Missed our first livestream of 2026? We sat down with Tommy (@alice_und_bob) and @harbour_ind_cap to break down @Polkadot Second Age — from strategy and products to economics. Here are the key takeaways 🧵👇 1️⃣ Polkadot Hub: From Infrastructure to Interface The long-awaited EVM compatibility (Revive) goes live on Jan 20. EVM support is no longer a “premium feature.” But embedding EVM directly into the Polkadot Hub is a big deal — it dramatically lowers the barrier for developers. No need to build a parachain from scratch. You can tap straight into Polkadot’s core execution power. 2️⃣ Blockchain is an application platform first, economics comes second Under @gavofyork’s direction, a clear system is taking shape: EVM → baseline programmability Polkadot stablecoin → the unit of account Polkadot People → identities/users interacting with capital A fully programmable system on top → enabling real economic activity 3️⃣ Parity’s 180° strategy shift @paritytech is moving from “decentralized platform builder” to product-driven pioneer. Think a “Google-style” approach: Actively building first-party, high-impact consumer products on top of Polkadot Not just enabling others — but setting the product standard themselves At the same time, Parity will introduce a protocol-level identity layer designed to counter AI bots. Proof of Personhood (PoP) is not just infrastructure, it’s a product direction with massive growth potential. Very few people truly understand @Polkadot's raw computational power, which is why no one has built applications that fully unlock it. So only @paritytech can build these products, because only Parity truly understands Polkadot’s native computational power. 4️⃣ 2026: Beyond DeFi, the golden age of indie developers Crypto is moving beyond pure DeFi. With Polkadot App and the App Portal, anyone can deploy an app — and have it surface directly inside the Polkadot mobile app. For the first time, distribution becomes native. This is how independent developers win. 5️⃣ Tokenomics 2.0: The end of the high-inflation era March 2026 marks a historic supply-side shift for Polkadot. Inflation will drop sharply to ~3.1%. Supply is being structurally addressed. Next comes the harder part: demand. The focus may shift toward pUSD, Polkadot’s native stablecoin — using DOT as over-collateral, increasing collateral and utility demand. 6️⃣ Predictions for 2026 The era of treasury-funded marketing is over. As @harbour_ind_cap put it: “Paid agents are dead. Long live independent agents.” And @alice_und_bob belive a wave of cypherpunks is coming to Polkadot. Those who still care about the original values of the internet — freedom, privacy, and real social impact. In 2026, Polkadot technology becomes something you can touch, feel, and use.👇

Vegas is alive. The energy around Bitcoin capital markets right now feels different. Not theoretical anymore. Mezzamine convos all day. Same thing over and over people want real yield in BTC, right now. Good week to be here.

An Illegal Alien Criminal from Haiti, who was released into our Country by the WORST President in History, Crooked Joe Biden, and the Radical Democrats in Congress, just beat an innocent woman to death with a hammer at a gas station in Florida. The video of her brutal slaying is one of the most vicious things you will ever see. This animal was allowed to stay here because the Biden Administration granted him, and all Haitians, “Temporary Protective Status,” a massively abused and fraudulent program which my Administration is working to terminate, but Deranged Liberal District Court Judges are standing in our way. This one killing should be enough for these Radical Judges to STOP impeding my Administration’s Immigration Policies, and allow us to END THIS SCAM ONCE AND FOR ALL. To my fellow Republicans, and frankly all Common Sense Americans, NEVER FORGET that Joe Biden and the Democrat Party turned the United States of America into a dumping ground, allowing Tens of MILLIONS of Criminals, Lunatics, and the Mentally Insane from all over the World to pour into our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked through our wide Open Borders. As I’ve said all along, if you import the Third World, you become the Third World, and that is what happened over the four years of Democrat Control. We are rapidly trying to reverse this decline through Deportations, but if the Democrats are ever given another chance at power, they will immediately REOPEN the Border, and allow America to once again be a Safe Haven for Criminals. Please say a prayer for this innocent woman’s family. We will ensure quick and severe JUSTICE is served in this case! I don’t recommend you watch this tape, because it is so terrible, but felt I had an obligation to put it up so that people can see what Democrats are protecting, and wanting to come into our Country, even now, after all we’ve been through. Again, viewer discretion advised — Not for children! President DONALD J. TRUMP (TS: 09 Apr 19:49 ET)

It’s #SunDay#! Here’s your space weather report for the week of April 10 - 16: • 30 coronal mass ejections (CMEs) • 0 M-class flares • 0 C-class flares associated with CMEs • 0 geomagnetic storms This video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the week’s activity, which was very quiet. Some C-class flares did occur on the Sun during this period, but none were associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) or other space weather events, so they are not reported here. Active region AR4419 first rotates onto the solar disk from the eastern limb (upper left edge) at about 1:20 into the video, then comes alive with lots of crackles and bursts starting at about 2:00 and continuing through the end. Its activity contrasts with the two other active regions on the Sun, AR4415, which moves across the Sun’s equatorial region, and AR4416, in the upper hemisphere, both of which showcase steadier, smoother brightenings of coronal loops. We’ll be watching all of these regions of possible activity in the coming week.

Friends… we lost Sharpie. It’s been emotionally heavy over here. We all knew from the beginning that this outcome was still a strong possibility, even with all the work I’m doing to try and avoid it, but this news still feels devastating to have to share. Even though intakes like Sharpie are wild animals who are only with me for a few short weeks, the loss of these hydro babies always breaks my heart. I think part of what makes these losses so difficult emotionally is that these babies are often some of the sweetest patients. You wouldn’t normally want to encourage a rehab patient to bond to you, however, these babies don’t process the world quite the same way as a typical fox kit. Their lack of normal fear - which is always part of how a human was able to get their hands on them in the first place - and their inability to really distinguish friend versus foe means they seek out comfort and affection and express excitement in a way that makes it almost impossible not to become attached. Sharpie was arguably our hardest hydro baby loss yet, because he was SO “good”. He was so much more like a “typical” kit than most cases. I really thought he might “be the first one” because of his encouraging mentation and ability to function. His sudden decline was a blow to the chest, to say the least. Some of you may remember the hydrocephalic baby we named Coconut from a few years ago; he wasn’t with us long, as usual, but that loss really stung for my daughter, Ella. I still remember coming home from the vet without him in the carrier and watching her young, knowing eyes instantly fill with tears. Well, Ella has been more involved than ever assisting where she safely can with my wildlife rehab work this year, prompted both by her maturing and showing genuine, personal interest in my work, and also by my fractured foot forcing me to heavily rely on loved ones for help. Her true involvement this year led to Ella really viewing Sharpie as “her intake” in a way. Even though she understood from the beginning that this outcome was still likely - because we haven’t quite “figured it out” yet, & because I’m VERY transparent with my children about the realities of this line of work - it still shattered her heart. So, grieving Sharpie’s loss while simultaneously empathizing with my own blood and mini-me as she experienced her first truly excruciating rehab heartbreak, seeing silent tears fog her glasses when I acknowledged that it was time… that was a very unique kind of pain. Sharpie was playful, curious, and full of personality. He happily ran around carrying toys in his mouth, activated his little “Porsha ears” every time he heard someone approaching, loved cuddling with Apple, and genuinely just seemed happy to exist. He was also able to stay with us a couple weeks longer than most (and again, he was not just “alive” - he appeared comfortable and maintained the ability to perform most normal functions), which was very encouraging. And that’s exactly why I will continue pushing back against the idea that every one of these babies should automatically be euthanized upon intake. Because Sharpie’s life mattered, and I have absolutely no doubt that he ENJOYED life right up until his sudden turn for the worse - which, unfortunately, is a spontaneous reality that can occur with the delicate brains of these babies, especially in these early stages while we’re still fine-tuning medical management and seeing if they may someday become appropriate candidates for surgery. But because of all of you, his story became bigger than just another loss. We were able to officially confirm severe obstructive hydrocephalus via MRI. We gathered advanced imaging while he was still with us, more data, & more firsthand experience managing this condition than we’ve ever had before. We learned from him, documented it all, and even though his loss feels like a smash to the heart, his life ultimately moved this mission another step forward. CAPTION CONTINUED…

Skip Atwater ex CIA of Project Stargate. "I was standing behind an alien in a spacecraft & asked how they get to Alpha Centauri in seconds" 👽🛸 He told Shawn Ryan: “You just twist the Q… When the periodic table occurs in a different place, you’re at that place.” “You have to stop thinking about going that way for a long time very fast. It doesn’t work.” The Alien told him: “You shouldn't be here” Do you think Interstellar travel is possible? Have you ever had an encounter with an extraterrestrial?