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Smart Contract Security Researcher

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

The world wants me to die.

My incurable disease diagnosis became global news. It was omnipresent on social media and 1,900 articles were written in a matter of days.

Many were saddened.

However, joy dominated the commentary.

People pointed to schadenfreude, the pleasure of another's failure. Yes, there’s that. There is a special place in people’s hearts that loves to see others fail, especially when that person’s presence threatens their own psychological stability in some way or helps them feel better about themselves.

But, if you look over the social media commentary about me, you’ll see that pattern:

“he deserved it.”

I deserved it because I challenged death. The crowd was running a deeply rooted psychological script that represents the oldest, most deeply embedded stories of human culture.

This was the first story ever written down, 4,000 years ago. Gilgamesh sought eternal life after losing someone he loved, only to have the plant of youth stolen by a serpent as he bathed. Leaving him to accept his mortality.

Asclepius became so skilled at rejuvenation that he raised the dead. As punishment, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt to enforce life and death authority.

This is the story of Jesus. Pontius Pilate offered a choice between a thief and the immortalist, and the crowd demanded the execution.

People need this story conclusion to keep themselves sane. The challenger must lose and the loss must appear deserved. It’s a shield of self preservation.

For if death is inevitable, their existence and that of their loved ones is justified and unavoidable. If death is not inevitable, nothing about their reality is safe.

I occupy the same philosophical and archetypal position as Gilgamesh, Asclepius and Jesus.

This statement will draw outrage and accusations of blasphemy, hubris and narcissism. Nevertheless, it’s the pattern that has repeated itself for thousands of years.

Death has been the omnipresent concern of the human race. It encapsulates our greatest fears, joy and curiosities. The discourse around it changes over time; however, the fundamentals remain unchanged.

What’s different about this moment, that is unlike any other moment, is that physical death may no longer be inevitable.

What if I didn’t deserve it?

And what if I am your ally, and not a threat?

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@zarkk01 @sherlockdefi @cantinaxyz Always an inspiration. So hyped for you my man🫡

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@mgnfy_view @PositionsFi @berachain Congratss brodie🚀🐻

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@zarkk01 Great going my G🚀

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@milotruck @SorellaLabs @cantinaxyz Do you recommend relatively amateur auditors to give it a shot?

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@zarkk01 @immunefi @FolksFinance HUGE win, congratulations my guy🚀

[@bytes032.xyz @bytes032]

short guide for your 20s:
- work as much as physically possible
- work more than that
- use 100% of your vacation time travelling
- get married
- invest all the money and FIRE asap
- the point of FIRE is to work even more. so you can work for yourself!
- 30s and 40s do the same

[EBOK @0xebok21]

Just wrapped up our first @sherlockdefi contest @winnnables with @mgnfy_view as Trident Audits.

Found 2 sponsor confirmed H/M vulns in about 6 hours of dedicated work! (@_Mouradif unanimously the best sponsor ever)

note to self: become more efficient with report writing!

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@auditor_nate @winnnables @sherlockdefi @mgnfy_view thanks nate🫡

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@AliX__40 Can't wait for the next episode, it's crazy how my journey is looking eerily similar to yours!

[pashov @pashov]

How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) by Naval Ravikant (founder of AngelList, legendary investor)

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@mylifechangefa1 @mgnfy_view @zachobront @trust__90 2H and 4M, hopefully the judge agrees with the severity haha. Couple of lows as well but we didn't submit them.

[EBOK @0xebok21]

TraitForge done and dusted!

Second contest as Team Trident Audits🔱 with @mgnfy_view

1600+ submissions so gonna have to be super patient for the results!

Followed the @zachobront @trust__90 strategy for effective information exchange. You can checkout a glimpse below!

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@AliX__40 INSPIRATION 🫡

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@mgnfy_view @zachobront @trust__90 Agreed

[EBOK @0xebok21]

Zach's reference post - https://t.co/a88Ct55KRP

We would move leads to confirmed findings after validating them together and getting inputs from the sponsor.

[obront | eth/acc @zachobront]

Since the @optimismFND contest rewards were announced, a bunch of people have asked me about the logistics of working with @trust__90.

How did we share information? How did we support each other?

I've experimented with this a lot so figured it might be useful to share publicly.

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@AliX__40 @cantinaxyz Insane ser, many congratulations!

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@nandi_prachi @nsitharaman Not defending the high taxes but this isn't entirely true, you pay taxes in tax brackets. Eg. If you earn 23LPA, you pay 30% on the amount that is above 15L which is 8L in this case, 20% for 12-15L and so on. So effectively you pay 16% (3.8L) tax approx on a 23LPA income.

[zzebra83 @zzebra83]

There’s three levels of SR audit prize money.

1. Upgrade to Big Mac combo money.
2. Upgrade to Mac Pro 17 inch money.
3. Upgrade to Maclaren GT turbo 2020 money.

[EBOK @0xebok21]

@0x3b33 @CodeHawks @templedao congrats ser