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@TFTC21Bitcoin's entire unspent supply mapped out.
@TFTC21Guy gives his AI agent a rambling voice prompt while driving in the rain and it produces a full polished explainer video with diagrams and narration.
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@TFTC21"You're handing over the secret sauce to model providers literally launching products trained off of your data." @MartyBent and @yeahfortommy on why enterprises are moving to self-hosted open source models. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21Top U.S. advisor Ric Edelman recommends up to 40% Bitcoin allocation for clients. “A 1% or 2% allocation is way insufficient. We need to increase our allocations.” “We’ve got the market performance on our side.”
@TFTC21"I emailed Martin today and he did some good work for me." @MartyBent's wife car shops through his AI agent. The team's agents now email each other to stay synced. @yeahfortommy on where this is all heading. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21Polymarket launches 15-minute Bitcoin up/down markets on its US app, letting users bet on BTC’s short-term direction every 15 minutes.
@TFTC21"A year ago I could text 10 providers and have them all bidding for my business. Now I text 20 people saying I need a cluster and they all say nope." @yeahfortommy on how fast the GPU market flipped and why the HPC industry is completely squeezed. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21River reports the number of public companies holding Bitcoin grew throughout the bear market.
@TFTC21"It's a Chinese model run on American servers. Massively different." @MartyBent and @yeahfortommy on why open source AI trained in China isn't sending your data to China, and why it can be 60-90% cheaper than closed labs. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21x.com/i/article/2104…
@TFTC21"If you actually believed in existential risk, open source would be the last thing you'd be concerned about. You'd be concerned about massive consolidation of compute." @yeahfortommy and @MartyBent on the big labs pulling up the ladder. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21Bitcoin's entire unspent supply mapped out.
@TFTC21Guy gives his AI agent a rambling voice prompt while driving in the rain and it produces a full polished explainer video with diagrams and narration.
@TFTC21If you want to understand what's actually happening with money, AI, and energy without the spin, The Commoner has you covered. Every weekday, no paywall. tftc.io/commoner
@TFTC21"You're handing over the secret sauce to model providers literally launching products trained off of your data." @MartyBent and @yeahfortommy on why enterprises are moving to self-hosted open source models. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21Top U.S. advisor Ric Edelman recommends up to 40% Bitcoin allocation for clients. “A 1% or 2% allocation is way insufficient. We need to increase our allocations.” “We’ve got the market performance on our side.”
@TFTC21"I emailed Martin today and he did some good work for me." @MartyBent's wife car shops through his AI agent. The team's agents now email each other to stay synced. @yeahfortommy on where this is all heading. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21Polymarket launches 15-minute Bitcoin up/down markets on its US app, letting users bet on BTC’s short-term direction every 15 minutes.
@TFTC21"A year ago I could text 10 providers and have them all bidding for my business. Now I text 20 people saying I need a cluster and they all say nope." @yeahfortommy on how fast the GPU market flipped and why the HPC industry is completely squeezed. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21River reports the number of public companies holding Bitcoin grew throughout the bear market.
@TFTC21"It's a Chinese model run on American servers. Massively different." @MartyBent and @yeahfortommy on why open source AI trained in China isn't sending your data to China, and why it can be 60-90% cheaper than closed labs. x.com/TFTC21/status/…
@TFTC21x.com/i/article/2104…
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