We close out 2024 talking through the Interchain Foundation's acquisition of Skip and what that means for the ICF, $ATOM holders, and the larger Cosmos ecosystem. From everyone at Game of Nodes, have a restful and happy Holiday Season and we'll see you in 2025 for the GoN end-of-year awards! Show Links In latest shakeup, Interchain Foundation acqui…

As we wind down 2024, the GoN crew talks bespoke AS (Autonomous System) monikers, shared storage, the flood of new testnets, the networks that are "almost" live, and if Santa will fill our stockings with shitcoins. Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five…

We welcome the amazing @jasperflux from @sedaprotocol! We talk the origins of Seda, programmable oracles, OEV, building a market based on gas, and the hogs and dogs of the outback. Show Links seda.xyz Building an Oracle Program - seda.xyz Hunting with a 50 cal BMG - youtube Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the …

While the Yanks cut their birds, we dissect the Tornado Cash crackdown, daydream about a glorious crypto bull run, and share the joys (and pains) of runnin' nodes in 2024. Show Links FCA Crypto Roadmap - fca.ork.uk Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned by U.S. Appeals Court; TORN Soars Over 500% - coindesk Please support Game of Nodes and other great i…

We chat up the Juno pump (and dump), PoE, getting de-Banked, Elon's meme coins, and finally decide who is the greatest validator of them all... Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy today!…

We talk $90k Bitcoin, if validators really read upgrade code, recent Cosmostation tooling, the carbon footprint of 5 sheep and just how much $JUNO you need to live forever... Show Links Winning, a Song by Charlie Sheen - youtube Come Build A New City, To Make Death Optional - vitalia.city Beginners Guide to Vitalia - vitalia.city Please support Gam…

We catch up on the state of the U.S. Presidential election results, the election "bump", the chance for regulated stablecoins in the U.K, and how to make $1M USD in 7 days. Show Links The Bank of England’s approach to innovation in money and payments - bankofengland.co.uk Stripe purchase Bridge - pymnts.com Please support Game of Nodes and other gr…

usurper and schultzie get the chance to spend some time with the amazing @timtimtim_eth from Story (꧁IP꧂)! We get the opportunity to learn more about the challenging space of Intellectual Property, the role of AI in the IP space, the role (and value) of validators in Story, staking IP, community slashing and more. Show Links story.foundation story …

usurper and nullmames finally get to nerd out and talk about our mutual love - @zabbix (we won't make this weird). We catch up on the best of node operations, ransomwared nodes (and shitty providers), risk management and getting shot in the arm. Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, King…

Game of Nodes keep the lights on while slamming Eigenlayer and for once are positive about some of the use cases in crypto. Null lets several delivery drivers into his house live on air.

Satoshi is revealed, core switches implode, Dubai cracks down on shilling, and @informalinc says so long and thanks for all the fish. All that and the best of 1990's Cinemax this week, on Game of Nodes. Show Links Informal moves on - twitter cycles.money Dubai regulator tightens rules on crypto marketing - cointelegraph Samurai Cop - imdb Please su…

We finally get the band back together just in time to talk DPRK programming moles, the beauty of Samurai Cop (jury is still out tbh), the slow implosion of AADAO, and the underapprecation for blockchain history. Show Links: How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry - coindesk AADAO Oversight Special Report: GM Misconduct/Mismanagement - cosmo…

While the GoN family grows by the week, we catch up with friend of the show @JakeHartnell! We talk about Cosmos Past, Cosmos Future, Everything Ethereum, layer.xyz, "fully decentralized" applications, and being data-hostages in the world of AI. Show Links @LayerOnEth - twitter layer.xyz Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent valid…

While the babies (and SPF ports) keep us up at night, the GoN crew Demonstrates our Commitment and gets back to work discussing @injective's cash grab booth of Validator coupons at Token 2049, AIs rugging AIs, and the academic definition of shitcoin. Show Links Demonstrate your Commitment to Injective - rhinostake AIs are now paying other AIs with …

We survive another week to talk about the flow of revenue (real and make-believe) at @osmosiszone, the unsentimentality of the blockchain, the challenges of "working alone", the reality of costs, and the return of Drill Tweet of the Week. Show Links The Bikeriders - imdb Give us hell, Quimby! - youtube Osmosis revenue flow from @seppwurscht - twitt…

the-frey discovers that nullmames is sometimes correct (although has terrible posture, imo), we talk Tour de France drama, the dream of unrealized gains, diamond paper hands on @dymension, and load balancing ourselves to glory. Show Links JP from Thorchain bails out Kujira - twitter NFT Marketplace Demonstrations ft Andromeda AOS - youtube The Jaso…

As the Cosmos cools, we instead decide to warm our hearts with the discussion of baby namezzz, sleepless nights, U.S. "train people", and the general annoyances of paying bills. Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation strategy t…

We catch up on European travel, the 2024 Olympics, old theories, new sleep schedules, @TeamKujira investment decisions, oh, and the slow unraveling of crypto until JPMorganChase figures it out. Show Links Kujira Foundation's Tokens Stung by Its Own Leveraged Positions as Bets Backfire - coindesk Terra IBC Hooks Exploit - medium Big Keith's Appraisa…

GoN has a very special guest, @codingwithmanny, Lead DevRel Engineer from @berachain! We talk berachain v1, v2, consensus clients, Proof of Liquidity, and so much taxes. Show Links BGT Station - berachain.com BEX - berachain.com The Fat Bera Thesis - berachain.com Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Ma…

GoN basks in the mini-pump (just checked, it's already over), Juno rewards, Sei EVM gas & large transaction refunds, standing-seam metal roofs (why not?), 24 bay NVMe drive arrays and @Rarma_'s hangover. Show Links Shoal: How We Reduce Bullshark Latency on The Aptos Blockchain - medium Aptos Redefines Blockchain Efficiency with Shoal++ DAG BFT - me…

On this episode of "Game of Homes", @nullmames shows off the new digs, we talk new appliances, sleeping on plants, and just how expensive it all is. Meanwhile, pump.fun has crossed $50M revenue in the creation of 1.18M memecoins. Cool, cool. Show Links Pump.fun’s cumulative revenue crosses $50 million - theblock Polkadot intern takes over marketing…

On this episode of "Blame of Nodes", @nullmames provides proof of life, we discuss home-labbing the Interchain, @EvmosOrg moving to ICS (rebranded to Interchain Hospice), learning new languages, the death of "platform chains", Tank's Juno overthrow and more. Show Links End the Juno Charter and Redistribute Juno Tokens - commonwealth.im Please suppo…

It's down only for apples. We talk conference strategy, new testnets, the high-quality of Penumbra, the low-quality of transaction spamming, @zmanian's stake module complaints and more. Show Links Zaki's tweets on the staking module - twitter SEC drops investigation into Ethereum studio Consensys - blockworks Is Certik Extorting Kraken for Millions…

the-frey and usurper stay violently independent and talk through the new wave of services-based validators, team foundation strategies, the future value from node operators, project selection, and losing money with style. Show Links: Value Chain vs. Evolution from thefrey - rhinostake Donald Trump Says He Wants All Remaining Bitcoin to Be 'Made in …

Post Consensus 2024, we debrief from Austin, talk about the subduded crowds, suits, and how we're going to AI alllllll of the things. We catch up on the state of payments, jetlag, and how two wrongs absolutely do not make a right. Show Links BlackRock and Citadel back new Texas national stock exchange - cointelegrah Jacob Gadikian Affidavit - adobe…

It's Crusade Week on GoN, where we talk about @gadikian haltin' chains for haltins' sake, soaked UK PMs, the money in AI, the challenges of 13,000 nodes on @initiaFDN, Consensus 2024 and more. Headed to Consensus 2024 in Austin? Reach out! Show Links: today I stopped @archwayHQ from making blocks - twitter Initia App - initia.xyz Init-AI - initia.x…

It's cleanup week on GoN as we ban some long-discussed topics, discuss the best & worst Star Wars, the best John Williams score, fatburg(h)s, and meme coins on and off the blockchain. Headed to Consensus 2024? Reach out! Show Links GameStop’s 'Roaring Kitty' surge doesn’t mean meme stock rally has legs - yahoo Cosmos governance claims 3 lives - min…

Less than a month to Consensus 2024, and we talk about the meeting of the squad, the importance of networking, and fuck all else. We complain about distributed networks that are centrally controlled, and the pros and cons of large token holders (looking at you, foundations). Show Links LocalMonero to shut down P2P exchange after seven years of oper…

In this deep-dive episode, we talk about the @Injective Validator Miracle, the provider's struggle in delivering SLAs in fast-moving software (poor us), CZ's coming summer vacation plans and updates in 17/8 from the basement. Show Links Injective snapshots without those pesky errors checks - highstakes.ch Napoleon - imdb Peak Hollywood - youtube Wa…

The crew welcomes @0xSenCom from @WhiteWhaleDefi! Back after the break, we chat about the past & future of White Whale, Stargaze rejecting Stride's request for $1.8M USD, and debating if every movie can sync up to Dark Side of the Moon. Show Links whitewhale.money Migaloo Ecosystem - migaloo.zone Sync Floyd - Apple podcasts Mall Cop II - imdb #267.…

The crew talks skinny tires at the Arenberg at Paris-Roubaix, the Grayscale Bitcoin exodus, Coinbase winning...something, the SEC going after Uniswap, and all the SLOTH. Show Links Rallycross - wikipedia Berenstain Bears - wikipedia GTBC - schwab Scaling Yourself • Scott Hanselman - youtube Dune 3 Confirmed - independent Movietime Godzilla x Kong: …

usurper, schultzie, and nullmames look at their keyboards to talk @dYdX liquidity pairs, the possibility of @Uniswap v3 on @Sei, and Thelma & Louise'ing servers across the Yabba... And Jake Hartnell urges you to vote YES on 895! Or else. Show Links Deploy Uniswap v3 on Sei - uniswap.org DefiLlama.com Signaling Proposal: Permissioned CosmWasm - mint…

the-frey, schultzie, and nullmames trash their NVMes in real time, talk SBF jail time, remember January 6, and talk decentralization theater Show Links Celsius seeks to claw back $2B in customer withdrawals - cointelegraph Signaling Proposal: Permissioned CosmWasm - mintscan Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the…

the-frey, schultzie, and usurper talk the Sei upgrade, the growing Stride juggernaut, and the finer movies about robots f**ckin eachother up Show Links Three-peat - wikipedia @cosmos_slashbot - twitter The Stride Circlestake - dydx.forum Movietime Spinal Tap II - imdb Pacific Rim - imdb Robot Jox -imdb Flight - imdb Alien: Romulus - imdb Battlestar…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper welcome Mantas and @BurntBanksy from Burnt (XION)! We successfully avoid talking about Xion for 87 min and, well, I don't even know. Dogwifhat will rule over us all, though. Show Links pump.fun unicorn.meme Xion from Burnt Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. …

the-frey, schultzie, and usurper bang on about EthDenver positive vibes, discuss the true meaning of crypto (spoiler, it's about a dog with a hat), try to decipher who, exactly, the Federalist Paper 51 is protecting, and talk Batman. DID WE MENTION A DOG WITH A HAT? Show Links SEC Files C&D against Shapeshift - twitter Scaling Yourself • Scott Hans…

While schultzie and usurper bounce around EthDenver, the-frey and nullmames welcome Bendy to talk NEWT bags, yawp up DAODAO and discuss the physics of pandas standing on their head to pee. Please support Game of Nodes and other great independent validators in the Cosmos. Make Needlecast, Kingnodes, RHINO, and Lavender.Five a part of your delegation…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper discuss crazy Cosmos voting power %'s, the Hetzner Advantage™, describing "what we do", and the upcoming Aptos previewnet3. Coming to EthDenver? Reach out to @rhinostake for GoN Merch and more! Show Links Circle drops USDC on Tron - twitter EPYC binning - amd.com Bufficors Dreamland Opening Party @EthDenv…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper cross the century mark in style, discussing the fashion icons of the Bundeswehr, the key stats from the ABS, and we determine it's still okay to make fun of tombstones. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links WWIII Team Yankee - team-yankee.com We misconfigured the node - twitter Australian Bureau of Sta…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper, in this "out of both-ends" 100th episode, discuss CBDC advances, Juno regressions, free electricity, and the pleasant realities of Singaporean prison. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links Su Zhu Recommends Prison for All - coindesk Crypto Hacking Losses Halved in 2023 - financemagnates.com Core-1 Ves…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper solve global units of measure, discuss SeiDB and prep for the upcoming Wassailing. Have you even scrumped, bro? Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links Inch - Britannica Metric System - Britannica Scrumping - cambridge.org Wassailing - historic-uk.com Reece moving on - twitter Stride / dYdX - twitter Put…

nullmames and usurper do the-frey's homework in real-time, mis-quote Die Hard, correctly discuss DVT, spend too much money on too many nodes, and shit on ATOM wars. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! WE'RE ON THE BLOCKCHAINGOMGOMGOMG Show Links On a beach, earning 20% - youtube SSV Network - ssv.network Obol - obol.tech ATOM wars post is live on the Cos…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper somehow bitch about both Northern UK and Melbourne weather simultaneously (?), the best Sean Connery movies, Berachain testnet, musty houseboats, shilling $NEWT and more. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! DO IT. Show Links Movietime Due South - imdb Slap Shot - imdb Rolling Thunder - imdb Stargate - imdb The …

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper are here for BUSINESS. Our gift for you this week is the US SEC approved the Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products on stream! Only on Game of Nodes. Also we chat about that asshole in Maestro, the huge Sei NFT mint week, DAO DAO and Juno bullshit, retirement planning and more! Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Sho…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper welcome back the amazing Daniel Hwang! We almost talk about Aleo, the new layer-1 zero-knowledge chain that's currently in testnet! Instead we talk dYdX vanity state-changes, the challenges of validator distribution, governance and more. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links aleo.org Aleo - twitter Fix…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper ignore that year-in-review crap and talk oracles timing, the roman empire, dYdX, Sei, Injective, the pump, the dump, and the inevitable bull. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links Transaction Exports on Mintscan - twitter Lavana Oracle Go Burr - twitter Mesh Security teaser - twitter Please support Gam…

schultzie, and usurper welcome Bendy to discuss Levana market makers, Astroport Meme Coin Craziness, buff dudes on stashh.io, and we do our best to bore Bendy to death by discussing node ops. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links Josh Lee on IBC channel dependencies - twitter stashh.io - stashh.io Please support Game of Nodes and other great ind…

the-frey, nullmames, schultzie, and usurper ignore the impending bull and talk Slap Shot, Die Hard, Ed Harris, Alien(s), and, ooooh right, three major tombstone/slashings on dYdX, Fetch.AI and Injective. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links Die Hard - imdb Ed Harris - imdb Alien - imdb Spring Break - imdb Please support Game of Nodes and other …

the-frey, nullmames and usurper refuse to read the (lengthy) show notes and dive into the upcoming Aleo testnet, running hardware, Prop 104, and the ever shrinking Cosmos. Check out GoN on Omniflix.tv! Show Links UK Fund Tokenisation: A Blueprint for Implementation - thia.org Coinbase - Accept that it will always be this way - twitter Signaling Pro…

the-frey, schultzie, nullmames and usurper are back and distracted as ever. We catch up on splitting ATOM, splitting Notional, USDC taking over the universe and we almost make a good point. Show Links Announcing the Notional split - twitter About multi-sigs at Notional - twitter Rarma loves blacklists - twitter Secondary Sanction Tools for Cryptocu…