. PXL is building a rock solid foundation to create a project that is hear for the long haul! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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With the S³ seal by
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At some point builders on Cardano will get tired of waiting for an easier programming language than Plutus and build a new one themselves.
Oh wait…
@aiken_eng
already did that.
@plu_ts
too. So did
@OpShinDev
.
A strong community has the solutions.
At some point builders within Cardano will get tired of waiting for entities to “market” Cardano and realise we can do it ourselves. They will realise they don’t need a big marketing budget to make an impact.
Oh wait…
#CardanoGirls
already did that.
The Biggest Threat to Cardano is a Loss of its Strong Sense of Identity...Let me explain
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A strong sense of identity is critically important for every brand that wants to be and stay successful.
It is the grounding element that keeps you
What Cardano needs now is truly great products!
Products so great they cause the dormant $ADA to move.
Products so great they cause a volume avalanche within Cardano and curiosity outside of Cardano.
Such products are possible NOW but not without FOCUS.
A keen focus. A
Let me go a little bit geeky and tell you why from the little bit shown here PXL WARS will be something special.
If you want to know about the developer
@pxlzAF
‘s reputation, I have a post I’ll link below and you can check it out. But let me focus on the clip below.
First of
That moment when that video game you've been working on for so long actually starts looking like a video game!🤩🕹️
@pxlzNFT
#PXLWARS
This is actual in-game footage running in a web browser, built from scratch using
@babylonjs
and
@Blender
.
Nintendo Switch and the Wii never had GTA.
There’s this fear that Cardano will fail if it doesn’t have what VC chains have. And that can be a reality IF builders and users are tethered to that mindset.
We lose distinction trying to wear other chains’ clothes and will never
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The DDOS attack on Cardano, I hope, puts things into perspective for a lot of us. On our crypto journey, it’s often easy to get sidetracked and let competition veer us off the path of proper prioritisation.
All talks of TVL, TPS, memesPerSecond or access to native USDC come to
That moment when that video game you've been working on for so long actually starts looking like a video game!🤩🕹️
@pxlzNFT
#PXLWARS
This is actual in-game footage running in a web browser, built from scratch using
@babylonjs
and
@Blender
.
Did you know that the video game industry experienced a huge crash in between 1983 and 1985?
Did you know the primary reason for this was because of low quality games being heavily pumped into the market?
Did you know Nintendo single-handedly revived the dying market? How did
So $Nike has been able to generate some volume on Cardano the past few days and guess what?
Cardano still doesn’t have USDC. We still don’t have input endorsers.
Proving the point the I’ve been making for months that volume can be generated NOW…with the right product.
I
VERY UNPOPULAR OPINION:
Most of the calls for listing on tier 1 CEX is rooted in greed. We want the token to pump so we can dump on others.
It’s not rooted in great products.
We should be pushing for great products that actually create utility that we ourselves want to use.
@beaseyy
If you worried about AF being able to deliver PXL WARS, you really should not.
The forge spec alone should be enough to show how much work has gone into PXL WARS.
Plus the game footage has demonstrated his ability to build a high quality game.
We need better utilisation of the protocols on the chain. At the moment it seems the best solution is coming from
@OptimFi
OADA which will also have an implementation of OUSD, then Leviathan etc.
So I think it’s important we start to turn $ADA users in that direction.
We need to massively increase the amount of transactions on Cardano to keep the chain sustainable.
Once running stake pools isn't worth it anymore, we're in trouble.
And we're approaching it quickly.
The only solution is to replace the staking rewards coming from the
Cardano is losing the battle in public opinion for blockchain scalability…and for now? That’s perfectly ok.
We lose when we lose our identity in the pursuit of trends. And scalability is trendy at the moment.
There are easy ways to scale to be inline with the competition and
This thread below by the co-creator of
@spacebudznft
is why I believe every major NFT on Cardano and collector should own a Spacebudz.
They pioneered this and keep doing it. I deeply believe healthy communities incentivise the right behaviours. Spacebudz should always feel the
1. Here's a quick and easy overview of
@spacebudznft
and their achievements: They continue to stand for the greater good, symbolizing the dawn of the Cardano NFT landscape. Welcoming newcomers to the ecosystem, a thread.🧵👇
Dear Cardano, there's something special about decentralisation that we lose when we place our fate on centralised entities.
I've heard people say we NEED USDC.
I've heard people say we NEED Cardano Native tokens (CNTs) to be listed on Binance (aka a Tier 1 CEX).
I think this
It’s great to see when brave choices pay off. The brave ones are the ones that push the ecosystem forward. Congrats Derps.
But if you know anything about Derps you know this is just the beginning.
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I know we are on a $Nike high watching the pig fly at the moment, and short term there are some great benefits to this but I keep thinking about Cardano long term. I keep thinking 💭 💭 💭
What is the Cardano story?
What do we say for why Cardano needs to exist?
Why choose
One of the reasons I appreciate
@theother_dave
and the Derp team so much within the Cardano space is the level of dedication and conviction.
They. Keep. Delivering.
Especially since Cardano NFT sentiments are so low, they never slowed down.
Definitely a team to support!
I know I talk about
@pxlzNFT
‘s mint experience often, but indulge me to use it as an example to further express my point.
There were a bunch of us participating in the mint process but not for one second did we get any issues with chain congestion. This is because of the
UNPOPULAR OPINION but Cardano scalability can wait for a little while longer.
But let me explain…
When a lot of us ask for scalability here, we are usually projecting. We are asking because of what we hope is coming.
We believe the bull market will bring in a lot of new
There’s a reason why there are a bunch of
@pxlzNFT
holders that are ride or die.
Simply
@pxlzAF
has earned that trust through all his has successfully implemented.
PXL Mint - By far the best and unique mint experience on any chain.
DEADPXL the NFT - It’s not a JPEG. It’s a
It’s important to take time and look through the 2023 PXL updates and you’ll see the important decisions
@pxlzAF
has taken to build out the PXL ecosystem.
I don’t know if many know but most of
@pxlzNFT
was built single-handedly (while working a corporate job 🤯), and should
Alot of money is going to be wasted on crypto games, especially those trying to create triple A titles.
Hardly anyone in crypto should be attempting it. They are expensive and are tough to execute. Seasoned game developers mess it up.
I’d rather bet on the
@pxlzNFT
approach.
1/5 I often think about Cardano and Tony Stark building the arc reactor in the cave.
Cardano cannot out resource the VC chains so to try to compete in the vein is unwise.
If we learn from Tony in the cave, we can outperform those with more resources.
Let’s explore how🧵
I seem to be one of the few who reacted a lot differently to the news of $Levvy. And I think partly because I had long thought that
@levvyfinance
as a protocol needed its own token. So for me it immediately made sense.
All the other protocols Levvy is compared to are standalone
It’s a crime
@theother_dave
and Geek don’t get paid off of Derps. But these shows the level of passion they have for their product.
Will always have respect for that level of dedication and for me, when you pair it with what they’ve produced how can I not support Derps?
Most are overlooking it, but derps are entering into a golden era.
A lot of web3 participants want everything to be hyped, the want the hyperbole, they want their bags pumped, they want to be lied to and assured that they're going to get rich, etc... and if you need that, derps
There’s a super power in limitation.
People often wonder why artists first albums are usually their best or why there’s a dip in quality when they become “successful”.
Many times, it’s because the limits that gave them focus are no longer present.
They can now work with who
Cardano has to do things differently because Cardano is different. I’m not quite sure a lot of the community understand this.
We keep touting our treasury but if we aren’t frugal we will realise very quickly that it doesn’t stretch infinitely, especially as what we are getting
Part 2: A harsh reality is you might have been building the wrong product for Cardano.
There have been certain frustrations some builders within Cardano have expressed. And many times those frustrations have been tied to what they hoped would have been implemented into the
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The NFT Market place is going to be heating up soon within Cardano.
@levvyfinance
markets is coming hopefully soon and will have integration with the lending and borrowing side + a points system based on participation + traits collection offers and iirc will initially have 0%
Wen sound? 🔊
A great audio track and sound effects make a game truly fun and immersive.
We're excited to let you hear an early preview of the audio being worked on for PXL Wars. ⚔️
Volume up!
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