Industry insiders David Hoffman and Christian Keroles, explore the markets, news, and interesting topics in cryptocurrency. POV Crypto offers listeners a diverse range of perspective from their experience living this brave new blockchain world. Please follow the show on Twitter @POVCryptopod David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @trustless_state Christian Keroles on Twitter @reallife_ck
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BTC VS ETH in a BULL on Twitter Spaces.
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CK and David are back from a long break to discuss BTC and ETH on the verge of another crazy bull market. This is a recording of a conversation over Twitter spaces on the night of November 10th.
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Regulation, NFTs, EIP1559, and the China CBDC
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Join CK and David as they sync their nodes on a catch-up episode of PoV!
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The Physical and The Digital Collide - POV Crypto
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Join CK and David Hoffman as they meet for a rare in person POV Crypto. For this episode, we catch you up on the recent action that has happened in the Bitcoin and Crypto space. Topics: Physical vs Digital El Salvador MSTR bought more Price is down More Energy Fud BTC v ETH upgrading differences.Av POV Crypto
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David and Christian catch up after Bitcoin 2021 Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs
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Understanding the World via Crypto: A Chill POV
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David and Christian catch up and discuss what it's like to be in crypto vs the outside world, and go back and forth on additional topics
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CK and David discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum and what makes sound money Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKsAv POV Crypto
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Debating Bitcoin Security and Ultra Sound Money
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This week CK confronts David about a recent episode of Bankless with Justin Drake and the Ultra Sound Money Meme. Follow David: @TrustlessState Follow CK: @ck_SNARKsAv POV Crypto
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Trading Strategies, Charging the Monetary Battery
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The World is Waking up to the Power of Crypto
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CK and David discuss how BTC, NFTs, and DeFi are opening up to a more and more general audience. We discuss What a Bitcoin future will look like and Debate whether Ethereum can compete with bitcoin as de-facto future money.Av POV Crypto
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Laser-Eyes, NFTs, and Crypto-Religions
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David and Christian meet to discuss some of the recent social dynamics in the crypto-communities. Christian offers the Bitcoiner take on NFTs. David discusses how laser eyes are bullish. David makes the claim that the people that make up a community are critically important. Christian claims that Bitcoin just is, and is independent from people.…
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This week for POV Crypto Ck and David discuss last week's crazy markets around GME and the fall out. We discuss Where bitcoin Ethereum and other open source tools fit into the new paradigm. David closes out with giving his DeFi token moonshots. Enjoy this deep and nuanced conversation of POV Crypto. Follow POV on Tiwtter @POVCryptoPod Follow David …
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David and ck discuss how to think and approach the bull market, Debate energy usage and PoW, Debate Pos, Discuss defi tokens.Av POV Crypto
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Debating DeFi Season and the Center of Crypto
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Join ck and David Hoffman as they discuss the latest musings in the crypto markets and debate the core fundamentals of the crypto ecosystem. Topics: Blockchains make for a new kind of history DeFi Season not Alt (chain) Season. $Uni is the open source story next to Coinbase IPO Debating Ethereum's dependance to Bitcoin. Follow David @trustlessstate…
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First POV of 2021: What We See Coming
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Fight Night: Money, the State, and YOU
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Join Christian and David as they talk about the relationship between the state, the people, and the money
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MicroCHADegy, ETH 2 Staking, StableACT
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David and Christian discuss Microstrategy and whats going on behind the scenes there, as well as other topics in the news such as the STABLE Act. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs…
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CK and David discuss the launch of Eth 2 and BTC pushing up against all time highs.Av POV Crypto
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171 - Fight Night: How to be Bullish, Thanksgiving Edition
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David and CK have a conversation about the state of the industry, and express their excitement about what's to come in the months ahead. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs…
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170 - Trading ETH/BTC with Kyle Davies of Three Arrows
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Join ck and David as they host high powered traders Kyle Davis of Three Arrows back on to the show. We discuss what he sees in the crypto market and why he and his firm have changed their tune about Ethereum Defi and Bitcoin.Av POV Crypto
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169 - Bitcoin and the 4th Turning | Brandon Quittem
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Brandon Quittem, friend of the pod, recently wrote a piece called 'Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History'. In this piece, he discusses the concept of a 'saeculum', or a period of time that represents a 'very long lifespan'.... 90 years in which 4 generations of humans come and go, and the same four patterns of history are repeated in the way that soci…
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168 - Fight Night - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Fat Protocol, and SBF attacks DeFI
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Jon ck and David as the debate this weeks hottest topics and well dive deep into the Bitcoin and Ethereum debate. David is disappointed with eth price while ck is impressed. Learn about what David considers to be an attack on DeFi from SBF of FTX.com. Follow ck @ck_SNARKs Follow David @TrustlessState…
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167 - Drumrolling the Decaying Dollar (+ an ETH 2.0 chaser)
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David and Christian discuss how some long-time Bitcoiner thesis have manifest into reality from the COVID pandemic. A lot of Bitcoiners have described a financial world that crumbles from a fragile system LONG before COVID. Then COVID happened, and a lot of narratives that Bitcoiners illustrated have manifested into reality. David and Christian dis…
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166 - Fight Night - The Rise and Fall of the Dollar
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Are you ready for another POV Crypto Fight Night? This week, CK and David discuss hot stories in Bitcoin, Ethereum and DeFi. We cover the following: Topics: Square buys Bitcoin Bitcoin Vs the Dollar Ethereum as a Money BTC Vs Ethereum Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @T…
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165 - Worlds Colide: Dollar vs BitMex; DeFi tokens vs Centralization, Trump vs COVID
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Uncle Sam goes after BitMex. The US Government vs Bitcoin. 8 Year aniversary of US vs Ross Ulbricht. KuCoin gets hacked; loses lots of DeFi tokens. Many tokens illustrate their centralized nature. Trump got covid; the uncertainty of the future grows!
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164 - The Rise of Bitcoin Finance w/ Atomic Finance
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This week CK and David host Matthew Black and Tony Cai of Atomic Finance to discuss their move from building on BTC and ETH to focusing on BTC only. They give their critics of Ethereum infrastructure and tease the nascent but exciting tech being built for Bitcoin. David does a good job of asking questions and defending Ethereum’s current moat. Plea…
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163 - Fight Night Microstrategy, $tBTC, $UNI launch, and Macro
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Are you ready for another POV Crypto Fight Night? This week, CK and DAvid discuss hot stories in Bitcoin, Ethereum and DeFi. WE cover the following: Topics: Global Market Sentiment Crypto Prices dumping Microstrategy tBTC launching. The $UNI air drop and the implications of a Uniswap with governance. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find …
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162 - Fight Night: Cryptography vs Authoritarianism, Illiquid DeFi token vs BTC, Custodial Contracts vs Non-custodial contracts
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David and CK begin with an unexpected journey exploring the current state of the world, and viewing it from an authoritarian vs individual perspective then, we take a slight detour to conspiracy theories around Netflix and soft-core pedophilia (?) Then, into the meat debating the merits of DeFi tokens with treasuries CK: DeFi tokens will trend towa…
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161 - Fight Night: $SUSHI Exit Scam & Local Crypto Top.
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CK and David discuss the most recent DeFi mania, $SUSHI token exit scam, FTX.com, Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi and much more in this jam packed and Dense episode of POV Crypto.Av POV Crypto
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160 - Bitcoin (and Ethereum) is a Religion, Organism, and State
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Gigi, Author of 21 Lessons, returns to POV Crypto to discuss the concept of Bitcoin as a self-fulfilling religion, a life-seeking organism. Gigi previously came to POV Crypto and had a very heated debate with David. This time, Gigi returns and David and him discuss the ways that Bitcoin (and Ethereum) represent new forms of Religion, Nation State, …
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159 - Fight Night: DeFi Tokens vs BTC Halvening, $YFI and Yearn, next 18 months of crypto
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Prices are cooling down How long tho Could just 2x in the next two weeks Bitcoin mining hash rate being affected by flooding in szechuan region Costs of being a tangible thing Staking as intangible; costs and benefits Stocks keep going up ‘Free market’ David is extremely bullish on $YFI Convince me why YFI? What does it mean that Aave passed makerD…
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158 - Making Money in DeFi with Su Zhu
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Su Zhu of Three Arrows Capital discusses his DeFi strategies, and how things about playing the current DeFi field! We discuss: - The grand Three Arrows Capital investment theses - Denominating in ETH, BTC, or USD - Leveraging DeFi for returns - YAMs: Good experiment or abject failure - Liquidity mining, yield farming and viewing these as games - Be…
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CK and David gear up for a classic Bitcoin VS Ethereum Fight Night. We celebrate soaring prices by arguing whats behind them, future development, and where we go next. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs…
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156 - Mining Deep dive with Ethan Vera
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The CFO of Luxor Mining Ethan Vera joins POV Crypto to discuss all things Mining and Blockchain security. Ethan is an expert in BTC and Altcoin mining and has very interesting opinions about staking. Topics: BTC mining Hashrate Markets Hashrate derivatives Attacking Bitcoin The rise of the US mining scene PoS Altcoin Mining Please rate and share th…
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155 - Unchaining Interoperability with Loong Wang of Ren VM
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Loong Wang the CTO of Ren VM comes on to POV Crypto to discuss their technology and how they are pushing trust minimized Bitcoin onto Ethereum. Topics: The history of Ren VM Why interoperability is important Ren’s mission Interoperability will allow few coins to dominate many chains Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod o…
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154 - Macro Markets, Deflation and Depression with Ansel Lindner
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Ansel Lindner, macro markets guru and host of the Bitcoin and Markets podcast comes to POV Crypto to discuss his bleak outlook to the future of the global economy. We discuss: - How the Fed activity resembles 90's era Japan - People are saving more than they're spending - The economic contraction ahead of us - The role of crypto-dollar stablecoins …
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153 - Bitcoin is Nature, Ethereum is Organic
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Bitcoin Mushroom Man Brandon Quittem comes to POV Crypto to continue the conversation about how the cryptocurrency world is synonymous with nature and organic systems. David, Brandon, and CK discuss how the free market and price discovery are organically derived phenomenons. We discuss how top-down influence and price controls are blasphemous, as t…
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152 - ETH 2, Phase 0 | Preston Van Loon of Prysamtic Labs
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A recent ETH 2 AMA on r/ethereum sparks rabbling, due to an extended estimation of Phase 0 launch timeline. We bring Preston from the Prysmatic client team to POV Crypto to get his take about where ETH 2 is in development. We talk: - How Prysmatic came to be - Funding environment for client teams - Phase 0 timeline and the r/Ethereum AMA - Client d…
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151: Fight Night - Legacy vs Crypto, ETH 2 Delay, Is AMPL Worthy?
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David and CK review some of the current discussions happening in their circles about: - The state of crypto in the macro, vs Legacy markets - What liquidity actually is - ETH 2 delays - Does AMPL deserve a fair shot? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Chri…
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150 - Early Ethereum with Cami Russo
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Cami Russo, author of the soon-to-be-released book The Infinite Machine, comes to POV Crypto to discuss her experience researching and interviewing about Early Ethereum to write her book! Cami discusses - The evolution of Ethereum Culture - The early decisions made at Ethereum and the EF that would impact the future of Ethereum - What it was like i…
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149 - Fight Night: Is DeFi good? w/ Colin Harper
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Colin Harper of Forbes Crypto and Decrypt Media, joins the podcast to hash out Bitcoin Versus Defi on Ethereum. Topics: Whats up with Defi. Will Bitcoiners ever use Defi. The different ways Bitcoin and Ether accrue value. David argues that Ether is more like Equity than money Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitt…
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148 - Exploring Loopring with Matt Finestone
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Matt Finestone runs BD at Loopring, and comes to POV to get into the nuances and details of the Loopring Protocol. Topics - Is Loopring a network, a protocol, an app? - What are the attack vectors of Loopring? - What are the strengths and weaknesses of Loopring? - How does Loopring compare to Lightning? - Future plans of the Loopring Please rate an…
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147 - Bitcoin Money, Ethereum Tech w/ Matt Luongo
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Matt Luongo is the architect behind the tBTC project, brining BTC to Ethereum, and has strong convictions about the roles that Bitcoin and Ethereum have. Matt considers Bitcoin as the monetary standard, and Ethereum as purely a place for technical innovation and experimentation, and draws a pretty clear line for these things. He is a lead of the tB…
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146 - Fight Night XVII: COMP Token, Liquidity Mining, DeFi vs ICO Tokens, Token Valuations
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David and CK deliberate some of the recent trends in the DeFi space, and discuss their nuances, merits, and legitimacy! Topics - COMP token, and what it represents - COMP distribution - KYC & Governance tokens - Liquidity Mining / Yield Farming - The hidden/present risk in these systems Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptop…
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145 - A Lesson in Adversarial Thinking with Matt Odell
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Matt Odell of TFTC returns to POV Crypto to discuss what listeners can do to improve their security and privacy. We also get into BTC v ETH at the end! This is a must listen. Topics: The global nature of the anti government protests Why privacy is important How big tech is part of government surveillance Practical advice to improve privacy Is PoS i…
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144 - Hashing out Money with Pierre Rochard
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Pierre Rochard joins David and ck for a wide ranging conversation about money, policing, and society. We cover the following topics. Topics: The purpose of money/cash The difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum’s monetary policy Why we need to exit fiat The institutionalized racism in the USD system How a private police force could work Please rate…
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143 - Did Bitcoin Open a Portal? w/ Robert Breedlove
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Robert Breedlove comes to POV crypto to discuss his analogy of "Bitcoin is the number 0". Robert claims that, before humans understood the concept of '0', their lives were limited and dull, but after understanding 0, a new world of possibility opened up. Does Bitcoin offer the same? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod o…
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142 - Bullish Bitcoin and Ethereum with Kyle Davies
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Kyle Davies, co-founder and partner of Three Arrows Capital returns to POV Crypto to discuss the current state of the cryptocurrency marketplace and to explain why Three Arrows is bullish on both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Topics: The Bitcoin market post halving Three Arrows strategic investments in Deribit and BlockFi Why Staking and EIP 1559 are extre…
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141 - Does Stability Exist? with Guy Swann
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Guy Swann joins the show to discuss, Bitcoin Audible Austrian economics, and whether stability and stablecoins are even possible. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Guy Swann on Twitter @theCryptoconomy…
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140 - Peaceful Protests; Responsible Riots
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After a weekend of peaceful protests interrupted by rioting police offers, David and Christian reflect on the stance that Bitcoin and Ethereum have towards the State. We also discuss the inherent stance that the State has towards its people, and the equal-and-opposite stance that the people must then have towards the state. David's Instagram video …
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You can watch the livestream on YouTube here: https://twitter.com/POVCryptoPod/status/1266755656024944640?s=20 - Why did the riots immediately spark across the whole nation? - The police are a tool of the state - End of the authority of the nation-state - Trust in institutions is the same as trust in Money - The police are only legitimate because p…
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