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        "summary": "Community inquiries about project status, particularly regarding ai16z token utility after October expiration from daos.fun, with responses directing users to the updates channel and elizaos.news website. Notable mention of ElizaOS being included among teams adopting the CCT standard on Solana via Chainlink's CCIP, representing a collective market cap of $19+ billion.",
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          "adsur",
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      {
        "channel": "#\ud83d\udcbb-coders",
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          "jin",
          "Lycantho"
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        "channel": "#\ud83e\udd47-partners",
        "summary": "Jin shared information about reviewing hackathon submissions at clanktank.tv where people can vote using thumbs up/down or by sending ai16z tokens with a memo. Also announced a new framework powering multiple shows including 'clank tank' and 'jedai council' with a shared render pipeline, allowing improvements to benefit all shows simultaneously.",
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          "jin"
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      {
        "channel": "#core-devs",
        "summary": "Development discussions about forking eliza-nextjs-starter, applying Eliza brandkit style guides, and service placement in PR #5793 (whether to use 'plugin-embeddings' or 'plugin-bootstrap' for event handlers). Also discussed naming conventions for an agent with concerns about potential legal implications.",
        "key_participants": [
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          "cjft",
          "0xbbjoker",
          "Borko"
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        "source": [
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