Fireside in 1 hour 🔥

Institutional adoption: is it actually good for crypto?

We’re going live with Graham to unpack what’s really happening as TradFi steps in and what it means for the future crypto space.

Dato and Victor will be hosting.
🕙 6 PM UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials

We are live! Join here: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1rmGPvmvVAbxN?s=20

The Humanode AI Video Contest is still on, and some of the stuff you all dropped already is hilarious.
Glitchy decentralization edits, BotBasher showing up like a movie hero… it’s been fun to watch.

If you’re planning to jump in, just do it.

Make your video. Post it on X, Instagram, or TikTok.
Then share the link in # humanodes-got-talent on Discord, that’s where we’re pulling all submissions.

That’s it. You’re in for $300 in HMND.

Details are here if you want the rundown:
https://blog.humanode.io/humanodes-first-ai-video-contest-is-live/

Don’t wait too long. The entries keep getting better. ;)

Crypto industry spent a decade fighting TradFi.
Then we invited it in, called it “institutional adoption,” and handed it the steering wheel. Nobody asks what it did to the foundations of crypto.

If the old gatekeepers now own the rails, then what exactly is decentralized?

This piece takes a calm look at how the revolution got absorbed, and what comes next.

Full read: https://blog.humanode.io/the-revolution-that-sold-its-soul/

Funding round is still live. Four days left before the window closes.

If you’re following CC’s journey and want to check the details, you know where to go: https://republic.com/emeroth-studios

REMINDER for LP Stakers in the WeHMND/USDC pool.

The old LP contract closed on December 1st, and the new contract has already been running since that same block. If you haven’t moved your LP tokens yet, your rewards have stopped on the old contract.

To keep earning, you’ll need to restake in the new pool:
https://mainnet.biostaker.hmnd.app/biostaker/0xA8A83f29B7c44626D08542bEcfA882980c9F87F0

Nothing else changes. Same daily 14,400 WeHMND. Same nonlinear model. Just a new contract continuing for the next 6 months.

If you haven’t switched over, now is a good time.

How to move your stake:
1. Unstake your LP tokens from the old contract.
2. Go to the new contract and stake the same LP tokens.

Staking page: https://mainnet.biostaker.hmnd.app/
Guide: https://link.humanode.io/guide/biodefi

Here’s one of the first picks from the Humanode AI Video Contest https://x.com/brisoav/status/1996964114141180384?s=20

Light, chaotic, and very much in the spirit of Humanode, so we wanted to share it.

There are still around 9 days left, so if you want your video to get featured too, now’s a good time to jump in.

Post your video on X, Instagram, or TikTok, then drop the link in # humanodes-got-talent on Discord.

Contest details are here:
https://blog.humanode.io/humanodes-first-ai-video-contest-is-live/

More entries are welcome. Let’s see what else you come up with.

📰 Humanode Biweekly vol.112 is out!
A lot moved these past two weeks:

🌀 Proto-Vortex voting session #2 just ended, and the first proposal passed

💧 The new WeHMND/USDC pool is open

⛓️ Shardeum used Biomapper to secure its airdrop

🕹️ Catacomb Crawlers launched their Republic round

🔥 Fireside with Graham from TLDR Global and Republic

🎥 Our first AI video contest continues

📜 New essay: The Revolution That Sold Its Soul

🗳️ Story drop: Voting in 2035


Stay human. Always.
👉 Full update here: https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-biweekly-vol-112/

We’ve been watching decentralization grow in strange ways these past few years.

Lots of new networks, lots of new layers, but not a lot of new people running them. And the gap shows.

So we wrote something about it. A look at why validator growth leveled out, what people are talking about now, and where a human-based model fits into the picture.

If decentralization is going to grow true, it probably needs new inputs.

Here’s a take on one of them: https://blog.humanode.io/when-decentralization-stops-growing-you-have-to-look-at-whats-missing/

Here’s second pickup from the Humanode AI Video Contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RL7_hixUtY

Nice tempo, message, and a pretty good take on what Humanode is building, definitely worth sharing with everyone.

If you want your video to get featured too, you’ve still got about 5 days left.

Post it on X, Instagram, or TikTok, or any social platform then drop the link in ⁠# humanodes-got-talent on Discord.

You’ll be in the running for $300 worth of HMND, so if you’ve got an idea, go for it.

Contest details:
https://blog.humanode.io/humanodes-first-ai-video-contest-is-live/

We’d love to see more.

We’ve updated how proto-Vortex proposals move from idea to vote.

After running a few rounds and sitting down to review what worked and what didn’t, we’ve simplified the flow into three clear phases: draft, deliberation-ready, and voting-ready. Each phase has a purpose. Each one matters.

This update is about slowing things down in the right places. Getting real signal from the community. Giving governors space to engage. And making voting feel final, intentional, and fair.

If you’re planning to submit a proposal, or even just thinking about it, this is worth a read. It explains how to test ideas early, how deliberation actually works, and why not every proposal is meant to pass on the first try.

Read the full announcement here: https://blog.humanode.io/updates-to-the-proto-vortex-flow/

In the meantime, happy proposals!

Here’s our third pickup from the Humanode AI Video Contest: https://x.com/Nozzy_art/status/2000313138928099559

As time goes on, the submissions are getting more thoughtful, more creative, and more polished. This one is a great example of that.

Quick reminder: the contest wraps up in 3 days.
If you want your video to get featured too, now’s the moment.

Post your video on X, Instagram, or TikTok, then drop the link in humanodes-got-talent on Discord.

You’ll be in the running for $300 worth of HMND.

All the details are here:
https://blog.humanode.io/humanodes-first-ai-video-contest-is-live/

Final stretch. Looking forward to what’s next.

Another pickup from the Humanode AI Video Contest: https://x.com/lonerogue8/status/1999802368557224245

This one takes a different approach and shows how many ways people are interpreting Humanode. That variety has been one of the best parts of this contest so far.

We’re close to the end now, so if you want your video to get featured, don’t wait.
Post it on X, Instagram, or TikTok, then drop the link in 🎤-humanodes-got-talent on Discord.

You’ll be in the running for $300 worth of HMND.

Full contest details:
https://blog.humanode.io/humanodes-first-ai-video-contest-is-live/

A few days left. Make it count.

Remember when X, ChatGPT, Discord, Shopify and almost 1/4th of the web went down last month… all at once? That was architectural issue at core level of internet.

This piece digs into why centralized servers are a hidden risk to a free internet, and what real decentralization actually demands.

Full piece here: https://blog.humanode.io/opinion-piece-the-pitfall-of-centralized-servers/

Fireside this Thursday

This week we’re joined by Chung, Investment Partner at ArkStream Capital, for a chat that cuts into one of crypto’s weirdest truths:

Theme: Stablecoin rise: decentralized rails, centralized money.

They move fast, work globally, and run on open networks but the money behind them? Centralized, tightly controlled, and nothing like what Satoshi imagined.

Is this progress, or a step backwards?

Dato and Victor from Humanode will be hosting.

🗓️ Thursday, Dec 18
🕑 14:00 UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials: X | YouTube | Telegram | Discord

“Slaves by Training: The Unacknowledged Shackles of the Modern Economy & Crypto Market”
by Shannon Higgins, Humanode Media Lead is live.

It draws an uncomfortable line between historical slavery, modern consumer conditioning, and how today’s crypto markets quietly train people to accept concentration of power, instant gratification, and scraps instead of ownership.

Read it here: https://blog.humanode.io/opinion-slaves-by-training-the-unacknowledged-shackles-of-the-modern-economy-crypto-market/

Reminder: Fireside in One Hour

This week we’re joined by Chung, Investment Partner at ArkStream Capital, for a chat that cuts into one of crypto’s weirdest truths:

Theme: Stablecoin rise: decentralized rails, centralized money.

They move fast, work globally, and run on open networks but the money behind them? Centralized, tightly controlled, and nothing like what Satoshi imagined.

Is this progress, or a step backwards?

Dato and Victor from Humanode will be hosting.

🗓️ Thursday, Dec 18
🕑 14:00 UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials: X | YouTube | Telegram | Discord

Most games don’t break when the balance is wrong.
They break when the numbers stop meaning what you think they mean.

If you’ve ever shipped an event that drained too fast, watched a leaderboard feel “off,” or tuned rewards only to make honest players angry, this piece is for you.

It looks at how Sybils quietly rot game economies from the inside. Why studios end up armoring systems instead of designing them. And what changes when identity stops being cheap.

Read: When Your Game Economy Starts Lying to You