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I’m now an “Alien of Extraordinary Ability” according to the United States. Today my O1 visa got approved and I couldn’t be happier. And now I’m officially moving to SF too. Over the last few months, I’ve been scrambling to get my visa status sorted out so that I can legally stay and building my startup in the US. I was on an F1 first, then moved to an H1B last year. But my American dream took a hit after I was out of a job a few months back. That’s when I also decided to go all-in on @TryBrowzer, but to be able to work on my startup legally in the US, I needed another visa. So I decided to apply for an O1! But I was on a clock and I had just one shot at this. If my O1 didn’t get approved, I’d have had to leave the US by November 6th. The problem was not getting the proofs for the visa, but it was to find the right attorneys who could file my petition in a timely manner. So I frantically reached out to various attorneys & also companies like @lighthousehq_ and @extraordinary. @0xSigil was the first to respond (he was so quick), but unfortunately they couldn’t take up my case. However, soon after I heard from Lighthouse and I decided to go with them for my O1! The lighthouse team understood the urgency for my case, and moved as quickly as they could to draft and file my petition. And today, I got the amazing news that I got my O1 approved!! Thanks to the entire Lighthouse team (@minney_cat, @robbyvisanueva, @LukeEure and the others) for helping me build my startup while staying in the US! Now, back to building! Also, mandatory pic with the American flag!

Say what you will about #Biττensor $TAO but there's no dAI project that's as mature as #Bittensor is and no DePIN project that has been able to slow down emissions at the scale at which #Bittensor does. Let me explain! There's 7200 $TAO which enter the market daily. Validators vote to determine how this 7200 $TAO is split across the current 53 subnets (Root Network + 52 other subnets) on Biττensor. Root Network Emissions [RECYCLED] Every validator need not necessarily give 100% of their vote or "weights" to the 52 main subnets. If a validator doesn't want to allocate their whole 100% towards subnets due to quality issues, they can choose to vote to SN0 (Root Network) instead. The cumulative emissions on SN0 are essentially recycled on a particular day, thereby slowing down the emissions. Registration Costs [RECYCLED] Additionally, launching a validator or miner on Biττensor requires a registration fee. The registration fee varies subnet to subnet. But this is where things get interesting. The total key registration costs from the previous day are recycled into the emissions schedule. This further slows down the $TAO emissions. Registrations Turned Off [RECYCLED] Subnets that turn registrations off have their $TAO emissions recycled for this period. This slows the emissions schedule further, although people don't turn off registrations anymore. Subnet Registration Cost [LOCKED] To register a subnet, users pay a subnet registration fee which usually costs 1000's of $TAO. Currently, this $TAO is locked. It doesn't slow emissions down, but locks up a high volume of tokens. As it stands today, this fee returns to subnet owners once they are deregistered, but this would change in the dTAO world. Staking [PSEUDO LOCK] Any staked $TAO is (kinda) locked in the system. Poor choice of words I suppose, since staking in Bittensor doesn't require a lock-up or cool-down duration. People are free to stake and unstake whenever, but essentially staking funds also increases the token scarcity as currently, 5.9M $TAO out of the 7.5M $TAO tokens are staked. What do all these things mean? For example, cumulatively as of today - Daily $TAO Emissions generally = 7200 $TAO Root Network Emissions = 11.58% Amount of $TAO Recycled through Emissions yesterday = 428.62 $TAO Effective New $TAO coming into the market daily = 7200 - (11.58% of 7200) - 438.62 = 7200-833.76-428.62 = 5937.62 $TAO While 7200 $TAO should be emitted daily, only 5937 new $TAO reaches the market, while the remaining 1263 $TAO becomes recycled emissions. Besides ~80% of the $TAO that's been issued has been staked across multiple validators on the networks! No other DePIN project has figured out how to slow emissions at the scale at which Biττensor does. While most projects look at burn mechanisms, Biττensor $TAO is significantly slowing down emissions through recycling. Furthermore, staking, the lock-up of high value subnet registration, and recycling help with value accrual to the main $TAO token!

I've been seeing a lot of people talk about Kaito lately. When people speak about Kaito, I think most people forget that Kaito actually has a $TAO Bittensor presence. Not to forget, Kaito is ranked 11/64 subnets on Bittensor by emissions and something I love about their subnet and Kaito is that (1) They have a revenue generating product (2) Their subnet is not their end product, it's the tech that powers it. What I find extremely interesting about Kaito x Bittensor is that it's one of the very few teams that has a revenue generating product that's actually profitable. Besides, their subnet has achieved some extremely cool benchmarks as well. My thoughts about Kaito, Yaps, and their product - With the launch of Yaps, I think @Punk9277, @sandraaleow and the rest of the @_kaitoai team have struck gold. The biggest problem that I've heard from people is that - "Kaito is damn expensive", and in all honesty, it is - but it's a product that's actually helped me spot trends more often than not. With Yaps though, they're able to bring in more of the general audience, at pretty much no cost for the audience itself. I think SocialFi is exciting but has been very wrongly implemented so far. Until now we've seen products like FriendsTech, Stars Arena, etc. which built out full blown platforms and then launched their own token to incentivize people to use their platform for posting. However, what Kaito does differently is that they crunch posts, generate numbers, generate actionable insights and showcase the impact of people's social presence on one of the biggest platforms for crypto posting - X. Kaito is pre-TGE & I don't know how they plan on leveraging their potential token, but if they can somehow reward people for their quality and engagement, irrespective of account reach, I think it could be very interesting and would add an additional monetization avenue for people outside of X. With Yaps, this is now possible for them. I've been a vocal supporter of Kaito when I speak with people and I think the Kaito team is potentially gonna change how we view SocialFi.

.@DCGco's investment into the dAI space is second to none. High conviction bets in every stack of the dAI stack. $TAO #Bittensor on the General Purpose AI layer - as @BarrySilbert calls it rightly, $TAO is the World Wide Web of AI @getmasafi - on the data layer amongst others. @flock_io - model training layer on the Federated Learning side. And it doesn't stop here, there are other projects like Near, Space & Time, etc that are operating in the dAI or dAI adjacent space. Calculated & thoughtful bets into every layer is what's needed in this space and clearly DCG is leading by example! Also, congratulations to one of my fav Web3 founders, @0x7SUN & the entire team at @flock_io on the latest funding round. Well deserved and can't wait to see how FLock shapes up!

This I believe is the ultimate startup stack Delaware Address - @useStable Incorporation - @stripe Atlas Banking - @mercury Cap Table Mgmt - @cartainc Bookkeeping/Tax - @tryfondo Foreign business registration - @discern Immigration - @lighthousehq_ Here’s my full research so you don’t have to waste time - Stable - you need a Delaware address to register a Delaware C-Corp. It’s fine if you’re not in Delaware, Stable can help you get a Delaware address. You can use this address to incorporate your company. If you don’t have perks as part of being in a fellowship, accelerator or something, I’d suggest getting your Stable address first because if you do, then you get a 40% discount to incorporate your company through Stripe Atlas. Stripe Atlas - easy service to incorporate your company. Takes about 30 mins max to fill out all the information. And stripe takes care of everything for you thereafter. Takes about 24-48 hours for the incorporation to be complete. Stripe also takes care of your 83(b) election. But keep a track of the mail! If you’re a part of ODF, Residency, etc. you will get a discount. Mercury - the next step was setting up a bank account. Stripe Atlas offers you the ability to setup a banking account with Mercury or Brex, even before you get your EIN. I chose Mercury because it seemed easy for me to get started. No complaints so far! Pretty easy to use. Make sure to use your Stripe Atlas, ODF or Residency perk. You get a bonus after a certain amount of funds have been deposited into your account within a certain duration. Carta - Easy onboarding but after that Carta seemed a little complex to me. However, their customer service is top-notch! Had some issues, called them and they got me sorted out. Their CS rep also told me about a White Glove Onboarding service! They help you with getting everything setup. Fondo - Since I started spending some funds, the next step was to make sure I had someone to take care of bookkeeping/tax and stuff. Fondo was an obvious choice because it just seemed super easy. The account exec I spoke to was super helpful! Got me squared out and setup on the call pretty much. There’s a bit of onboarding after, but nothing too difficult! TIP: When you sign up, if you’re going through stripe atlas, you get a 50% discount the 1st year. There’s offers for ODF too! Discern - I didn’t know I needed this, but Discern is probably a critical need, if you have employees or do business outside of Delaware. They help you register your C-Corp in various states where you technically do business (have employees, clients, etc) and handle that part for you. Lighthouse - Immigration experts. They have been moving lightning fast with my case! If you’re looking for people who know their stuff and can move quickly to help you with your immigration requirements, then Lighthouse is your answer. TIP: you get a preferred rate if you were a part of ODF (not sure about other accelerators).

Nice! $TAO fam - here’s a post about Bittensor being a top Decentralized AI coin, coming from a top CEX in India @CoinSwitch

Bullish on @getmasafi ! @calanthiaaa is a vibe 😎 onwards and upwards

I'd say this is bullish for @Playinfgames too! In a certain way, because Infinite Games has built an incentive aligned subnet to get best predictions for events and has @aion5100 to broadcast those, the outputs on Polymarket, will be a result of what everyone on Polymarket thinks...which would also include what @Playinfgames' miners do on the $TAO subnet.

Super excited to be a part of @joinodf’s ODF26 cohort! Thanks @julianweisser, @guglielmofonda and the rest of the ODF team. Who else is in? Would love to connect!

A video of how @TryBrowzer is coming along. Long way to go, lots more to come. We’re at the tip of the iceberg. Browzer will be the first enterprise grade agentic browser powering any repetitive workflows in orgs. I’m hiring founding engineers, hmu if you’re interested.

And it’s a wrap. ODF26 helped me learn so much, get product feedback & meet some cool people. Somehow, I was also voted most likely to start a cult Thank you for an amazing onboarding week @joinodf @julianweisser @FedericoNoemie @aridutilh @guglielmofonda

Lfggg @brycent_ reviewed @TryBrowzer on his Twitch stream today. Dropping a crazy demo soon. Everyone’s gonna fucking love it

Negotiated my way from $69.420 to $1 with @interaction’s Poke. Follow me for advice on negotiation tactics

I’m now an “Alien of Extraordinary Ability” according to the United States. Today my O1 visa got approved and I couldn’t be happier. And now I’m officially moving to SF too. Over the last few months, I’ve been scrambling to get my visa status sorted out so that I can legally stay and building my startup in the US. I was on an F1 first, then moved to an H1B last year. But my American dream took a hit after I was out of a job a few months back. That’s when I also decided to go all-in on @TryBrowzer, but to be able to work on my startup legally in the US, I needed another visa. So I decided to apply for an O1! But I was on a clock and I had just one shot at this. If my O1 didn’t get approved, I’d have had to leave the US by November 6th. The problem was not getting the proofs for the visa, but it was to find the right attorneys who could file my petition in a timely manner. So I frantically reached out to various attorneys & also companies like @lighthousehq_ and @extraordinary. @0xSigil was the first to respond (he was so quick), but unfortunately they couldn’t take up my case. However, soon after I heard from Lighthouse and I decided to go with them for my O1! The lighthouse team understood the urgency for my case, and moved as quickly as they could to draft and file my petition. And today, I got the amazing news that I got my O1 approved!! Thanks to the entire Lighthouse team (@minney_cat, @robbyvisanueva, @LukeEure and the others) for helping me build my startup while staying in the US! Now, back to building! Also, mandatory pic with the American flag!

Say what you will about #Biττensor $TAO but there's no dAI project that's as mature as #Bittensor is and no DePIN project that has been able to slow down emissions at the scale at which #Bittensor does. Let me explain! There's 7200 $TAO which enter the market daily. Validators vote to determine how this 7200 $TAO is split across the current 53 subnets (Root Network + 52 other subnets) on Biττensor. Root Network Emissions [RECYCLED] Every validator need not necessarily give 100% of their vote or "weights" to the 52 main subnets. If a validator doesn't want to allocate their whole 100% towards subnets due to quality issues, they can choose to vote to SN0 (Root Network) instead. The cumulative emissions on SN0 are essentially recycled on a particular day, thereby slowing down the emissions. Registration Costs [RECYCLED] Additionally, launching a validator or miner on Biττensor requires a registration fee. The registration fee varies subnet to subnet. But this is where things get interesting. The total key registration costs from the previous day are recycled into the emissions schedule. This further slows down the $TAO emissions. Registrations Turned Off [RECYCLED] Subnets that turn registrations off have their $TAO emissions recycled for this period. This slows the emissions schedule further, although people don't turn off registrations anymore. Subnet Registration Cost [LOCKED] To register a subnet, users pay a subnet registration fee which usually costs 1000's of $TAO. Currently, this $TAO is locked. It doesn't slow emissions down, but locks up a high volume of tokens. As it stands today, this fee returns to subnet owners once they are deregistered, but this would change in the dTAO world. Staking [PSEUDO LOCK] Any staked $TAO is (kinda) locked in the system. Poor choice of words I suppose, since staking in Bittensor doesn't require a lock-up or cool-down duration. People are free to stake and unstake whenever, but essentially staking funds also increases the token scarcity as currently, 5.9M $TAO out of the 7.5M $TAO tokens are staked. What do all these things mean? For example, cumulatively as of today - Daily $TAO Emissions generally = 7200 $TAO Root Network Emissions = 11.58% Amount of $TAO Recycled through Emissions yesterday = 428.62 $TAO Effective New $TAO coming into the market daily = 7200 - (11.58% of 7200) - 438.62 = 7200-833.76-428.62 = 5937.62 $TAO While 7200 $TAO should be emitted daily, only 5937 new $TAO reaches the market, while the remaining 1263 $TAO becomes recycled emissions. Besides ~80% of the $TAO that's been issued has been staked across multiple validators on the networks! No other DePIN project has figured out how to slow emissions at the scale at which Biττensor does. While most projects look at burn mechanisms, Biττensor $TAO is significantly slowing down emissions through recycling. Furthermore, staking, the lock-up of high value subnet registration, and recycling help with value accrual to the main $TAO token!

I've been seeing a lot of people talk about Kaito lately. When people speak about Kaito, I think most people forget that Kaito actually has a $TAO Bittensor presence. Not to forget, Kaito is ranked 11/64 subnets on Bittensor by emissions and something I love about their subnet and Kaito is that (1) They have a revenue generating product (2) Their subnet is not their end product, it's the tech that powers it. What I find extremely interesting about Kaito x Bittensor is that it's one of the very few teams that has a revenue generating product that's actually profitable. Besides, their subnet has achieved some extremely cool benchmarks as well. My thoughts about Kaito, Yaps, and their product - With the launch of Yaps, I think @Punk9277, @sandraaleow and the rest of the @_kaitoai team have struck gold. The biggest problem that I've heard from people is that - "Kaito is damn expensive", and in all honesty, it is - but it's a product that's actually helped me spot trends more often than not. With Yaps though, they're able to bring in more of the general audience, at pretty much no cost for the audience itself. I think SocialFi is exciting but has been very wrongly implemented so far. Until now we've seen products like FriendsTech, Stars Arena, etc. which built out full blown platforms and then launched their own token to incentivize people to use their platform for posting. However, what Kaito does differently is that they crunch posts, generate numbers, generate actionable insights and showcase the impact of people's social presence on one of the biggest platforms for crypto posting - X. Kaito is pre-TGE & I don't know how they plan on leveraging their potential token, but if they can somehow reward people for their quality and engagement, irrespective of account reach, I think it could be very interesting and would add an additional monetization avenue for people outside of X. With Yaps, this is now possible for them. I've been a vocal supporter of Kaito when I speak with people and I think the Kaito team is potentially gonna change how we view SocialFi.

And it’s a wrap. ODF26 helped me learn so much, get product feedback & meet some cool people. Somehow, I was also voted most likely to start a cult Thank you for an amazing onboarding week @joinodf @julianweisser @FedericoNoemie @aridutilh @guglielmofonda

This I believe is the ultimate startup stack Delaware Address - @useStable Incorporation - @stripe Atlas Banking - @mercury Cap Table Mgmt - @cartainc Bookkeeping/Tax - @tryfondo Foreign business registration - @discern Immigration - @lighthousehq_ Here’s my full research so you don’t have to waste time - Stable - you need a Delaware address to register a Delaware C-Corp. It’s fine if you’re not in Delaware, Stable can help you get a Delaware address. You can use this address to incorporate your company. If you don’t have perks as part of being in a fellowship, accelerator or something, I’d suggest getting your Stable address first because if you do, then you get a 40% discount to incorporate your company through Stripe Atlas. Stripe Atlas - easy service to incorporate your company. Takes about 30 mins max to fill out all the information. And stripe takes care of everything for you thereafter. Takes about 24-48 hours for the incorporation to be complete. Stripe also takes care of your 83(b) election. But keep a track of the mail! If you’re a part of ODF, Residency, etc. you will get a discount. Mercury - the next step was setting up a bank account. Stripe Atlas offers you the ability to setup a banking account with Mercury or Brex, even before you get your EIN. I chose Mercury because it seemed easy for me to get started. No complaints so far! Pretty easy to use. Make sure to use your Stripe Atlas, ODF or Residency perk. You get a bonus after a certain amount of funds have been deposited into your account within a certain duration. Carta - Easy onboarding but after that Carta seemed a little complex to me. However, their customer service is top-notch! Had some issues, called them and they got me sorted out. Their CS rep also told me about a White Glove Onboarding service! They help you with getting everything setup. Fondo - Since I started spending some funds, the next step was to make sure I had someone to take care of bookkeeping/tax and stuff. Fondo was an obvious choice because it just seemed super easy. The account exec I spoke to was super helpful! Got me squared out and setup on the call pretty much. There’s a bit of onboarding after, but nothing too difficult! TIP: When you sign up, if you’re going through stripe atlas, you get a 50% discount the 1st year. There’s offers for ODF too! Discern - I didn’t know I needed this, but Discern is probably a critical need, if you have employees or do business outside of Delaware. They help you register your C-Corp in various states where you technically do business (have employees, clients, etc) and handle that part for you. Lighthouse - Immigration experts. They have been moving lightning fast with my case! If you’re looking for people who know their stuff and can move quickly to help you with your immigration requirements, then Lighthouse is your answer. TIP: you get a preferred rate if you were a part of ODF (not sure about other accelerators).

.@DCGco's investment into the dAI space is second to none. High conviction bets in every stack of the dAI stack. $TAO #Bittensor on the General Purpose AI layer - as @BarrySilbert calls it rightly, $TAO is the World Wide Web of AI @getmasafi - on the data layer amongst others. @flock_io - model training layer on the Federated Learning side. And it doesn't stop here, there are other projects like Near, Space & Time, etc that are operating in the dAI or dAI adjacent space. Calculated & thoughtful bets into every layer is what's needed in this space and clearly DCG is leading by example! Also, congratulations to one of my fav Web3 founders, @0x7SUN & the entire team at @flock_io on the latest funding round. Well deserved and can't wait to see how FLock shapes up!

Nice! $TAO fam - here’s a post about Bittensor being a top Decentralized AI coin, coming from a top CEX in India @CoinSwitch

Lfggg @brycent_ reviewed @TryBrowzer on his Twitch stream today. Dropping a crazy demo soon. Everyone’s gonna fucking love it

Super excited to be a part of @joinodf’s ODF26 cohort! Thanks @julianweisser, @guglielmofonda and the rest of the ODF team. Who else is in? Would love to connect!

A video of how @TryBrowzer is coming along. Long way to go, lots more to come. We’re at the tip of the iceberg. Browzer will be the first enterprise grade agentic browser powering any repetitive workflows in orgs. I’m hiring founding engineers, hmu if you’re interested.