cwgoes

I have nothing but respect for @VitalikButerin, but focusing on upgrading @ethereum to RISC-V is a giant side quest and would be a colossal strategic mistake:
- Execution layer ossification and efficiency are goals in fundamental tension
- "zk" (or succinct) VMs all rely on special precompiles anyways
- RISC-V would do nothing to address @ethereum's DevEx and UX fragmentation problems or provide privacy-preserving apps, which people want way more than marginal efficiency gains

In my view, @ethereum should focus on something else, and time is running out for strategic vacillation.

Full arguments in the link 👇

Quick update on the @namada shielded airdrop to @zcash: @heliaxdev does not have the resources to commit to this work in Q3, so in lieu of that I'm offering a $20k bounty (payable in ZEC/NAM/USDC) to anyone who implements a full prototype that can be verified + tested. Link 👇

"Cryptoeconomics" isn't a real field, it's just cybernetics rebranded, in denial of actual history. Distributed consensus systems and practical zero-knowledge proofs are real progress in the possibility space, but they don't merit a new field.

The problem with the @ethereum EVM is that the state architecture is incompatible with privacy and incompatible with multichain state. The problem with the EVM isn't the ISA. Just add `EVAL` and JIT bytecode sequences if you want to optimize stuff (like jets in @urbit Nock).

I just shielded 1000 @noble_xyz USDC on @namada, and I want to give it away in the next 24 hours to the first 100 folks who help us product test.

Rules:
1) Shield some assets using @namada. Here's a guide: https://t.co/PX4xgQxgUj
2) Q/T this tweet with a screenshot of your shielded assets, your znam address, and any feedback on your experience / what could be improved / what you might want to do with @namada.
3) First 100 folks to do so will get 10 USDC as thanks for product testing! It may take me a day or two to go over everything, please have patience if I miss you by accident.

it's time for @anoma to play the number go up game

[for a little while]

consider yourselves warned

LAST TWELVE HOURS for @namada FAST SHIELDED MICROGRANTS RFP submission! Get yours in now!

https://forum.namada.net/t/fast-shielded-microgrants-introduction-call-for-proposals/1675

brb gonna quickly ship the @anoma vision paper

quick product poll: if @namada supports shielded yield-bearing @noble_xyz USDN, would you use it?

FAST SHIELDED MICROGRANTS on @namada

Don't wait for someone else to build the future you want.

https://forum.namada.net/t/fast-shielded-microgrants-introduction-call-for-proposals/1675

if you work in cryptoeconomic protocol design, there is no one more important to read than Ehud Shapiro

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.02208

coinbase is lame but this problem is structural, it is not specific to them. data exfiltration is inevitable.

three key ingredients: irreversible transfers + KYC everywhere + low-trust society. you can draw the conclusions. perhaps it's time for crypto to go back underground.

WHY @ethereum IS NOT A REAL WORLD COMPUTER

(and how it could become one)

~10:50 AM EST tomorrow, @dba_crypto Research Day 2025 at the Metrograph

come ye and prove me wrong

https://lu.ma/xkjqiioi

WHY @ethereum IS NOT A REAL WORLD COMPUTER

(and how it could become one)

~10:50 AM EST tomorrow, @dba_crypto Research Day 2025 at the Metrograph

https://lu.ma/xkjqiioi

every day I am amazed that @bitcoin's security model is simply broken and people continue to buy it, shill it, and act as if it could back world finance. "digital gold" is not compatible with Nakamoto consensus security!

the reckoning will be brutal, and it will be deserved.

We're hosting a small/focused @anoma intent house gathering in NYC tomorrow evening - DM me if you're interested!

What would it mean for @namada to become a composable privacy layer for the crypto/multichain ecosystem? I've investigated this product proposition and come up with an analytical frame - let me know what you think! 👇

.@heliaxdev is hiring for not one, not two, but THREE engineering positions to work on @anoma and @namada:
- Applied Compiler Engineer
- Distributed Systems Engineer
- Protocol & Infrastructure Engineer

Find all the details on https://heliax.dev/jobs and please share!