You must Out-dumb I used to think I could win an argument with logic. I was young, foolish, and burdened by 'facts.' Now I am 50 and much slower and hopefully wiser, and I simply don't care what people

The New Silk Road Why I am watching Greenland For centuries, explorers vanished into the frozen labyrinth of the Arctic searching for the Northwest Passage—a shortcut that would rewrite the rules of global

Defi I still remember the first time I tried to send money abroad through my local bank. I was in India, and was simply trying to pay application fee for the Universities I was applying to. This was late

Energy Geopolitics Lately there have been a lot of noise about US Energy Politics, especially related to the recent action in Venezuela by the current administration. There is a lot of opinions circulating

No, It is not Vugtis! Well, I am talking about the largest class of land owners. They own a single plot of land. Lately, I’ve been fielding an influx of questions regarding entry-level land strategies.

Technical Roadmap for Land 2.0 Prioritizing Production, Fun, and Urgency in 2026 After synthesizing the feedback from the "Land Barrons" group, I want to outline what I believe is the necessary

Past Achievements At the express request from the League of Verico, I took upon myself to update the document for the history of Praetoria in a summarized manner. To protect Praetoria and hide the incredible

A Glimpse This is my last post for the year 2025, but I don't want to make it like a look back post. There are plenty of them on that topic and I don't see a reason to do it. Instead I will do it just

The Supply Shock Well this is nothing new, we expected this, the eventual supply shock due to the Land Cards have hit Praetoria. It was quick and readily visible in the wood supply curve below. It is easy

Baja California Sur: 2.0 In fact, I have been here more than two times (I think I remember four times, it could be one higher as well). The reason for the title is this post from 2022. I was checking

The Debate The debate surrounding price controls and mandated distribution fundamentally pits the efficiency of the free market against the goals of equity and access. Proponents of a pure free market

Stone is ROI Negative (Currently) The Lands SPL website sports a new alert at the player overview dashboard. It is fairly sleek and timely. If you are not living under a rock (stone), you probably know

Flavor of the Month! Got Wood? "Flavor of the Month" is an idiom for something currently trendy or popular but expected to fade quickly That flavor is favor! Industries goes in and out of favor,

What a day! Yesterday around 11am my time (Dec 05, 2025) the land cards sale opened to general public of Splinterlands. This was a limited mint of 100K common grain card Tireless Farmhand (and also a rare,

Cleaning House If you read my previous post, you may know that I am working or crafting the new land cards. The main element of the process to me, if better organization of your land plots. Mine is just

First Card I have spend some time on the new land card crafting. It is not nearly enough but I have made some progress. Again, the reference post is this one. Last night after work, I tried to craft the

The Glass Ceiling This is a Splinterlands land related post where I will be reflecting both on my hope and frustration on the eve of a major land update. I am looking forward to the four land cards as

Hanalei Bay I am at Kauai this week. It is the northernmost island of the Hawaiian islands where tourists can go. I checked worldmappin and I see that there are 3 pins only! I have been here many times

The Painful Necessity of Burning What We Built I am thinking about Cinder. I am still not sure if I will craft all the land cards mentioned in the latest post. Yet, if I do it or not, it is better to be

The Japan Within My Parting Memories I kind of didn't wrap up the Japan trip here on chain, which is not the right thing to do. Yet, the last few days of Japan trip was fast. I went to the southern most