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@punk6529
Aug 19, 2022 • 32 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
1/ On Solving Problems On-Chain

So, conventionally, this is about the time I'd start a podcast.

But I prefer bold experiments so I've been chasing partners and people all summer to try something that has never been done before

What is that?
2/ This fall, with the help and forebearance of the teams at @unicmetaverse and @oncyber, and the most amazing roster of guests and instructors, a team of us are going to try to run a university course 100% on-chain and in @OM100m.

What does this mean "on-chain?"
3/ What it means is that someone will be able to enroll in, attend the course, attend the lectures, graduate from the course and do it 100% with NFTs as the database of record (no centralized database).

It is hard to do!
4/ Let me get the basics out first because @unicmetaverse already tweeted them and then come back to the "what does on-chain mean"

The course is here:
unic.ac.cy/openmetaverse/…

You join via a free mint here:
mint.unic.ac.cy
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24/ Now, back to me again.

As you can see, the instructors and guests are incredible.

I can't wait to listen to all the sessions. And if we get a good group of participants, we can have great discussions

And it should be great onboarding for your NFT-curious friends
25/ The interesting and difficult part is going to be the 100% on-chain part.

My view of the open metaverse is not, in the end, only about art or even gaming.

We have to see if we can push larger aspects of our lives into decentralized spaces...
26/ And there it gets very tricky.

Companies, industries and organizations have built good information systems that work for their needs.

The on-chain versions don't exist, are confusing, are primitive, present new challenges and, day 1, are inferior
27/ So we are in vastly unchartered territory here and everyone is going to be scrambling in real-time to see if we can do it.

@rayan_oncyber is working on token-gating and support for larger multi-user groups in @OM100m
28/ @unicmetaverse is trying to to solve how to do exams on-chain.

Broadly, the direction has to be zero knowledge proofs but I have never seen this in the wild.

So if you have ideas on this, please get in touch.
29/ In general, I view this as a grand experiment for us, that we have to solve together.

We say that we can do things in a decentralized manner, time to put our actions where our mouth is and figure out if it is possible
30/ @unicmetaverse has a discord but I am a bit afraid they are not ready for what it means when we all come marching in

Anyway, here it is.
discord.gg/VYD2jmdU
31/ Also, the free mint pass to the course is a @6529er special, his reinterpretation of the @UNIC_ENG logo, along with a couple of Easter Eggs

mint.unic.ac.cy Image
32/ Also, I am still thinking about some additional guest lecturers.

I need to sleep on it for a day or two but we have some small gaps still - I am going to send some DMs and if by next week I am not fully satisfied I am going to ask for community help.

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Aug 21
1/ On Not Buying A Dali Today (a mini thread)

So I was looking at Dali editions in my inbox and I realized how totally and utterly ruined I am by NFTs.

This one is kindof elegant, though not super-Daliesque.

In any case: 1.1 ETH for a 1/250 Dali Edition. Sounds fine tbh. Image
2/ If this was just "click a few buttons on Rabby", I think it would already be sitting in the 6529 Museum SAFE.

Instead: "email gallery, wait for reply, fill out credit card form, have it shipped to Europe, customs, delivery, probably reframe, find a place on wall"
3/ And "find a place on the wall" is an issue because the walls are already all full.

And I worry even for the things already on the wall about "am I ruining the pieces there with UV light?" and "should I have some type of cover?"

Realistically, it ends up in the closet
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Aug 5
1/ On crypto-denomination

I want to try to avoid topics I have covered before better in "Survive," so I just want to share a thought that I find to be helpful to me and to others

2/ I more or less mentally denominate my crypto assets in crypto.

Yes, I am a "1 BTC = 1 BTC" person and, progressively further out the spectrum, "1 ETH = 1 ETH" and "1 punk = 1 punk"

People think I am bullshitting them when I tell them this
3/ "What you don't look at the USD price?" and oddly the answer is "much less than you think"

I have some general idea where prices are because I am terminally online but even in times like this weekend, I was absolutely lagging CT badly
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Jul 27
1/ On The Time Is Now to get your personal act together

A mini-thread, views loosely held.

If you are like me, you may do a good job in your professional life but there are quite a few things outstanding in your personal life.
2/ The type of things that I am talking about are the things that appear on Jan 1 every year.

You are sitting on the couch the day after New Year's Eve and are like "I absolutely am going to get this stuff dealt with this year" and they end up on the resolutions list
3/ The type of things that I am talking about are the things that are on the Jan 1 resolutions list year after year.

They are important but not critical items. They are the nagging items.

The ones that are not quite urgent and not quite important but just irritating.
Read 13 tweets
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Jun 19
1/ On How Many Tokens You Have Left

You can notice changes in your visual environment in about 12 to 20 milliseconds (1/1,000th of a second).

It is why monitors that refresh 60x/second are pretty smooth and by 90-120x/second, they are in good shape
2/ Vision feels like a continuous process but there is no such thing. It is discrete, just like everything else.

The rods and cones in your eyes do not respond to changes in light instantly. They respond to changes in light very quickly.

It feels instant but it is not.
3/ The same thing applies for the electrical signals in your brain that transport the information from your eyes.

They move very very quickly but not infinitely quickly.

So if something changes in your field of vision (a light comes on, an intruder enters)...
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Jun 7
1/ What will ASIs want?

Do we really believe in ASIs?
Can we really conceive of ASIs?
Will ASIs buy your crypto portfolio?
Are you just a cat?

It is an odd journey.
2/ ASI is short for Artificial Super Intelligence, as opposed to AGI (Artificial General Intelligence).

The idea is that AGIs are as smart as us, and ASIs are a lot smarter than us.

There are a lot of theories about ASI - it will happen, it won't happen, it will kill us all
3/ This thread is about the case where ASIs exist and they don't use nanobots to kill us all.

This is the only case that is interesting.

If ASIs never exist, we don't have to worry about what they do.

If they kill us all, we also won't worry because we will be dead.
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May 18
1/ On Being An Agent

You think you are unique, I think I'm unique, but probably we are agents in a biological system, sent out to do a job for the collective.

You can probably guess how people describe me at "work" - forward-thinking, open to new ideas, not afraid of change
2/ This is also how I think about myself.

In both my personal and professional life, I think I live 3 to 15 years "in the future" vs my peers - who themselves are statistically abnormal - highly educated white collar professionals.

OK, so what? This is no surprise.
3/ When I was in college, our career service had us take the Myers-Briggs test.

It is a personality test - like all of these, it is a bit science and a bit astrology.

Anyway, at age 20, I clearly tested "ENTP"

I was a kid - got good grades - but also was drunk every weekend
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