Akiba | Liam Wright (@akiba) • Hey

By Day: Senior Editor - CryptoSlate | Contributor - Forbes | Host - SlateCast By Night: @BitCore - Virtual Bitcoin Pop-punk/emo band

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🎙️ SlateCast: Bonsai Lens Takeover 🌱 LENS EXCLUSIVE "The next 3 airdrops are going to be pretty big..." We caught up with the @lens/bonsai founders on the latest SlateCast to talk all things @lens/lens & $Bonsai Hosts: @lens/akiba & Nate Whitehill Collect for 30 days for 30 $BONSAI. Owners of all Lens Season 1 episodes of SlateCast can look forward to special rewards later this year.
Celebrating Tipping with $BONSAI with an exclusive Lens only SlateCast with the @lens/bonsai founders!
SlateCast episodes are collectible for 30 days only with $BONSAI. Time is running out to be able to own every episode which could unlock some perks later in the year 😈🤷🤓
Found this 10yr+ old photo of when I used to help elderly & homeless learn how to use technology the other day. Teaching people how to use email who don’t know how to use a trackpad gave me real insight into what good UX looks like. Web3 needs to be accessible to these people with a little support like I used to give. Even email wasn’t intuitive so we cant expect web3 to be either.
🎙️ New SlateCast: Earning #Bitcoin Yield with Lightning "If you have Bitcoin... You can earn a return on that investment... 1.5%... you don't ever give up custody." 🎤 Guest: Jesse Shrader from Amboss 🗣️ Hosts: @lens/akiba & James Van Straten
Love to say I told you so! Gratz @lens/violettazironi 🎶🎼🎵
Bitcoin fees soared over 25BTC per block after the halving due to Runes minting!! The halving effect still hasn’t quite realized as total rewards are still higher than before!
PSA ⚠️ Unfortunatly the Twitter/X Accounts of Bonsai and MadFi have been compromised. We are trying to regain access to it and investigate on what exactly happened. Do NOT 🚫 click the link on those Tweets!
🎙️SlateCast: Inside Bitcoin ETFs alpha strategies "Is Bitcoin riskier to buy at $ 10k or at $ 70k? [...] It's safer to buy at $ 70k" 🎤: Guest - Bitwise Head of Alpha Strategy Jeff Park 🗣️: Hosts: James Van Straten & @akiba [30 days collect]
New SlateCast🎙️: Bitcoinization of Cosmos "I started working on Cosmos because this is how we build the app layer for #Bitcoin" 🎤 Guest: Sunny Aggarwal Co-founder of Osmosis 🗣️ Hosts: Nate Whitehill & @lens/akiba
[13%🪞] Forgot I made this while I was in quarantine with Covid in 2021! Thought it was a fever dream! [7 days to collect and join my allowlist of supporters for something fun later this year!]
[13%🪞] Forgot I made this while I was in quarantine with Covid in 2021! Thought it was a fever dream! [7 days to collect and join my allowlist of supporters for something fun later this year!]
Check out this FREE MINT with a 100,000 MATIC floor available for 1 more hour!! 😎 @lens/notgonnamakeit is talented enough to deserve this floor so that’s my price take it or leave it! 😂😂
I’m gonna be live on X in 1.25hrs - come hang out! Also wen @lens/lens spaces functionality? @lens/nilesh @lens/joonatan @lens/yoginth https://x.com/wt3podcast/status/1780273550047232421
Centralization of AI is a huge issue we’re not talking & listening about enough. Start now 👇
One of the best uses of AI ever! Relax your eyes and wait for it! 🥸😂😂 You can also move away from your phone so it’s smaller to see it too!
Web3 social is taking over and I'm using them all. Out is like Friend.Tech but with real feed engagement. It’s not on Lens or Phaver but it should be! It’s got a thriving community from my first experience! I joined last night and already building a community within 12 hours! Come say hi using the access code below. They should use the EVM compatibility of INJ to add Lens support IMO!! Invite code for Out: https://out.app?refLink=l6l7u2l4gb60ctwy https://out.app/?refLink=l6l7u2l4gb60ctwy
Echoing @lens/stani here - I use 4-5 lens app every day which is why I listed them all in the lyrics for my upcoming collab with @lens/louiec https://orb.club/p/0xb087-0xf1
Tokenized gold spiked 25% more than physical gold on war fears last night. BUT… News channels need to to better and give rational historic takes rather than warmongering at every chance to farm engagement. This was not a WW3 precursor it was Iran puffing its chest and knowing the drones would be destroyed. Measured response for PR. The news is built on fear and we need to do better and build a world built on love.
Hate to say it but after $ 61.7k it’s a quick stop off at $ 57k before consolidating around $ 51k - not much in between if we don’t hold. Guess it’s either a great dip to buy or escalation for Gulf War 3. Why I’m not worried about WW3 or Gulf War 3 right now. I think this dip is shaking paperhands with little geopolitical knowledge. Iran just likes to show they have balls. They did the same thing is 2021 with the attack on the US base. I was scared of WW3 then and so was the world for 3 hours. You don’t announce on tv you’ve fired drones and missles that will take hours to arrive after flying through allied airspace if you actually want them to land. My hope is it’s a measured response not intended to cause dmg with all drones crashing before destination. Question is whether the US uses it as an excuse or lets it fizzle out like last time.
Had people asking for this for years so here it is! The current financial system is broken beyond repair and it needs replacing. TradFi is terrified of Decentralization but salivating about tokenization. The hypocrisy around banks and exchanges in the UK is jus the low hanging fruit. More coming… **All collectors join my allowlist for future rewards TBD**
We got 30mins with @lens/joonatan in between his crazy #PhaverUp schedule to talk @lens/phaver points, tokens, collects and NFTS on the latest @lens/cryptoslate SlateCast NOT TO BE MISSED!!
Guess who's back? Back again?! CryptoSlate, Tell a Fren!
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Only 7 left with full commercial rights. The song I made to celebrate the awesomeness of @club/orb for @lens/bitcore. First post in @club/music 😯 Owners can sell it themselves, remint whatever you like!
Incorrect ser 🌿 $pointless is & will always be the first, disappointing to see it’s not even mentionned in your article 🤷♂️
Op-ed I published today [**50%** referral] **Lens memecoins are built different – @lens/bonsai becomes first genuine community token ** Memecoins are a controversial topic that I usually go out of my way to avoid. While some view them as a lighthearted way to engage with the crypto community, others see them as nothing more than a speculative gamble with no real value. Further, my personal view is that much of the memecoin sector hurts blockchain more than it helps. I have nothing against people gambling with memecoins, but we should treat gambling as gambling and not hide behind the false narratives of ‘community.’ That said, and amid this debate, the Lens Protocol-based project $Bonsai has emerged as an outlier. Continue reading: https://cryptoslate.com/lens-memecoins-are-built-different-why-bonsai-surged-10x-becoming-genuine-community-token/
**Idea for Lens devs💡** - Add optional “folder” action when collecting - Add a collects only NFT gallery in profiles - Organize collects by folders in gallery - Allow public/private folders This allows users to use collects like bookmarks, paying the creator for making valuable content worth bookmarking. I save content on X everyday to come back to and if I could pay $ 10-$ 0.01 per bookmark with a slide of my finger I’d do it. It’s then down to creators to price their collects at a fair value for tokens. I’ve set this post to 1k $BONSAI for instance as I think the idea is legit and only 1/1 so only 1 person would be able to add to their folders 🤓
Its on! @lens/nilesh @lens/stani @lens/christina @lens/mesutgulecen @lens/joonatan get ready to collect the rights for the next @lens/lens anthem - this time collaborating across the globe live on chain!
Who wants @lens/louiec to lay a vocal down on this? 🙌 If you don’t follow him check him out! He was a stellar rec from @lens/christina
**[Mirror to earn 75%]** Ok @louiec I made this today just for you if you're up to collab? Took me all day so far so hope you're feeling friendly :) Add your vocals and I'll make the video with a 50/50 split of $BONSAI rev. Let's collab in real time on @lens/lens Let's do a limited release with full commercial rights and 50% mirror rev split so everyone in the community can benefit. You down? You can collect this post to share in the journey and remember **mirrors earn 75%** of this post!! **Lyrics** You're not products we break trends @lens/bitcore and @lens/louiec Collaborate on our web3 Only on Lens Own your social graph on Lens Own your friends, you're paid to carve your path @lens/orb, @lens/phaver, @lens/kaira, @lens/hey This is the future This is Lens Orb, Phaver, Kaira, Hey @lens/tape, @lens/bloomerstv, @lens/fireflyapp @lens/bellosights, @lens/madfinance, @lens/buttrfly So much more but This is the future This is Lens Collecting with @lens/bonsai We are Lens This is the future We are Lens We are Lens We are Lens This the future We are Lens We are Lens We are Lens
I just claimed my $BONSAI reward on @lens/orb!
Putting this where it belongs. What a day!
**[50% 🪞rev]** Celebrating Minting🙏 on @lens/orb w/ FULL COMMERCIAL RIGHTS Title: **Get Minted on Orb** Artist: **My BitCore** Genre: Bitcoin Pop Punk Lyrics: **Akiba** Video: Akiba Audio Mixing/Editing: Akiba Music: Suno **Mirrors 50%** | **Commercial Rights** | **10/10** | @lens/bonsai I said my next release would be the Bitcopera, but I had to do something to honor minting on Orb! Can't believe my first tracks **sold out** for **3k $BONSAI** - I will drop the cost of this 10x All collects will get something special when the **Bitcopera** is released! Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed my silly songs so far 🤓 **stay weird!** Gratz @lens/nilesh and the rest of the **Orb** team!
**COLLECT THIS**[100% mirrors] Before bitcoin pop punk there was bitcoin pop folk about trees. Poor lil tree song has no $BONSAI so I’ll shill it here as it’s one of my early tracks.
Mint this as a test if you want! Mirror to earn the fees. I’m loaded up what we buying? Shill me some OG art or music $BONSAI fam!! LFG @lens/orb you’re killing it @lens/nilesh !!
I bid 1500 Phaver Points in the Week 1 Phaver-Up Auction Because I like my points and I’m a Scrooge!
Didn't realize Vitalik was back! LFG! Lens FTW
🔥🔥 I was ready to write this and $BONSAI exploded this weekend! I need to update and check work now so it doesn't come across that I'm just shilling my bags!! My little stack got a fair bit bigger 👀👀
Kaira dinner date I need more @lens/lens apps so I'm playing with @lens/kaira and I love how unique all Lens apps are!! What's your fave? Mine is ALL OF THEM! I'd like to go for dinner with @lens/atanerelhan cos hes a true web3 social fren! \[This is for a kaira activation/contest which you can join on Discord to win $pointless]
Trying to work and these two are making it kinda difficult today ngl Who else has furry fiends wishing it was the weekend already so you can play all day?
[50% 🪞 rev] - (mint this to vicariously own the sat 😄) I own a sat mined by Satoshi and sent to Hal Finney - idc what anyone says - this is cool AF to me! Well worth $ 6 in #Bitcoin IMO! Imagine being able to verifiably own a penny earned by Da Vinci or Einstein or an obol given to Plato by Socrates?
[90% 🪞rev] I've earned $ 3.78 per post on @lens/lens with less than 1,000 followers 👀 It's not life changing money but it is life changing for what it means to "spend time" online. Mostly from $BONSAI in the past few months and a bit of $POINTLESS & $WMATIC. Thanks to all who commented on my @lens/bonsai / @lens/pointless research post. I'm working it up now.
[90% 🪞rev] I'm writing a piece on $BONSAI and $POINTLESS atm for a well known media publication andnimm looking for stories and quotes from the community. Please share below! The topic of the piece is going to be around how when doge was born (the first Memecoin) it had the vibe of being a coin to trade with online. Now Memecoins are just gambling with no use... Until @lens/lens - birthing Memecoins with exchange utility and a growing community using them to exchange on lens. @lens/bonsai @lens/pointless please mirror comment and help me tell the story.
Boosted my lens quality score by almost 2k since permissionless. What I did: - Pruned my garden (unfollowed LQ accounts) - Continued posting different content types - Used Phaver, Orb, Hey every day (I use them all) - Posted almost every day - Bought the hey NFT for 5 $MATIC I dunno how much of the above contributed but thought I'd share my experience
This has minted out! Second song in a row to fully mint out with at leat 50% of $BONSAI going to mirrors. Thanks so much to everyone who collected. Honestly, it means more than you can imagine to me and my silly little habit. I'm working on the Bitcopera (Bitcoin Pop Punk Opera) as promised, and also a few other tracks I'll probably release in the meantime for mirror sharing #BONSAI love!
Are you missing this livestream, anon? @lens/jessyjeanne @lens/cmn__ @lens/iamlosi in the house
Last one 👀👀👀👀 1/10 left then rights gone!