jarrodWattsDev

Abstract is already the 3rd highest revenue generating L2 - just 4 months after launching.

($77 btw)

A simple change just got shipped that should make every crypto app way faster by default.

Viem (the library powering most crypto apps) polls the chain to check if a transaction has completed every 4 seconds as the default value.

This makes sense for mainnet with 12 second block times, but most L2s today have much shorter block times.

Polling every 4 seconds means your app could be waiting for transaction confirmation despite your transaction being confirmed many blocks ago.

This PR adds a new “chain.blockTime” field that changes the default polling interval to be much faster on L2s.

Instead of 4 seconds, the default polling interval is now (chain.blockTime / 3) with block times predefined for OP stack and ZK stack chains including Abstract.

Shoutout to @coffeexcoin and @_jxom for shipping this.

Update your Viem versions to see the difference!

Don't get me wrong, I love Ethereum...

But it's pretty funny to see the EF post a variation of an existing roadmap that no one actually reads and all the comments are all just like "bullish".

Back in my day there was no presale. You either spent $400 on gas fees immediately or you missed out.

Abstract Global Wallet session keys have processed over $200M in volume!

Web2 is doing the world's largest hackathon, with $1M in prizes...

Little do they know, crypto has this every month, and people win by submitting an anonymous voting app that uses 15 different blockchains and 8 cross-chain protocols.

It’s easier to get ETH on mainnet than it is on testnet these days

please engage with this or i'm in serious trouble.

i love ABSTRACT, these games on ABSTRACT are so fun. ABSTRACT is the place to be. just look at those nfts on ABSTRACT. ABSTRACT global wallet - incredible tech. red bull racing (on ABSTRACT btw). I just really love ABSTRACT.

Apparently I'm one of the biggest Mega ETH yappers...

This is unfortunate, because, I am apparently NOT even in the top 25 yappers for Abstract (where I work)

LMAO😭

I've got a few interesting feature ideas for Blaickrock, not sure which ones I want to implement, but some ideas I have are:

◆ Adding the ability for it to launch coins via X, and keeping a small percentage of the supply as a tax (access to super early tokens with no risk).

◆ As several coins have been donated, maybe it should act more favourable to coins from "bribes" (incentivizes new coins to give the fund some supply of the token).

◆ Try get it to take in more "alpha" advice from other sources e.g. X or telegram. Currently it only looks at trending tokens via Abstract API (which is way safer, but harder to catch pumps early with this approach).

The Blaickrock wallet stagnating at around ~$2500 currently.

Had a few small issues over the weekend getting X posts through + forgot to keep the lights on with my OpenAI bill.

I'm impressed with the risk management it has - nice balance of verified coins and upcoming memes.

Blaickrock up $1000 in the past 4 hours. Insane.

Poor intern is facing some issues getting tweets through since the account got suspended however, poor guy.

The @blaickrock agent wallet is close to a 20x, up to $1900 from the initial $100 in just 2 days.

Ironically, it seems to really love dumping the $brock token lmao.

Yesterday's updates:
◆ Did a fun code walkthrough stream on Abstract, answered a bunch of questions on how it works.

◆ Open sourced the full codebase & steps to run your own version of it.

◆ I made it actually run autonomously; doesn't need me to trigger it to run anymore.

Future updates:
◆ The replies it posts to X mentions are pretty funny, but man it spams a lot lol. Thinking I should probably lower the amount it replies.

◆ The posts it makes are getting a bit repetitive, probably need to adjust the prompt to give the posts a bit more of a natural feel.

◆ The researcher agent seems to love dumping $brock for some reason, not sure why exactly, but the trades it's making are a bit repetitive, want to try add some more diversity to them.

Let me know any suggestions you have for it too to make it more fun, happy to try add/fix things.

Feel super proud to have OpenSea add support for both Abstract and AGW today.

Their app really showcases all of the amazing collections teams have launched over the past few months.

Btw - OpenSea was able to go live on Abstract thanks to the upgrade to support EVM equivalence!

The @blaickrock agent is off to an interesting start!

◆ Wallet balance has done a 7.3x so far, up to $733 from the initial $100 I funded it with. Kind of insane.

◆ It had a bug that was generating tweets >280 characters, which prevented it from posting while I slept, rip.

◆ I added the additional feature of it finding tweets mentioning the account and replying to them yesterday, pretty funny results so far.

Currently I need to trigger the flow to run manually, but as the results seem decent so far, the goal today is to convert it to be fully automated.

Ultra-low block times themselves don’t make apps feel any faster.

Most apps fire off 3–5 RPC calls before your transaction even hits the chain, adding 500ms+ of latency upfront per transaction.

I'll ship a longer post breaking down where time is spent on transactions this week.

If it wasn’t already clear

Abstract is the best place to launch NFTs

Initially, Pectra's EIP-7702 only upgraded the EOA to act as a smart contract for a single transaction before reverting.

I just re-read the proposal, and it looks like there's persistent code delegation now - meaning accounts remain upgraded until the user changes it.

Bullish.

Whether you like it or not, 99% of participants in this space are here to make money.

Smart people will justify it by making money through more sophisticated/ethical means (building, investing, etc.).

But the trenches is the same game - just accelerated timelines & higher risk.