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Sep 12, 2024 28 tweets 6 min read
So here’s the short story of how and why @IOHK_Charles was pushed out of Ethereum before its launch.

Pieced together from sources like 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦—firsthand intel and accounts.

I present to you the infamous “𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴” of Ethereum..🧵
Image @CamiRusso The train creaked into Zug, a town nestled in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland’s ‘’Crypto Valley’’.

Charles straightened his shirt, tapping the pens clipped to his chest pocket.

He was at home. Zug was Ethereum’s home. Image
Sep 6, 2024 37 tweets 8 min read
What is JAM, proposed by the co-founder of Ethereum and Polkadot, and why should we care?

From Ethereum to Polkadot, Solana to Cosmos—this thread takes a journey through all and introduces JAM...🧵 Image credit: @Tur1ngM4ch1n3 @gavofyork @Polkadot Preface.

Stand-up comedians usually perform the same bit multiple times a night, a week, tweaking the joke slightly each time.

They take feedback, adjust, and repeat—it's a very iterative process.

Listening to @gavofyork explain JAM for the +10 times this year was like that.
Jun 3, 2024 11 tweets 4 min read
For those who missed two of the greatest minds, @gavofyork x @VitalikButerin, coming together after a very long time that I can’t even remember, here are the 9 best moments—the lazyman version…🧵 Image Ofc, starts with a joke.
‘’I thought I was the ideas guy and Gav does all the real coding’’.
Mar 10, 2023 36 tweets 13 min read
• SEC's actions on crypto assets?
@Polkadot has morphed ?= Security -> Software
• What has @Web3foundation achieved w/ self-certification?
• Why no-action letter doesn't mean what people think?
• Why no marketing?

Seeking answers amidst the noise? Welcome🧵(0/35)👇 Image 1/ All that fuzz about SEC's actions

It is becoming the new norm seeing SEC’s enforcements on another centralized structures every month.

At the same time, debates flare over which crypto assets should be classified as securities and whether they are subject to enforcement.
Nov 22, 2022 25 tweets 8 min read
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Unpopular opinion: IBC and XCMP, aka XCM, are not competitors but collaborators.

What do they collab against?
Flaws in blockchain ecosystems. 2/x
As the paradigm shifts towards multichain & interoperability, we've seen design flaws in blockchains become more apparent.

3rd party bridge exploits showed us that they're not secure or reliable to use.
In addition, they are not functional beyond token transfers.
Nov 20, 2022 15 tweets 4 min read
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Interoperability is the key to a successful blockchain future.

But what is it, really?

A deep dive into understanding Interoperability by looking it through TCP/IP. (No technical info, promise)
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Beyond many other problems, after 2020 we're majorly facing interoperability issues of blockchains.

If we want to understand what’s interoperability and what it will provide, we need to go back and study TCP/IP just like we first read the Bitcoin whitepaper for crypto. Image