- Casey Handmer’s blog post “The Martian Starship” (https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/the-martian-starship/) was shared as a reference on Mars colonization logistics and Starship architecture.  
- A GitHub repository for open-source polyhedra generation tools (https://github.com/reprapltd/eclipse/tree/master/workspace/polyhedra/) was highlighted for 3-D printing and geometric modeling applications.  
- Participants expressed disappointment that IPFS’s official forums discourage hosting or discussing Sci-Hub content, viewing it as a setback for open-access scientific literature on decentralized storage.  
- LibGen’s experimental decentralized-web gateway (https://libgen.fun/dweb.html) was offered as an alternative entry point for accessing scientific papers outside centralized control.  
- The group debated the philosophical divide between a truly distributed web and “overlay protocols” run by centralized entities that publicly disavow copyright-violating content.  
- Ben Goertzel’s SingularityNET cryptocurrency project was questioned for its tangible utility; its white-paper proposal for a “Proof-of-Reputation” consensus algorithm—combining stake, network activity, benefit ratings, and machine-learning optimization—was criticized as overly complex and reminiscent of “Vitalik-style” grift.  
- Discussion referenced Jeffrey Epstein’s funding of scientific and cryptocurrency ventures, with skepticism about the outcomes achieved relative to the sums involved.