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Kyle Samani
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0/ A thread on some of my favorite submissions to ETH Boston

In no particular order
1/ Zeropool - Anonymous multi asset pool

Bringing zk magic to smart contract platforms!

devpost.com/software/zerop…
2/ EthTorrent - incentivized Bittorrent for seeding files via layer 2 payments

devpost.com/software/ethto…
3/ Tornado cash - another mixer

devpost.com/software/mixeth
4/ gDai - use cDai interest to enable gas-less DAI transfers

devpost.com/software/gdai
5/ Peer to peer payments using just email addresses, no public keys

devpost.com/software/banks…
6/ Private blind auctions using Aztec and Torus

devpost.com/software/priva…
7/ iMessage stickers you can sell

devpost.com/software/sella…
8/ SwanDAI - hedging black swan risk on DAI

devpost.com/software/swand…
9/ Accrue interest on margin. Cool

devpost.com/software/signa…
10/ Using rDAI to make paying for content on the web more smooth. cool

devpost.com/software/tribu…
11/ And that's a wrap!
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0/ There seems to be a peculiar train of thought among ETH bulls these days

"The Ethereum tech and infra and ecosystem has come so far in the last 3 years. How is ETH-BTC trading at the same price from 3 years ago?!?!?"

Here's fallacy in the logic
1/ The funny thing about this logic is that it *embraces* the fact that ETH and BTC are both trying to be money, and money is not valued (it's priced)
2/ Because there is no fundamental valuation methodology, ETH bulls like to tell themselves "The rate of tech development and usage of the ecosystem must have *some* positive impact on ETH-BTC price"

(this basically assumes BTC is beta, which is a reasonable assumption IMO)
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Kyle Samani
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0/ Today I'm excited to announce that @multicoincap led a $2M seed in @TorusLabs inc @BinanceLabs + @coinbase

Torus presents the best solution to key mgmt we've seen. Torus makes web3 apps *indistinguishable* from web2 apps

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cc @cz_binance @brian_armstrong
1/

I've been thinking and tweeting about key mgmt systems for a while now, and been looking forward to this announcement. Links:

Our blog - multicoin.capital/2019/07/09/our…

Coindesk - coindesk.com/multicoin-bina…

Chainnews (Mandarin) - chainnews.com/news/927183213…
2/

The problem of key mgmt is fundamentally one of trust:

Who controls the keys?
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Kyle Samani
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0/ Today we are excited announce that @multicoincap has co-led a $15M round in @helium with @usv

Helium represents the most compelling new use case for blockchains since the advent of smart contracts on Ethereum

A thread

Our blog post - multicoin.capital/2019/06/12/hel…
1/ Before jumping into the thesis, also see announcements from Helium directly and USV

USV - usv.com/blog/helium

Helium - blog.helium.com/telcos-arent-t…
2/ Helium is pioneering an entirely new business model for deploying and managing wireless networks

Today, building out wireless networks is one of the most capital intensive businesses on the planet

Global annual telecom capex spend is measured in the trillions
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Spencer Noon
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[THREAD] This past weekend I was lucky enough to have been a judge at @ETHBoston. As an investor in the space, here are some of my top takeaways, trends to watch, and favorite projects from the hackathon.
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