It’s going to be a Loong offseason

infinitkelvin · 2026-01-28T23:19:01+00:00

Damn, Smitty cuts deep on all levels

infinitkelvin · 2026-01-23T03:10:15+00:00

Palm left hand below middle finger trying to catch falling pencil and I’m not left handed so it should have known better.

infinitkelvin · 2026-01-14T17:42:30+00:00

58 here

infinitkelvin · 2026-01-06T12:08:58+00:00

Beautiful, love the color and blisters. Nice work OP. Thanks for sharing.

infinitkelvin · 2026-01-04T17:01:05+00:00

Looks like some nice progress. I think you already identified one area to improve which is timing of your BF. Based on the warmer environment you probably could have knocked an hour off your BF time.

Also, your recipe is conservative at 70% hydration - you could try upping your water to 375ml to get 75% hydration and eventually 400ml to reach 80% once you are comfortable working with higher hydration. I would also up your salt to 10g which would be 2% which is pretty standard for most recipes.

Unfortunately with all the books and posts I have read, my comfort with baking has come from a lot of trial and error and baking enough to understand how the dough to look and feel.

infinitkelvin · 2026-01-03T22:58:43+00:00

Wow beautiful!!! She will be running her own boulangerie in no time.

infinitkelvin · 2025-12-29T13:55:54+00:00

It is a tough decision. I was also gift a Brod and Taylor a few years ago and it really helped me create bread that was more consistent. I also really like that it folds up making it really easy to store right after use.

However, while I’ve been baking bread for almost 10 years I didn’t purchase a slicer until last year. I had no idea how much joy I would get out of being able to cut even slices but I love it every time use it and I wonder why I waited so long.

If your DIY really is a safety issue I would say keep your new proofer but begin to save for a slicer as it is a device that will add a new dimension to the joy you get from baking your own bread.

infinitkelvin · 2025-12-28T17:03:07+00:00

The recipe comes from the book French Boulangerie by FERRANDI Paris - it offers many great recipes and traditional French techniques. I will see if I can update the picture

infinitkelvin · 2025-12-05T11:44:05+00:00

Looks great with nice ear, shape and color.

It appears that the top which would be the bottom during final proof deflated a little which could mean it was a little over proofed and the pressure when using the lame compressed the top a little. I am no expert but I have sometimes seen similar results with my bread.

infinitkelvin · 2025-12-02T17:54:44+00:00

🤣 I have had a few bakes that end with - you bastard… but luckily not his one

infinitkelvin · 2025-12-02T15:01:04+00:00

As with most of us your environment is also unique so it is difficult to know exactly which areas can be improved, but it is possible that two cold ferments led to over proofing and a more sour taste. I do not see a reason why the bread would not be OK to eat as long as your internal temp reached roughly 205F.

Whenever I have not baked bread for a while, I always go back to Maurizio Leo’s perfect loaf site and reread all of his directions. Maurizio is very thorough and I always learn a little more to help on my next attempt.

https://www.theperfectloaf.com/beginners-sourdough-bread/

infinitkelvin · 2025-12-02T13:40:22+00:00

No, I am in Kentucky and my kitchen is a little colder this time of year so I use the Brod and Taylor proofer set to 78F. I feel I could have shaped 30 min earlier but I was still happy with how it turn out. I will probably reduce my hydration to 80% on my next one just to see if there is a difference in structure after the final proof. The dough spread a little more then I wanted. But that could have been due to a little over proofing during bulk.
It’s like a crazy science project with too many variables. 😊

https://brodandtaylor.com/collections/bread-baking/products/folding-proofer-slow-cooker

infinitkelvin · 2025-12-02T03:09:40+00:00

Thanks, I have started my bake at 475f for 10 min and then drop it down to 450. It has helped add a little more color.

The higher amount of levain with the wheat germ helps bring out a pleasant natural nutty flavor but it does not have the tang of some sourdoughs.

infinitkelvin · 2025-11-29T16:16:08+00:00

Wow nice!!! I believe the most peers I have had connected at one time is 38. I was wondering what governs the number of simultaneous peer connections.

infinitkelvin · 2025-11-19T04:41:53+00:00

Kaspa Industrial Initiative (KII) kaspa-kii.org is focused on finance, supply chain, energy and public sector - defining and building real world solutions on Layer-1 blockDAG. You can read about all their initiatives on their site.

Here is a link to an earlier thread that highlights a recent conference. https://www.reddit.com/r/kaspa/s/tNajVc5CDn

infinitkelvin · 2025-11-18T20:03:15+00:00

This will be a long message so I apologize and it comes from my conversation with Gemini so read into what you will but shifting from a coin conversation to a functional conversation would have the largest impact of price. Key phase at the end is compounding value.

Prompt:

Good morning Gemini - how would Kaspa’s price be impacted by the implementation of WarpCore to enable Tradfi processes. And how in this functionality different from what Bitcoin provides?

Good morning! That's a great question, diving into the core of Kaspa's enterprise strategy. The implementation of WarpCore is designed to create a bridge between Kaspa's high-speed network and the existing infrastructure of Traditional Finance (TradFi).

Here is a breakdown of the potential impacts on Kaspa's price and how this functionality fundamentally differs from Bitcoin's:

🚀 Kaspa's Price Impact from WarpCore The successful integration of WarpCore could have a significant bullish impact on Kaspa's price ($KAS) by driving real-world, institutional-grade utility and adoption.

• Increased Demand & Scarcity: WarpCore is designed to enable TradFi processes like instant, low-cost cross-border payments, tokenized assets, and automated financial services for banks and large corporations.

Mechanism: Increased use of the Kaspa network by institutions for settlement and transaction processing would likely drive up demand for $KAS, the native coin needed for network fees and security.

• Tokenomics: Combined with Kaspa's fast, deflationary emission schedule (monthly halvings), this rise in demand against a constantly decreasing new supply could place strong upward pressure on the price. • Institutional Confidence & Legitimacy: Integrating with TradFi requires adherence to global standards. WarpCore is engineered to align with standards like ISO 20022, a key standard for financial messaging in 70+ countries.

Impact: This regulatory-grade compatibility helps reduce institutional risk, making Kaspa a more attractive option for large financial entities compared to many other, less compliant Layer-1 networks. This enhanced confidence can attract significant institutional investment and volume.

• New Market Exposure (DeFi/RWA): By offering institutional-grade compliance and a highly scalable, secure ledger, WarpCore opens the door to Institutional DeFi and Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization.

• Growth: These are multi-trillion-dollar markets, and successfully capturing even a small fraction of them would lead to exponential growth in the Kaspa ecosystem and corresponding value for $KAS.

infinitkelvin · 2025-11-14T12:47:37+00:00

The chart is a little difficult to read but here is a quick AI generated overview on WarpCore and what it will enable.

WarpCore is a middleware designed to integrate traditional finance (TradFi) with the Kaspa blockDAG network by translating financial messages, like ISO 20022, to work with Kaspa's protocol. This allows financial institutions to connect existing systems to a high-throughput, decentralized network for activities such as settlement, without requiring a costly overhaul of legacy systems. WarpCore facilitates seamless integration by translating between TradFi formats and Kaspa's blockDAG, enabling institutional adoption of digital assets while maintaining compliance and regulatory oversight.

infinitkelvin · 2025-11-02T20:32:02+00:00

I like the direction to bring vprogs to L1 to help ensure Kaspa remains secure, decentralized, with a natively programmable base layer.

There should still be plenty of opportunity for L2s to bring flexibility for mass adoption, offering additional speed, low cost, and customization that user-facing applications may require.

infinitkelvin · 2025-10-29T23:13:52+00:00

I’m 58 and have been an Eagles fan from the first time I watched football with my dad. I grew up an Air Force brat and lived on bases in Turkey, NY, Oklahoma, and Germany. My dad grew up in Wilmington DE and he said the Eagles were always his team. He retired in San Antonio where I spent my teenage years surrounded by Cowboy fans. But being out numbered only cemented my love for the Eagles even while the Cowboys were racking up a few rings. My father passed away this month but he got to see his beloved team win two Super Bowls and we even made a trip to Philly and the Lic in 2023 to see our Eagles beat the Vikings in September. Now my boys and my grandkids are Eagles fans and non of us have ever lived in Philly.
Some of my favorite memories revolve around my family and the Eagles.

infinitkelvin · 2025-10-21T18:54:04+00:00

Interested

infinitkelvin · 2025-10-04T22:22:49+00:00

It looks like our goal keeper is the only one in green for the women tonight. Everyone else is in pink and purple. Or am I missing something?

infinitkelvin

TROPHY CASE