Corey Petty
@Corpetty
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Founder of @hashingitoutpod, head of "insights" at @instituteFT, comp chem physics phd. I am focused on building asshole-resistant technology. I also garden.
Joined October 2012
I'm leaving Twitter. Can't support this platform. I'll keep my account to keep from impersonation attempts. Find me somewhere else. Maybe continue using @HashingItOutPod for broadcast only reasons. Fuck this place.
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Calling yourself a blockchain expert after making money trading is like calling yourself a computer expert after becoming friends with Tom on Myspace.
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an @avalancheavax subnet, at its core, is just a subset of validators that understand "how to agree on shit." What shit they agree on is completely up to the subnet. GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEADS and adjust your criticism appropriately.
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As it stands today, my career and most of my wealth is in #ethereum and I refuse to encourage the stupid bullshit that is currently the hype du jour. This isnt sustainable if we want to have any modicum of inclusion. I didnt join a speculation machine for a small group of people.
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I've had my mind changed. NFTs are going to fucking explode.
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It's super bad that the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance took over all of the Ethereum ecosystem and independent devs stopped being able to build influential projects or access project development. Oh wait, that didn't happen.
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Now that devcon is over, I fully endorse @stonecoldpat0's idea of a chill conference with less noise for us "old folks".
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A blockchain is just a data structure. It's the group of people that decide to use the same one that give it value. The community is key.
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Happy to announce my talk at Devcon, "How to ethically build public good infrastructure," was accepted. See yall in Bogota.
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Hey yall, I have this crazy idea: . STOP PUTTING ALL YOUR CRYPTO FUNDS IN A SINGLE BROWSER WALLET!.
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Today I said goodbye to the last of my grandparents. That's 4 deaths this year of friends and family. I'm incredibly thankful that I've been fortunate enough to be present before they go or with those they leave behind. Life ain't forever, don't forget to love. Cheers Meemaw
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If your argument for/against DAOs is still based on TheDAO hack of Ethereum, then your material is outdated and you should get to reading before you argue any further.
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Gotta say, I've been to a lot of conferences and the @avalancheavax summit did a wonderful job. Good showing, quality talks, good food, not packed, announcements (although I don't care about Grimes), good timing. Well played, looking forward to next one. More signs next time.
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I recently did a warm-up talk for @EthereumDenver at a local around my home about the concept of "Social Crypto" and what @ethstatus is doing about it. I shared some designs of both our new Desktop application and the upcoming Communities launch. Feels only fair to share here.
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This coming year, I'm switching my focus from blockchain security to infrastructure products within the @ethstatus ecosystem. I'm going to be very vocal on what we're building. We're going to do a lot, and we're going to do it different. I welcome your criticism as we announce.
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Here'ssome "alpha:" we've finally gotten around to implementing and deploying a dapp to distribute the $ENS tokens that we received at @ethstatus. Here's an announcement for an announcement: On July 5th, get ready to get free tokens for using Status features. You're welcome.
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Can someone explain to me how the @MetalBlockchain isn't just a blatant clone of @avax ? . Furthermore, I find it amusing that it doesn't compare to Avalanche on the landing page w.r.t. performance considering it seems to be the exact same thing.
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I don't understand why everyone is surprised by @ParityTech's move away from Ethereum. They've been signaling this since the publishing of the polkadot whitepaper, they just couldn't for funding reasons. Are people just blind to this?.
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ok I'll say it: ETH gas prices are making the network completely useless.
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@Robert__Almeida @coinbase yeah, I bet coinbase has zero idea what they're talking about and made complete rash decisions on what to add. /s.
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I've created a @SnapshotLabs proposal for @ethstatus $SNT holders to vote on. I'd like to distribute the $ENS airdropped tokens to Status back out to the ENS Username registrants instead of us holding onto them as an organization. GO VOTE, you have 2 weeks.
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This is a group that I endorse as official. Follow them for updates and guidance on how you should protect yourself. If you are a victim, I also urge you to help us solve and mitigate this issue by providing what details you can via their portal.
🚨🚨 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELEASE 🚨🚨.Victims urged to come forward!!. We've just published a new writeup @viamirror - . "Uncovering a Sophisticated Multi-vector Crypto-Asset Theft Scheme". Which serves to detail the elaborate posts already made by @tayvano_.
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I've heard folks like @kevinsekniqi, @el33th4xor, and @CollinCusce say that disincentives are purely awful for PoS systems. Blanket statements like this that remove half of a design space don't really appeal to me. Can I get some justification for such a strong stance?.
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A HUGE step in the direction of a real privacy-preserving base layer for messaging:
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Go donate with PAN to amplify your donations, and help me fund the security and infrastructure of #Ethereum.
I am verifying my ownership of Hashing It Out's Community Fund - Panvala League on Gitcoin Grants at 🔥🔥🎆⚡🎁🎊.
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Super excited to kick off the new Security Track of @KERNEL0x Block 3 with our partners @OpenZeppelin, @MyCrypto and @carlfarterson. This block has been revamped to optimize for a broad understanding of what Web3 security is and get you started with 2 crucial skills. Thread below.
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Decade.- became a doctor.- sold a house.- got married.- watched my dad die.- lived in Brazil for two years.- learned Portuguese.- started a successful podcast.- quit a career for a dream.- bought a dream house.- got a patent.- found a wonderful job.- got wife pregnant.- much more.
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This @starsarenacom situation is very simple folks:.- single developer makes an app quickly.- it gets attention and hype, TVL grows.- this gets reinforced by "influencers" - including @avax founders, TVL grows.- crosses threshold of attention from exploiters.- simple hacks pwn.
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hey @xmtp_, you're building a chat protocol on top of @Waku_org , we at @ethstatus and @vacp2p have already done this. I'd love to understand how much of that you're leveraging, and what the differences are. I'm not a fan of redundant work and am a fan of compatibility.
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We are releasing V1 of @ethstatus soon, here are some notes on how to prepare yourself as it is incompatible with beta versions.
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Hey yall remember privacy and security? . Those were cool things that we wanted in the past, huh? . Good times. Good times.
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The first steps taking place this weekend to remove @ethstatus' dependency on Discord for org-wide coordination. Go go gadget dogfooding for Status Desktop, all running over @waku_org.
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Here's some stuff I wrote about "managing your private keys" for educational purposes:
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@RonnieMoas I'm a host of the show and couldn't make this interview. I listened to it. The questions were normal questions you'd ask of someone attached to such a scandal and were in no way disrespectful. You clearly wanted a sympathetic soundboard and not a critical conversation.
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I've heard many say that white privileged people like me have never experienced people treating them differently based on how they look or their racial background. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's just always positive, and most attribute it to luck or being smart.
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I'd argue the vast majority of people agreeing with @VitalikButerin about shipping ETH2 this year have no clue what they're taking about. But sure, let's rush it. wtf not? What could possibly go wrong?.
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Soon, @ethstatus will be a viable alternative, with strong community entrance criteria and moderation tools.
We've used Matrix as our main chat platform for years. We host our own server for our GrapheneOS project accounts. We've put substantial effort into making it work for us. We've dealt with years of raids and harassment taking advantage of the weak anti-abuse and moderation tools.
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Hard to know a bucket has holes when it doesn't have any water in it. I hear a lot of mfers running around talking about how awesome their empty buckets are.
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Can you use curse words in a Devcon talk? . Cause I'm going to.
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I started @thebtcpodcast with my friends because I wanted to provide a perspective to the shit show that is "blockchain." . I work at @ethstatus because I wanted to do something about it. I'll keep doing both. I encourage you to do something useful.
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love that they're pushing VM creation that moves away from EVM cloning and working toward leveraging what Avalanche consensus actually provides.
Introducing HyperSDK, the first framework for developers to build high performance Virtual Machines on Avalanche, out-of-the-box. HyperSDK is designed to accelerate custom VM development, creating the foundation to build the fastest blockchains. So what is HyperSDK?
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@PeterSchiff @theonevortex @APompliano Based on this tweet alone, PLEASE reset the password you use on the other accounts. You've now made yourself a target, please secure any other account you use the same password with. Consider them compromised.
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If you can do what this person did, it isn't state of the art, it's trash:
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It's easy to make money in the crypto industry, it's very hard to make a difference. What are you focusing on?.
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I'm pretty sure @DeanEigenmann has single handedly shown us that Twitter is not an appropriate platform for serious discussion. Keep it light folks, take the seriousness elsewhere.
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This is the correct address for ETH2 deposits. Fun fact: Note the many zeroes in the beginning of the address, this is NOT happenstance and actually ends up optimizing gas costs.
The Eth 2.0 deposit contract has been deployed!. The address is: 0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa. Kindly do the following:.1. Read this blog post: 2. Avoid scams and be cautious. 3. Spread the word about the real address. Whoo!
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I've said it before, I'll say it again. If you want to future proof yourself, soak up as much blockchain development material as you can right now. There's simply of shortage of talent, and when all these overly promised projects with new money need to make good, they'll call.
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Shitting on a crypto network because it is facing consequences of scale is stupid. Shut up. The issues you're calling out is because it is serving a purpose to the extent that its capable. Your chain of choices lack of those problems is most likely because it isnt being used.
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Shout out to all the parents of young kids who no longer have a shred of personal time or space due to quarantine. God speed.
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At @eth_barcelona, I'm going to discuss how our development principles at @ethstatus gave birth to a novel, privacy preserving, anti-spam mechanism using zk: the RLN-relay. I'll also discuss how we plan to double down on this development methodology and why it's pivotal for web3.
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kudos to @el33th4xor for keeping a cool head with someone who is incapable of holding a logical conversation:
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My talk at Devcon around the ethics of building public good infrastructure. More specifically, I talk about how assholes are everywhere and what you can do to stop them.
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I have a good name for new consensus protocol. Is there a standard way of dibbs on it so other folks don't take it before we publish?. We called our #Avalanche variant Glacier but another research team did the same before we published so we had to rename it.
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I'm hand drawing my slides for #ETHDenver2022, cause why not. I bought a drawing monitor, I USE THE DRAWING MONITOR. Come see my terrible handwriting try and visualize "Social Crypto" on Fri at 9:20 AM.
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Is @avalancheavax supposed to be a public good?. The answer to this question should shed light on a LOT of things. One of those things is your expectations on how the network is run. 🤔.
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Omfg, our @Logos_network booth is next to @worldcoin. I hope the conference coordinators did that on purpose.
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TIL Jack doesn't understand much about crypto.
@rahilla @farokh @samkazemian @TheSmarmyBum @ethereum I’m not anti ETH. I’m anti-centralized, VC-owned, single point of failure, and corporate controlled lies. If your goal is anti establishment, I promise you it isn’t ethereum. Don’t believe or trust me! Just look at the fundamentals.
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@udiWertheimer @VitalikButerin @ethstatus a few reasons:.- message routing darkness.- access to ethereum based features in the same chat context / app.- no PII required for sign-up / use.- multiple layers of encryption.- can run your own nodes if you need / want to.- native payment system.
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Status’s new journey has begun 🎉🥳🎉!. Head to our new website, and we’ll let what you see and read there do the talking 😀. This is only the beginning, the first step…. Sign up for Early Access to be the first to hear about the Status super app Alpha
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@kevinsekniqi @DeanEigenmann @HashingItOutPod @avalabsofficial @stephenbuttolph Yet somehow he has a better mic than the podcasters.
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I cannot WAIT until we release what we're working on.
@haydenzadams @AyaMiyagotchi @ethstatus I personally want @ethstatus to introduce chat rooms where a smart contract controls who can speak (but anyone can listen). This could be used to implement an equivalent of but also lots of other ideas.
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I miss the old crypto Twitter days. A lot of the excitement seems gone, and focus has shifted and become isolated and tribal.
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I love this space. Check out this project from the @EthereumDenver hackathon, favorites by @VitalikButerin. These folks have bright futures, and so does your security.
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Since everyone is having hot takes on key material and its security, here's an @ethstatus session I did on how wallets work, hardware wallet fundamentals, and some best practices. If you don't know this stuff, then watch and this will all make more sense.
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My talk at @eth_barcelona around how we should ethically build public goods infrastructure, and some of our experience in doing it at @ethstatus:
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I'd love it if the next generation of technology and its funding didn't funnel the greatest minds of the time to focusing on clever advertisement delivery.
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I'll say it again now that various media have reported on it, if youre booking @officialmcafee for anything or supporting those that do, you dont deserve to be taken seriously and are only hurting this industry for personal gain. Nothing this man does is worth paying attention to.
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So the moral of the story, ladies and gentlemen, is that compromising on the original ideals of crypto when building doesn't work. So stop doing it. Stop rebuilding and using the same dumb shit and expecting new outcomes.
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I can't express my excitement of this paper being submitted. Moh's brainchild was the start of a large collaboration of researchers and engineers within @Logos_state to serve as the foundation for Nomos and other networks. A real contribution to the field of distributed consensus.
Carnot: A cutting-edge Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus protocol offering responsiveness, scalability, and instant finality. Optimizing authenticator verification and aggregation cost, Carnot bridges classical BFT consensus with blockchain tech.
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@VinnyLingham Feel like its inaccuracies will give ill advice. It simply isn't accurate enough (yet) for serious situations.
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I've been told way too many times tonight that this is a style I should run with.
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Just talked to @La__Cuen at @coindesk for a @BlockChannel interview. It's refreshing to know that there are real journalists in this space.
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quoted in this article about remote work life and how current events are forcing people to explore it and the relevant technologies that support it. We at @ethstatus and @thebtcpodcast understand this intimately.
IN DEPTH: Remote work has become an unexpected savior in potentially mitigating the coronavirus-induced damage to the U.S. economy. Reporting by @Liqquidity and @realDannyNelson .
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Serious question: why do people start DM conversations with a single "hi" and nothing else? It's maddening. Is there some cultural thing I'm missing?.
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Happy to see @thebtcpodcast ending with >130k downloads in December. All accomplished without bots, spending money on marketing, tricks, or gimmicks. Just a sweet, sweet community that kicks ass. Thank you all! Check out the growth at
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Since everyone is currently talking about prices of audits, I'm going to re-shill an article I wrote that helps explain all the things you can do to judge if you need one, how to prepare, and how to maximize the efficiency of an external security review.
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The transition from "my baby is just trying to use his face" to "my baby is actively using his face at me" is awesome.
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In short, application space combined with no ambiguity of legal standing.
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