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Built a few small things on Base. Some honest advice:
Don't hire a dev team yet. Seriously. The number of people who spend £10-50k on a dev shop before validating their idea is painful. Most DeFi dev shops will happily take your money and deliver something that technically works but doesn't fit the market.
Start with:
1. Write a clear spec of what your protocol actually does. Not the vision. The mechanics. "User deposits X, contract does Y, user gets Z." If you can't write this in one page, your idea isn't clear enough yet.
2. Learn enough Solidity to read contracts, even if you don't write them. You need to be able to audit what someone builds for you. Start with the OpenZeppelin contracts and Foundry tutorials.
3. Use existing primitives. Most DeFi projects are compositions of things that already exist (Uniswap for swaps, Morpho/Aave for lending, ERC-4626 for vaults). You rarely need to build from scratch.
4. Ship on a testnet first. Base Sepolia is free and fast.
The biggest lesson I learned: validate demand before building. Talk to 10 potential users. If nobody's excited about your protocol when you explain it in plain English, no amount of development will fix that.

https://x.com/williamshatner/status/2033727146234155483?s=61&t=Z_dY64JlQSqq556KG-7Jxw

Another day, another daydream about trading on my mega yacht while my rotation of 10’s play beach volleyball naked on the court I installed on said yacht. It’s 6pm Tuscany time but 10am EST and I’m up 4 mil on the morning, light day but it’ll do. I text my boy Jay Z that I’ll be stopping by, While my gross ex family only sees me on the tabloids while they check out at a shitty grocery store. I know, super common basic daydream.

priv Krankenversicherung 1.000 Eur (die macht mit am meisten Angst)
Wechsel jetzt (bzw. sehr bald) auf Teilzeit mit einer Stundenzahl, bei der dein Gehalt unter 69750€ fällt. Damit wirst du wieder versicherungspflichtig und bist „gezwungen“ in die GKV zu wechseln. Musst du aber rechtzeitig vor 55 machen. Und auch dann wirst du später nicht in die Krankenversicherung der Rentner (KVdR) kommen, bist also als Renter nur freiwillig in der GKV und damit was bestimmte Dinge angeht schlechter gestellt als Rentner die ihr ganzes Leben in der GKV waren und pflichtversichert in der KVdR sind. Z.B. musst du Rentenbeiträge auch auf Mieteinkünfte und Kapitalerträge zahlen. Trotzdem aber höchst wahrscheinlich billiger als PKV.

> Otherwise, think about what a "quickstart" actually offers - it's making assumptions upon the usecase and the language
**usecase**:
I think usecases should be doing simple hello-world type actions against the block chain. reading from it, writing to it, doing maybe a few more things a bit more complex.
**language**:
a strategy I see lots of cloud company sites using (Azure/AWS/Grafana etc..)
is that the code block has multiple tabs per language SDK.
see this grafana dashboard SDK as an example
https://grafana.github.io/grafana-foundation-sdk/#go
"as a quickstart beginner, i want to see that I can do 'X, Y, or Z' with cardano SDKs, and inspect N introductory tabs to show how to do the same action in different language SDKs"
from what i see, the quickstart is separating itself by language.. then inside each one, its one long page of doing "Things"
for example PyCardano
https://developers.cardano.org/docs/get-started/client-sdks/python/pycardano/
Looking inside it gives the sidebar of
Installation
Using PyCardano
Transaction Guide
Transaction builder
Transaction submission
Smart Contracts
Datum and Redeemer Serialization
Datum Deserialization
Resources
but for Go
https://developers.cardano.org/docs/get-started/client-sdks/go/apollo/
we have
Introduction
Key Features
Quick Example
Installation
Resources
would a newcomer who is a go developer arrive, read the sidebar and not see a mention of transaction / smart contracts / redeemer serialization like the python page etc...
If the above are key basic 'things' that the quickstart should do, if we are advertising public SDKs to use with cardano. each language tab should have its own approach to do it... and if it can't, say "not supported etc.. or something.
these primitive "THINGS" to do can hopefully quickly and directly guide newcomers to show what is possible on cardano block chain.
On solana a newcomer can see the following pages
Reading from Network
Writing to the Network
Deploy a Program
Creating Deterministic Accounts
Composing Multiple Programs
It immediately shows the user can do 5 interesting actions.
ok thats all I have for now as suggestions. I like the new site and think it is on a good direction.
cheers

You can't fight this particular fight alone forever. THe US has about 100 desetroyers/crusiers currently active. And 0 frigates. New construction takes years. Unless we occupy all the surrounding land from which drones can be launched, eventually the US will run out of ships. You can't sink the land. You can sink the ships.
We have painted ourselves into a classic American war problem. We have destroyed pretty much everything worth destroying from a military perspective. Iran is toothless now. But they are alive and determined. We are unwilling to put ground troops at risk (which thank god we still are). So now its an endless exchange. Iran pieces together a coordinated drone attack by building what they can where they can away from American prying eyes. They launch an attack. Maybe it works maybe it doesn't. But the US spends oodles of money on defending from the attack and then.... what? Bomb the already bombed out places? If all we are willing to do is precision bombing there is a natural end to that skill's ability to win a war. We are already essentially out of targets unless we include oil infrastructure and civilians.
So now we are left with a list of bad options:
1. Go full occupation. Say damn the desires of the people, draft Gen Z, and put a million boots on the ground and try and occupy. This would make the Iraq occupation look like a garden party.
2. Go full carpet bombing. Stop trying to avoid civilian casualties and switch gears to full on Hammer of Thor. We could turn Iran into rubble, kill millions, and set the world afire. All that and we probably still wouldn't get them to surrender.
3. Call "I win!" and go home. Not sure how this one would actually play out but I'm sure that's what's going to happen probably in a week or so. Iran is bearing down for a long long stand-off. They won't be moved off this position, especially by a nation that starts wars but is afraid to actually fight them.

Not really - I think we would be looking at the delta in Z-Scores as simply another piece of information - if for example todays extended move in SPY had a Z score of 1.9 and the volume was -.3 the 2.2 differential would indicates a potential sellers boycott that makes the uptrend less reliable.

WHY DO ALL GEN Z HATE TRUMP SO MUCH?

Grok'd it and will play with it...I like the idea.

From Grok....Because I suck at PCF.
The core idea from the X post is to create a metric that detects potential market instability by comparing today's price range (volatility) to trading volume, specifically flagging cases where an extreme price move (e.g., beyond 2 standard deviations from the average range) isn't supported by correspondingly high volume. This can be encapsulated as a custom indicator in TC2000 using Personal Criteria Formula (PCF) syntax. I'll define the indicator as a "Volume-Volatility Discrepancy" score, calculated as:
* Z-score of today's True Range (TR) relative to its 20-period average and standard deviation.
* Minus the Z-score of today's volume relative to its 20-period average and standard deviation.
A high positive value indicates a large price move with relatively low volume (potential instability signal). You can plot this as a custom indicator in TC2000 for visual analysis or use it in scans/conditions (e.g., discrepancy > 2 as a flag).PCF Formula for the Indicator. Paste this directly into TC2000 as a new indicator formula (under "Edit Formula" in the indicator settings):
(MAX(H - L, ABS(H - C1), ABS(L - C1)) - AVG(MAX(H - L, ABS(H - C1), ABS(L - C1)), 20)) / STDEV(MAX(H - L, ABS(H - C1), ABS(L - C1)), 20) - (V - AVG(V, 20)) / STDEV(V, 20)
Explanation and Usage Notes
* True Range (TR): MAX(H - L, ABS(H - C1), ABS(L - C1)) – Measures the day's full price movement, accounting for gaps.
* Average TR: AVG(..., 20) – Simple 20-period moving average of TR (you can adjust the period, e.g., to 14 for shorter-term).
* SD of TR: STDEV(..., 20) – Standard deviation of TR over 20 periods.
* Z-score for Move: (TR - Avg TR) / SD TR – How extreme today's range is (e.g., >2 is roughly top \~2.5% assuming normal distribution).
* Z-score for Volume: (V - Avg V) / SD V – How extreme today's volume is.
* Discrepancy Score: Z\_Move - Z\_Volume – High values highlight mismatched low volume during big moves.
* This uses a simple moving average for consistency with STDEV (TC2000's built-in ATR uses exponential smoothing, but this keeps it straightforward).
* Customization: Change the period (20) to suit your timeframe. For a boolean scan (e.g., flag true/false), wrap it in a condition like (formula above) > 2.
* Limitations: Assumes non-zero standard deviations (rare but possible in low-vol stocks); TC2000 will handle errors gracefully. Test on historical data for your symbols.
* If you want variations (e.g., using % change instead of dollar range, or built-in ATR), let me know for tweaks.

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Gibt ja Situationen, in denen das Sinn ergibt. Z.b. als Immobilienbesitzer oder Vermieter, wenn man auch mal mit ein paar größeren Ausgaben rechnen muss. Aber selbst bei 10k sind das ja nur 50 Euro im Jahr an Unterschied. So ein Hopping lohnt sich da nicht.

Are you one of those Gen Z retards who don't understand what you read, or are you genuinely that thick? All countries I listed have zero personal tax and capital tax, which you said is a mighty attractor so by your logic people would have went there too. Almost as if they have no fucking jobs unlike Dubai, so the zero personal tax is moot. Dubai is uniquely positioned thanks to the fact that their citizens do not work and get paid from oil dividend, the jobs are opened for foreigners to take and its all way above market rate. Even their fucking janitors earn 5k USD working less than 8 hrs, giving them time to side hustle as influencers and get paid for advertising Dubai on social media tax free

I loved when he did the Gen Z ad

Gen X had Back to the Futurue 🤣 🤣 
Gen Z has Dune 💤 😴 🥱 🗑️ 
Millennials had LOTR - we are the GOAT

I'm sure I follow yet: a total market index (eg VTI), which doesn't track S&P500 directly might have its own 12-month 'marinate' policy, independent of S&P, right?
Is the worry that the humans who run VTI violate their own 'marinate' rule to add SpaceX so VTI doesn't "miss out" on immediate-post-IPO?
Waiving VTI's own "marinate" seems like a pretty easy way for Vanguard to eat another class action lawsuit if SpaceX takes a dive.
Is VTI's 12-month marinate rule include a "unless the stock (SpaceX) is listed in competing X, Y, or Z index?

>Never do the same trade in both my taxable and my Roth in the same 30 day window
To avoid wash sales, trade different underlying in either account.
You can trade tickers that start with A to M in the taxable account and N to Z in the non-taxable account.
>Never trade the same underlying in the same 30-day window on either account.
Not correct. Do not trade the same option (strike and expiration) within 30 days after a loss.
>
what else should I be doing here?
Trade index options and you never have to say wash sale.

There is no point in making a budget if you aren't going to stick to it. When you made this budget did you just pick a number for the month? You need to say X for gas, Y for food, Z for entertainment and STICK to it.

And gen Z even more so

Nene alles gut. Nicht verwechseln: Fortbildungen sind ein Invest in sich selbst mit dem Ziel die eigenen Fähigkeiten zu steigern und dadurch letztlich den eigenen Wert zu heben. Wenn der Chef das erkennt, dass er jemand wirklich qualifizierten und motivierten hat, dann umso besser.
Einfach nur als Angestellter im Hamsterrad zu rennen und viel mehr vom Gleichen zu machen als die Kollegen, qualifiziert mich fachlich und verantwortungsmäßig nicht zu mehr. Zumal bei gleicher Bezahlung die Kollegen sich ins Fäustchen lachen und man deren Arbeit mitmacht. Das wäre dann Dienst nach Vorschrift, denn ich erhalte X Geld um Y Arbeit im Z Zeit zu erledigen. Am Ende macht die Abteilung, was sie soll. Mehr kommt da oben auch nicht an.