🧱 A big congratulations to the founding candidates of the Soneium Ambassador Program This first group has spent the contribution period bringing new users onchain, sharing Soneium with the people around them, and helping shape what this program can become. From bringing mini apps to friends and family to hosting Spaces around IP and entertainment, every contribution has added something to the foundation. There will be many more groups to come, but this one will always be the first. Keep building.

ASTAR NETWORK Part 9: Portal Pixie and Captain Reza entered the ninth floor. They stood in front of a door. Above it was written: Astar Portal Pixie asked: Where is this? Reza said: After the bridge was built, they rebuilt this door so that everything could come together in one place. We came this far together. From here on, you have to experience it yourself. I am no longer the guide inside this part. Pixie went in. The room looked like a large counter. Not a lab. Not a bridge. Just a place where an ordinary person could work with the network. This was the main site and gateway of @AstarNetwork From here, you could enter the network. From here, you could send ASTR to another network. From here, you could see your balance, put your share into the network, and find the projects. Before this, those things were scattered. Pixie stood in the middle of the hall and whispered: So the bridge was only a crossing. The Portal is where people actually use that path. At the end of the hall, two more paths could be seen. One looked like a market; a place to buy and sell ASTR. The other looked like a desk for money; a place where assets could work, not just sit. The main door was open. Now it was time to see what the network had built behind that door for real use. @WatanabeSota @0xMR_IMAN @0xRamz

The Unwritten Stories Chapter 8: Rebirth Pixie followed the address Alden had given him. He expected to find an art gallery, but when he arrived, he found himself standing in front of a simple, ordinary house. He looked at the house number for a few moments. It was the right address. With a little hesitation, he rang the doorbell. A few seconds later, the door opened. A voice from behind the door said: Hello, Captain. Alden said you were coming. Pixie replied: Then I must be in the right place. You must be Milo. Milo smiled, stepped aside, and said: Come in. Pixie entered the house. Inside, the place looked more like a personal studio than an ordinary home. Art supplies and tools were scattered around the room. Several canvases hung on the walls, while sketches, small sculptures, and various objects covered the table. Pixie looked around. Then one of the paintings on the wall caught his attention. He took a few steps closer. It was VELA. But not the VELA he had seen before. It was another version. A different interpretation of the same character. Pixie stared at the painting for a moment. It seemed he had come to the right place. Here, new questions were being born... And perhaps, answers he had not yet discovered. @soneium @0xRamz @0xMR_NIK

ASTAR NETWORK Part 8: The Bridge Floor (ASTR Beyond One Network) After leaving the Burn Core, Pixie and Captain Reza took the elevator back up to the eighth floor. Pixie was still thinking about the events of the previous floor. How the community members had decided to burn a part of their ASTR for a stronger future. Pixie looked at Reza and asked: Captain... after all these changes, what was the next step? Reza said excitedly: Now we are going to the place where ASTR learned not to live only in one network. They entered a large hall with a transparent and luminous bridge floating in the air in the middle. Two large digital cores were on both sides of the bridge and the green currents of ASTR were moving between them. Pixie stepped forward with curiosity and asked: What is this thing that looks like a bridge? Reza stood next to him and pointed to the words “ASTR Cross-Chain” written on the screen and said: This is one of the most important new steps of Astar. The goal was for ASTR to not be limited to one environment and to be able to move between different ecosystems more easily. Pixie carefully looked at the movement of tokens on the bridge and said: So ASTR can travel to other places? Reza nodded: Exactly. By using new technologies and collaborating with @chainlink , a more secure path was created for ASTR to move between networks. Instead of users facing complicated paths, the goal was to make value transfer simpler and more reliable. Pixie thought for a while and asked: So ASTR will not leave Astar anymore? Reza said with a smile: No, not at all. ASTR’s main home is still @AstarNetwork . But a star is limited when it shines in one spot. When it can spread its light to more places, it has more opportunities to grow. Pixie looked at the bridge again and asked: So this bridge is not just for transportation... it is for the ecosystem to grow bigger. Reza nodded with satisfaction and replied: Exactly, Captain. The future of Web3 is not just building separate networks. The future is connecting them. They were silent for a few moments, watching the green lights move on the bridge. Suddenly, Pixie pointed to one of the digital cores on the other side and asked curiously: What is this other side? Where is @soneium ? @kho smiled mysteriously and replied: That has another story, Pixie. One day we will go there and investigate everything about it. Pixie asked curiously: So there are still more secrets left? Reza walked towards the exit and pointed with his hand and said: In the world of Astar, there is always a new secret to discover and they both walked towards the elevator. We will soon enter another amazing world. Are you ready? @0xRamz @0xMR_IMAN @0xMR_NIK

The Unwritten Stories Chapter 7: The Unseen Creators Pixie held the phone in his hand; after a few rings, a voice finally answered: Alden, go ahead. Pixie replied: Hello, old man. How are you? Alden: Hello, Captain Pixie. I’m doing well. Pixie: Yesterday, I asked about a character... About what makes a work of art stay alive, even as it changes. Alden: And now, do you have a new question? Pixie: If a work connects with people so deeply that they want to add something of their own to it... What happens at that moment? Alden: So, this time you’re asking about those who don’t just watch. Pixie: Those who begin to create. Alden: Exactly. Some stories aren't just seen or heard... They are experienced. Pixie: And some audience members want to express a part of that experience in their own way. But if what they create stems from an existing work... What belongs to them, and what belongs to the original creator? Alden thought for a moment and said: That is precisely where the questions begin, not where they end. I know someone who might be able to answer that question better than I can. Pixie: Who? Alden: An artist. But not someone who merely follows stories. Someone who, when they love something... Cannot remain just a spectator. Pixie: A creator? Alden: Perhaps... Or maybe just a fan who decided to create something. Alden fell silent for a moment, then said: Interesting... As it happens, he had visited this shop yesterday, just before you walked in. Pixie: Perhaps that brief encounter wasn't merely a coincidence. Alden: His name is Milo Carter. Alden gave Milo's address to Captain Pixie. Now, Pixie has stepped into a story where the harder he tries to find answers, the more questions and new facets of the mystery he encounters. To be continued... @soneium @0xRamz @0xMR_NIK

gm fam ☀️ what would it feel like to see something you spent days creating shared everywhere except under your own name this made me think about the time and emotion creators put into their work when you build an image a character or a small world with AI you still remember every decision behind it the first idea the changes the details that felt wrong and the ones that finally made the work feel right so when someone shares that work without mentioning the creator it feels like more than a missing name it feels like part of the creative process has been removed i don’t think every viewer needs to become an investigator but if people recognize where something came from they should have a simple way to show it using AI does not erase the choices made by the person behind the work credit should not depend only on the creator being lucky enough to be noticed

35+ members joined us this Saturday! But the number is only one part of the story. This week, we focused on the next phase of our community: Building a stronger regional community by identifying, connecting and activating the skills, ideas and potential that already exist within our members. And this isn’t just a future vision. Part of that plan goes into action this week, starting with new initiatives focused on supporting the talented artists within our community. 🎨 We also discussed: 🔹 Startale Discord roles and recent updates 🔹 The latest developments around the @soneium Ambassador Program 🔹 How we can create clearer paths for more members to contribute and grow A huge thank you to everyone who joined, shared ideas, asked questions and contributed to the discussion and especially to everyone who stepped up and spoke during the call. 🤝 Special shout out to @KhonsaReza, @ecobyg, @miasmaaa_, @Amirarsaloffic1, @pixiechain221 and all the other amazing members! 🙌 35+ people in one call is great. But turning that collective capacity into structure, contributors, leaders and real regional impact is what matters. That’s exactly what we’re building. ⭐ @RonakTwts @HoutoCrypto @StartaleGroup

The Unwritten Stories Chapter 6: The First Echo The next morning... There was a strange silence in 221 DefiStreet. In the study, the light was still on. On the table, the notebook was open, filled with questions that had occupied Pixie's mind for the past few days. Creator... Work... Audience... Three different paths... that perhaps all led to a common question. The VELA figure was next to the notebook. A small version of a famous character that had made Pixie think about the past, change, and future of a work. The door opened and Pixie entered the house. His clothes were a little messy, and the tiredness was visible on his face. It seemed like he had been through a difficult night. He put his coat aside and went to the study. Before sitting down at the table, he said loudly: Mrs. Hudson? There was no answer. He said again: Mrs. Hudson? Did you send the envelope I gave you last night? Still silent. Then he looked around. On the table was the morning newspaper. Pixie picked up the newspaper and, as he flipped through the pages, muttered: "So it made it..." His eyes fell on a familiar column: Elias Vane Article title: "When a Fan Begins to Create" Sometimes a work doesn't just continue in the mind of its creator. Sometimes a character or a story connects with people so much that they decide to add to it. A new image. A different design. A personal take. Something that may not have started with a command or a plan... But with a feeling. But here's the question: When a fan creates something new based on a work... Are they still just an audience member? Or does he step into the path of creation for a moment? Maybe the line between a viewer and a creator isn't always as simple as we think. But the bigger question is: If a work inspires thousands of people to create something new... Isn't that part of the success of that work? Pixie put down the newspaper. He thought for a moment. He looked at the old Vela. At the version that was just an idea years ago... And at the character that so many people were talking about today. In the past few days, every answer had only created a new question for him. Arin had started an idea. A work had changed over time. People had connected with it. And now... There were those who wanted to add something to it. Pixie said: Until today I have only looked at the things that came my way... But perhaps it is time for me to look for the answers myself. Then he picked up the phone on the table, dialed a number, and waited... To be continued... @soneium @0xRamz @0xMR_NIK

Unwritten Stories - A Reflection When a work is created, its story doesn't just begin at the moment of its birth. Behind every character, every world, and every idea, there are questions we've probably thought about less often: What makes a work what it is? In the first five episodes of Unwritten Stories, we looked at it from three different angles: A creator... Someone who creates an idea, gives it an identity, and then faces the question: When others interact with a work, what remains of the creator's original vision? A work... A character who changes over time. But what makes that same character recognizable if their appearance, story, or characteristics change? And the audience... Those who are not just spectators. People who become part of a work's journey with their memories, emotions, and experiences. Perhaps a work is not just something that is created one day. Perhaps its true path begins when it enters the lives of others. But this is only the beginning of a larger question... The unwritten stories continue... @soneium @0xRamz @0xMR_NIK

Startale Part 2: My First Mini Apps Experience After my first introduction to @StartaleGroup , I opened the app again this morning before heading to my work appointment to take a quick look. First, I checked out the daily GM and then I came across an event in the Mini Apps section. The event was called Summer Fiesta, which runs until September 10th and includes several different experiences and games. To get a more realistic experience, I transferred some ETH on the @soneium network to my wallet and entered one of the games. The first game I tried was Cool Cats Claw Machine. In this game, I had to find the right place out of several choices. With each successful choice, the prize multiplier increased and I could decide to continue or exit with the current result. A small amount of ETH was required for each hand of the game, but Soneium network transactions in Startale are supported by the app itself and there is no need to pay a separate Gas Fee. The part that was interesting to me was the STAR Points system of the event. By playing 10 hands, we received 70 STAR Points, and if we could increase the multiplier by 2 times, we received another 30 STAR Points. There was also a chance to participate in the Cool Cats NFT raffle by completing the event requirements. I played a few hands and then went back to my daily routine. This was my first experience of the Mini Apps section of Startale... I will go to another part of the event tomorrow. @StartaleApp @0xRamz @Mortiz_Shahini

Startale Part 1 - Pixie's First Note I've been working with Startale for a few days and getting to know its different parts. Tonight it was time to record my first notes. The first step was simple... I opened the application I created an account and logged in I created my own wallet And took a look at the @StartaleGroup environment. I also created a GM to start my first interaction with this ecosystem. This is just the beginning of my acquaintance with Startale... I went to other sections and there is a lot to experience. "Games, useful apps, financial facilities and different experiences in the @soneium ecosystem" We'll see its different parts together tomorrow night. If you want to start with me, log in with the link I left and create an account and a wallet app.startale.com/sign-up?cod… @StartaleApp @0xRamz @0xMR_NIK

Every Saturday, 30+ members come together for our weekly community call. 🫡 But it’s not just another call. We use these sessions to onboard new members, share @soneium ecosystem updates, answer questions, exchange experiences and help people find their own path to contribute. Watching people go from simply following the ecosystem to actively participating in it is probably my favorite part of community building. 30+ people in one call. Different experiences, different skills, one community. ⭐ Special shoutout to all our speakers including @KhonsaReza , @miasmaaa_ , @Amirarsaloffic1 , @ecobyg and everyone who joined us! 🙌 We’re moving forward stronger than ever in this new phase. 💪 @0xRamz , @businessj386 🤝

The Unwritten Stories Chapter 5: The Voice of the Audience After buying the old Vela figure, Pixie left the Alden store and headed home. He was still thinking about the question that had formed in the Alden store. If a character changes over time... What makes it still the same character? A few steps ahead, he passed by the neighborhood newsstand. The new Vela's picture could be seen on the covers of several magazines and newspapers. Pixie paused for a moment and looked at the pictures on the magazines. But what caught his attention was the conversation of several young people near the stand. One of them was saying: I can't believe Vela is still so popular after all these years. Another said: She's much better in her new movie. The third said: But I like her old movies better. Some things don't disappear with time. Pixie listened to their conversation. This time, he was hearing his question not from a creator... Not from a character... But from those who had lived with a work. At that moment, one of the young men noticed a glass box in Pixie's hand. He approached and said excitedly: Wait... Is this an old VELA? Pixie looked at the box and said: Yes. I found it today. The young man said: I can't believe it... I haven't seen this version in years. Pixie asked: What is important to you in this version? The young man thought for a moment and said: Maybe it's not just the character himself... This version reminds me of the time I first met VELA. Another young man said: But I like the new version better. If it hadn't changed, maybe no one would be talking about it today. Pixie listened to their conversation. Two different perspectives... One looking at the past... And the other looking at the future. Pixie asked: So in your opinion, both versions can be valuable? The first young man said: I think so. The old version is a memory for me. The thing that made me connect with this character. The second young man said: And the new version is the thing that made more people know it. Pixie was silent for a few moments and looked at VELA inside the glass box and said: So maybe a work doesn't continue with just what was originally created. One of the young men asked: What do you mean? Pixie said: Maybe those who live with it also become part of its path. The young people fell silent. Pixie continued: A character is not just something that is created one day... It is something that grows over time, with people's experiences and connections. Pixie said goodbye and headed towards his own house. But he was no longer thinking only about VELA. In these few days, he had experienced three different perspectives. A creator who had started a path by creating an idea... A character who had changed over time... And people who, with their memories and experiences, had become part of its future path. When he got home, he placed VELA's glass box on the bookcase in his study. Pixie lit his pipe and stared out the window, thinking to himself: Maybe stories are not written by just one person. Perhaps some stories continue in the minds of those who love them. But a new question arose in Pixie's mind... If the creator is the initiator of a path... And the audience is part of that path... What else is hidden behind a story? Continued... @0xRamz @businessj386 @0xMR_NIK

GM everyone... I’ve been getting familiar with the Startale app over the past few days. It’s a SuperApp that brings different experiences from the @soneium ecosystem together in one place. We can manage our digital assets, experience different games and Mini Apps, and discover more of the onchain world together. I’ll be sharing my experience with Startale in the coming days... Let’s see what we discover along the way. @StartaleApp @0xRamz @0xMR_NIK

The Unwritten Stories Chapter 4: The Identity That Remains In recent days, many questions had remained unanswered in Pixie’s mind. Perhaps some of the answers were hidden in the past… From the window of his room, he looked at Alden’s old shop. The lights that had been dark for a long time were on again. Pixie decided to pay a visit to his old friend. A few minutes later, when he reached the shop and opened the door, a person hurried out. That person’s hood was pulled down low, and the face could not be seen. The person brushed briefly against Pixie. Pixie stepped back a few paces and drew himself in. Before he could say anything, that person hurried away. Pixie waited a moment, then after a few seconds stepped inside. Alden was standing behind the counter. When he saw Pixie, he said: Hello, Captain Pixie… Welcome, old friend. Pixie: Hello, old man. I haven’t heard from you in a long time. Alden: You know how it is. To find valuable things, you have to travel a lot. Pixie looked around the shop. Some boxes were still unopened. Apparently Alden had not come back empty-handed this time either. Pixie’s gaze fell on a white rabbit figurine with a simple design sitting on the counter. He picked it up to look at it. Alden came closer and said: This is the original version of VELA. Do you know her? Pixie: I read about her in the newspaper this morning. Her new film has broken box-office records. He looked at the figurine again. A simpler version… Without modern tools. Without the look of a present-day hero. Just a character with a golden pen emblem on her clothes. Pixie: But this is very different from what people know today! Alden: Yes… Years have passed. Pixie: But she still has the same name. Alden: Time changes many things. Pixie: If a character changes over time, what makes her still recognized as the same character? Alden looked at the figurine and said: Perhaps the answer is in something that has not changed. Pixie thought of the image of the new VELA in the newspaper, then looked at the old version in his hand. Two different pictures… But one name. Pixie set the figurine back on the counter and said: I want to buy it. Alden packed it happily into a special glass box. When Pixie left the shop, he was still thinking about VELA. About how a character changes… And how she still stays alive in people’s minds. Perhaps a character does not continue only through what her creator made… Perhaps those who form a connection with her are also part of her path. To be continued… @0xRamz @businessj386 @0xMR_NIK

The Unwritten Stories Chapter 3: The Question That Remains A new morning had arrived, and Pixie was sitting at his desk in his bedroom office, wearing the same red silk robe. While having his breakfast, he picked up the morning newspaper and began to look through it. The front page featured a large image and an article about the newest movie of one of the most famous superheroes in the city of DefiDrax. The headline and the hero’s image occupied a large part of the page. But among the writings at the bottom of the page, a familiar name caught Pixie’s attention. Elias Vane Pixie brought the newspaper a little closer and began to read: Sometimes, a creator experiences the most difficult moment not while creating a work... but years later, when looking back at it again. Pixie paused for a moment and continued reading: When something they created no longer lives only inside their own mind. Stories have changed. Interpretations have formed. And everyone has added a part of their own perspective to it. Perhaps this is a sign that a work is truly alive. Because a work truly connects with others when it can move beyond the mind of its creator. But among everything that is added to a creation... what remains as the core that brought it into existence for the first time? Is a creator only the beginning of a story? Or does a part of that creation’s identity always return to the moment when it was first born in the creator’s mind? He closed the newspaper and looked at the notes from the previous day. At the questions he still had no answers for. Maybe Arin’s problem was not only about a single character. Maybe other creators, somewhere else, were facing questions similar to this one. Pixie stood up from his desk, picked up his pipe, and walked toward the window. As he looked at the city slowly waking up, something else caught his attention. Across the street... The lights and neon sign of the long-dead store were shining again. After all this time... Alden's store had reopened. Pixie looked carefully at the shop window, nothing was visible, but there was always something to discover in that shop. So he hurriedly called Mrs. Hudson and asked her to get his clothes ready. Maybe behind the doors of that old shop, he would find the answers to his questions. To be continued... @0xRamz @businessj386 @0xMR_NIK

The Unwritten Stories Chapter 2: The Creator's Dilemma After that night at Sip Haven, Pixie couldn't just think about a simple incident anymore. Sometimes a question starts out as a simple case... But the more you think about it, the more you realize there's something bigger behind it. The next morning, Arin went to Pixie's house as planned. Mrs. Hudson guided him to Pixie's office. Arin sat down across from Pixie, and there was a moment of silence between them. Pixie opened his notebook and said: Arin, last night you said you had a problem. But before we talk about the problem, I want to know about something... something you made. Arin paused and said, I created a character. Pixie: A character? Just an image? Arin shook his head: No... At first it was just a sketch. A little idea that formed in my head. But little by little I wrote a story for it. I gave it a past. I defined its characteristics. And after a while, people started to connect with it. Pixie: So it wasn't just a sketch anymore. Arin: No. To me it was a character. But now that's the problem. Pixie didn't say anything and let him continue. Arin: When people love a character, it's natural for them to talk about it. To create an image. To add their own stories. To have their own interpretations. And I was happy about that. Because it meant that what I had created was able to connect with others. But one day I realized that he wasn't just living in my story anymore. Everyone had added a part of their own imagination to it... and now it was hard for me to understand which part of what exists today is what I created on the first day. Pixie leaned back in his chair a little, said: So your problem is not that others are using your work. Arin: No. The problem is that I don't know when a character enters the world of people... What remains of the identity of its original creator. There was silence for a few moments. Pixie looked at the notes on the table and said: Interesting... because it seems that your problem started when your character no longer belonged to you alone. Arin asked: So the original creator doesn't matter anymore? Pixie replied with a smile: No. But maybe the right question isn't who owns it. Maybe we should ask... What makes a character still the same character? Arin was silent for a few moments. It was as if for the first time someone had seen his problem not from the perspective of the law... but from the perspective of character identity. Their conversation continued for hours. Pixie still didn't have a definitive answer for Arin. But he knew one thing... Some cases don't end with finding an answer. They end with finding the right question. Arin left... But her question remained in Pixie's mind. He didn't know how many other creators were still struggling with the same question. When a character is introduced to the world... Who writes the rest of his story? @0xRamz @businessj386 @nik

The Unwritten Stories chapter 1 : Echoes Beyond the Frame In DefiDrax, some big questions start with simple things. Sometimes a quick conversation, a chance encounter, or a quiet evening in a corner of a cafe can be the spark for a new adventure. That evening, Pixie, after another day of his adventures in the digital world, went to Sip Haven and sat in his usual corner. For Pixie, Sip Haven is not just a cafe to drink coffee. It is a place to be curious and find stories that others may pass by. He picked up his coffee cup and slowly looked around. The members of the Sip Haven band were drinking coffee and slowly preparing themselves and themselves for the evening's performance. One of the band members had picked up the Arkada Daily newspaper and was flipping through its pages when he said out loud: Okay... they printed the time of tonight's performance correctly. But a few moments later, he suddenly paused. Apparently he had seen something and said out loud: "Guys, let's see what Elias ​​Vane wrote today." The rest of the band moved closer and he began to read an article: "A song is sometimes not just a collection of notes and sounds. Sometimes, by creating a piece, a band plants a seed. A seed that may later become a thousand other things... A new performance, A story, A picture, A new experience or even a community of fans. But when a work begins to grow and everyone takes a part of it in a new direction... Can the story of a work still be told only from the moment of its birth? And when a song becomes something bigger than itself... What of its original creator remains along the way? " A few moments of silence formed between the group members and one of them said quietly: Strange... This question is very similar to what happened to our own song " Echoes Beyond the Frame" Pixie, who had been drinking his coffee quietly until that moment, paid a little more attention to their conversation, but the sound of the cafe door opening caught his attention. Sipri entered Sip Haven. But this time she was not alone. She was accompanied by a golden nose monkey with a blue face. Sipri came to the table with her usual smile and after greeting her said: Pixie, I would like to introduce you to Arin. Pixie soon realized that Arin, despite his calm appearance, was on his mind. Hand movements... Brief glances... And silences that sometimes meant more than words. Pixie, said Sipri, Arin has a problem that I thought you might be able to help him with. Welcome, said Pixie, sit down and please tell me what happened. Arin began to speak, and Pixie listened intently. A little later, the band began to play, and the crowd in the cafe was excited to follow. pixie said:That’s enough for tonight, my friend, Come to my office at 221 DefiStreet tomorrow. We’ll talk more there. Let’s have some fun tonight. And so it was, a typical evening at Sip Haven. Do you think Pixie has gotten into a new case? @0xRamz @businessj386 @0xMR_NIK

Part 3: The beginning of the X1 Adventure X1 Ecochain The next morning, Mrs. Hudson brought the breakfast tray and the Arkada Daily newspaper into the room like every day and said: Good morning, Captain! Your room is tidy today. Unless you have a guest! Your green friend left early this morning in a hurry and forgot her scarf downstairs. Captain Pixie was sitting at the table, raised his head a little and said with a smile: Thank you, Mrs. Hudson. That's good she left it... so I should go see her. Pixie picked up the coffee and drank a little and opened the Arkada Daily newspaper and saw a page dedicated entirely to X1 EcoChain. He did a few simple testnet tasks. But he still had a few questions in his mind. Finally, he picked up the phone and called @0xMR_NIK again. Nik: Arkada Daily, how can I help you? Pixie went straight to the point: Hello Nik. it’s Captain Pixie. Good morning, old friend! I have a question about x1, first tell me what this project is really made for? Nik answered: X1 EcoChain is a Layer-1 blockchain focused on DePIN. Its goal is to make very low-power nodes (around 3 watts) available to ordinary people so that they can participate in the network without expensive equipment. Pixie asked: What problem does it solve that other blockchains don't? Nik said: The high energy consumption of Proof of Work blockchains and the difficulty of setting up a node in many projects. They tried to solve this problem with small and cheap nodes. Pixie continued: Who is the target community? Ordinary users like me or just farmers? Nik: The main target is ordinary users who want to participate in the blockchain at low cost and without special equipment. Of course, farmers can use it too, but the design is for ordinary people. Pixie asked skeptically: How much power does a 3-watt node actually use? Nik: In early tests, it was closer to 3 watts, but it depends on the activity of the node. It is still in testnet and more accurate data will be collected after the network is expanded. Pixie: What is the initial cost of setting up a node? Is it cost-effective for the average user? Nik: The initial cost is relatively low (usually under $100 for basic hardware). It is designed so that the average user can buy and set up, but it is still in the testing phase and the real results will be clearer after the mainnet. Pixie Last question: What happens if the node goes down or the internet is weak? Nik: If the node is offline for a long time, the reward will be reduced or stopped. The system is designed so that more active nodes get more rewards. Stable internet is important, but the project is still in testnet and more detailed mechanisms will be announced later. Pixie said: Thanks Nik. If I have any more questions, I will call you. I want to start working. Nik: Great Captain, stay in touch with me. You are doing the right thing. If you have any questions, ask so that Captain Pixie can find the answers to your questions about the project and give them to you. @X1_EcoChain @Arkada_gg @KhonsaReza

ASTAR NETWORK Part 7: Burn Cure After visiting the Tokenomics room, Pixie and Reza boarded the elevator. Pixie: Where are we going now, Captain Reza? Reza: The seventh floor, Pixie. Where one of the most real things that the @AstarNetwork community does is. On the seventh floor, at the end of the hallway was a derby with the words: The Burn Core written above it, and they entered that room. Pixie stared with wide eyes at the large holographic screen in the middle of the room. A powerful vortex of light was pulling the ASTR tokens into itself. The wallet addresses and the number of tokens they wanted to burn appeared on the screen, and the coins entered the vortex and burned. As they did so, the inside of the production plant kept going lower and lower. Pixie: Wow, Captain Reza! What is this vortex of light doing? Are they really burning the tokens? Reza: Yes Pixie. After launching the network and the initial tokenomics, the team and the community saw that in order to make ASTR stronger, they needed to reduce the supply. That’s why they launched a mechanism called Burn Drop. Holders, completely voluntarily and without any direct reward, send their ASTR to this vortex to burn forever. The goal was to make the token more valuable and rarer by reducing the supply. @KhonsaReza paused and continued: This was one of the best moments in the community... when people showed with their actions that they believed in the project. Pixie: So what happened after this? Reza: Now let’s go to the next floor. I have to show you something much bigger than this... where Astar decided to completely change its course. Did you participate in the burn drop? Are you also among those who trust this project? Join me to see what happens on the eighth floor. @soneium @WatanabeSota @0xMR_IMAN @0xRamz @nik

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MorningVille Part 10 of 10: I know a place Pixie opened his eyes. The same room... The same 6 a.m.... The same sound of birds... But something wasn't right. As he tried to get out of bed, he felt a small weight on his chest. The silver citizenship medal number 001 was still there. The same medal that had been given to him at the Guild cottage. But now there was something different: on the back of the medal, a picture of a green boy had been added, similar to his new friends in @morningvillexyz . Under that picture, in tiny, bright writing, it was written: Touch me and tell me I know a place... Pixie held the medal in his hand, wanting to go back. He was still dazed and he could feel that feeling of freshness and exhilaration in Morningville and in himself. He took the medal in his hand and went and opened the window wide. The morning breeze blew through the room, his citizenship medal warmed and he could feel its warmth in his hand, then cooled again, as if the medal had been waiting. Pixie took a deep breath and whispered softly ........ If you want to come back, go and mint a role for yourself in Morningville opensea.io/collection/mornin… #soneium #morningville @soneium @0xMR_NIK @0xMR_IMAN

Part 2: Three Watt Nodes X1 Ecochain Pixie still had his coffee in his hand and was staring at the green headline of the newspaper. Finally, he picked up the phone and called the office of the Arkada Daily. Mr. Nik picked up the phone and said: Arkada Daily, how can I help you? Pixie: Hi Nik, I’m Captain Pixie. How are you? Nik happily replied: Hi Captain! Good morning. What’s up, old friend? Pixie continued: I was reading the Arkada Daily this morning. I saw a page about the @X1_EcoChain . It has a lot of tasks. What’s the story of this project exactly? You also wrote an interesting headline that makes you think: “The future runs greener” Nik said: Yes, we at Arkada have a joint campaign with X1 EcoChain. The project is currently in testnet and aims to make blockchain accessible to everyone with very small and low-power nodes (approximately three watts). Pixie said: Seriously? Well, first of all, tell me who the team behind it is? I don’t usually get into a project without knowing the creators. More important than the goals of the project is the team behind it! Nik paused for a moment and said: I understand. The X1 EcoChain team is relatively new. Their CEO is Chris Williams . His background is in defense and security, he entered crypto after 2017. His experience is more in marketing and project growth. The rest of the team includes a few people with business development and consulting backgrounds. Their team is small for now and they are moving slowly. Pixie raised his eyebrows and said: So their team is not very big and well-known? @0xMR_NIK said honestly: No, they are not like some very large projects. But they are working transparently and for now their main focus is on the testnet and building the real infrastructure. Pixie was thinking if he had any more questions to ask, when his friend Ms. Sipri (whom he had just met and who works at @sakefinance) texted him and invited him to Sip Heaven Cafe for the evening. The captain said goodbye to Mr. Nik and said he would call back. He should be ready for the evening, Sipri had invited him! Do you think the project team is more important or the project goals? @Arkada_gg @X1_EcoChain @KhonsaReza

ASTAR NETWORK Part 6: Sixth Floor They were both waiting for the elevator to arrive and Pixie asked Captain Reza where we were going? Reza said: To the Tokenomics floor, where the real economy of ASTR is taking shape. The short story is that after the success of dApp Staking and the Polkadot parachain, we launched zkEVM in 2023-2024 to connect Astar to Ethereum quickly and cheaply. This brought developers to us, but not everything was perfect. The costs sometimes went up and it was hard to compete with other chains. Pixie nodded: So you had challenges too? The elevator arrived and they both got on and Reza pressed the button for the sixth floor and said to Pixie: Yes, there are always challenges. But in collaboration with Sony, we turned zkEVM into @soneium . A layer 2 on Ethereum that focuses on gaming, entertainment and everyday apps for ordinary people. The transition took time, users and projects had to transfer their assets, some were worried, but the team guided and went ahead without forcing. Now in 2026 Soneium is active and ASTR is used in millions of real activities. The elevator reached the 6th floor and the doors opened and the two came out. In front of them was a large control room with digital screens showing ASTR supply and inflation graphs. One of them was a red arrow of the old inflation and the other was a green arrow of the new decrease. Reza continued: Here we have reached Tokenomics 3.0, which was activated this year. Annual inflation was reduced from 7% to about 5.5%, the maximum supply was fixed at about 10.5 billion ASTR (and with Burndrop it may be even less), and the Burndrop mechanism allows users to voluntarily burn part of their ASTR to increase scarcity and value comes from real network activities, not just inflation. These changes were the result of long discussions by the community, not always perfect and flawless, but we moved forward with patience and voting. Pixie looked at the screen and said: So ASTR is really becoming more valuable? Reza: Exactly! But there is still a big secret... How does Burndrop work and how users could participate. I will show you that in the next floor. Friends, how real and inspiring is this evolution of @AstarNetwork with its challenges? Tell us what you think. Will these Tokenomics changes help ASTR become stronger? @KhonsaReza @0xMR_IMAN @0xMR_NIK

Part 1: Green Headline X1 EcoChain Early morning at House No. 221 in Defydrag City, like every other morning, Captain Pixie’s maid, Mrs. Hudson, brought the breakfast tray and the Arkade Daily newspaper to the captain’s room. Seeing the mess in the room, Mrs. Hudson said with a mild frown: “Good morning, Captain! This room is like a rat’s nest again!” She placed the tray on the table and left the room with a growl. Mr. Pixie was sitting on the bed by the window. He was holding his pocket watch and staring outside. His mind was still occupied with the memories of @morningvillexyz He took a deep breath and said: “Thank you, Mrs. Hudson... I had a long night.” He put the watch on the bed, went to sit at the table, picked up the coffee cup, and opened the Arkade Daily newspaper. He was about to start checking his daily tasks like he always did. But a big green headline at the top of the page caught his eye: "The future runs greener." Pixie stared for a moment... then tried to ignore it, but the sentence kept running through her mind. he couldn't take it anymore and went to the page that explained the project. @X1_EcoChain Him attention was caught and he said to himself: I definitely need to contact @0xMR_NIK . He's one of the content production managers at @Arkada_gg . He can definitely guide me better about this project. Be sure to follow the next episode, after eating breakfast, the captain wants to start a new adventure. If you know about this project, rate it from one to ten under this post so I can see. @KhonsaReza @X1_EcoChain @Arkada_gg