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Mar 28, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
1/n Ongoing thread of Ethereum Merge info!

↓↓↓ 🐼 ↓↓↓ 2/n Unburnt fees (aka tips) on the execution layer (EL) begin going each block's proposer - completely liquid on the EL.

Over a typical week, this is ~14k ETH / $42mm via @EthWatchTheBurn
Feb 4, 2022 6 tweets 1 min read
1: Researchers / Spec Writers: divines the future needs of the protocol
2. Client Maintainers: manifests the best fit frameworks to hold these needs in balance with each other
3, "Name this one" : guides both paths of divination and manifestation Diviners
Framers
Guides
Dec 2, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
1/ People often claim "Ethereum/ crypto/ web3 is apolitical" 🧐

ok, the tech is neutral in that any side of the aisle can leverage it..

But we should accept that this infra is inherently political as a confrontation to legacy institutions ↓ 2/ Is the internet apolitical? No! It boils with internal politics + energy that pushes back against legacy institutions.

Our infra will confront government functions, non-profits, companies, bureaucracies, systems of control, the intermediaries which inject trust into $.. ↓
Oct 14, 2021 8 tweets 4 min read
1/ I've put together a @DuneAnalytics dashboard showing how much Type 2 txs save under 1559 → dune.xyz/trent/Priority…

Exchanges / wallets: you & your users lose ETH 💰 by not upgrading infra! Can you guess which in the image have upgraded?

↓🧵 threadoooor ↓ Image 2/ Even though London has been live since August 5, only ~55% of transactions are fully benefiting from its improvements.

Type 2 txs allow senders to specify their Priority Fee and get a refund of the Base Fee overpayment, whereas Type 0 sends any excess to the validator. Image
Dec 8, 2018 11 tweets 4 min read
1/ I enjoyed the recent "The Smartest Contract" podcast with @ZacCreditMint + @itsjefftong on @aztecprotocol - here's a high level thread summary, for both myself and whomever comes across it. cheers

⇩⇩ (give it a listen if you have time!) ⇩⇩⇩

thesmartestcontract.com/27 2/ Before starting AP, @ZacCreditMint was working on @CreditMint with @trpocock - a project with its origins in the syndicated loan industry. Wanted to abstract industry inefficiencies away via an immutable public blockchain (including data relay + data obsolescence)