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      <title>Do not pay/tax tokens</title>
      <dc:creator>emu</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/emuc2/do-not-paytax-tokens-1n7b</link>
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            Compact edge models decouple your intelligence from the cloud, ending the perpetual token tax.
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      <title>Open questions of community - unsurprisingly, it is the product of a system.</title>
      <dc:creator>emu</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/emuc2/open-questions-of-community-unsurprisingly-it-is-the-product-of-a-system-81m</link>
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      <title>The SpaceX IPO Could Become the Biggest Financial Event Since Apple — And the Internet Is Not Ready</title>
      <dc:creator>emu</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/emuc2/the-spacex-ipo-could-become-the-biggest-financial-event-since-apple-and-the-internet-is-not-ready-4adn</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;For years, SpaceX was treated like Silicon Valley’s forbidden fruit: everyone wanted in, almost nobody could buy shares.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now imagine this headline becoming reality:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“SpaceX files for IPO at a $1.7 trillion valuation.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not just another tech listing. Not another AI company promising “the future.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A real company. Real rockets. Real satellites. Real government contracts. Real dominance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And possibly the first company in history selling investors a stake in humanity’s expansion beyond Earth.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That’s why a SpaceX IPO could become the most attention-grabbing market event of the decade.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why the Entire Internet Would Explode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The moment Elon Musk officially rings the Nasdaq bell, three worlds collide at once:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;• Wall Street speculation
• AI mania
• Space colonization fantasies
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No company has ever packaged all three together at this scale.&lt;br&gt;
According to multiple reports and market leaks, SpaceX has already been linked to valuations between $1.5 trillion and $1.75 trillion — numbers that sound absurd until you remember people once laughed at Tesla becoming a trillion-dollar company.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And unlike most speculative startups, SpaceX actually controls critical infrastructure:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;• satellite internet through Starlink
• reusable rockets
• military launch contracts
• deep-space transportation systems
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;This isn’t just a company anymore.&lt;br&gt;
It’s becoming a parallel industrial economy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Real Secret: Investors Aren’t Buying Rockets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They’re buying a story.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And nobody in modern business sells the future better than Musk.&lt;br&gt;
The IPO narrative practically writes itself:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;• “The company connecting the planet from space”
• “The infrastructure layer for Mars”
• “The AI-powered orbital economy”
• “The next trillion-dollar platform after smartphones”
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;It sounds insane.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Which is exactly why it could work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Analysts already believe the public offering could become the largest IPO in financial history, potentially surpassing Saudi Aramco’s record-breaking debut.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And social media would pour gasoline on the fire.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TikTok finance creators.&lt;br&gt;
Crypto influencers.&lt;br&gt;
Reddit traders.&lt;br&gt;
AI bulls.&lt;br&gt;
Space nerds.&lt;br&gt;
Tesla loyalists.&lt;br&gt;
Everyone would treat the IPO like a cultural event instead of a stock listing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starlink Might Be the Real Monster Here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most people still think SpaceX is “the rocket company.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That’s outdated.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The hidden giant is Starlink.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some analysts estimate Starlink already generates the majority of SpaceX revenue and could eventually become one of the largest internet providers on Earth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Imagine the pitch investors will hear:&lt;br&gt;
“What if Verizon, AWS, Nvidia, and NASA had a baby?”&lt;br&gt;
That’s the kind of language the internet loves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And once retail investors start imagining Starlink as “internet infrastructure for the planet,” traditional valuation logic may disappear entirely.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Again.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just like Tesla.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But There’s a Dark Side Nobody Wants to Talk About&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The hype could become dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some reports tied to IPO discussions suggest SpaceX is still burning enormous amounts of cash while funding moon bases, AI systems, Starship development, and orbital infrastructure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Critics argue the valuation makes almost no sense using traditional metrics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And then there’s the Musk factor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Supporters see him as a once-in-a-generation visionary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Critics see him as the greatest hype machine in financial history.&lt;br&gt;
Either way, attention follows him like gravity.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That alone may be enough to send the IPO into meme-stock territory within hours.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Most Likely Scenario? Absolute Chaos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here’s what would probably happen on IPO day:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;• Trading apps crash from demand
• Finance YouTubers livestream the opening bell
• Reddit declares SpaceX “the future of civilization”
• CNBC runs nonstop coverage for 12 hours
• Tesla traders rotate instantly into SPCX
• Memes flood X within minutes
• Retail investors FOMO in at irrational prices
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;And somewhere in the middle of all that chaos, a serious question emerges:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What if this actually becomes the most important company of the 21st century?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because unlike most hype cycles, SpaceX already changed multiple industries before going public.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That’s what makes this different.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Final Thought&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A SpaceX IPO would not just be a financial event.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It would become:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;• a technology referendum,
• a bet on Elon Musk,
• a test of retail-investor psychology,
• and possibly the first publicly traded gateway to the space economy.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Whether the valuation would be genius or insanity almost wouldn’t matter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The internet would make it unavoidable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And for a few weeks, maybe months, the entire world would watch one stock ticker like it was the launch of a moon mission.&lt;/p&gt;

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