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The demise of the EVM is not only exaggerated, but also completely false.

Luckily for us, we have an entire developer report from @ElectricCapital that shows us the strength of Ethereum and the EVM.

Here are some highlights from last year:

1) Most new devs are coming into the Ethereum ecosystem (including its L2s). This doesn't include the new devs coming into other EVM-based ecosystems (Polygon, BNB, Avalanche).

2) 87% of devs that work on multiple chains work on at least 1 EVM based chain.

3) Even amongst all the EVM-based chains, 71% of the code still originates on Ethereum itself.

Now I know this data is from last year, meaning some things may be different for 2024. I expect some other VM ecosystems to have shown more growth this year.

My point here is that Ethereum and the EVM still account for a huge percentage of existing and incoming developers in addition to the actual contracts that are deployed on-chain. The network effects of the EVM cannot be underestimated.Image
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Hi @FBI, I noticed that your smart contracts are in direct violation of the MIT License, and thus are subject to copyright infringement.

You clearly copy pasted several of OpenZeppelin's libraries (which use the MIT License), but don't have a license on the code yourself.

The MIT License states "this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software", which you clearly did not adhere to in your contracts.Image
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@FBI You can find the FBI contracts here:

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We did dozens of research studies with non-crypto users to better understand today's onboarding flows and app usage patterns. We saw fragmentation, confusing UX, and opaque transaction flows.

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You've probably wondered why L2s are so cheap when compared to L1.

Or maybe you've asked yourself what ZK/OP proofs are.

This post will answer those questions and give you a base understanding of L2s.
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