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Breadfam! BREAD Distribution Cycle #20 is all done! Our detailed rundown (which you can find in our bio) was sent to newsletter subscriber inboxes the moment distribution happened. Here's a thread with all the details 🧵

5 Things I Learned in Conversation with Khasir Hean Fighting Big Tech, the slow internet revival, and why frictionmaxxing might save us

OpenAI, Oracle need you to ignore the bottlenecks to sell their vision. Coupled with AI productivity falling well-short of expectations, we probably shouldn't be giving up programming & marketing to be plumbers just yet.

Article: hellofrommarv.substack.com/p/5-things-i-learned-in-conversation-bc5

The AI giants, however, can't wait that long. This situation is made worse with more devices than ever being 'smart.'

Cars, watches, washing machines, kitchen appliances all compete for the same parts. AI demand is on course to cannibalise every other industry that depends on advanced memory.

Fixing this won't be easy, either.
- New fabs cost $15-20bn and take 3-5 years to build.
- Micron's Idaho fabs won't be online until 2027.
- Manufacturing capacity for 2028 is already being sold now.

Most analysts don't expect meaningful relief until 2028 at earliest.

- AI data centres will consume 70% of all high-end DRAM in 2026.
- Three companies control 93% of global supply. SK Hynix has already sold out its entire year.
- RAM is up roughly 90% in a single quarter.

The prices reflect the immense stress already being exerted on existing supply chains.

The community online loves an AI inevitability narrative.

Supply chains suggest otherwise.

You can read full article on my Substack, alongside the full podcast episode with machine-learning expert Khasir Hean in my bio.

The only inevitability is supply-chain shocks. A thread👇

Savings Circles/ROSCAs form an invisible layer of the global economy, with over $500B changing hands annually. No credit scores, gatekeepers or lenders. Check our bio for a free guide explaining how this works, and how you can embrace the power of community with Bread Stacks. 🧵

Hello Breadfam! $BREAD Distribution Cycle #19 is in.
@gardens_fund
took home a bigger share than usual this cycle, right after their Members Spotlight. Good to see the community showing up for them. Time for the 🧵

Banking was never built for collectives. Savings circles were. ROSCAs have helped communities access lump sums without loans or credit for generations, a $500B+ market running on trust. We've brought this model online.

Free session, early look at Bread Stacks. Link in our bio!

Priyal Jain is one of the sharpest marketing minds I know in Web3 and beyond. We caught up on Is This The New Internet? to talk methodology, InfoFI, the death(?) of crypto Twitter & the racism South Asians are faced with in this space.

Available wherever you get your podcasts! Link in bio!

Our first BREAD Member Spotlight is live. Paul Glavin from Gardens talks about what the community can look forward to this month and why your vote matters.

Governance cycle #19 is ongoing. Will Gardens get your vote?
Link in bio

Is disagreement key for cooperative decision-making? 🤔
We are playing x.com/NegationGame , a discussion tool that rewards evidence-based reasoning and intellectual honesty over being right. With @alexsotodigital.bsky.social

🗓️ Wednesday, 21st January, 20:00 UTC
📍 cryptoleftists.xyz

2025 was a rough year for crypto speculation. But it was an incredible year for crypto-led solidarity.

Over 30,000 in yield distributed to member organizations, all thanks to the support of BREAD holders around the world.

"In a world of hacks & hyper-speed scaling, there's a beauty to slowing things down."

The passion to change the world seems to be fading from the crypto community. I'm learning how to rekindle it through Toronto's drum & bass scene.

🏙️ An economy where contributions are visible and access to resources is based on them?

Taskmates a task recommendation engine by @flaviagoma.bsky.social enables labor coordination and resource distribution through mutual support ✊

🗓️ Wednesday 14th Jan, 20 UTC
📍 www.cryptoleftists.xyz

Let's support each other in our monthly Temp Check ✊

Mutual Support session where projects share what they're building and get feedback from people aligned with the mission 🥸

🗓️ Wednesday, 10th December, 20:00 UTC
📍 www.cryptoleftists.xyz

Does your nonprofit or community organization need a better way to manage funds together?

Our step-by-step shared wallet setup guide is now available for download! These are the same democratic financial tools we've used to manage funds as a cooperative.

Free workshop: Managing shared finances as a team
Nov 6, 3pm EST

Your cooperative runs democratically, but does your bank account?

Learn to set up shared wallets where multiple people control spending and every transaction is transparent.

No technical experience needed.

Bread Cooperative is thrilled to welcome Gardens to our collective!

From building on Gnosis Chain since the early days, we now join forces to create better tools for working people, everywhere.

Learn how Gardens helps communities truly represent their members' wishes 👇

The first edition of the new Bread Updates newsletter has been sent to inboxes everywhere! In this edition we cover
- $BREAD distribution cycle #15
- the deep dive into our rebrand
- the first blog for our game-changing Ethereum scaling solution, Gas Killer

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

So proud of the whole team! Say hello to Bread Cooperative, because all we have to lose are our chains.

Solidarity forever 🍞

The hands of 2 individuals touching gently, with one offering support to pull the other up. The one offering support has a tattoo of the Breadchain logo. The text "Adaptive Resilience" makes up the title. The dates of June 10-11 alongside Breadchain Pop-up are on the bottom left. Event information and logos for Funding the Commons and Berlin Forum on the bottom right.

*Breadchain Pop-Up at Funding the Commons Berlin*

Theme: Adaptive Resilience—exploring how communities and technologies can reorganize when faced with failure through post-capitalism.

Ticket link & discount code in the 🧵

Happy Labor Day! Workers and unions have given us so much to be grateful for, let's celebrate them.

Have an amazing time with your loved ones today.

Solidarity forever 🍞

Hello. Having a mild menty-b setting up a local LLM. Send help

Episode 4: Quantum Threats and Bitcoin’s Next Leap with Matt Black, Founder of Atomic Finance Collect this episode to support Is This The New Internet? and secure your spot on the leaderboard!

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We are live with Episode 4! I talk bitcoin with Atomic Finance's Matt Black
- reasons for adding programmability to bitcoin, and the challenges in implementing them
- running crypto companies in extreme cyclical markets
- Satoshi's tokens as a bounty for would-be quantum hackers

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