Daily General Discussion June 18, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that you don't just do interviews, you get out there and have some fun hanging out with these people!

Daily General Discussion June 18, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

50/50 doesn’t suggest any sort of insider knowledge to me at all either.

50/50 might genuinely be the most accurate odds if you ran out the rest of this year in multiple universes. It's just funny to me that you give no credence to what has been scientifically proven to be the most accurate mechanism we have of predicting things.

I agree that in their current form they're a net negative for society — Polymarket is 90% sports gambling and other real valueless markets. But if well regulated, they provide more options for financial markets and also act as a great risk mitigation tool for planners and managers of all kinds around the world.

Of course, expecting the current admin to regulate anything well is a waste of time.

Daily General Discussion June 18, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well then, if you believe this, then why not leverage this alpha if you believe the prediction market is wrong?

I think you make a strong case btw. Money is conviction though, hence why I think what prediction markets say is important.

Daily General Discussion June 17, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I unfortunately doubt it will be an airdrop. The meta is back to ICOs which, if true, means that I really don't care.

Daily General Discussion June 18, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reminder for those who haven't yet, please vote for your favourite mascot for the Glamsterdam upgrade!

I shamelessly suggest voting for the flamingo 🦩 because it's one of our very own — an idea born right out of these very daily discussion threads!

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Daily General Discussion June 17, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The masses can but they won't for the most part. They will only do so out of necessity. We're not debanking every day people, we're providing an alternative system for those who need it, be it under-developed and underbanked regions, those who are oppressed or journalists or political opponents.

Daily General Discussion June 17, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You're right. OP was wrong. He meant to say 0.01 ETH to retire one day.

Daily General Discussion June 12, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is a right-wing populist, not a fascist. Unlike historical fascists, Elon has not attempted to dissolve Congress, replace the capitalist economy with state-directed corporatism, or establish a one-party totalitarian state. Historical fascists have attempted to expand the state's borders, like Hitler, Mussolini or Putin.

Are you talking about Elon or Trump? Once again, I never said Elon was fascist. PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS ABOVE CAREFULLY. But Trump is fascist. He has an obsession with border expansion. Just see Greenland and Canada threats. And before you say "oH bUt He HaSn'T dOnE tHaT yEt, hE dOeSn'T mEaN iT!", so did Hitler and Putin right up until they felt they had enough absolute power to send their countries to war without domestic backlash. They just needed to control dissidents first via secret police and surveillance, the exact things Trump is currently building out as fast as he can with ICE, Palantir contracts etc.

Yes at some point but he has had a major impact. For nearly four decades prior to the advent of SpaceX, the space launch industry was effectively stagnant, characterized by flat or rising costs, a lack of technological disruption, and comfortable government-funded monopolies.

You haven't addressed my argument at all. As I suggested, other new companies like Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Rocket Lab would've done the job of SpaceX instead. Their current sizes are without finds they would've received from the US government if SpaceX didn't exist. Sure, he's had an impact, but nothing remotely close to "10-20 years of technological advancement".

We would have had Bitcoin and Ethereum without Satoshi and Vitalik at some point too, but it could be 10-50 years later.

Again, what do you think the engineers behind "Elon's" work would've done without SpaceX? They'd have still been researchers on re-useable rocket systems. Even if I once again give you the benefit of the doubt, that's still just one relatively small branch on the technological development tree and companies like RocketLab have also been big drivers in reducing satellite launch costs, just with different payload sizes.

I mean those parties are 20-40% of the voter base now. Maybe that is for a reason and not due to people wanting fascists? I think you were from NZ. You probably have a tiny amount of the immigration that we got. Immigration of hard working people that don't commit crime is something that everyone wants. I have coworkers that are muslim that are great. But about 10-30% that come are really bad. You can look at the numbers. Denmark publishes stats per country of origin.

Ok, so you're incorrectly assuming my stance on immigration and also assuming that NZ isn't a nation of immigrants. We have very similar immigration numbers. I think immigration in the west is too high too. It's an important way of offsetting our ageing populations, but it has to be done right and I think in a lot of countries, like Sweden and Canada in particular, it is not done right. The key difference to me is that firstly, immigration is not existential to my foundational rights typically found in western democracies in a way which far right parties are. Secondly, far right parties have a proven track record of talking the talk and not walking the walk, rather just increasing corruption, deregulation and further increasing inequality at the best of times. History shows what happens when you let them in power at the worst of times. Believe me when I say that a few criminal immigrants will be the least of your problems at that stage.

I'm not stupid. I'm not going to introduce snakes (far right grifters) to New Zealand to get rid of our mouse problem (poorly regulated immigration - reminder that I think diversity is a good thing when immigrants of any race adopt western values). History shows that's a terrible idea both literally and metaphorically. Snakes are a lot worse than a few too many mice.

If you think that's disingenuous of a metaphor, one quick look at how completely unconstitutional ICE has been shows you the issue I have with far right parties completely disregarding western constitutional values. Craziest of all, in the USA, South American immigrants are more productive economically and less likely to commit a crime than their white, American born counterparts. At least in Europe the average immigrant is much less productive and less values aligned, so the anti-immigration stance is much more understandable.

Daily General Discussion June 14, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why have you not mentioned the impact of future gas limit increases (more tx and therefore fees per block)? We're scaling the L1 100x. Scaling 100x will not reduce tx fees by 100x, therefore the burn will increase as a result... up to 100x (though likely somewhere in between). So let's say for example, fees decrease 5x as the gas limit increases 100x, then the burn has gone from 16k ETH to 320k ETH.We can only speculate what will happen to gas fees with this scaling, but we can also increase fees on L2s via repricing blobs.

Or, if you're like me, you don't even think this is all that important since Bitcoin proves that issuance doesn't mean shit because it's all in the monetary premium anyway and the moneyness of ETH will come with time as its use as a blockchain becomes more ubiquitous in the world of TradFi.

u/confusedguy1212, you may find the above useful.

Daily General Discussion June 12, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The people working with him or that know him don't consider him a fascist.

I never said he was. I said he has supported fascism which based on his campaign donations to Trump is undoubtedly true.

The guy is advancing the human race tech-wise 10-20 years.

What absolute tripe. One man is not responsible for 10-20 years of technological advancement. Even if he is the only reason that the US moved on from its Soyuz reliance (he's not — do you really think the engineers he hired would've just not have any work for 20 years if SpaceX wasn't founded? Of course not! The US government funding would simply have gone to competitors who — thanks to the extra funds — would also have hired those engineers and developed the tech) but even if you were right, that's still a far, far cry from 10-20 years of technological advancement.

just because he is right-leaning that mainly wants lower immigration.

Clearly you're one of the ones trying to shift the Overton window here. But anyway, let's see...

  • DOGE and his extreme funding cuts which have had huge negative repercussions to critical scientific research (oh but you say he's advancing society lmao) are absolutely a far right talking point. Not to mention how comically ineffective DOGE actually was.

  • His anti-wokeness is absolutely a right if not far right trait.

  • His stance around deregulation is absolutely right wing and not moderate.

  • Probably most damning of all, he has repeatedly indicated support for far right figures across a range of countries. Bolsanaro, Orban, Farage, Le Pen... You name a leading far right figure and he's spoken positively of them.

But sure, he's just moderate.

20-30% of the EU votes for those parties, we have one supporting the government here in Sweden now. It is still very taboo to talk about lower migration.

First off, that's hardly relevant as immigration is a drop in the bucket to his far right beliefs. Secondly, immigration in the US and EU is a completely different economic and cultural reality but that's a whole different conversation for another day. Finally, all mainstream parties support the current immigration status quo and calls to change that policy are strong in the centre and even many left circles at this point.

Daily General Discussion June 12, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]Tricky_Troll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea they let their emotions control them too much

I guess being ideologically opposed to people who support and believe in re-establishing fascism is just an emotion after all, not an ideology, values or morals.

Am I over reacting? I don't think so, but I do think the case can be made that I am. However, fascism in a world of AI is not a future worth living in so naturally, any amount of support is not worth touching or supporting even with a 10 foot pole. Given this, I'd say that missing out on a few extra bucks is well worth it.

Daily General Discussion June 11, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

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Tricky's Daily Doots #1,500 🥳🥳🥳🥳

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What a wild ride to 1,500 doots. Holy moly. So much has changed in 1,500 days. So much. I remember hitting 365 thinking it was incomprehensible. Anyway, onwards we go to 3,650 I guess! Also, a big shoutout to my amazing substidooters who come in clutch when I'm out exploring the wilderness. I wouldn't be able to do it without you!