404Embassy://Transmission_Log_#2 [PODCAST]
Signal_Source: Ray Svitla // svit.la
Payload: 30 min of uncut meat
Status: LIVE — press ▶︎
Ola Operators,
I promised to alternate deep-dive essays with live conversations – here’s the first one.
Episode #1 of the 404Embassy podcast clocks in at 30 minutes of pure signal with Lou Kerner, the force behind CryptoMondays (60+ IRL chapters and one humble claim: “the largest network-state on Earth”).
We met during Token2049 Dubai at a pop-up Embassy I was hosting. Five minutes in, I knew I needed him on tape.
Governments aren’t our friend—and tomorrow will be worse.
Lou’s words, my lived reality. That’s why 404Embassy exists.
Why this conversation matters
Prototype network-state: CryptoMondays has been knitting local nodes since 2017; the Ethereum Community Conference was literally born from there node.
For some reason,
ghosted Lou. That’s fine. 404Embassy welcomes version conflicts. This fuels better maps.From Bolt to Bitcoin: Lou built the biggest social network before MySpace, then became Facebook’s loudest Wall-Street bull — until the fake-news pivot broke his faith and pushed him toward decentralisation. Hearing that pivot story from the OG himself is worth the download.
Hit play (and yes, watch on YouTube – the glitch-snail intro is worth your bandwidth):
Yes, I spent an entire weekend crafting that glitchy intro/outro — watch it on YouTube just for the art!
Episode Highlights
00:00 Cold boot — “Gov ≠ Friend reboot
03:01 Bubble. Crash. Bubble. Capitalism on loop
05:55 Value-Δ — why salvation scales better than SaaS
09:01 CryptoMondays → 60-city side-chain IRL
11:47 Govs vs Coins — who rugs first?
15:01 Public goods ≈ free beer? Community math
18:09 FAMGA ⚔ Web3 — Star-Wars for souls
21:04 News-feed addiction & decentralized dopamine
23:55 Spray-and-Pray VC — 1 400 roll-ups later
26:58 Agents talk to agents — AI × Web3 micro-tx tsunami
30:09 Ethereum monks ⚔ Solana D-gens — ethos showdown
Full transcript lives below 👇
Prefer audio-only?
But seriously, the video glitch art? Worth every byte.
Forward this to an operator who still thinks borders are mandatory.
Rate, comment, drop a 🐌 — the snail moves faster with friends.
What’s next? You decide
Ray Svitla
Stay evolving 🐌
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