Here we are. Alan, we are live. Live, my friend. Live. Live. We got the special duds on. We're dressing. We have to dress for success.  It's a big, big, big buildup, my friend. Big buildup. Best of 2023. Thank you everybody for joining. It's a big night. And that's why we're wearing our duds. Is that what they wear? Is it two times top five or is it a top ten? So this is the layout to the lay of the land. First of all, I want to ask everybody, is the audio okay? Am I me and Alan coming on at a balanced level? Please reply. This is the lay of the land, Alan. I know you guys in Halifax are getting a terrible, terrible weather today. And I hope everything works out great down there. Okay. Yeah. Same here. We look like politicians, Jim is saying. Oh, we're gonna change that. That's almost an insult. That's a really bad insult. Alright, so this is the lay of the land. So that means our top ten list, we don't answer. We go around. We don't give an action. Alan, Alan, what's your number five? You know, it's a great choice, Jim. That's a great question. And I'll get back to you on that after I study the rest of the albums that were released, but give a real politician's answer, which is always a non answer. I'll give you my number five. Look, it's like this. I could have a number five, but maybe I won't have a number five, but all the albums are great this year. And I love the people out there. Thank you for watching. Alright, here we go. The lay of the land. It's gonna be a yes, it's called the top ten, but what we're doing is since we can't agree on anything, it's five, four, three, two, one. That's how it's running. That's how it's going. Five, four, three, two, one, which makes up ten. That's ten, right? Plus, later on in the show, Kenny Castle all the way in New York, the man on the street on the east coast. Kenny will be joining us. I got a haircut too. I got a haircut just for the show, Alan, just for the show. Just a haircut. Yeah. I'm losing my hair and haircut. That's right. Alright. So what we do every year, you can care to comment what happened in 2023, first of all, and the sad news of people who passed away in 2020. Another terrible death today you were telling me about. Yeah. Yeah. We'll start off on the big events. Twisted Sister on January 26 reunited. They say it's the last time they reunited at the Metal Hall of Fame on January 20th, 26, 2023. Another big event in February 27th, Marty Friedman joined Megadeth for three songs in Budokan, Japan. Another massive event on October 25th, Dream Theater announced the departure of Mike Majini and the return of Mike Portnoy. What do you think about that? Well, I think it was only a matter of time. No, no disrespect to Mr. Majini. He did a great job, but I think Mike, you know, he's got DT tattooed somewhere in his body. I would imagine. What do you think about Marty Friedman rejoining Megadeth? Do you think any possibility of that? He also did stuff with Rita Strauss. So, as well, right? He helped her out with that. So, it was a busy year for Marty, somebody we haven't heard from in a while and I mean, that's, it's always great news when he's ever to get on stage with those guys and relive a few of the glory years. But the biggest news of all the year was on December the first and the second kiss said goodbye. Goodbye to their organic bodies. Hello to their avatars. That's a big news you said. That was the big news. They said goodbye. This is their farewell, farewell, farewell tour. Okay. What'd you think about that? I guess it's, you know, they've been talking about it for forever. So, I guess it really happened and and at least we'll have another form of entertainment so that we can all become guest fans once again to a new, a new method, a new way of presenting the music. I guess we have to get used to that, Jim. Yes, sir. I want to ask you though. Yes. You finally got to see them after. Yeah, yeah. Ever since you were this tall? Yeah, yeah. I never saw a kiss and now I never saw a kiss. And I saw him. So, the band is over. What's the, what's the story? What's the highlight? What's the, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it very much. I mean, it was a, it was a great gig. I was really happy to see them at the end or I guess, I think at the end, but I did enjoy the show. I had this band, this 40-year band on them, but the band has been lifted at the last show. I went to see them and I enjoyed it very much. So, and it was everything everybody said it was. Explosive. Sure, there's a couple of lips sinking here and there, but you know what? The sort of entertainment value made up for it. How's that? All right. Now the sad part of the show, 2023, we saw a lot of deaths. Sebastian Marino, former guitarist over, over Killin' Anvil, he died at the age of 57 on January the 1st, 2023. Oh, so young. Yeah. May 22nd, Kirk Arrington, the former drummer of Metal Church, died from an unspecified illness at the age of 61. August 21st, 24th, Bernie Mardsen, former guitarist of White Snake died from an undisclosed reason at the age of 72. The great blues guitarist in his own right. I mean his solo albums before or during and after White Snake are fantastic. Just a great guitarist. October 24th, Steve Riley, drummer of Riley's LA Guns and former drummer of Wasp, died from, I believe, pneumonia at the age of 67. November 17th, Charlie Domenici, I'm not sure if you pronounce his name like that, but former vocalist of Dream Theater died. He was on their first album at the age of 72. And a big one for you and me is Miles Goodwin at December 3rd, you know, songwriter, singer, guitarist of April Wine and co-founder as well. We have all their albums. We had Brian Greenway on. We never, we try to get Miles on the show a few times. He's a difficult interviewer, a guy to tie down for an interview, but he's very nice. And that was a hard hit for so many of us here in Montreal growing up with them being a local band and getting them to sell the sold out performances at the old Montreal Forum. And that was, like you said, a really tough one to swallow. So I know I was taking some of my friends to speak and they're really taking it bad as well for unfortunate past Miles Goodwin. You know what, you still see people, people are still talking about in the newspapers and the news about Miles Goodwin all across Canada and I'm sure around the world but more so in Canada because he was an iconic, a cultural icon here in Canada. A hit maker. Yeah. Can he really hit that guy or what? Yeah. Yeah. And last, yeah, absolutely. And last but not least, just announced just today, Mahogany Rush is a drummer, long-time drummer, Jimmy Ayub, who many of you may or may not know, who was on Mahogany Rush's 70s albums, I guess.  He passed away. I'm not sure how or why, but he did die as of today or yesterday. Sad news. But let's flip those bad news into some good news and let's talk about Walnut. Who will get the Golden Walnut this year, Alan, or who's, who's, who's will change your list another 10 times? Who knows? All right. Let's get things going. Let's count them down. Alan, you're going to start off? Sure. No problem. Okay. Hold on. Let me just get the graphics ready. Kenny Kessel. Kenny Kessel, as I mentioned, he will be joining us later on in the program to announce his number one pick of the year. He changed his mind too, Alan, just like I changed my mind. He started this way, then he went that way, then he went this way again. So let's just see what's going to happen. All right, Alan. Let's see. Okie-dokie. My number five. Whoops. Getting get it. Boom. Good. Go on. With Pyramase bloodlines released in June of the 2023. It's described as progressive power metal. I mean, for the melody of the title track, right into the last song, Wolves of the Sea, is ten powerful, very rhythmic, very well played musicianships and vocals. It's a band I've been kind of keeping an eye on, but this year I think bloodlines deserves to be in our top ten. It was a pleasure to listen to. Highlights for me is taking what's mine. I can't get that melody out of my head after listening to that. The midnight sun, and they had a ballad. On their call of reliance, I believe. And that's with the ad infinitums vocalist, Melissa Bonney. It's just a great, great, great song. So one, I don't know if you had a chance to check it out, Jim, but I would give it a listen. I did. Very cool. Very cool indeed. I remember Matt Barlow played with him and he sang actually on one of their albums is on. It was in the band for about a year, a year and a half. If you remember that or not, that was back maybe eight years ago, something like that. Yeah. Just the musicianship, the production, everything. It's just, it's a pleasure to listen to. All right. You're ready for my number five as we count them down. Go ahead, Jim. Go ahead, Jim. Go ahead, Jim. Because you don't even know what my number five is. Let me get the graphics here. Bada Bing. Within temptation bleed out. What are you getting with this band? You're getting a little gothic. You're getting some down tuning, some heavy, heavy guitar work. You're getting a lot of political and social messages about war, about freedom, women's rights perhaps. Sharon Den Adele is out of your prouncer name. What angelic voice or these heavy, heavy guitars. You know, it's melodic. It's catchy. It was written over a certain amount of time and then they put it together as an album and they released it in 2023. They opened for Iron Maiden on their last tour. What a band live. I truly believe, Alan, you know, like I'm not one to follow this gothic kind of style of music, but I have to say that if I had to think about the most played albums, this would probably be one of them. I just enjoyed it. It's just catchy melodic. Good stuff. Hallelujah, man. Great band. Great band. I've been listening to them for years. This seems to be a really darker album. Yeah. You know, we went from the poppy tunes and the unforgiven and now we're going to really kind of another extreme with this album. So again, with what a voice, always a pleasure to listen to Sharon sing. And you got a great interview with her this year. Great interview. And you know, she was a very charming and very nice and she's very smart and the band is just on fire. I think they're first album to cut away from the major, major labels. They released it on their own and they should because that's what you got to do things. You got to reinvent the model to get your music out there. Yeah. The way they did it, releasing all the songs way in advance. It seems to build, like you said, build interest. Yeah. And maybe one of the most listened to albums of the year. Yeah. I got songs that stand out for me. We go to war, bleed out, wireless, the purge, unbroken. I mean, there's just so much. There's just so much good music on this album. So I recommend everybody, if you're not into this band, maybe you don't give them a try, you know, it does not disappoint. All right. Alan. Well, let's go to your next one. Hold on a sec. It started with one song and I'm like, who the hell is that? Fantastic. And it led me to listen to the whole album. Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Kings of the Asylum was released in September of this year. Let me just say, you know, hard driving, rock and roll.  That's the song that almost made my top 10 best songs of 2020. Too much is never enough. Love that song. And the Hammer and Dance were my top three from that album. Just the vocals. They're so strong and hard driving, like I said. And then you got Phil's guitar solos that everybody's come to appreciate and love over decades and decades. It just, it's just relentless driving, driving album. And it's, I just, I enjoy it so much. I mean, first really time, I really took the time to listen to them. And this is just a great album. You know what I would agree. And it's a big sound. The albums are really well produced. There's just this certain, it's done so well. It's just so produced so well. It captures the spirit of Phil Campbell and that rawness. But at the same time, it's a little slick. That makes any sense. That's it. Does that make any sense? I don't know. All right. Raw is, you know. It was raw, but it was, it captured, how about this? The production captured that energy, that raw energy. That's right. That's well said. That's well said. How's that? Okay. There you go. All right. You ready for mine? What's Jimmy? What are you up to? Let me get your list out. Okay. Go ahead. All right. Well, you don't know what my list is, but I will do it anyways. All right. Here's my number four. Girl's school.   You know, I think the sound went under the radar. What the 45? What the 45? What the 45? What the 45? The sound went under the radar. Here's these ladies that've been around since, oh boy, the late seventies. And, and, you know, speaking of motorhead, right? Let me took them, took them under his wing, right? They're like the female version of motorhead. I do that. That'd be terrible. Okay. Anyways. The new wave of British heavy metal. These were the ladies of the women of new wave of British heavy metal.  They were just, just getting on stage with their jeans.  Their music is punky. It's catchy. It's metal. It's fast. It's furious. And you know what? It's always toe tapping and it's got a groove. So that's kind of why I like it. We're all you, we're always used to metal this way. A power metal and thrash metal and speed metal. You know what? This is a nice, we're coming back to what we listened to in the eighties. This could have come, this could have been their fourth album after screaming blue murder. Those three first three classic albums they have, this could have been the fourth. It would have fit in so nicely in the early eighties. Anyways, this is my pick. What the 45. Go get it.  The bump in the night. You really hear that punk influence coming over those songs right from that late seventies Britain. Whereas there was a little bit of a merge with some bands. And of course, motorhead bleeding that between the metalheads and the punks. And I think those songs really go back to Goal Schools roots as well. And those you who don't know. Dark Heart was another standout on that album for myself. And there is a Born to Raise Hell by Motorhead. They're doing a cover, Biffs on it. I think Duff McKagan from Guns and Roses on it. Who else is on it? I forgot. But anyways, great album.  But anyway, if anybody could tell me, please leave it in the comments. Okay, I'm going to get Kenny as we get down to your third pick. All right. Let me just get Kenny. I know you're watching. You're listening. Mad on the street, Kenny. All right. Jump on Kenny. In the Champlain Valley. All right. Here he comes. Kenny. Sometimes he disguises himself up as Michelle. Let's see what happens. Here he comes. Here he comes. Michele. Michele Kessel. Kenny Kessel. Kenny. That's the thing about doing stuff live on. You just don't know what's going to happen. Kenny, can you hear us? Kenny, can you hear us? Maybe I should change your name while we're at it. It'll be a well anticipated choice. Okay. A metal voice correspondent. New York City area. Champlain Valley. Kenny, are you there? Turn on your video if you can hear us. Okay. I'm here. All right. There he is. I'm trying to get the video along. All right. All of a sudden he said, oh, we'll go to Kenny. Well, maybe Kenny was already there too. Kenny's there. Kenny, press the little button that has a video sign there. Oh, you're almost there. Here comes Kenny. You're almost there. All we got to do is see you now. Okay. Call in Michelle. She's here. Different computer. Stop touching that. Alan, should we do your, should we do a number three as we wait for Kenny to figure this out? The number three. All right. We're going to do this. We're going to be a choose either or correct Alan. So my number three, there's two albums. That I can't choose one over the other. So I will throw out my two choices for the third spot. I'll let all our millions and millions of viewers decipher themselves, which one they prefer. And I'll give you the first one. Yep. It's an album that I kept going back and listening to throughout the year. It's all for metal. The album is called legends. It's Tim Schmidt from ease and blood. And Antonio Calana, the former vocalist of the vicious. They blend that gruff and then you got the powerful clean vocals, high clear melodic vocals together. And it just, you know, man of war disciples, power metal at its best. And goddess of war made my top 10 songs. All for metal and born in Valhalla. That's another one that I flip flopped with the top 10.  So that's, that's tied for third with. Bloodbound tales from the north. So Alan, this is kind of like an epic battle in a sense, right? From the epic battle bands. Sweetest band. I've been following for years. I'm glad they had a headlining tour in Europe. I don't know why they're not bigger here or if they come to North America at all. Bloodbounds tales from the north.  It's, it's what you came to expect from bloodbound over the years. They've been around forever. And another, another solid, strong release from them. Tales from the north. So we'll let you guys decide which one you prefer. And whoever gets the most votes. I'm cool with that because I'm stuck on those two. I like them equally. It's kind of like you're cheating, right Alan? You're cheating.  Two albums in, but I'll let everybody decide. Yeah. I can't, I can't. It's like flipping a coin. I like them both. So I'll let, let everybody out there decide which one should be on the top 10 list here in the middle voice. On a side note, I'm laughing at the comments about Kenny though. Kenny, turn the light on. Is Kenny in the bathroom? Kenny, you there? Where are you? It's okay. Don't worry about it. No pressure. Me and Alan, we'll sing and dance all night until you get on. Go to year number three and we'll just build up the audience. No, my number three. We're not doing my number three. That's next show. We're getting Kenny's now. Okay. So let's go back to your, your two choices. Okay, Alan? I just did my number three. No, but we want to know what people think. Do you want blood bound? Tales from the north. Tales from the north. All for metal. Which is legends. So I'll do, I'll do the, the, the old fashioned count. I see one blonde bound. Right here. Yes. We've lost Kenny's microphone. Analog, analog. Lost this microphone. Analog. Blood bound or all for metal. So far a blood bound is in the lead. Power metal bound. So far a blood bound is in the lead, Alan. One spot. Blood bound ties in more with anti kind of power metal, whereas blood bound is winning. Definitely the matter of war of the world. Oh, uh, check out Patrick from blood bound other. Oh, blood bound too. Look at this. This is what's happening, Alan. Look at the, look at the meter. Look at the meter. Look at the meter. Blood bound or all for metal as we try to find Kenny. Okay. Now he's on mute. There we go. Kenny, you've changed. Kenny, you've changed now. Kenny. You've improved. You've improved Kenny. You've improved Kenny. You've improved Kenny. You've improved Kenny. You've improved Kenny. You've improved Kenny. You've improved Kenny. That's my IT department. I'm happy or dress for success. I'm happy or dress for success. That's what it is. I'm sorry. No. It's like we're having a zoom. Corporate beating or something. This is a prestige. You're fired. You're fired. What? Well, I'll always be a pleasure to have Kenny on the show. I hope you're doing well, my friend. I'm, I just got in the door. I've been waiting for this all day. If I have to just go with one. The way, hold it, hold it right there. We're gonna announce Allen's winner right now. The meter says four to zero for bloodbounds. So I think bloodbound is the winner. It did not get a lot of votes, but you know what? Four to nothing. All four metal just did not do it. So there it is. That's your number third, your third pick, correct, Allen? Five, four, three, yeah. So my third pick will be on part two, not the show, next show. But Kenny, that's why you're here because we wanna hear your topic and your runner up. See what I did there? See what I did there? You see what I did? See what I did? I have a lot of runner ups because I have tons of stuff. I mean, just ready to go. But if I had to take one and it goes back to Allen's rule, what I listened to the most and Winery Dogs, Winery Dogs three. Since it came out of the rotation, it's been in the car. It's been in the house. It's been all over the place. So yeah, from start to finish, I love this album. Xanadu leads it off. Gaslight, my favorite song on the stars. It's just a complete album for me. I love these musicians, all three of them. Billy Sheen, Mike Portnoy, Richie Cottson, great album. That would be my number one pick of the year. That's Kenny Castle, The Man on the Street, The Man on the East Coast, pick of 2023. Let's get some runner ups there.  I got the wrong list from you today, so. I got some runner ups. I had, of course, Overkill and a new wave of British anime, The Tigers of Pankang. This album is great. Another one, it was between this and The Winery Dogs. It was going back and forth quite a bit. But I also had Winger and Extreme and Metal Church. So those would be my top grouping. But if you had to pick your top three, like, okay, number one would be? Winery Dogs. Winery Dogs, number two would be? Odd Lines. Stop right there. Stop, pause. Alan, did you notice that Parames has the exact same album title as Tigers of Pankang? That's Bloodlines. Well, they both had to say, yeah. What are the odds? Someone didn't do their homework. So back in the day, Kenny. What did you think? Thanks for bringing Tigers of Pankang, right? A legacy band been around since new album days, and we were all trying to find our own bands. And my good friend, Yupyup, that was his band. He had all the Tigers of Pankang. And I didn't even know they released them. Thanks to you, I was able to listen to it today. And what a great album. Making all the rules. Fantastic song. Edge of the world, those that are too strong I got to be honest, Tom, Milwaukee Tom turned me on to this. He really, he turned me on to that early on in the middle of the summer, I think. Good, good. You know what's amazing about that band? Like Alan said, they've been around since girl school, right? That's how long they've been around. They're like the new wave of British heavy metal and they have. And they have. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, there's another great album. Lots of great stuff. But number three would have to be overkill. Oh, yeah. Overkill edged out a metal church. It did. It was I saw them live at the chance and they just ripped the wall off. They played a lot of new songs, at least two or three. I think three off that album. And they it Scorched is a great title. Because it's a it's a it's a Scorcher. It's a Scorcher. It's a Scorcher. One of my favorite bands. Kenny, the chance is no longer. It closed. Where are people going to play? I don't know where we're trying to find out. I went to Daryl's house last night. I saw Marquis Ramon, but that's a smaller venue. The chance is about a 900 cedar held a lot of people. It was just in a terrible neighborhood. But, you know, it was our place. It was my place for the past 20 years. So it's going to be tough. It's going to be tough. I'll be traveling a little more now than they're just taking that ride up to the county. So that's something else that happened in 2023. The chance closed. We were doing the deaths and the celebrations and the things that happened in 2023. But that's another 2023 event. The chance closed like many other venues, right? Yeah. Yeah, they're not coming back. They said post to come back as like maybe an art venue. But I don't think we're going to get hard rock metal acts there. I think once all of a sudden done, they're going to try to upscale the venue like the city winery type of thing. That was a staple on the circuit, right? Anybody come out of New York and work in their way north. The chance, I was in Poughkeepsie, right? Yeah, it's going to be missed. I never got a chance to be there. I just thought about it a few times but the schedule never worked out. I wish you guys would have got down more often. I was actually at a show with Orlando, a couple of shows, but we didn't know each other back then. And we were at a lot of the same shows. Orlando used to take the trip down quite a bit. My biggest problem with Poughkeepsie is trying to spell it. We'll say it. On that note, so guys, just to summarize our corporate event here, Alan, you had number five? Pyramase bloodlines? Just like Tiger's appendix. We've been in it for sure, bloodlines, yeah. Number four was? Phil Campbell and the bastard's son with Kings of the Asylum. Number three? Well, it looks like it's bloodbound Tales from the North that went out over all for metal legend. So, you know what? They were both released on July 7th. So maybe that's another reason I can't decide what to do. All right, this was my number five, bleed out with temptation. Girl's school was number four. And here's the cliffhanger. And Kenny, tell me, the cliffhanger for next show is, what is my number three? What is Alan's number two? What's his number one? That is the cliffhanger. That's why we're leaving it here. They're saying, what? We don't get to hear everything. No, that doesn't work like that. This is part two. This is part two. Kenny, let's summarize your number one pick. Was binary dogs. All right, binary dogs. Number two was tigers a pang-tang. Yes. Bloodlines. Number three, overkill, scorched. All right, on that note, fellas, I think we've done our duty. It's an honor to be here, guys. Thank you. Great seeing you again. I just want to show the nut one more time. Kenny, you've never actually touched the nut, have you? No, I will come up. I will try to get up there this year. I need the whole thing. Alan refuses to touch my nuts. I don't know why. I'm not touching anything. Hope I'll take the ride up. All right, Kenny. All right, guys, thanks for watching. Thank you. Stay tuned for part two on Thursday. All right. Have a nice day. Part two is coming soon. Stay well.


Okay guys, I'm gonna be talking about smart contract but I do want to first state a disclaimer. Disclaimer number one, I'm not a coder developer, okay? So I'm not talking about the logics over here, I'm not talking about programming language, such as Solidity. And disclaimer two, this is a non-technical video. So I'm trying to distill and synthesize all this technicality into simple language that everybody can understand. So without further ado, now that disclaimer is out there, I shall begin. So the million dollar question, what is a smart contract?  I think at least right now in this current state, it should just be called a contract. See, a smart contract is nothing more than certain computer code built within to the blockchain cryptocurrency network that computers or the nodes execute and that once the computers and the nodes execute this contract, they update the ledger. So if you guys are familiar, I love working on analogies or contracts where you can actually build your knowledge based on some pre-existing notion such as a schema. So for example, when we talk about smart contracts, let's first relate to something that you might be well aware of already. So in marketing terms, we use something called automation where certain tasks are executed once something is reached or once something is triggered. So for example, in email marketing, when somebody goes through your funnel, certain laws exist where if a person enters their email, they receive email one. If they open up email one, they receive email two. If they open up email two, they receive email three. So what this refers to is IFTT. If this, then that logic. So that's what smart contract is in a nutshell. It's if this, then that logic. So if we created this code online on the blockchain and the law states that if a person puts in money into this contract, then that will execute a next action. That next action will then send maybe a digital contract to somebody's email. And that person will get this contract, maybe sign off and then that trigger will go back to the smart contract code on the blockchain then execute something else. So in a nutshell, it's a domino series where you need a pre-existing event to trigger the next event. The best example when it comes to real life is a vending machine. I put in a dollar, that is the first trigger. That triggers the option for me to type in a code. I type in B six. That trigger me typing in B six executes a bag of chips falling from the vending machine. So that's what a smart contract that is in a nutshell. It's if this, then that logic programmed onto the blockchain and run by all the computers and nodes on that system which automatically then updates the transparent ledger that everybody can see. I hope you understood that. If I got anything mistaken, please comment below. So let's kind of continue beyond that because what's the big deal? So what? It's a pre-written code on the blockchain that can execute a bunch of different actions such as keeping money on an escrow or executing a contract to buy something. So I'm gonna give you examples of why this might be really amazing when it comes to real life examples. And let's talk about two examples that probably everybody has gone through or three examples that everybody has gone through in one form or the other. One, number one is buying a car. Number two is buying a house. Number three is say renting a condo or renting a house. Number one, you wanna buy a car. How does that work?  You take that guaranteed check back to the dealership. They have to clear that check, the check is cleared.  So the process takes a while, maybe it takes a couple of days to execute. Now imagine if you had that on a smart contract where the actual car itself, let's say a brand new Tesla was uploaded to the blockchain. So the ownership of the car or the details of the car, how much the car costs and the asking offer for the car is on the blockchain. And then you come around even online and by the way, they do sell Teslas online. So that's gonna be something big in the future where you can actually buy cars online.  All the details are there, it's on the blockchain. So you know the information is correct and they're offering let's say $40,000 for the car. So the traditional way, as I just mentioned is going to the bank, going through this process, signing paperwork, going back and forth and taking a while. However, what you can do is since it's on the blockchain, they have a smart contract in place where you can actually execute or order in real time. So they're offering $40,000. What you're gonna do is you can buy it then and there. You can pay by crypto and it's gonna be flawless.  They're gonna have a come to a point where you're gonna have your fiat bank account, a taxa token, that token represents the crypto. So it's gonna be done in real time and then you can buy that car right away. The ownership, the information, everything about it is executed on that smart contract. You now hold the information or you now hold the ownership of that car as your digital identity on the blockchain ledger. Now every single node, every single computer, part of that blockchain ecosystem automatically updates the ledger so everybody now knows on that network that that car was just sold to you so everything is updated. So that's one really cool thing. So imagine like the whole car industry how that's gonna be revolutionized. So number two, say buying a house or buying a condo. The old way is, you know, you go there, you put a bid, you gotta put a deposit down, then you get the ownership paper, then you gotta go check if the ownership is legit. You gotta go a lawyer and pay the lawyer to sign off to make sure there's no liens against the house and make sure that this is the actual authentic ownership paper of the house and you gotta go back, then you gotta go bang, then try to go get a mortgage. So the whole process is very long, very convoluted. Now imagine instead of that, same thing like the car where the house originally was uploaded to the blockchain with the ownership confirmed, making sure there's no liens against the house, full transparency, once you accept it, how much of the mortgage is left, everything, every single process that we need to go through today to buy a house is already on the blockchain. Then I come around, I wanna buy the house for a million dollars. I put my 5% deposit vis-a-vis token or crypto online, automatically the smart contract executes that, opens up now the information for me to see the whole history of the house. It double checks everything. I don't need to go to a lawyer. I don't need no third party verification. It's verified already on there. Then I can actually make my purchase in real time. Now what's cool about this, if we're thinking more out there in the future, is imagine now if 10 of us wanna buy a piece of property.  And this has exponential effect. One of the other amazing cool things about smart contract is multi-purpose buying, a multi-signature buying, where even if I wanna sell something, I can sell one third of something, but for us to sell the whole piece of the pie or this property, all three of us who are legal owners have to sign off of it automatically on a smart contract. And so finally, number three, the rent. So whether you are a tenant or a landlord, there's always problems on both ends. Doesn't matter what party you're talking to.  You have a lot of, and I've gone through this process myself, you have a lot of issues with collecting money from some people. It's just a fact of reality. And vice versa. Sometimes as a tenant, your landlord is garbage.  He's a landlord slum and the place is horrible. So there's issues on both ends. But imagine you are a landlord, and as opposed to trying to collect, say a check every month or even cash every month or maybe have it on the visa, et cetera.  And what's cool about this is as a tenant that pays on time with the smart contract, especially on the blockchain, you can actually create something called digital identity with social credibility. So the more that that individual is trustworthy, paying on time, being a good tenant, their social credit rises. And if their social credit is good, that is a lot of leverage. That individual can get better credit or get better loans. That individual might even get a reduced cost when it comes to rent because he has never faulted or she has never faulted on any rent for the last two, three years. So there's a lot of possibilities when it comes to the smart contracts that way. So to kind of summarize in a nutshell, a smart contract is just an agreement between a couple of multi-parties online that can be automatically executed on a transparent blockchain using whether tokens or cryptocurrencies and you can actually involve multi-parties all at one time. So just imagine any type of contract you've done in your life, physically offline and just picture that now uploaded and implemented on the blockchain. So that's it. That's pretty much a smart contract in a nutshell. And like I said before, I was just trying to condense the technicalities or the big high-level thinkings into a small concept over here. I know I probably butchered some ideas over here, but remember, I'm trying to make this simple. If you did notice anything that didn't make sense to you, leave a comment below this video. And like always guys, if you want me to make more videos, leave a comment on suggestions for the next videos and have a great day. Peace.


What's up guys I'm headed out to nationals in Chicago to see you know what's going on up there It's the huge national tournament a lot of people are going to be out there and pretty excited I got a binder together to potentially trade to see some awesome stuff I can't play because you have to be top 32 in a region. I've never been played in a region So we haven't done that but we're gonna head down there. We're meeting sassy out of for the first time That'll be fun as well.  I feel very short. You're also pretty tall It's taller taller than me. We need to go to the actual What's going on over there, what's up? How's it going? What are you doing? Oh, you know back then go to get All right, we're gonna wait or lose. Sorry to clap you again again. Yeah last time I won. I don't know about that chief This is a Hundred player or a hundred card or players. We don't have enough. We've only got a few I'm dumb a hundred cards to player play from the same deck graveyard and banished pile Other than that it's standard go. So we're just drawing all out of this pile right here Yeah, and we're using all the same fusion deck. Yeah fusion deck. Let's go. It's no extra deck. It's just huge We got two copies of like everything you would this is gonna be a whack. All right. I'm ready. This is fun This is a good start That's nine. That's above average. That's gonna be tough.  Yeah, you'll draw the six after I get my five, okay Those are cards She Finally made it to the event at three o'clock on Saturday. Yeah very successful. So yeah, we did it. We're doing great Oh What'd you say to me I ruckson 32 that's something to say to me, huh? Yeah. Yeah, you did last night. Yeah You want to go around better take it back. Can't take it back bro. I'm better than you All right, we got ourselves a trade here. We've got Foxy tune two ultras at one CR a couple of forbidden droplets and the small world For the guardian angel Joe sweepstakes, so thank you. Thanks a lot, man. Thanks for our first trade of the day It's pretty cool. Check this sucker out That's looking nice Wow, we're celebrating we're celebrating with food Yeah, that's really nice That's why I'm like just showed up like an hour ago About two people got first yeah We got some heavy lov packs today Korean, but they're heavy, which means there may be a Blue eyes or red eyes dark magician whatever All right, I want this one you want that one you feel lucky that one feels good. All right. I'm thinking this one. All right Here we go. This is like a mini pack battle. It's a mini pack battle I got destroyed by a mco 40 yesterday need a little redemption. All right. These should be heavy. Okay? I weighed them out myself. Okay. Okay. Okay, so Okay It's all good. All right, you got a super rare trap hole. I mean, that's fine. That's all right I feel like you can beat it. We got more packs to go. We definitely can beat a trap hole Let's see if we can be with a blue-eyes white dragon. Here we go Got the Kumo to go the vile germs way, but at the end of your hobby the basic insect When the guy We'll take the ultra I'll take a right gecki though. That'd be the right gecki's nice. That's pretty nice. Monster reborn would be nice Oh, it's a spell almost erupts in special spell. Is it gonna be a monster reborn right gecki dark hole? It doesn't have a lot of text so Let's go Yo, this is pretty close. Okay. All right, we hit the ultra right here. All right. What do you want it to be? If it's an ultra, I want it to be blue-eyes. Okay. I want it to be boys as well. Yeah, okay We take dark magician though people are you? I'll serve it Oh It's a left leg and that's usually the rare one in north american english So I mean it's something we hit the ultra. That's not bad. It's not bad. All right.  Here's what I'll do. Here's what I'll do. I'll give you the last two packs Okay, you got the last two packs. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not cocky now. I really need a poor flame swordsman I need to pull what what else what's a and the fourth three ultra box Yeah, three ultra. Oh, pauli would be a really nice one pauli. Yeah pauli and flame swordsmen Yeah, those would be really good. Okay and shannon mermaid and Oh It is classic. At least it's probably not that great, but it's classic. All right last pack my pity pack Here we go. All right. Yeah, because I've accepted my L at this point.  I literally have never won a pack battle. All right.  Thank you buddy. That's easy win. Easy win. Is that Is that the guy who almost plus it up our soul? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa? I will have you know Oh, I only lost one pokemon. You lost like 12 Okay, but think about it though. Mine were so much so much cooler. What do you mean? They were so linked They were a team. We were a team. Hey, we're still a team. We were a team. All right. This guy right here What's your name? I'm pacing may do pacing may do insane cards here. Check this out. Minerva Super rare. Pretty amazing. Not the ultra, but you know, we'll take it. It's all right. It's all right Armital the chaos pants. I mean some super solid bgs cars are as hard as of course. These are classic Even though they're a year old, but they're still classic The diablo's This got the reprint in one of the armageddon. Was it armageddon or the next one? It was the next one, right? Because one of the battles Now we got some great ones. Dude, we got so many Korean jar These are pretty hard to find, aren't they? Yeah, there's only two. There's only two nines on bgs. This is the higher rank. The higher uh No way. That's actually sick. Yeah, I've never seen one of this now this card This is what reminded me to record just because it looks so good It looks beautiful. All right. He wrote me in We're getting a super rare minerva four You want to show us what what all you you just took from me? Oh, I got a few things here. I've got a morphosis Oh my goodness Turbo pack super rare breaker first edition magicians fours ultimate rare first edition Soup one of those things all deck devastation virus a couple of spirit reefers from champion pack We've got more champion pack with a magic magical merchant a ton of enchantress with an ultimate rare as well We got skill drain Two of those actually we've got foxy tune. We've got tribe infecting virus. We're just cheap by the way 20 dollars $15 for that db warrior. That's a steal. You got deco talker.  We just got The super rare minerva we traded half of our binder to get it But honestly worth it. That was pretty sick Super rare minerva that guy was really cool too all the guys I've met today have been really nice So this has been awesome and I'm pretty hyped about this first ycs prize card acquired at nationals We'll take it Oh, why hello, what's cracking? Oh, what's cracking youtube? Robert is here. I am here. Oh my god We have a mystery box given to me at nationals. We're gonna see what's in here. Um, it has ruckson 34 It's what's mine. That means everything in here is mine. So let's see what it is Read me. Okay. We have to read. It's like give me spoilers here All right We're dragging in the box. I want to say thank you for the incredible and unique content Thank you very much guys. I appreciate that nothing that uh truly like it We'd love to watch all your box.  You know about the crimped one Yeah, that was pretty awesome. Sorry. We don't have cards for your giveaway. No big deal We'll have we'll have that covered what you're free to do with conces as you wish And I would like to thank all you viewers for being such a great community and tuning in This is something I can guarantee that most of you have not seen before and hope you enjoy that's exciting I want to see what it is now get to the goodies Let us know if you like them took anywhere from 15 to 30 hours to make Oh my goodness and everything was either customized or hand-painted. Oh, okay We've got some custom stuff boxes durable waterproof. I wonder if there are any other designs guess you'll have to search around and find out Here it is business card right here Oh, these little stickers and stuff. So there it is. We're gonna see these custom cards I already see one and this looks really cool. We have a mystic tomato Look at this thing. I mean full art secret rare Beautiful 15 to 30 hours put into these cards. So beautiful card Oh, you know like a full art pecanio moth aka petite moth in the english version beautiful This small but deadly creature is better off avoided not in my case. I don't want to avoid this card. It's epic final card I'm just mystery box Oh, look at this secret rare full art allister the invoker. This is insane. This looks so good We have more of these custom cards Here's their prices by the way if you guys want to check that out But look at all these different allisters like I love that green. I'm a huge green fan. It's beautiful. That looks super cool Then apollosa in there. I mean, whoa, check all these cards out. This is super cool I'm just such a shiny binder. Like it looks so nice starlight Up there pretty insane so P. O. T. All right guys we're headed out from the event That was loud we had a successful trip I think Met a lot of people but I gotta drive home now and it's gonna take a while so Let's get to it. I'll see you guys in the next video If you guys enjoyed it make sure to subscribe to the channel for more epic stuff like this and uh, peace


Alright guys, so there you have it, that was just a clip talking about colorism, that's what those chicks had to say. But we also had what they said, when you address colorism, it's not about dark skin people hating on light skin people.  So I'll just go ahead and maybe tell you the definition of colorism. Okay, colorism is also known as shadeism. You know what, when people throw shade, some people just say shade, but they don't actually know what that is. So colorism or shadeism is actually a form of prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. The difference between colorism and racism is why colorism involves discriminatory acts against people because of the color or their shade or tone of their skin. Racism is a form of discrimination against people who are actually best on their racial status.  But colorism is about the shade of your skin.  Exactly. What do you guys think about this? Can you start with Husqvarna? What do I think about heroism? Heroism. I'll start with, I like my coffee black. On that note, secondly, with Rokas, I think as guys on the other side, we're just black. And then black is a combination of all colors. Right. So, the other part. But when you mix other colors with black, the result is always black. Exactly. Right? Cool. It darkens. It darkens everything. It brings the trueness in everything. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Yeah, you never go back. You never go back. But when you go white, we know people who try to blush themselves up and now they think like, did you really regret it? Yeah, I regret it.  We go out there. But I've seen these, okay, talking about that, people are now, even white people are now even applying dark makeup to look blacker. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Black is, finally black is cool. It is cool. It is cool. Yeah. Guys just have issues, but it is cool. Yeah. It's really cool. Right. So, Bakita, what do you have to say about that? Okay, fun fact, I know that black is a bright color, actually. It's really a bright color. Black stands out. Yeah. It stands out.  All right. Some. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. I might be light skinned. I might be light skinned. But you say that, you must still throw shade, actually. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You see the memes, the FB, I'm like, oh.  I'll stand and dance. I saw another one. Okay, no shade. I saw another one. I saw another one. Okay, ladies, you don't need to go for mine, if you have a light skinned guy. Like, he'll just do it for you. Yeah. You'll be light skinned. Yeah. So many of them. So many, wow. And even another one was like, like, light skinned dudes fall.  I kind of posed there. I was like, why? That's a good one. Yeah. Colourism. Colourism. So for two weeks, it's considered being light skinned. It's pretty. Yeah. For two, it's that where you're supposed to be now in dark skinned. Yeah, you see. Even cameras in black. Yes, in black, dark is secure. Security guards, they're always in black. I know, man. You know, CIA is always in black. Men in black, men in black, you know. The most cool motifs are in black, you know. Yeah. Right. So, definitely. Okay. For me, I don't fall under any. I don't know. I'm not light skinned now, but I'm not in dark skinned. So. She doesn't like definition. You know. You're camelloring around this thing. You're just a camelloring around this stuff. What are you dark skinned for? The black. Okay. You are not dark. Okay. You know. But when I'm with light skinned people, they're like, you know. You wonder what? Yes, I'm like that. No. I think also I fall up, you know. But at least me, my aura, my aura and image is just, guys just do it. Nega you're dark. I am. So, for me, I have different shades. I'm not even, I'm not dark enough. I'm not light enough. So, I'm not a light skinned. I'm not a dark skinned. I don't know what I am, but I'm black though.  So, yeah. I'm black. I love hanging out in the dark. Everything dark. I know. Even the studio today is lit. I'm changing the next one. Yeah. They're having issues. They're just like, why are you so romantic? But we saw it too. We like the light. We saw it too. Yeah. We like it that way. His girl likes dark. Yeah. We'll get there. We'll get there. So, what are you talking about? Like the video we just watched of those chicks. So, basically what they were dressing is this thing. The stigma, the stigma like dark skinned chicks have to go through. You feel like even for, to be cast in a role, maybe for a movie or something, you go for adverts, commercials.  You're high. You're five range. You're five nine. We like that. You know how to walk in heels. But we were looking for light skins. Yeah. You're not light skinned. So, I'm sorry. And then you go for another audition. Even movie roles. Yeah. Even in the Bible and Christians, the angels are white. Jesus is white. Who says the devil is black though? Yeah. As the devil is black. What is this quote? He's the cutest thing in the Bible. He's the most beautiful thing in the Bible. Like calling the Bible. It never changed until some people say that the devil is black. Even today we're hugging some guys. The one is the watch. Yeah. Yeah. I have never seen this before. Have you seen? Yeah. He's the most beautiful thing in the Bible. Even on TV. His voice sounded like Danny. I know. Who said Danny was black? I know. I'm sure, I am usually a voice of like, seriously. So, I don't even know. But as a case, you see like, video vixen. Like guys looking for video vixen. Let's say artists. Even in the two-five-four.   Have you been a victim? Yeah when it means, you know being Discriminated just because you're dark skin or maybe you are light skin and people think you're not cool Dark People go ahead as even bleaching themselves, you know, yeah, it's a big thing. It's happening Tanzania victim No, the government is getting into it now even in Kenya. Rwanda had to The other day last month. They abolished Bleaching because it was just too much something and he's speaker. He was like, you know what's taking from today? This level of foolishness You know the standards of beauty I don't know how they measure that you find that maybe for you to be on TV For you to be a presenter You have to be light skin. Maybe the guy can be dark. Yeah, but I Even people growing up they base their beauty on standard virtue of standards. They measure beauty I've experienced I Am coming up with This hair not be here now does have not be here in the dark skin And then and then your kid grows up and then she becomes a blonde and that think you're like now where this don't come from No, I couldn't train and not just my balloons Blonde dolls and whatever So are you excited about that?  Of course.  It's awesome. Yeah, it's just pretty. Yeah What they have dolls They have those two are really black and dark yeah, and they're comfortable with them. Just I've said I've gotten some new set of pets Yeah, cut gave birth to kittens, but there's some black ones. So we Know we are keeping the black ones and then we're giving out the the white ones But the black ones is in a car. They're the right ones. They're at home If I meet in one of my friends That's evil Music then come back and talk some more. Yep, right? All right, but when we're doing that we love to sample some of your treats So talk to us I try to be for channel at feeling doing at huge skills art Mothal at back heater. Yes On the music set actually today we're doing black just like it's we're in spring So you're doing Afro