In this week's Kinode Office Hours, we dive into the philosophy and rationale behind Kinode's 0.6 release, a major milestone on the path to the highly-anticipated 1.0 version. We discuss the importance of achieving a stable, backwards-compatible API as early as possible in the development process. Drawing parallels to Ethereum's unwavering commitment to backwards compatibility, we highlight how this approach forces the team to build real applications from day one, ensuring that the system can actually support the intended use cases.

Develop on Kinode: https://book.kinode.org

Project Lead Basile: https://twitter.com/basileSportif

Lead Dev Doria: https://twitter.com/m_e_doria

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/guqKRnPup7

In this week's Kinode Office Hours, we take a deep dive into the future of blockchain scaling solutions. We explore a world where deploying a custom zkEVM rollup is as easy as spinning up a VPS, with Kinode providing the infrastructure to make it possible. The discussion covers the spectrum of Layer 2 solutions, from fully decentralized rollups to more centralized validiums and read-only "oracle" services. Throughout, the theme is lowering barriers to entry and enabling a proliferation of application-specific chains, all seamlessly integrated.

Develop on Kinode: https://book.kinode.org

Project Lead Basile: https://twitter.com/basileSportif

Lead Dev Doria: https://twitter.com/m_e_doria

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/guqKRnPup7

In this week's Kinode Office Hours, we are joined by John Guibas from Succinct Labs to discuss the latest developments in zero-knowledge proofs and the SP1 prover system. Doria demonstrates a novel use case: a Telegram bot that generates proofs of messages within a group chat, enabling users to cryptographically verify the contents and timestamp of their conversations. The discussion explores the potential of SP1 to radically simplify the development of ZK applications by allowing developers to write programs in Rust, a popular and ergonomic language. John shares Succinct Labs' roadmap for reducing proving costs, integrating with the Ethereum Virtual Machine, and their long-term vision of a decentralized proving network. Basile and Doria share insights into how Kinode's peer-to-peer infrastructure could facilitate such a network and enable a new wave of privacy-preserving, ZK-powered applications.

Develop on Kinode: https://book.kinode.org

jtguibas of SuccinctLabs: https://twitter.com/jtguibas

Project Lead Basile: https://twitter.com/basileSportif

Lead Dev Doria: https://twitter.com/m_e_doria

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/guqKRnPup7

This week, we outline Kinode as not just another blockchain ecosystem but a chain integrator, emphasizing its capability to bridge on-chain and off-chain computations. We discuss the architectural and technological innovations Kinode brings to the table, notably its flexibility in integrating with various blockchain layers, enhancing off-chain computations, and the potential to streamline decentralized applications (DApps) development.

Develop on Kinode

Project Lead Basile

Lead Dev Doria

Join our Discord, where all the devs hang out.

The Kinode Team discuss creating a platform that allows for the publishing, installation, reviewing, and forking of software packages in a decentralized manner. We cover governance and the potential for software monetization. And we outline the technical architecture, including the use of smart contracts, NFTs for package ownership rights, and the challenges and solutions for ensuring software integrity and authenticity. The conversation also touches on the broader implications of decentralized software distribution for developer freedom, governance, and the evolution of decentralized applications (DApps).

Start developing on Kinode here.

Join our Discord, where the whole team hangs out.

Project Lead Basile

Lead Dev Doria

Developer Goldfinger

We're using The Network Age's distribution channel to bring our weekly X (Twitter) spaces to RSS! While you can catch us on our X presence every Thursday at noon Eastern live, where you can participate by asking questions about Kinode, we'll also start bringing the recordings to RSS for those of you who like that medium.

Here's the first of these Office Hours with @basileSportif and @m_e_doria.

This week we speak with Basile Genève, project lead of Kinode OS. We discuss our pivot from Urbit (and the name Uqbar), the main features of Kinode, and what you can expect from the future. We also say goodbye to The Network Age and invite you to join us in our other channels.

Timestamps

00:01 - Kinode OS with a name change backstory.

03:53 - Rebranding.

06:20 - Pivoting a decentralized project to better realize goals.

09:14 - Rewriting the kernel and using wasm for decentralized app development.

14:24 - "just works" in tech, reliability, and user experience.

17:09 - Decentralized OS development and standards.

23:46 - Network architecture and robustness.

26:43 - Software robustness and resilience.

30:16 - Decentralized networks and their potential for software deployment.

37:12 - Integrating AI with decentralized computing resources.

40:15 - Decentralized AI and personal nodes.

46:41 - Performance of Kinode vs other programming languages.

49:54 - Decentralized operating system development timeline and features.

Contact Us

Edgar

Josh

Basile

The Kinode OS discussion is happening on Discord

This week, it's Spreek: crypto Twitter's own crypto rug early warning system. He discusses his work in on-chain monitoring and stopping hacks in the DeFi industry, his experiences of saving people from potential losses, the highlights and lowlights of DeFi Summer, the challenges of smart contract security, and more. We've also got great advice on how to miss out on generational wealth. Another perfect episode you won't want to miss.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:00 Getting Started with On-Chain Monitoring

08:20 Highlights and Lowlights of DeFi Summer

14:08 The Challenges of Smart Contract Security

19:26 Building a Community and Interacting with the Crypto Space

25:32 The Future of DeFi and Investing in Crypto

28:49 Balancing Risk and Opportunities in the Crypto Market

32:37 Lessons Learned from Rugs and Scams

1:08:37 The Lesson of Life and Crypto

1:09:14 Generational Wealth and Selling

1:09:56 Holding Ground and Hedging

1:10:42 Wrapping It Up

Mentions

Casa (for seedless multisigs)

Rabby wallet

Contact

Spreek

Bichul

Habsul

This week we speak with L0m3z of Passage Prize, Passage Publishing, and Twitter fame. Our theme: what's so wrong with legacy writing and publishing and will people actually buy books again if you just start your own publishing house and give them what they want to read? This is an extra special episode you won't want to miss.

Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction & decentralized publishing and art creation.

09:20 - The success of a dissident art publishing project.

15:00 - Literature's decline and gatekeeping.

20:06 - Gender imbalance in literature and publishing.

28:27 - Art, politics, and publishing with a rightist perspective.

35:33 - Cultural homogenization and the loss of high art in democratized societies.

43:28 - Preserving cultural distinctness in art and literature.

48:21 - Language loss and cultural heritage.

54:08 - Literary voices and the Passage Prize.

58:22 - Writing, creativity, and personal life.

1:05:05 - Writing, publishing, and authenticity.

1:10:40 - Decentralized publishing and supporting new writers.

Mentions

Passage Publishing

The Passage Prize

Man's World Magazine

Contact

L0m3z

Habsul Rignyr

Bichul Ritsen

If you liked this episode (a person of taste!), please go immediately to your podcast provider of choice and leave 5 star reviews of erudition and wit.

On this extra special episode, the boys are joined by Grin, founder and CTO of LBRY and tech lead for Cabin DAO. They talk about fighting the SEC and losing but still WINNING, the LBRY blockchain and Odyssee video sharing platform, about finding friends online to VIBE with and maybe even move into together, and more! Don't miss it.

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

01:53 - The origins and development of the decentralized library platform, LBRY.

06:02 - Decentralized video sharing platform Odyssey.

09:26 - Decentralized video platform Odyssee's discoverability and content culture.

16:17 - Curation and personalized content experiences.

20:37 - LBRY's popularity and SEC lawsuit.

29:33 - Crypto regulations and legal issues.

41:33 - Building a network of modern villages using technology and community.

49:35 - Novel ways to organize physical space and relationships through technology.

52:58 - Debt, relationships, and community in a libertarian context.

01:01:23 - Community-driven urban planning and sustainability.

01:06:07 - Creating a virtual event platform.

01:13:23 - Vibe.camp, a community-driven event.

Mentions

LBRY

Odyssee

Cabin

VibeCamp

Hester M. Peirce's Statement of Dissent on LBRY

Contact

Grin

Bichul Ritsen

Habsul Rignyr