Testing it out 😂

Introverted BD diary @ KBW (epiosode one) Went to Polkadot Korea Connect to see if Polkadot is still dead. Turns out… not really. - Caught Cris talk on the ecosystem, actually interesting. - Then two short presentations in Korean (no clue what about). - After ~2h

Been digging into Aster DEX ($ASTER) during KBW side events, shoutout to TECHANDTIPS 🟪 for the early deep dive before the CZ hype. Here’s my take: - Formed in late ’24 from the merger of Astherus (yield/liquidity hub) + APX Finance (perp DEX). - Already hit $58B+ volume in

developer tip of the day: Your first version isn’t supposed to impress investors. It’s supposed to prove the idea works.

Introverted BD diary @ KBW (episode two) Second event: the BOS Bar Crawl. Pretty cool, and not just because I’m Polish and it involved drinking 😂 - Met Rick CrossChain, who’s building a social app for sharing alpha. - Chatted with two younger guys from infra projects,

Introverted BD diary @ KBW (episode three) Went to the Proof of Lifestyle event by Sophon. Somehow only on my second Sophon event I realized they’re actually an L2… and that by reading through their docs I thought it was a marketing agency this whole time 🙃 Will dig deeper

developer tip of the day: A startup project fails faster from misaligned expectations than from bad code. Set goals, agree on priorities, then start typing.

Introverted BD diary @ KBW (episode four) Two stops: Boundless + Avalanche Lodge. - Boundless: struggled to find the venue (my fault). Missed part of it, but they actually presented about the project, rare so far. Cute merch too. - Avalanche🔺 : best venue yet. Food + drinks on

Introverted BD diary @ KBW (episode five) Day started rough - overslept, woke up at noon (jet lag + calls till 5am). Rushed to Sideblock On The Hill → great view of Seoul, met some friends. Then Movement → arrived late, but good ratio of guests to team, so had proper

Peter "FRESH" S.

Introverted BD diary @ KBW (episode six) Late night yesterday (calls with clients till 5am). Started with Hack Seasons Opportunity Mixer → got an intro to someone from Stellar (thanks Tony). Showed up looking like a wet rat after the rain. Then tried the main Impact event

developer tip of the day: don’t aim for the “final version” on day one. In startups, your first product is just a draft, users will rewrite it for you anyway.

Introverted BD diary @ KBW (episode seven) Last entry -> flying to Singapore tomorrow for Token2049. Past two days were quieter on side events (more laptop time for product releases). Still: Joined the Aleo workshop → built a privacy-preserving token. Dev experience was

What state is Your blockchain?

Too many ideas after Token2049 AI labor unions incoming.

After 3 years, the HIP I proposed: HIP-551: Batch Transactions on Hedera, finally went live yesterday. Big thanks to everyone in the working group who helped make it happen. It’s been a wild few years… excited for what’s next.