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Co-founder & CEO of Mysten Labs - creating foundational web3 infra @SuiNetwork. Before: Wrote SW that runs on every single one of your devices
Sep 14, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
On #SUI parallelism

Questions came up on this topic after my thread so here is a deeper dive.

Read on

1/x Sui can process (sequencing + execution + commitment) multiple groups of txns in parallel. In this trivial example, (#1), (#2), and (#3, #4, #5).

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Sep 12, 2022 22 tweets 4 min read
Much has been written about Sui. But most have missed THE key innovation - its data model and txn processing pipeline.

I'll do my best to provide a high-level arch desc and its many advantages.

Part 1: traditional blockchain arch
Part 2: Sui arch
Part 3: Sui advantages

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Part 1
Others: Validators collectively add blocks to a chain over time. Txn processing pipelines are head-of-line-blocking - consensus, execution, Merkle tree update, all txns have to be processed before moving fwd. New txns are paused while the block is under construction
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Feb 4, 2022 12 tweets 4 min read
Many people have posted great explanations of the Wormhole exploit. This is not another breakdown of the attack. Instead, let's talk about smart contract auditing vs. verification.
#Crypto #web3 #Wormhole #SmartContracts
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By and large, smart contract developers are being responsible - following best security practices, using the best dev tools, and making sure their contracts are audited before deployment. But is trusting auditing as the last line of defense the right approach?
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Dec 6, 2021 10 tweets 2 min read
Gm. Very proud to share Mysten Labs official launch with everyone. 1/ First, let us introduce ourselves. The founding team came from Novi Research, where we led R&D efforts for the Diem network, e.g., Move smart contract platform, consensus, and many cryptography efforts.
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May 23, 2021 15 tweets 3 min read
Crypto market is dumping. But it won't stop those of the forward looking builders to keep going!

Novi Research (Facebook) is hiring! We are staffing up to build blockchain / crypto products.

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We are currently in SF Bay Area, Seattle, and London. But we are opening up positions in many US and European locations. Remote positions are available too!

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