GGs Level 12: What Makes Someone Genuine?

Host: Code.E (@CodeeNCX), filling in for Bubba · Mon 14 Jul 2026 · ~2h33m · ~15 active speakers

TL;DR

• Code.E (@CodeeNCX) hosted the weekly NCX Monday Space solo while co-host Bubba was on vacation, running his "GGs" deep-topic format around one prompt: what makes someone genuine?
• The room converged on a few themes: intuition and gut reads, giving time before trust, actions over words (with a caveat), and the difficulty of reading people in Web3 without body language.
• Recurring web3 gripe: people say they'll build "for the unforeseen future," then vanish — yet a known rugger could relaunch tomorrow and still draw a crowd.
• A genuine mid-space turn into mental health — checking on the people who host support spaces, because they rarely get checked on themselves (led by Wealthy sharing he'd been sleeping outside while running his positivity spaces).
• Closed with advice for building real relationships online: read the room, listen, be patient, support without asking, and let time sort the real from the fake.

Highlights

[7:11] Code opens without his wingman. Code explains Bubba is on vacation and he pressured him to actually disconnect and be present with family — "that's the brotherly thing to do." He sets the topic: not about who's the biggest influencer, but the qualities that make people trust you and keep showing up.

[13:08] Jimmy on the 20-second read. Team member Jimmy (@JIMMYNCX) says in person it's a firm handshake and eye contact, and he clocks people fast; online it's harder, so he goes "by the feel" — the energy in a DM, whether someone runs hot or cold.

[16:56] Super High on the masked pitch. Superhighgasfees (@SHGFees) admits he defaults to assuming people are genuine, and gets thrown when a friendly chat turns out to be an NFT pitch. His honest preference: just lead with what you want — "I would almost prefer that people just lead with what they really want out of me." Web3, he concludes, is not the place for door-to-door sales.

[27:08] Struve keeps it uncut. In the room's most unfiltered stretch, Struve delivers his answer through job-site logic ("give me a life story… who are you, what the fuck are you about") and lands on the night's most-quoted idea: you can't fake it, so walk into any room — boardroom or skate shop — and just own who you are.

[35:32] sols on people who change. sols (@solsweb3) argues genuineness only reveals itself over time and under pressure — the friend he lent $300, the talented buddy lost to addiction. His takeaway: believe what people say, but don't cement it in your heart; the only person who can save someone is themselves.

[46:x / 48:41] Intuition and the cost of it. Mama Bear (@MamabearK444) and StarSeed Witch (@Starseedwitch1) both lean on gut instinct — and both note the price: intuition has made them cut people, including family, and "you actually do grieve" those relationships.

[54:23] Actions vs. words — with an asterisk. Super High makes the sharpest structural point of the night: in a perfect world actions speak louder, but in web3 "what gets attention" speaks loudest. He cites a known rugger who'd still pull a crowd on a new launch, and a founder who publicly promised long-term commitment and disappeared — a case where words drowned out actions.

[1:15:58] "They stand on business." Mama Bear's answer for the quality she admires most, illustrated with a story of a date who preached kindness then treated the server terribly. Super High and Code both build on it: standing up for yourself and not just "taking shit" is deeply respectable.

[1:57:00] The mental-health turn. Wealthy (@WealthySupreme) reveals he was sleeping outside while hosting his positivity/mental-health spaces, choosing "unconditional" as his one word. Mason (@SirFuckee) and CryptBro (@CryptBroJedi) pick it up: the empathetic people — nurses, therapists, space hosts — rarely get asked if they're okay. Genuinely warm, unforced stretch.

[2:19:58 → 2:23:18] Flowers for Ava's videos. CryptBro says he joined the Space because an Ava (@AvaaNCX) video came across his timeline — praising her attention to detail (the clink of ice in a glass) as what separates real work from AI "slop." Liz and Code pile on the compliments; Code jokingly declares himself GM and any poaching attempt subject to "some ripping."

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "Just being who you are, man. And just owning it. Like walking into a room and be like, yo, here I am, dude." — Struve [31:34]
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• "The harsh reality is the only person who can help you is yourself." — sols (@solsweb3) [35:32]
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• "They don't care about what you've done. They care about what you can do for them." — Super High (@SHGFees), quoting a line from another space [54:23]
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• "They stand on what they believe no matter what other people say." — Mama Bear (@MamabearK444) [1:15:58]
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• "I call that standing and taking your power back… then it just comes out of your mouth and you're like, that felt good." — StarSeed Witch (@Starseedwitch1) [1:26:08]
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• "React and respond appropriately… this web3 phone in front of our face is a protective shield that does not give you a right to offend. We're only human after all." — Mason (@SirFuckee) [2:30:43]
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Who said what

• Code.E (@CodeeNCX) — host for the night; steered the questions, drew out quieter speakers, shared his own answers (compassion over humble), and closed with a house-build update.
• Jimmy (@JIMMYNCX) — team member; genuineness is a fast gut read, in person or by DM energy.
• Super High (@SHGFees) — assumes good intent, prefers people just say what they want; sharpest take on why attention, not action, wins in web3.
• Struve — raw, unfiltered contributor; genuineness = owning who you are, no facade (mapping uncertain)^*.
• sols (@solsweb3) — character reveals itself over time and under pressure; keep your circle small.
• CryptBro (@CryptBroJedi) — "read the room," give first, filter out the "vampires"; picked empathy as his word; long-standing market bear.
• Mama Bear (@MamabearK444) — intuition + time; "stand on business"; wants to be a safe person and a "light seed."
• StarSeed Witch (@Starseedwitch1) — trust your gut, listen to voice tells; hopes to be remembered as "magical."
• Slick Ric (@richj530) — "sifting sand" for the good seashells; care and be a good person; time is too valuable to play games.
• Peanut (@peanutt) — genuineness = giving with zero expectation of return.
• DarkMoon (@Bryan36krun) — likes making people smile; reads posts twice before replying; "caring."
• LEFTCLICKBUY (@leftclickbuynft) — dropped in mid-space; landed on "authentic," then "legendary."
• Wealthy (@WealthySupreme) — "unconditional"; opened up about hosting mental-health spaces while homeless; supports the supporters.
• Mason (@SirFuckee) — vacationing in the Mediterranean; "adventurous"/"compassionate"; react and respond appropriately.
• Ava (@AvaaNCX) — good-person foundation, treat others how you want to be treated; her AI videos got a wave of praise.
• Liz / Lyss (@Lysss302) — "intentional"; be open-minded, support without asking, and the real ones reveal themselves.
• Jed (@jed_131) — one-word advice ("learn to become a good listener") amid a candid rundown of his move and finalizing divorce; the room's affectionate "Jed rugging" running bit (his connection dropping).

Worth a full listen

• [24:00–33:00] Struve's whole run. The summary can't carry the delivery — a construction-site framing of "who are you, what are you about" that Code deliberately tailored to Struve's world, ending on genuinely warm mutual respect.
• [1:57:00–2:11:00] The mental-health stretch. Wealthy's disclosure, plus Mason's and CryptBro's reflections on empathetic people forgetting to check on themselves. The tone shift is the point, and it's better felt than paraphrased.
• [1:51:00–1:56:00] Code and Mason, two Maritimers. A total, cheerful derailment into Atlantic time zones, Bay of Fundy geography, and Bradore Lake lobster — the room's warmest tangent and a good example of the "make people smile" quality everyone was praising.

* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.