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ethereum foundation | opinions are my own but more than likely they come from Vitalik’s blog
Joined January 2019
Here's why security matters on Ethereum and how we can work to make Ethereum the foundation of “Civilizational Trustware.” 👇
0/ Fusaka, the second major upgrade on Ethereum this year, highlighted the importance of scaling securely. Here's why security matters on Ethereum and how we can work to make Ethereum the foundation of “Civilizational Trustware.” A guest thread by @0xRajeev of @TheSecureum.
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Most people think a warranty is a safety net. But for automakers (including @Hyundai), warranties also have a financial side. Industry-wide, here’s how warranty reserves work: • Automakers set aside money specifically for warranty repairs. • Approved repairs draw from that
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the only true moat is network effects. what that means is different for any given prop you can’t beat entrenched network effects with marginally (10%) better. you have to be multiples (10x) better. to do that, usually you’re better at something specific that network effects
Crypto industry is struggling to define what a "moat" is for open-source systems. It’s really hard It reminds me of when I was investing in open source back in the day. Most VCs didn’t believe you could monetize it until IBM bought Red Hat for $34B. And for all the purists out
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the race to establish new foundations, to set standards for the open agent economy is ON "credible neutrality" suddenly matters "decentralization" matters, as soon as you go from spec to production hot tip: donating a repo to the Linux Foundation is not enough for the above
OpenAI is co-founding the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation alongside Anthropic and Block to support open, interoperable standards for agentic AI. We’re also donating AGENTS .md to help establish open standards that enable safe, reliable agents across
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90% of people break their duolingo streak because there’s no real consequence but what if you could put your money where your mouth is? introducing duolingo staker: keep your streak and you win. break it and your stake pays the people who kept going
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Ethereum is for culture
Digital art had its breakthrough moment at Art Basel Miami last week, and @Ethereum was a big part of it. The bulk majority of the art, artists, and galleries at the fair are Ethereum native. Beeple’s viral "Regular Animals", robot dogs roaming the floor, printed onchain
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Ethereum.
Freeze. Collapse. Confiscate. Argentina 2001: bank accounts frozen overnight. Lehman 2008: half of Wall Street's counterparty vanishes. Cyprus 2013: 47% of deposits taken to bail out the banks. Wall Street calls this counterparty risk. The other side of your trade might
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greatness takes time. be patient, love your craft, and always lead with your heart.
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Network effects are the final boss of decentralization and we have to keep fighting
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The comments on this stablecoin hit piece show how big the perception problem really is. I’m happy Trump didn’t follow Biden’s path of trying to make the industry illegal, but now in the US it’s completely politicized https://t.co/eb5wQeizwk
nytimes.com
You can use stablecoins, which are pegged to the dollar, to buy things online or send money abroad with minimal fees — and they are subject to very little legal oversight.
masterclass from the @nytimes on how to create anti-crypto propaganda. each point in the graphic can be refuted ad nauseam, but lets start here: "banks share a portion of proceeds as interest; coin issuers keep all of the proceeds" for most of the last decade, banks paid
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This weekend I was at a booth talking to college kids about Ethereum and left the @ethereumphone on the table Every kid asked about it and thought it was so cool once I explained it Congrats to @mhaas_eth @hexidethmal and team for building something different
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