{
	"name": "Epochs End 493",
	"files": [
		{
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			"Epoch": "493",
			"series": "Reflections in Green",
			"Frequency": "Every Five Days",
			"mediaType": "image/png",
			"Epochs End": {
				"Twitter": "https://twitter.com/EpochsEnd"
			},
			"Description": "Official NFT for Epochs End",
			"cheaper Than": "Therapy",
			"sponsored by": {
				"WEED STAKE POOL": [
					"https://pool.pm/932a460e99687c00e8afbda204f1ae",
					"db9479a9c4448c4bf738058590/stake"
				],
				"The Alexandria Project": [
					"https://thelibrary.fun"
				]
			},
			"see the Attack": {
				"from Phil": [
					"https://x.com/phil_uplc/status/1805672403822870776"
				],
				"Overview from GM Cardano": [
					"https://x.com/gm_cardano/status/1806747880335581674"
				],
				"Overview from Jaromir Tesar": [
					"https://x.com/JaromirTesar/status/1805871462441435604"
				]
			},
			"epoch Synopsis 493.0": [
				"The one where CARDANO underwent a DDOS attack on",
				"the network when a malicious actor decided to spend",
				"$250 an hour flooding the network with script",
				"transactions that were intended to hinder access.",
				"However, Phil, from Anastasia Labs, employed a",
				"clever countermeasure in what has been described",
				"as a deregistration attack, wherein the ADA",
				"submitted into the poorly-written smart contract",
				"operating the attack was retrieved by deregistering",
				"the stake certificate of the attacker.",
				"As a result, this malicious actor was able to",
				"unintentionally donate their funds to development,",
				"of the ecosystem and help stress-test the network.",
				"Thereafter, the attacker ceased their operations,",
				"and many took it as a bullish sign of resilience.",
				"Denial of Service on Cardano?",
				"Denied."
			]
		},
		{
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			"epoch Synopsis 493.1": [
				"The one where INTERSECT posted the official results",
				"of the election for Cardano's Interim Constitutional",
				"Committee. Hosted on SUMMON Platform, the ICC vote saw",
				"455,779,792 staked ADA and 1947 unique votes participating",
				"in the historic election, which decided the three",
				"community seats appointed to the ICC for a one-year term.",
				"All three winners were made up of consortiums,",
				"where groups of individuals collectively work",
				"together to occupy one of these seats, and the",
				"winners included the Cardano Atlantic Council",
				"Cardano Japan, and the Cardano Eastern Council.",
				"These groups are comprised of 16 individuals in total",
				"who will work on the ICC during its inaugural year,",
				"and represent perspectives from the USA, Japan,",
				"Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Korea",
				"Norway, New Zealand, and Vietnam."
			],
			"see the Voting Results": {
				"from INTERSECT": [
					"https://www.intersectmbo.org/news/meet-the-",
					"interim-constitutional-committee"
				]
			}
		},
		{
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			"epoch Synopsis 493.2": [
				"The one where CATALYST Fund 12 opened for Voting!",
				"Voting will remain open until July 11, and projects",
				"are competing in different categories for a total",
				"of 50 Million ADA in the Fund. 1208 proposals have",
				"been submitted across the categories of Cardano",
				"Ecosystem, Use-Case Concepts & Products,",
				"Open Developers, MVPs, and an additional category",
				"beyond the 50M ADA fund to support",
				"Partners and Real-World Integrations.",
				"At the time of minting this NFT, over 1,000 wallets",
				"have participated in the vote, representing",
				"almost 300 million ADA that will be used to",
				"decide the outcome and future innovations for Cardano.",
				"Good luck to everyone!"
			],
			"see the Announcement": {
				"from Catalyst": [
					"https://x.com/Catalyst_onX/status/1806302394638070145"
				]
			}
		},
		{
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			"Epoch Synopsis 493.3": [
				"The one where MT GOX announced it will start to",
				"distribute assets stolen from clients in a 2014 hack",
				"in the first week of July, years after continually",
				"moving deadlines for repayment. The repayments are",
				"largely considered to add selling pressure to",
				"Bitcoin markets as early investors will receive",
				"assets at a much higher value than their entries",
				"before 2013, and this news sent the price of BTC",
				"below $61k for the first time in weeks. In their",
				"official statement on the Mt. Gox website,",
				"they stated that: 'The Rehabilitation Trustee",
				"has been preparing to make repayments in",
				"Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash under",
				"the Rehabilitation Plan,' however recipients",
				"are expected compensation based on the value",
				"at the time of the hack, rather than the actual",
				"amount of crypto that was lost to the platform."
			],
			"See the Mt. Gox News": {
				"from Coindesk": [
					"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/06/24/mt-gox-",
					"to-begin-bitcoin-bitcoin-cash-repayments-in-july/"
				]
			}
		},
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			"Epoch Synopsis 493.4": [
				"The one where the CARDANO FOUNDATION announced",
				"the integration of the Inter-Blockchain Communication",
				"Protocol (IBC) with the Cardano blockchain, which is",
				"designed to enable reliable transactions and",
				"data exchanges across distinct blockchain networks.",
				"In particular, the IBC sidechain on Cardano will",
				"establish a bridge between Cardano and Cosmos",
				"as well as Ethereum for users to easily bridge",
				"to Cosmos SDK chains and the broader interchain",
				"ecosystem, which comprises over 115",
				"interconnected blockchains. CF's statement said:",
				"With the implementation of IBC on Cardano,",
				"businesses benefit from a framework for",
				"developing and deploying scalable, secure,",
				"and interoperable blockchain solutions.",
				"By combining small, agile, and flexible",
				"application blockchains with Cardano's",
				"reliable and decentralized infrastructure,",
				"businesses can further unlock the power",
				"of enterprise solutions."
			],
			"see the Announcement": {
				"From the Cardano Foundation": [
					"https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/enhancing-",
					"connectivity-cosmos-ethereum-cardano"
				]
			}
		},
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			"Epoch Synopsis 493.5": [
				"The one where Cardano's DEFI SUMMER rolled along",
				"and the MEME SEASON continued with the official release",
				"of NIKESWAP by the team at SATURNSWAP, which is",
				"a decentralized exchange platform exclusive to",
				"the famous NIKE token, who has been thoroughly",
				"peer-reviewed and is, as proven by scientific evidence",
				"a very good pig. This platform",
				"utilizes the infrastructure behind the forthcoming",
				"SATURN SWAP DEX launching on Cardano, and",
				"gave the team an opportunity to testrun their",
				"product on mainnet before its official release.",
				"In addition to NIKE, a number of other MEME coins",
				"were launched, including GONAD, following",
				"assumptions that Alexander Monad of unsig fame",
				"was the culprit behind the legendary",
				"DDoS Attack on Cardano."
			],
			"See The Announcement": {
				"on NIKESWAP": [
					"https://x.com/iHoldMusic/status/1805441453750927506"
				]
			}
		},
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			"see the WMTX fun": {
				"from Mr. Telecoms": [
					"https://x.com/mrtelecoms/status/1806743707586363561"
				],
				"from the World Mobile Community Update": [
					"https://x.com/wmtoken/status/1806311557204267112"
				]
			},
			"Epoch Synopsis 493.6": [
				"The one where WORLD MOBILE TOKEN announced their",
				"expansion and refocus into the BASE ecosystem, where,",
				"according to their team, there will be a",
				"'concentration of liquidity and a big focus",
				"on the BASE ecosystem,' as well as Ethereum.",
				"The team also made clear that this is:",
				"'not about giving the Cardano community the",
				"middle finger in any way, shape, or form,'",
				"and that their refocus and expansion was intended to",
				"enhance the WMT's teams ability to collaborate and",
				"align themselves with some of the other leading",
				"ecosystems in the Blockchain space.",
				"The WMT token will undergo an upgrade/migration to",
				"become WMTX, which will be available on BASE, Ethereum,",
				"ARBITRUM, BNB...and Cardano.",
				"A contractor working for World Mobile, who is listed as",
				"the head of their token, posted now-screenshotted",
				"tweets suggesting a departure from Cardano,",
				"and Mr. Telecoms had to get on social media to",
				"clarify that: 'a previous series of tweets",
				"from a World Mobile contractor do not reflect the",
				"views of @wmtoken,' and that 'you will have",
				"freedom to move your WMTX across chains as you wish",
				"including staying on Cardano,' upholding their",
				"multi-year cross-chain strategy that has seen",
				"previous drama cycles in our ecosystem."
			]
		},
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			"Epoch Synopsis 493.7": [
				"The one where SUNDAE LABS contiued to beef up their",
				"ice cream shoppe of innovation on Cardano with",
				"an increased userbase of the v3 version of their platform",
				"and flipped Minswap in 24-hour intra-day trading for",
				"the first time in a long time. In addition, Sundae",
				"released Multi-Hop orders, wherein users may chains",
				"multiple swaps to trade pairs with no direct liquidity.",
				"For example, swaps are now possible between USDM",
				"and any other token on Sundae. Performance upgrades",
				"have also been cooking with orders now executing",
				"directly from the mempool, reducing the time to",
				"process most transactions to a single block, as",
				"demonstrated on June 23rd where Sundae v3 processed",
				"roughly 9264 orders, and 10% of those were placed",
				"and executed in the same block, 50% of those were",
				"executed in under 30 seconds, and 70% were",
				"executed in under a minute.",
				"\ud83c\udf68"
			],
			"See the Flavors of Sundae": {
				"Mempools": [
					"https://x.com/SundaeSwap/status/1802857930095804916"
				],
				"Multi-Hop Orders": [
					"https://x.com/SundaeSwap/status/1804272996216934503"
				],
				"flipping Minswap": [
					"https://x.com/onewisemelon/status/1805895183751405572"
				],
				"Performance Stats": [
					"https://x.com/Quantumplation/status/1804753274173612074"
				]
			}
		},
		{
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			"mediaType": "image/png",
			"See the Podcast": {
				"by Midnight": [
					"https://x.com/MidnightNtwrk/status/1805658523789050062"
				]
			},
			"Epoch Synopsis 483.8": [
				"The one where MIDNIGHT debuted their new podcast entitled",
				"Unshielded, which is a Blockchain & Data Podcast that",
				"discusses the importance of zero-knowledge technology",
				"and its role in building better apps and a",
				"more-equitable internet. The series interviews",
				"industry leaders, tech innovators, and data-",
				"protection advocates to shed light on the",
				"latest developments, challenges, and",
				"opportunities in the blockchain and",
				"data-protection landscape. The first two episodes",
				"feature Charles Hoskinson in Episode 1, and",
				"and Eran Barak, CEO of Midnight, in Episode 2.",
				"\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f"
			]
		}
	],
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	"mediaType": "image/jpeg"
}