Holding $ICP and $near │Agnostic & Politically Independent ☠️ #QuestionEverything

Joined July 2022
Replying to @jp_dawg
I'm a $Near investor as well. Probably the only ICP investor that's been willing to defend Near as a legit project. But I won't maxi out on any project to the point that I don't question things when something looks off or wrong.
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
🚨HUGE: Did you know $ICP is now in ChatGPT’s plugin directory?! This could open @dfinity's $ICP powered apps to ChatGPT’s MASSIVE global user base! Hundreds of millions could potentially access blockchain services directly through AI, without even knowing they’re using blockchain!
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
Even more bullish is Cloud Engines allows cloud on cloud. If that means I can run my $ICP app on AWS and giving me the benefits of both (more compute capacity while being tamperproof), then that's bullish🔥🚀
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We need a big dex/defi product to showcase ICP's chain key tech. That's the best way to prove we can build better than $Near intents. Groups like @meneseprotocol are stepping up. Dfinity can also step it up with MultiDex.
There is already icp swap, what justification is there to build yet another dex?
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The wait is over shielded $ICP is now live. Every transaction is private, even from the node providers running the network. Your send history, balances, and activity stay protected. We built it to go beyond SEV’s limits, using pure cryptography so proofs are generated in your browser and verified on-chain without exposing anything. $BTC is coming next. $ICP #Privacy #ZK #InternetComputer
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Vadim: "ICP is only about decentralized cloud." Q: Why doesn't he think $ICP can be more than that? A: Most would say it's our messaging/focus. I would say it's our product line. People will also define $ICP in terms of its *products*. Having a *big* defi product will make it easier for people notice that $ICP can do defi.
Because of what I wrote about NEAR, ICP fans came running into my replies. Guys, I spent 15 years working in IT. Your dreams of a “decentralized cloud” are complete nonsense. If anyone actually needed this, there would already be real demand for it. I’ve never met a single IT professional who needed an “Internet Computer.” This whole thing exists in some isolated crypto bubble. Time has shown that crypto has specific use cases that the entire world can and will use. A decentralized Amazon isn’t one of them. And I’m not even getting into the thousands of meaningless TPS or the market-making scam at launch, when ICP was trading at $4,000 per token.
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I emphasize *big* because if the Defi or any other product are small, basic, or very limited, then it's not going to get noticed as much.
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Replying to @dominic_w
@dominic_w #ICP If Cloud Engine platform is a decentralized marketplace for cloud providers, then you have competition from Akash Network. Had Grok do a comparison:
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More on $ICP and Akash Network:
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According to Vadim, there is no demand for a decentralized cloud such as $ICP. 10+ years ago, people would've also said that there's no demand for crypto. $ICP has a big vision of being the foundation for the entire internet, but it can also cover all of the other narrow use cases that Vadim brings up. ICP's newest niche is sovereign cloud and there is plenty of demand for that. #ICP
Because of what I wrote about NEAR, ICP fans came running into my replies. Guys, I spent 15 years working in IT. Your dreams of a “decentralized cloud” are complete nonsense. If anyone actually needed this, there would already be real demand for it. I’ve never met a single IT professional who needed an “Internet Computer.” This whole thing exists in some isolated crypto bubble. Time has shown that crypto has specific use cases that the entire world can and will use. A decentralized Amazon isn’t one of them. And I’m not even getting into the thousands of meaningless TPS or the market-making scam at launch, when ICP was trading at $4,000 per token.
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
Replying to @jp_dawg @vadim_web3
The confidentiality is $NEAR infra knowing instead of the public knowing. the position sits on hyperliquid public book, all visible. What's hidden is the link between your wallet and the hyperliquid account NEAR opened for you. That link lives on a "private shard" run by permissioned validators NEAR doesn't name. The TEE? NEAR own page says it covers the bridge to mainnet, not the shard. So the validators see what they see. Can you verify any of it? No. Validators aren't listed, there's no attestation to check, and NEAR page won't say who can connect an account to a user. It does advertise "selective disclosure" though. meaning someone can. It's "trust me bro" confidentiality.
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
Looking forward to two great days at the Dubai AI Festival, meeting with friends and partners! 🇦🇪 Watch out for the State of AI 2026 report that is going to be released on Tuesday. If you are around, don't miss @dominic_w's keynote on "Sovereign Cloud for the AI era" on Tue, 3:10 UAE time. @DubaiAIFest @DIFC @Ignyte_AE @dfinity
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Not quite. DFINITY’s European patents were granted in February, not July. More importantly the PCT applications were published in April 2023! US law enforces pre-grant royalties. September code changes don’t erase past liability, and they're also unlikely to be substantial enough to avoid ongoing liability (note that there a multiple non-trivial patents at play here).
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
Technically all of $Near intent users are using $ICP 🙃 @dominic_w will send the bill.😅
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
The ChatT app being built on $ICP is amazing. The latest update shipped so many features. I can imagine other countries wanting something similar, and since there is a template, should be faster to ship!
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
« Điều khó chịu nhất trong cuộc sống là người trung thực luôn thua trong cuộc đấu khẩu. Bởi vì họ bị ràng buộc bởi sự thật, trong khi kẻ dối trá có thể nói bất cứ điều gì. » Dostoïevski RESPECT internet-computer:native
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
Calling all Discord & Telegram users 📢 You can now bridge your chats so that all messages are relayed to/from OpenChat! Install the Discord/TelegramBot then use the /bridge command. Link your Discord/Telegram account and your messages display in OpenChat as sent by you.
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
Can't give you an exact date, but Cloud Engines GA shouldn't be far out from here. It's already used by some selected institutions and the Pakistan Gov.
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All the good and bad responses to Alex's CSAS ideas could easily apply to OpenSaas. #ICP
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Aaron Sanchez retweeted
🚨JUST IN: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reveals AWS cloud capacity is largely SOLD OUT through 2027, with a significant chunk of 2028 already booked. $AMZN is the largest cloud provider globally and has risen to its highest level this year, up nearly 30% YTD. Jassy says demand for AI computing is so strong that AWS has little capacity left to sell, strengthening the case for Amazon’s massive infrastructure spending. He warned that shortages of data centers, power and memory could persist beyond 2027, forcing Amazon to make difficult trade-offs between AI infrastructure and its core cloud business.
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