The AI drawdown is siphoning the optimism out of futurists Some are using it as an opportunity to dunk The bear might be over, but there is a hangover Techno-optimists will always win, because a brighter future is better than a bleak one That’s why we BUIDL https://t.co/1ix0MnU4e3
China banned crypto trading and mining in 2021 And one of the bribery cases behind its new anti-corruption push reportedly involves a central bank official/securities regulator taking 2,000 ethereum:native Hard to write a better product endorsement than that https://t.co/50O6s9t2gX
Venice has built its reputation around private, censorship-resistant AI inference. But anyone who knows your Base wallet address can see how much base:0xacfe6019ed1a7dc6f7b508c02d1b04ec88cc21bf you hold and stake What if Venice users could keep their AI inference private AND choose to receive their staking rewards privately? Enter @aztecprotocol Aztec is a privacy-focused ZK rollup that enables private smart contract execution and token transfers. It has also achieved a Stage 2 designation from L2BEAT, an important milestone for rollup decentralization @ErikVoorhees, has @AskVenice considered giving users the option to receive VVV staking rewards on Aztec? I'm not proposing that Venice abandon Base or migrate its existing staking contracts Rather, I'd like to see an optional claim-and-bridge integration that allows VVV stakers to receive their rewards in a private balance on Aztec The first step could be a proof of concept: > Claim VVV rewards on Base > Bridge the tokens to Aztec > Hold and transfer them privately > Preserve the ability to redeem VVV back to Base. The original claim and bridge deposit would still be publicly visible, but subsequent ownership and transfers on Aztec could remain private There are engineering challenges, including cross-chain messaging, bridge security, fees, and wallet integration. But Aztec already has the building blocks for private tokens and Ethereum portal contracts If the engineering proves feasible and there's demand, Venice could eventually explore private DIEM transfers and even private staking Venice has already made AI inference private. Why not give users the option to keep their VVV rewards private, too?
The 10 rules I follow to stay safe in DeFi: > know who can change the rules > know what it bridges through > TVL under $20M is my red flag > read the audit date and scope, not the badge > read what the team says, not how often > check who else is building on it > check if it's been hacked before > check utilization and bad debt on the lending page > fewer tokens, fewer contracts, fewer problems > when the maintainers raise alarms, leave Each one cost me money first
Staking ethereum:0xa27ec0006e59f245217ff08cd52a7e8b169e62d2 is easy Picking who you stake with is the part that can cost you 8 checks per operator… I wrote them all down
You didn't get hacked; you just signed something bad One unlimited approval to a malicious contract lets it spend your tokens whenever it wants, no second click needed How to check yourself: >go to revoke(dot)cash >paste your address >look for "unlimited" approvals >revoke anything you don't recognize or don't use >do it again every quarter Your wallet remembers every 'Yes' you ever gave, even if you don't
If someone looked at your on-chain address, what would they say about you? Mine: > survived 2018/19, 2023, and 2026 > claims airdrops he forgets to sell > so much worthless $UST > revokes approvals like a paranoid crypto Gen X’er Yours?
“Everything is crypto.” - @tarunchitra https://t.co/CFe0yP7Mol
Starknet's vote came back 93.52% in favor of researching a move off Ethereum to its own post-quantum L1 It doesn't want to wait on Ethereum to turn in its quantum resistance homework (due Dec 2029) What happened 👇 > Non-binding Snapshot poll, Oct 15 to 22, open to ethereum:0xca14007eff0db1f8135f4c25b34de49ab0d42766 stakers and delegators > 3,236 votes cast > The bridge and data availability sit on Ethereum, which uses quantum-vulnerable elliptic curve cryptography > STARK proofs already run on post-quantum hash functions > Account abstraction lets wallets opt into post-quantum signatures without a protocol upgrade > @Starknet's target for full quantum security is 2027 What's next: a white paper in the coming weeks Does Ethereum ship post-quantum by 2029, or is each L2 going to prepare a bug-out bag?
