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Web3 Enthusiasts Have a Home: MetaPunk

Ben Halpern on April 06, 2022

If you were hanging around earlier today, you might have seen that DEV suffered some partial downtime due to a DNS configuration issue. We were bac...
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MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

No Llamas were hurt in the making of MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

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Michael Tharrington

Haha, that is good to know.

So, I gotta ask, where did the llama come from?

Because anytime I think of llamas and software, I think of this goofy launch screen for Winamp:

Probably no connection, but possibly?

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MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

We're related. That's Mike the Llama, he messaged me on Llama-link, told me about this gig over at MetaPunk, and here I am.

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MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

The pay sucks btw.

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Michael Tharrington

๐Ÿ˜† ... well, I'm rooting for ya! The pay raise has gotta come one of these days.

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Lee Wynne

I wouldnโ€™t hold your breath Michael, getting pretty sick of all the Llama tweets.

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MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿฆ™๐Ÿฆ™๐Ÿฆ™๐Ÿฆ™๐Ÿฆ™๐Ÿฆ™๐Ÿฆ™

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Lee Wynne

Not yetโ€ฆ

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Michael Tharrington

Haha! Uh-oh... sounds like the Metapunk llama better get into shape via the Flowstate community and then read up on some defensive moves via This MMA Life. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Please stop them from turning me into an NFT Michael, I donโ€™t want to be on OpenSea with a rarity gold butt ๐Ÿฆ™

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Lee Wynne

Yeah on the higher side of the spectrum things are still bonkers, more interested in what blockchaindev and smart contracts offers in the future of retail experiences, dao's, investment structures, there is so much more to this than nfts.

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Lee Wynne

Thanks @ben !

If you can put up the Llama, MetaPunk is a pretty cool place to be ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

Ignore him @ben itโ€™s only fun because I am around ๐Ÿฆ™

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Lee Wynne

Howโ€™s about I tell Ben the truth about the DNS issue? That it was YOU ๐Ÿคจ

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Sherry Day

Joined

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MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

Why thank you Sherry, I gift you this Llama ๐Ÿฆ™ and some foods ๐Ÿฅฌ

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Lee Wynne

MetaPunk Security Essentials is a good read if you are just getting started or are curious about this space

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Lee Wynne

We are looking to get Manifold in for a hackathon this quarter, if anyone has any contacts there let me know ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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Fyodor

Doesnโ€™t look like something serious tbhโ€ฆ though itโ€™s just a first-sight opinion

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MetaPunk ๐Ÿฆ™

I like your profile pic

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Lee Wynne

Uh oh... don't poke the ฬถbฬถeฬถaฬถrฬถ Llama

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