Smit

ai arms dealer

know something about security, tech, investing

[Smit @0xSmit]

Exactly 8 years ago, I discovered a security flaw in Gaana, and reported it to @satyan, and they were kind enough to reward me with a bounty.
That motivated me and I reported security flaws in 40+ companies after that including Telegram, Redbus and many more

Gaana's parent company Times Internet put me on a retainer for a few months, they're India's largest digital products company, I reported security flaws in their subsidiary companies, which formally kickstarted my security career and there was no looking back.

I was 17 and knew nothing about how the world of finance works.

With all the money I made I started trading Ethereum, arbitraging and invested in altcoins.

I mined bitcoins on my school computers in 2013, so was always fascinated about crypto.

I've always been a security maximalist, but haven't been much active in it lately, I aim to focus more on security in the coming months.

I stumbled upon security by clicking on a random youtube video titled "How to code a virus" and then here I am today.

The quote tweet below is what changed my life

[Smit @smiticooltech]

@satyangajwani I have discovered a major vulnerability in Gaana And I would like to get in touch with you to disclose it.

[Smit @0xSmit]

@solarizid @makemake_kbo @schteppe i agree, have been just touching grass lately.

[Smit @0xSmit]

@makemake_kbo @solarizid @schteppe it's a joke about how rust needs a lot of resources during compilation 🤣

i had a rust project that took over 2 mins to compile on an M1 and under a minute on M4 Max with 128 GB Ram, it used to take over 64 GM of ram during compilation.

[Smit @0xSmit]

@solarizid @makemake_kbo @schteppe rust is not slow, just that you're poor and can't afford a computer with 18 cores, 128 GB ram for fast compilation

[Smit @0xSmit]

@TrySoar can't wait to short @TrySoar on @TrySoar

[Smit @0xSmit]

skill issue

[Tracely - Lookonchain @tracely_]

Assume you're anonymous on-chain. you're not.

one address reveals your entire cluster via shared exchange deposits and gas funding patterns. we've mapped 120K+ deposit addresses and linked them to their owners.

this is what law enforcement already sees.

[Smit @0xSmit]

engineer with iq vs vibe coder with no iq

[Bhavy☄️ @Bhavani_00007]

software engineers before vs after AI agents

[jez (equity perps era) @izebel_eth]

most millenial/zoomer angst can be distilled into "i did what i was supposed to do and i dont like where im at"

[Smit @0xSmit]

@DeepknowledgeU nothing wrong in roasting influencers who claim that "i came back home to serve my country and you should too" when they clearly came back because they had no other options

they inspire others to make bad decisions, some of my friends had their lives ruined due to them

[Smit @0xSmit]

seeing folks tweeting they returned home to "build in india"

while forgetting to mention an important detail that their 36 month STEM OPT has finished; so they can no longer work in the states without work visa which is extremely hard to get

so they had no option but to return

[Smit @0xSmit]

@HermitinHell clicking some new photos on the speed cameras

[Smit @0xSmit]

who's in mumbai and free right now?

[Smit @0xSmit]

@binji_x so same as every L2? literally zero difference between a dapp deployed on two different chains?

[Smit @0xSmit]

mai kuch bolunga toh vivaad ho jaayga

[Siddarth Pai @siddarthpaim]

I have made decision to come to India and build in India this march #aatmaNirbharBharat

[Smit @0xSmit]

fidget spinners are getting absolutely zero attention too and the world somehow keeps spinning

some hype trains just get buried and the world moves on, king. let it go.

[Hopi @hopionee]

NFTs are getting absolutely zero attention, and that’s a problem.

[Smit @0xSmit]

@buntyverse he moved back to india after 30 years in order to avoid paying a billion dollar alimony to his wife, even abandoning his special needs son in USA, but USA court ruled against him.

[Smit @0xSmit]

every dead body on Mt. Everest was once a highly motivated person

[Paul Graham @paulg]

I understand why people advocate believing that "nothing is impossible," but in practice it would be a terrible strategy, and I doubt anyone sane actually operates this way.

[Smit @0xSmit]

2022: every company will need its own L2, hence rollup as a service companies

2026: every company will need its own stablecoin, hence stablecoin as a service companies

trying to understand what is wrong with just using usdt/usdc

[Smit @0xSmit]

@buntyverse @EchoProtocol_ very underrated protocol with a very underrated security team

[Smit @0xSmit]

if you're into ai and even a little bit surprised by this behaviour of LLMs, especially reasoning LLMs; you should quit and try working in non technical fields

[Nishant Balepur @NishantBalepur]

🚨 New Paper! 🚨

One of my first Ph.D. papers found that LLMs can answer multiple-choice questions without seeing the question 🤔

At #ACL2026, I'm presenting a follow-up showing that current reasoning LLMs can still do this! And quite similarly to a clever test-taker 🧑‍🎓🧵

[Smit @0xSmit]

@IshitaaPandey @ToolySOL