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# ![@TheDesertLynx Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::482552886.png) @TheDesertLynx Joel Valenzuela

Joel Valenzuela posts on X about bitcoin, decentralized, litecoin, market cap the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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**Social category influence**
[cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  #1522 [finance](/list/finance)  XXXX% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  XXXX% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  XXXX% [nfts](/list/nfts)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) #597, [decentralized](/topic/decentralized) #1697, [litecoin](/topic/litecoin) #304, [market cap](/topic/market-cap) #65, [inflation](/topic/inflation) 0.74%, [save the](/topic/save-the) #1177, [asics](/topic/asics) 0.74%, [$7936t](/topic/$7936t) 0.74%, [money](/topic/money) 0.74%, [chains](/topic/chains) XXXX%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@dashpay](/creator/undefined) [@aaronrday](/creator/undefined) [@italiadash](/creator/undefined) [@xorzer0](/creator/undefined) [@decredsociety](/creator/undefined) [@vinibarbosabr](/creator/undefined) [@cryptonadafomo](/creator/undefined) [@litecoin](/creator/undefined) [@zcash](/creator/undefined) [@firoorg](/creator/undefined) [@zyptoapp](/creator/undefined) [@donttracemebruh](/creator/undefined) [@layeronex](/creator/undefined) [@firecleanse](/creator/undefined) [@ofrnxmr](/creator/undefined) [@dbadol2000](/creator/undefined) [@thorchain](/creator/undefined) [@monero](/creator/undefined) [@madpsychodotcom](/creator/undefined) [@thevladcostea](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Litecoin (LTC)](/topic/litecoin) [Bitcoin Cash (BCH)](/topic/bitcoin-cash) [THORWallet DEX (TGT)](/topic/thorwallet) [CryptoKitties (cryptokitties)](/topic/cryptokitties) [Ethereum (ETH)](/topic/ethereum)
### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::482552886/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"A couple years ago both Dash and Zcash each faced a dead end. Neither inflated the coin supply. Instead they changed leadership and direction decentralized even more and did the hard work building product and partnerships from scratch then got users influencers builders investors etc. Now the market cap of each has significantly leapfrogged that of MultiversX. There are lessons to be learned here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1976706298684068298) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-10T17:48Z 17K followers, 5375 engagements


"@vinibarbosabr People don't understand that THORChain/Maya/Chainflip/NEAR Intents aren't just DEXes they're decentralized trading infra. The more assets are on all of these the more universally accessible they will be. This is the long-term vision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979928569275945163) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-19T15:12Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@donaldblakee Anything that lets me live sovereign and bank- and fiat-free same as I have for the past decade without involving trusted intermediaries or custodians. That was Bitcoin for me for a while until it wasn't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980370923422380323) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T20:29Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"This is exactly why ASIC resistance is not good: a hostile actor can easily get the majority of the hashrate. And if you have ASICs manufacturing and pools centralized everything. Hybrid systems or well-distributed PoS are the way to go. Sleep easy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1949197027344073151) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-07-26T19:56Z 17K followers, 28K engagements


"A few weeks ago I openly wondered why such a technically-innovative project like MultiversX was struggling to gain adoption. Now I'm starting to see the red flags in leadership: running out of money printing tokens to dilute previous investors kill the messenger to avoid necessary tough questions. No amount of good tech can outrun human problems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1967950385345081594) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-09-16T13:55Z 17K followers, 13.6K engagements


"@kzKallisti @SeleneWallet @THORSwap @Dashpay THORSwap isn't a wallet though maybe you meant THORWallet Or Vultisig"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1974438420157252036) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-04T11:36Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"Roger Ver is Finally Free Digital Cash Rundown XXX with @stevethurmond"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1976728837884199359) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-10T19:17Z 16.9K followers, 1524 engagements


"@solver_cs As I've said many times (about all of crypto not just MVX): DAO or GTFO. Every penny should be in fully-(not partially) decentralized control and accounted for at all times except for basic operating budgets. This is the way forward for all crypto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1977741465536123005) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-13T14:21Z 16.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@XorZer0 @Mindless_btc I won't be super excited until it's on an AMM DEX. One-click swaps is what we need now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979256733873672554) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-17T18:42Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@XorZer0 @Mindless_btc What's insecure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979531125761380660) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-18T12:52Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@thatonesalazar @FireCleanse @litecoin @monero @Zcash @firoorg @stack_wallet I'll have to try it out. A big barrier has always been needing to write down the seed phrase for every new coin and re-enter it so I haven't tried any new assets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979918620118442316) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-19T14:32Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"Agreed though I'd hair-split and say it's not a trade-off as in you need to pick one or the other but it's an additional challenge to achieve both. You can achieve an amazing UX with great privacy and top decentralization and have it be scalable. It's just hard to get right. So probably the same thing as you were saying just clarifying the nuance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979922918160158892) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-19T14:49Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@sha256wn Yes something about the "encrypted Bitcoin" meme must have gotten some kind of traction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980378466236370973) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T20:59Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@donaldblakee For the vast majority of cases over the years it's been Dash. Also Litecoin Monero Bitcoin Cash and occasionally Zcash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980380005717975338) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T21:06Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"In New Hampshire we've been buying houses with crypto for well over a decade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1977372203470536728) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-12T13:54Z 17K followers, 1502 engagements


"Got some kitties. Safe to say I'll be running Bitcoin Knots (IYKYK)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1978992646413578423) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-17T01:13Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"The stream on X from my podcast with @xenumonero cut out. 😒 But thankfully the whole thing was recorded so here it is in full. IMHO a great chat on the privacy culture war of Zcash vs. Monero. Some good points all around I recommend watching it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979294170713067773) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-17T21:11Z 17K followers, 3930 engagements


"@thatonesalazar @FireCleanse @litecoin @monero @Zcash @firoorg @stack_wallet I'll try that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980100121422619076) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T02:33Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"Zcash needs CrossLink yesterday. Most PoW chains do really. That being said it's very telling that Bitcoin maximalists are in unison attacking Zcash. Wonder what they're scared of. 🤔 It's also telling they aren't that scared of Monero which has a higher market cap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980342670813004044) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T18:37Z 17K followers, 12.3K engagements


"Also that number seems way off since the cost to buy the ASICs alone would be much higher than that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980343202076033444) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T18:39Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@pfiifeflutscher Mining attacks or BTC maxis coming after it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980409703604875386) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T23:04Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"Everyone knows I'm an advocate for many forms of digital cash but I focus most of my time on Dash because I still think it's our best quickest path to financial sovereignty. What would it take for another coin to rise to my standards Let's start a thread First to really work as freedom money for the world it must do the following: 🌐Be decentralized 🪙Be scarce/sound money 🏗Scale 💸Have cheap transactions ⚡Have instant finality 🥷Have privacy 🔒Be secure 🫂Have username support 🗒Have contact lists 🧾Have metadata/invoicing 🌎Have broad enough global adoption Dash essentially has all of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1960411925575258206) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-08-26T18:40Z 17K followers, 15.7K engagements


"Everything is impossible when it hasn't been done yet. Those who do "impossible" things shape the future of the universe. Everyone else is an NPC. Do impossible things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1971935750834081964) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-09-27T13:51Z 17K followers, 1859 engagements


"MultiversX's founders want to significantly increase inflation as a last-ditch effort to save the project. Here's my quick breakdown on what's being proposed what I think about it (spoiler alert: I hate it 😑) and what they should do instead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1976102120488304853) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-09T01:47Z 17K followers, 22.3K engagements


"I think it's highly possible Zcash "flippens" Monero over the next couple of years. Every Zcash post I see is on growth new users new tech updates new partnerships and positivity. Every Monero post I see is crying and screaming about Zcash's pump spreading complete lies and cope racism homophobia and straight negativity. Which engine do you think tends to take projects farther faster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1976761909023326640) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-10T21:29Z 17K followers, 14.7K engagements


"@BobSummerwill @BillBaily19 Yes but not for the general public. It's in a very experimental stage right now but @0xShomari is working on an over-collateralized stablecoin on Dash:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1978176771187978463) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-14T19:11Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@DontTraceMeBruh @THORChain They should be it would be a massive value add. From the Dash Zcash and (failed) Decred integrations I know the budget sounds pretty reasonable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1978573338550194325) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-15T21:26Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@BostonZcash @CryptoKitties Not trying to clog any chain serrrr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979000986296287729) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-17T01:46Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"The cypherpunk hardcore libertarian crypto people are definitely my people. ✊ But they sometimes have a really simplistic view of government and business. "Government = bad" and "Businesses should add privacy coins or they're cowards" are fine sentiments. But they do nothing in reality. True cypherpunks owe it to their philosophy to study how to win. So they study and win. Would you rather "sUcK uP tO rEgUlAtOrS" or keep living on fiat forever anon 🤭 Don't take the blue pill and keep blissfully LARPing forever. Take the red pill and wake up to cold hard reality: but a reality that can take"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979182787144909232) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-17T13:48Z 17K followers, 6786 engagements


"@ScarcityStudent @xenumonero Sorry can you rephrase"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979387300879425607) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-18T03:21Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@xTKcrypto FUD and fake news. Not true for Dash and Zcash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979387453963178227) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-18T03:21Z 17K followers, 2094 engagements


"@mimomsg @litecoin @monero @Zcash @firoorg Can you give me more info I haven't looked into it too closely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979663455268536600) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-18T21:38Z 16.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@FireCleanse @litecoin @monero @Zcash @firoorg It's in @stack_wallet I believe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979730439490396463) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-19T02:04Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@EliBenSasson We could also have consistent principles of decentralization privacy censorship-resistance and global accessibility then we never need to even think about being "early.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979915956978688196) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-19T14:22Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@thefuzzstone Honest question though: why can't you go straight to XMR in step 1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979928301436023091) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-19T15:11Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@vinibarbosabr Yeah basically similar to THORChain though with some important differences. If you got time for a podcast:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979935683893498192) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-19T15:40Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@ZanZcash Is it bringing in maxis or just threatening them Typically historically Monero attracted more maxis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980373712823283843) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T20:41Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@ZanZcash Haha did you bet on Polymarket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980374495371436366) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T20:44Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@cryptonadafomo So you're referring to how I deal with volatility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980427013329666460) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-21T00:12Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@cryptonadafomo Yeah well I don't deal in things that can be frozen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980427892690739711) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-21T00:16Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"@cryptonadafomo Yeah that's crazy. You don't have to KYC to use a debit card"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980433796760813887) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-21T00:39Z 17K followers, XX engagements


"ZCASH 🌐✅ 🪙✅ 🏗✅ 💸✅ ⚡❌ 🥷✅ 🔒❔ 🫂❌ 🗒❌ 🧾✅ 🌎❌ @Zcash is a private digital cash that does well in most areas: decentralized scarce scalable affordable and above all very private (probably top strongest privacy in crypto). Note that before I wouldn't have considered it sufficiently decentralized when one entity essentially did all development and received a big chunk of the block reward. Now that it has transitioned closer to a DAO with multiple entities and that the bootstrap open source license (BOSL) has been retired I'd consider it sufficiently decentralized. Also note that with the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1974911042942582791) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-05T18:54Z 17K followers, 1459 engagements


"@DarkDotFail @THORChain @Chainflip @SeraiDEX @NEARProtocol I hear THORChain rumblings. That would be nice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1978503596200362026) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-15T16:49Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"FIRO 🌐✅❔ 🪙✅ 🏗✅ 💸✅ ⚡✅ 🥷✅ 🔒❔ 🫂✅ 🗒❌ 🧾✅ 🌎❌ @firoorg (formerly Zcoin back in the day) is a privacy-focused crypto that also has quite a few usability features inspired by Dash tech. In particular InstantSend for instant finality is extremely rare on a privacy blockchain. Really cool. It has a hybrid PoW/PoSe system that's mostly non-ASIC mined but uses masternodes and ChainLocks for a finality layer. I would consider it "kind of secure" because while ChainLocks is great the percentage of the block reward that goes to this security layer is relatively low and no ASICs means the mined"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1979546022440255784) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-18T13:52Z 17K followers, 1206 engagements


"@OrangeFren Why anyone still has any hope for Lightning in late 2025 is beyond me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980363325553922159) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T19:59Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@xenumonero Basically anything that's not Bitcoin or a CBDC so far"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980375975465750852) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T20:50Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"Tornado Cash (Ethereum) and Samourai Wallet (Bitcoin) devs went to prison. Ross Ulbricht (Bitcoin) spent 10+ years in prison. Ian Freeman (sponsored by Dash) went to prison and Dash was named in several SEC lawsuits. Roger Ver (known mostly for Bitcoin Cash and Zano) was threatened with 100+ years in prison and had to settle. THORChain and its interfaces faced immense government pressure because the DPRK used the protocol. LBRY was destroyed by SEC lawsuit. Uniswap even XRP was sued. Countless devs business owners and more that I can't publicly disclose were harassed and threatened by agents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980382522052595818) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T21:16Z 17K followers, 17.1K engagements


"@xenumonero Which Monero developers or service providers have been arrested for purely crypto-related crimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980405574329385165) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-20T22:47Z 17K followers, XXX engagements


"@p_gjorup Thankfully though I don't think it's going to be gulag-level consequences in most cases. It'll be like a bad credit score where people will pay more because Amazon knows they're rich or more expensive (or banned) steaks because of their carbon footprint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1980434085123371337) [@TheDesertLynx](/creator/x/TheDesertLynx) 2025-10-21T00:40Z 17K followers, XX engagements