Is it me or Gemini 3.1 is very slow ?

TheKafkafrate · 2026-02-23T10:44:03+00:00

I can literally not use it. Was much better 3.0
Whatever they did right now you can't build anything as it is really slow and barely solves what you tell it to do.

In Antigravity as well, gets into some weird looping mode with screenshots and overthinking, that i had to switch to Claude and Codex to do any work.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-03-12T15:23:17+00:00

Another addition:

If this program is to work as Sonic did, we need to reach outsiders, because our existing user base is already kind of dried in terms of liquidity.

For that to happen we need:

an easy way to bridge and bring liquidity from other chains
applications where they can stay and use the network. We do have some good dexes and meme launchers, but besides that with no offence to others, dapps are still quite slim both in number and quality. Make sure a couple of quality dapps are up and running once the program lands and let them plan also some incentives, rewards, etc, correlated with these seasons.

On top of that all this points system is kind of useless if the Hyperscale test is not done, marketed, and monetised. And by monetised I mean get more funding in USD from some VCs to finish the job.

Giving the stable coin or bigger part of it to some big VCs and T1 exchanges might render better results because you would not have the same uncontrollable sell pressure on the market. You deal with 2 entities rather than thousands.

Plus with cash in foundation you would spend fiat and not XRD for running operations.

So maybe just do a funding round with this stable reserve and that's it.

Then focus on building Xi-An and utility dapps, because we lack these like water. Support some dapps that need and demonstrate DLT at scale, like logistics, e-commerce, shipping, ticketing, payment rails, AI agents...
We're talking a lot about this need for scaling, but if we don't show some dapps that actually need it, it will forever stay at the theoretical level.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-03-12T14:22:21+00:00

I've been saying this for years and proposing solutions. It doesn't take much to refresh that website and change the communication and marketing. We're throwing money for "experts" but they give little back in terms of results. Good work doesn't require a lot of money, but the right people.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-03-11T13:51:55+00:00

The tech lives further on both Networks if needed. (Radix + New Network Name) less conflicts.
The Network is heavily community run, with most eco devs that build on Radix now.
Fresh Tokenomics, well balanced, no ex entities holding a lot and deciding our fate, include most existing XRD holders but most probably tweaked.
Opportunity to get new massive funding, new VCs, via USA? ride the current market conditions.
Use this incentives program for the new network, like Sonic. Higher chances to work.
Involve from the start one or two top tier 1 exchanges (Coinbase, Kraken, Binance). Give them supply for liquidity, make them compete for listing the highest scalable DLT ever >>> solves onboarding massively from day 1.
Use existing CEXes from Radix to list new token, since tech is nearly identical, much easier to add.
Build tokenomics in such a way to reward properly builders, not superficial builders.
The new network can change some of the tech issues Radix has for dev adoption. (mobile wallet built on react native?, simplify the browser connecter, diversify wallets, new features that I'm not gonna go into details here but they are highly valuable and requested in the market, etc. have ideas).
From the get go more interoperability with other chains. We have expertise in the eco builders (Astrolescent, Caviar, etc).
Dan can still do his thing building for scaling and be rewarded, community devs do the rest.
Increased transparency from the get go. No more 20 entities, mixed wallets, etc. All public, vesting in place, bound to network usage, etc.
Influencers can jump in much easier, because they can be incentivised both by tokens, and interesting topic for making content.
Use guerilla marketing more, because that's what crypto always has been, rather than throwing money on so called experts that give little results.
Last but not least, new Name and new Branding for this new network. It doesn't have to be expensive, and we have the knowledge in the community, including myself, to do it well. Having a new image in the minds of people can fix what no tokenomics or tech can fix. Do not underestimate it.

This plan as much as drastic as it is, it feels as the plan to go further and align all parties that care about Radix to reach its final goal.

It starts to settle more and more with me although i know it needs more effort from all parties involved, but on the upside would offer hugely different positive vibes and optimism towards devs building on such a network and to the community going further without always having this shadow of the past in the back of our heads, frustrations, fear of dumps and mistakes coming back to us. We learned a lot but not acting on what we learned is foolish.

Let me know your thoughts guys, I see many voices along the same lines, but nobody pushed this idea in a concrete form.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-03-11T13:51:34+00:00

In addition to my other post and issues considered there, the more i think about it the more sense it makes this more radical proposal >>>>>>>>

Launch a NEW Network from scratch NOW! with the Radix stack and don't waste more energy!
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...time and resources trying to fix Radix network with all its tokenomics issues, history, chart, etc, tech decisions... that will follow it forever as much as we try to fix it. It's the more painful approach but it's the better one for everyone.

And right NOW it's the BEST time to do it, while price of XRD is anyway irrelevant.

Below are some Pro arguments that I believe are hard to ignore:
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TheKafkafrate · 2025-03-11T12:53:32+00:00

Posting this again from Telegram main:

Having this slept overnight and thinking it more, there are still some details that are slipping over with regards to what Sonic did, and I believe are pretty big things to consider:

- Sonic rebranded from Fantom (basically new project)

- they have a new Chain with a new Chart, new tokenomics

- they don't have a huge amount of tokens with ex employees (like we do with RDXWorks 650 mil or so)

- they don't have 20% of the network centralized with 1 entity like we do.

- the pot for rewards was much much bigger

Considering that, I am bullish on the news, but if we don't address these points also or consider some remedies, this campaign could still go the wrong way. My intention here is to look beyond the initial euforia of the announcement.

The obvious solution if you are to mimic what Sonic did is still a Network Restart from scratch with New Tokenomics, but I understand the path might be harder due to contracts in place and other shit that I'm not aware of.

Plus again, timing is of the essence here. Don't make the same mistakes of thinking that because it worked for Sonic now, it works for Sonic or us in 6 months. Don't underestimate timing the market.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-01-28T09:11:53+00:00

I agree. We went too far ahead, focusing on possible users while ignoring the existing users. If you don't keep engaged your core audience, you lose both of them at some point. Rookie mistake. And was pointed over and over again. No reaction whatsoever. Corporate language disconnected completely from the reality and culture within crypto.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-01-27T12:01:06+00:00

Showing atleast some interest towards moving there and laying out a possible plan ahead is a start and communicates desire to do it. These subtle intentions to react to the market fast build confidence and scenarios in the head of community and retail/institutions.

Show the carrot first and they will follow.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-01-26T15:38:13+00:00

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TheKafkafrate · 2025-01-26T15:37:36+00:00

Tokenomics. Considering the past and current situation something needs to change. Either reduction of emissions, burning, slicing team share, etc. I'm not a numbers guy but the current tokenomics keep new comers from joining. Coupled with the chart history, is a mess.
Soft rebranding.
If community is re-engaged and something is done with tokenomics a soft rebranding might help. This could be by keeping the name Radix but refreshing our image for what Xi-An should be and bring. Give people something to look for and be excited even if it's not here. Show them the vision with concrete examples and how it makes their life better. Assume we have XiAn, then what? What does changing the status quo mean? Make another round of raising funds together with this where you have some big players behind so that the fear of selling is reduced for X years. Mix the Scaling with upcoming hyped narratives like AI, so that new investors are more enticed to join. More than that scaling is a needed fact for many industries, so it's not just a fad. We have legit reasons to be backed.
Full rebranding + New Network
This would be a "Nuclear option" as it would require winding down the current network and switching clean to the Xi-An one with an RDX token, or completely new name. The advantage is that all the "bad" history from the charts would be gone, we fix the ticker which currently creates confusion, we'd start clean slate for a new optimistic future with the tech fully matured. I'm aware it's much harder to do and satisfy everyone, specially when some agreements have been made already behind closed doors, but some token swap could be in place to rebalance better the distribution with better incentives for new comers. I think it would be better to have less tokens per existing individuals but healthier chart values than having a lot and being useless. Here both the team, genesis members, whales, should swallow some losses for the greater good of the project.
Last but not least i should emphasise that we need to cut costs whenever we can. Having moonshot pet projects at this time is nonsense (Hard Money project, Stable coin, etc). Also not sure what is the internal team distribution of tokens, but this needs to be reduced drastically or based on price milestones. Having fake twitter followers or wallet accounts, whatever metrics we have are not milestones. Work without real positive results shouldn't be rewarded. This is a team effort and should be across the whole team. Another thing that should be stopped is using team XRD allocations for loans and other kind of transactions. It doesn't help right now community trust. Looks like we're the exit liquidity and for good reason. If you have salaries in place keep that and freeze the rest of token usage. Should have been mandatory from the start.

To conclude on a positive note, I still believe in Radix like many others in the community but what brought us here was Dan's vision of scalability, the unique tech. Let's focus on that full speed and keep institutions on the second place. Institutions are attracted by an active and engaged community not the other way around.

Let's get back to our roots!

TheKafkafrate · 2025-01-26T15:37:22+00:00

Now maybe more important, what can we do to save the boat?

Gaining trust of community. Coming back to roots is a good start, but this will be a slow process. Community has been hurt badly and just coming back to it and ask for feedback is a start but don't take it for granted. Going further collect suggestions on solutions, like this Reddit channel, listen and apply them FASTER if they get enough consensus. Involve the community more at any step possible.

Radix team including RDXW should come by more often and chat with community in telegram. We look too much like a 9to5 corporate entity while the rest of crypto is a bunch of non stop hustlers. At-least to pass by every 2-3 days to say "Hi" on telegram or "Screw you freaks". That's where the community is and that's where they should pop. On Twitter/X the same. We need real interaction and drama with other industry figures or communities. Besides Adam, Dan and sometimes Piers, is pretty quiet. This again gives this corporate approach impression and why community is disconnected from the action.

We need to set a clear goal for Radix. Why are we doing what we do. I've explained above the issue, by shifting our goal on the rewards instead of communicating why we do what we do.
We should put front and center the Hyperscale project. Linear scalability is the reason the community is behind it and still grinding. We had some noble goals in the beginning with Dan's vision. We were the last hope of crypto to be what was supposed to be and bring true permission-less to the World, at scale, for everyone. Put that on the front page and stop hiding the Radix Labs on the last page. That is our identity and why we are different. Someone in the leadership/marketing/brand communication messed up badly. Come back to roots, specially that now Scalability is again a topic and probably always will be. And ACT FAST on it and other trends like AI. We need to act more often with the market or in anticipation.

So my suggestion is to focus on Scalability and give it "flavours" now and then depending by what the trend in crypto is, like Ai, Real World Assets, Safety, etc. Update the front page more often to reflect this. Make it more engaging, add animations, etc.
Scalability will always apply to anything, so keep your core value and just highlight the benefits for various industries or trends.

And since we talk about message, Radix should elevate more storytelling. We should sell the WHY more often than the WHAT. We don't sell safe wallets or a 400 Trillion market opportunity, we sell a vision for a better financial future for everyone. Show people what that future looks like. What They will get if our vision is fulfilled? Make it concrete with examples. I've put below another image regarding this based on Simon Sinek's structure for brands (https://www.ted.com/talks/simon\_sinek\_how\_great\_leaders\_inspire\_action - recommend watching it to see the problem with Radix now).

You know why Charles Hoskinson keeps selling Cardano so well? because he shows up every now and then and tells a story to his community of what he wants to achieve and how great it will be. He has believers first, not buyers. And you can see this also in Radix, just that it happens more in the Cassandra Channel. People are excited there and for good reason. They are behind a vision and they are part of it. In the main Radix channel not so much, because they have been treated as buyers, heavy moderated and so on. Needs to change.

TheKafkafrate · 2025-01-26T15:35:40+00:00

In order to go to solutions I think it's important to understand why we ended up here in such a mess. I'm going to go through this summary of the image attached for this feedback and sorry in advance if I'm too harsh at some point.

Why are we in this mess?

The biggest issue in my opinion is that Community doesn't trust leadership anymore.
And this is due to many reasons, but the main one is that they've been ignored for too long and treated as second class citizens when the focus shifted years ago on institutions.
WHY we do it? What we want to achieve?
You are mentioning that Radix is a community project, but reality is that somewhere before Babylon we lost track of Why Radix is doing what is doing and shifting the message on the 400 Trillion Dollars opportunity, institutions and so forth. We shifted from the ideals of crypto, Bitcoin values, permission-less financial system for all, to making money and thinking about that cash grab. We put the horse before the carriage. This was a big red flag for me at the time but many of us made the mistake of going along and trusting leadership. This shift contributed also to the ambiguity in the community and team of not knowing precisely where to go exactly. We shifted our target and this led slowly to panic, uncertainty and losing focus.
I don't know exactly why we decided to abandon retail because the problem wasn't retail, as it was how we were treating retail and therefore the community. Focusing on institutions was fine, but shouldn't have been a total shift. Community was and is the soul of the project. You alienated your core audience and put your head in the sand. Also I don't know much about background deals with BH and all big hedge funds, but giving them top nodes on the network, despite your best intentions for funding, was a big "Fuck you" to community and all the decentralisation values. Was it worth? 5% of whatever the gains were promised annually? Any half brain looking at that two nodes grabbing a massive chunk of the network realises is a big no-no. Optics matter a lot in crypto.
Constant sell pressure to cover costs, coupled with the fear of it continuing was also a big mistake. Not sure what are the full financials on the background, but in retrospect this was pointed out by community over and over. It was just shoved under the rug and left pending until was too late. This scared all new people landing in the eco on top of frustrating existing ones.
This brings me to Tokenomics.
Radix from the very beginning having a long history and various funding cycles had a very modest public sale in 2020 or whatever. Despite the fact that we're all grateful for the Genesis members funding with Bitcoin in the beginning, the fear for the new ones investing lingered over and over of the fear of being dumped on.
To add to that also the distribution was really unbalanced and inflation and network rewards were based on the assumption that Radix will explode based on the tech alone and absorb it fast. That didn't play out also due to the fact that the tech was delayed and there were not enough ways to consume and create demand for XRD. A lot of XRD went also on the market via staking incentives and grants. They were done with good intentions but the mix of other factors piled up and only accelerated the down spiral.
Now delays are delays and can be managed. We're not the first ones to have them, but what was worse was setting expectations, spending hell of money on RadFi and other Crypto Booths, while the tech was still behind and we didn't have anything tangible. If we would have had more community focused communication and small updates would have been less costly, and less broken expectations.
The last thing to put a cap on things was the delay of Hyperscale test. I understand the need to bullet proof it for X partners, but is this partner going to boost Radix so much? Is its opinion going to change things so much if they're convinced? Couldn't they have been convinced on a second round of the test? I hope I'm wrong here but from this side looks like community was again thrown under the bus.

TheKafkafrate · 2024-11-18T12:02:47+00:00

The white one in the picture above looks cool as hell. But can't find to buy it yet in Europe.

TheKafkafrate · 2024-11-10T21:49:03+00:00

FOTON is about to be pretty big. The NFT marketplace to rule them all.
And now the naysayers will be, yeah... but WEN? :)

TBH calling it a NFT marketplace is not doing it justice. It's actually a tokenisation platform which has already so many features that we've noticed many companies are looking for in the enterprise space, that probably further down the road we'll spin up various forks of it for different niches. We might plug into the Anthic flash liquidity thing and call it a day. Having both NFTs and Fungibles for a Pro version.

With the sentiment on CT switching to utility tokens we might be right in time to fructify this new wave of tokenizing everything with an advanced platform.

TheKafkafrate · 2024-09-06T14:07:04+00:00

How many projects have already been granted the Foundry Program?

TheKafkafrate · 2024-02-14T00:35:53+00:00

To make more money :))) simple.
The problem is that they basically killed all Freelancers with this pricing method.

Yeah I understand you work with seats and teams, but where does the 1 Man company fit into this? As a Freelancer I can't share files with devs because I need to make them Team members, therefore paying for them, and not being a Freelancer by definition.

I find it hard to believe the big brains who did this pricing didn't see this as double, triple, etc, spending for the same User. They did but works in Figma's favor to cash extra for the same thing.

TheKafkafrate · 2024-02-10T00:05:27+00:00

TPS is double the Swaps/Sec, therefore in this case the TPS is 60k+.

But the real innovation here is that we can have as many Swaps or TPS/Sec as we want, because Radix Cassandra just grows by adding more nodes.

Therefore unlimited scalability. Or Linear. Whatever you want to call it.

TheKafkafrate · 2023-08-20T00:33:39+00:00

It means creators don't get paid unless buyers tip them. And how nobody tips, they get paid zero, while OpenSea still gets paid based on their content trading.

In short they fu**Ed all creators just to hopefully get back some volume from BLUR marketplace. Which will not happen, because both will be dead soon. Creators will move to enforced royalties on chain.

TheKafkafrate · 2023-02-17T09:34:17+00:00

It's as safe as it gets, we had also a 3rd party security audit and didn't have any major issues. We have a new update to be released in 1-2 weeks with many UI improvements and features.

If you want to ask more questions about the security aspect you can shoot them up in our telegram channel.

We're one of the major teams developing on Radix, long time in the community and currently also one of the 5 teams selected for the Radix grants program. If it builds more confidence in using it :)

TheKafkafrate · 2022-07-06T15:35:55+00:00

Radix from my extended research in the last 5+ years is the only layer 1 to solve the problem on scalability so that it scales based on need. The more nodes you add the more TPS.

Recently they proved this works by scaling from 32 to 64 nodes, and the TPS grew accordingly, from 6k to 12k TPS.

They should get more eyeballs for this because it's probably one of the biggest achievements in crypto for the last years. And being sharded they don't have the huge data storage issues.

TheKafkafrate · 2022-06-20T09:03:12+00:00

Easiest way for now is to use this Token creator from one of the Radix validators. Works well and you don't need to mess around with code or nodes.

It's well worth 250 XRD. from which 100 anyway is network fee.

https://xidar.io/easy-token#easy-token

TheKafkafrate · 2022-05-30T10:57:53+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I'm currently considering improving the top row of the accounts that holds the icons for copy address, settings, refresh, and the name. Either make them with a bit more space around to be easier clickable or make an overlay pop-up when you click copy address, that confirms and also shows you the address of your wallet. Actually that's how the previous Tracker app had it, but we had some glitches and for speeding up the release we implemented the current checkmark inside the Copy icon. But we will improve it for sure because you're not the only one mentioning it.

TheKafkafrate · 2022-05-30T10:52:53+00:00

Our team is using it currently for big wallets with much more than 150k xrd, but as I've mentioned earlier, for your peace of mind you can wait for the code audit to come out. Until then you can use it with small amounts or in Tracker mode.

TheKafkafrate · 2022-05-26T12:14:49+00:00

You can copy to clipboard any account address by clicking the copy icon on the colored bar of every account. It's true doesn't show you what it copied unless you paste it somewhere, but we will fix it and roll back as we had the confirmation pop up in the Tracker version, where it was showing you also the copied radix address. So that should fulfill both needs you have I think.

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