building @ethereum’s superchain with @optimism | fmr: product @coinbase | @northwesternu | opinions my own
Jan 6 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
adding cryptography to ai..some weekend thoughts 🧵
imagine an agent so intimately woven into your daily life that it’s almost a second brain. it checks your emails, invests your money, and even makes deals on your behalf.
but here’s the key question: how will you trust it?
leading researchers predict personal ai agents will become as common as smartphones in the next decade (see de lange et al)
these agents won’t just answer queries; they’ll evolve with you, learning from every email, transaction, or conversation you have.
BUT the risk today is that if they’re compromised or manipulated, then well...you're f*cked.
Jan 1 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
the ethereum pectra upgrade is coming. it’s one of the most ambitious upgrades yet.
here is what you need to know 🧵
so, what is pectra?
pectra = prague + electra.
it’s ethereum’s glow-up.
let’s dive in.
Feb 28, 2023 • 27 tweets • 10 min read
⚠️ You're about to hear the word 'Attestation' throughout ETH Denver; here's why it is important: 👇 🧵
To attest is to say something about something. E.G. "His name was Robert Paulson." We do this all the time in our daily lives; e.g when you sign into your email account, you attest that it is you.
“Traditional approaches to ‘multi-chain’ architectures suffer from two fundamental problems:
1) Each chain introduces a new security model, resulting in compounding systemic risk as new chains are introduced into the ecosystem.
2) New chains are costly to spin up because they require new validator sets & block producers
Feb 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🧵Today, Optimism announced the Superchain: a project that seeks to maximize interoperability and composability between different chains using the OP Stack, and integrate siloed L2s into a single, cohesive layer.
As part of that launch, Coinbase announced “Base,” a chain powered by Optimism that is joining the Superchain ecosystem.
These announcements start a world where Optimism moves from just OP Mainnet to something more.
Dec 6, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Builders burn out while corporations profit off their free legos. Without financial support, free software becomes unsafe — putting users, companies, and communities at risk.
And when building public goods isn’t profitable, the best and brightest of our generation are drawn to more lucrative work, rationally putting self-interest above the needs of the community.
The Optimism Collective believes that building public goods should be profitable.
Dec 6, 2022 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
(1/x) Summarizing Vitalik's post on what he is most excited about and adding teams I know are building these out.
This one is for all the thread enjoyers who don't like to leave Twitter. This post made me feel super optimistic, and I hope it does to you too.
"in many countries, links to global financial systems are limited, and inflation is a harsh reality. Črypto often steps in as a lifeline."
#EthCC talk: Sybil Resistance for a more democratic web3 by @owocki
TLDR: Boosting decentralized coordination and trust via identities utilizing soulbound and DID systems.
To begin with, Kevin went through a list of answers to his "what is the purpose of Web 3" question. This was my favorite:
@carl_cervone: "to regenerate the world by taking the most powerful coordination tool invented - money - and reprogramming it with different values."
TLDR: a regular coder becomes an MEV extraordinaire.
LibEVM associates with the left curve (humble man), he believes that if he can be an MEV Searcher; so can you. Don't let this inflate your ego anon, Lib is just humble and he's worked hard (but with effort, you can be a searcher too).
Jul 19, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
As part of my event FOMO coping strategy, I will be writing threads on as many talks from #EthCC as I can. I'll be watching these on the livestream and taking notes so us non-Parisians can tune in. 🧶
I cannot start any of this without doing my first one on those who make the entire event possible -- @EthereumFr!
