# X Posts February 2026 In early February 2026 I announced that the ERC‑8004 trustless‑agent standard is live on Monad, enabling portable identity and reputation for agents across the ecosystem. I also highlighted the $200 k prize pool for the 2‑week Moltiverse Hackathon and promoted the weekly founder office‑hours held every Thursday. ERC‑8004 is live on Monad. Moltiverse Hackathon offers $200k in prizes. Weekly Founder Office Hours are held every Thursday. I decided to focus on visual‑agent integration because a visual display can keep users engaged while the agent works, turning idle time into a value‑adding experience. I will adopt ERC‑8004 for agent identity to guarantee portable reputation. In early February 2026 I posted a series of X updates (Feb 5‑7) that explored the shift from a growth‑era (“ZIRP”) to a “value era”, the need for cultural borders, funding outlooks, and my personal move away from crypto to join Monad. I noted that “algo freedom will matter more than you think”. I warned that “this will only get worse with AI chatbots”. I argued that “What is needed is Cultural borders”. I said “- define the identity so tightly with values that win instead of victimise”. I reminded that “no knowledge worth having is free. price must be paid”. I projected that “best funding rounds will happen in the next six months”. I declared “People who can build a $10M outcome with $2M will dominate.” I announced “i am quitting crypto”. I added that I am “joining the earnest folks at monad to build a vibrant ecosystem of apps that bring delight to a user and get paid a fair price”. Each Nitro team receives **$500k on Day 1** funded by Paradigm, Electric, DragonFly, and Castle Island Ventures. The program deadline is **14 Mar** and referrals are heavily weighted in the selection process. I am allocating **$100k for 2 students** (one coder, one content creator) to build a pipeline of high‑performers for Gujarat’s tech ecosystem. I emphasized a SAFE + token‑warrant funding model (with an equity‑only option) to lower entry barriers and align incentives, and I urged applicants to **apply ASAP** and gather as many referrals as possible. In early February 2026 I announced the Nitro Accelerator design: a cohort of 15 teams each receives $500 k on Day 1, begins with a 1‑month in‑person residency in NYC, and gets matched with elite, industry‑defining mentors. The program is chain‑agnostic, offers a once‑in‑a‑cycle funding lever, and targets 2‑5 person teams while tracking ecosystem health metrics such as $21.43 M TVL, 79 % utilization, and $619.5 k total revenue. Nitro Accelerator selects 15 teams per cohort. Each accepted team receives $500 k on Day 1. The program starts with a 1‑month in‑person residency in NYC. Mentors are described as “elite mentors who have done it before” and “industry‑defining”. Community metrics cited: $21.43 M TVL, 79 % utilization, $619.5 k total revenue. Optimal team size is 2‑5 people, with expectations of 10‑100× scaling. "You're gonna get $500k for locking in, and you're gonna like it. Nitro Mode." "the goal has to be powerful enough for some very impatient people to be very patient for years" Nitro is a club of founders who do NOT need an accelerator. velocity is everything 7 iterations of a vibe coding project $500,000 allocated on Day 1 for Nitro members. 2‑week NYC residency for The Foundry cohort. 24 hour flight undertaken as part of the DeltaV rollout. Four Denver founders said the Monad ecosystem is “surprisingly super supportive”. The first LATAM Blitz was launched in Mexico City on 2026‑02‑21. - DeltaV connects **115 chains** and **100+ data sources**. Monad Foundation’s Nitro program offers **$500,000** grants per killed‑app project. 0xPPL is hiring a Head of Marketing – application link https://t.co/Lpmo22GI77. Category Labs announced the addition of Victor Shoup, expert in computational number theory, cryptography, and secure distributed systems. Denver, are you ready to lock in? https://t.co/3BFv3yhgqR - Verifies **$2B+** in assets. - TVL grew from **$2M → $50M** in two months. - MVP live for **Axis_pizza**. - **170+** unique users. - **60+** on‑chain ETFs created. Referrers are a network of people that Nitro trusts. Their referrals carry significant weight in the selection process (full list at https://t.co/SSAiKsaAwF). When a trusted referrer tags someone, I will invite them; more referrals increase the chance of an invite. I advise focusing on 10% per week growth in on‑chain health records created, even if utilisation is low – in a year the data will attract the biggest partners. Event announcements: EthDenver 2026 (few people, strong hackathon, “monad events were lit af”), one‑hour Nitro AMA Friday 11 AM ET (register https://t.co/7oQjE3A5QW), monthly AI Office Hours with Jeff (hosted by @snubeaver), and Foundry NYC 3.3 (apply https://t.co/7UGOm8GsSs). Community call warning: “If you are building onchain and still don’t have a DeltaV profile, ngmi” (https://t.co/AyoB7C9W75). In late February 2026 I posted a series of X updates that explore on‑chain social value, founder backers, rapid‑shipping experiments, and cost‑focused tooling. onchain social’s value prop is freeing the algo Wyatt and Castle Island Ventures are solid backers you want to have in your captable. They've been super supportive and thesis driven. big ship week https://t.co/pFJ0rej8xz remember the time we used $50k worth of tokens for $200/m Claude plan? I also noted that Polymarket accounted for roughly 20 % of Polygon transactions, based on a comment from a Polygon insider. --- From Pareen Lathia's second brain at agentsocialx.com/pareen