I think it's monthly. Great. We're just waiting for Matt to join the stage. Now we left. Anyway, we're super happy to have so many people here with this new monthly initiative that we are

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going to host and it's based on an old idea we had like many months ago when Mike Purvis was still in an e-requisition working on his crossword starts XYC which is now maintained by the Situ community.

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pick up to the city community for taking on that. So basically it's cross with puzzle on chain and we want to every month make a recap of sort of the biggest news in the ecosystem and then make a quiz out of

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it, have a little bit of fun, have people that are central to the New Yorker system, come to our spaces, talk about what they do, comment on the news, and have a good time. We're just waiting for Matt to connect.

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So in the space we will be exploring the latest news and events in the ecosystem and today we have

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Ilia Poulosoukin co-founder of Neoprotocole, the man, the myth, the legend, been also mentioned in a lot of AI conversations lately on Twitter, the crypto Twitter going wild.

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for the AI stuff and we also got Matlock here and I'm just gonna invite him to speak again to see if that works. Matlock here is also an OG in the new ecosystem being the former

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Diverl and Wallet are at near Opagoda. He has founded Keepon and at the same time he's also building out DeFi on near at Proximity Met. I'm just going to invite you to speak once again.

Host

NEARWEEK Ⓝ

Speaker

Illia Polosukhin (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈)

Matt Lockyer | Proximity 🅝 🇺🇦

$SHITZU Community Official 🇺🇦

📡 Young Monet

Bailey12 Ⓝ (bailey12.near)

Johan

FAQ on ⚡️NEAR THE HORIZON feat. ILLIA POLOSUKHIN & MATT LOCKYER | Twitter Space Recording

What is the purpose of this monthly initiative that the hosts are introducing?

To make a recap of the biggest news in the ecosystem and create a quiz out of it, while having people central to the ecosystem come and talk about what they do.

What was the old idea that this monthly initiative is based on?

Crossword puzzle on chain.

Who maintained XYC after it was created by Mike Purvis?

The Situ community.

Who is the co-founder of Neoprotocol, and what has he recently been mentioned for on Crypto Twitter?

Ilia Poulousoukin, and for his work in AI conversations.

Who is Matlock, and what companies has he been involved with in the NEAR ecosystem?

He is an OG in the ecosystem and has been involved with Diverl, Wallet Are, Near Opagoda, Keepon, and Proximity Met.

What topic has recently been mentioned in AI conversations on Crypto Twitter?

Ilia Poulousoukin's work.

What was Mike Purvis working on when the hosts came up with the idea for this monthly initiative?

XYC.

What does the monthly initiative involve?

Making a recap of the biggest news in the ecosystem and creating a quiz out of it, while having people central to the ecosystem come and talk about what they do.

What is the purpose of the quiz in this monthly initiative?

To have a little bit of fun.

What ecosystem is being discussed in this podcast?

The NEAR ecosystem.