Adam Cottrell

CTO at @Blocksight
Building institutional-grade digital asset intelligence
Engineering, product & scale

[Adam Cottrell @AdamCottrell_]

@spicenetio Wishing you all the best moving forward 💪

[Spicenet @spicenetio]

Today we're announcing that our co-founder Karthik Pariti is stepping down from his active role at Spicenet.

Karthik laid the foundation for what Spicenet is today. We’re deeply grateful for his work and vision and wish him continued success.

Our co-founder Matt McConnell will continue to lead the company forward, backed by our exceptional team of engineers, designers, and marketers.

We know you’ve been waiting for the first Spice Flow integrations to go live. We’re impatient to start shipping too.

Onward 🌶️

[Adam Cottrell @AdamCottrell_]

@nixcraft Searchmonkey ❤️ ripgrep

[Adam Cottrell @Searchmonkey_]

15 years ago I built SearchMonkey to answer a simple question:

"What's actually on my computer?"

It grew to 250k+ installs.

Then life got in the way.

The project stalled.

The problem didn't.

Today I'm rebuilding it as SearchMonkey III.

Faster. Simpler. Open source.

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

The day before @nordicblock’s #NordicBlockchainConfrence Devon and @AdamCottrell_ attended.

The digital assets round expert series alongside some key voices in #web3.

We were pleased to discover that a lot of the issues involving lack of transparency and retention could be solved by https://t.co/SAl4f9sZNa we are learning, listening, and here to #BUIDL

#AI #web3 #nasa #experts

[Adam Cottrell @AdamCottrell_]

@blocksight_ai @nordicblock Could not agree more - what struck me was how much the Blockchain has grown up now that there are more regulations.

Here at Blocksight we embrace transparency and cannot wait to help banks, institutions and exchanges learn more about their clients.

[Adam Cottrell @AdamCottrell_]

@blocksight_ai @SuperteamNL @colosseum @solana This is huge!

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

June is off to a great start for blocksight!

We are beyond excited to announce one of our founders Devon Martens - has recently joined @SuperteamNL!!!

Devon attended the ideathon before the @colosseum hackathon pitched migrating to @solana and was one the one winners. 🏆

https://t.co/SAl4f9sZNa successfully expanded to Solana and is now a part of @DutchBlockWeek's demo day June 25th.

#Solana #SolanaEcosystem #DutchBlockchainWeek

[Spicenet @spicenetio]

Join us tomorrow at 5pm UTC in conversation with Devon Martens, CTO at @blocksight_ai.

We'll find out how onchain insight can improve DeFi security, examine DeFi security assumptions and discuss how we can ensure our funds are safe longterm.

See you there!

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

70% of on-chain users churn after one interaction. No alert. No warning. No second chance. BlockSight sees it coming weeks early. 🔭 https://t.co/IaWVodcyGp #Web3 #DeFi #AI #Blockchain #ChurnPrediction

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

2/ Here's the core insight behind the Ai we've built: "The Sun's active regions and an application's wallet population are — from a ML perspective - the same problem." 1000's of entities. Continuous multivariate time-series data. Rare but high-consequence events to detect early.

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

6/ This isn't a dashboard. It's a predictive intelligence system built on two decades of peer-reviewed, NASA-funded AI research — now applied to the most data-rich frontier in technology. Others analyze. We act.

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

4/ The AI: ⚡ SVM — segments wallets: power user vs. at-risk, organic vs. bot 🌲 Decision Tree — auditable rules (IF governance votes drop 40% → churn alert) 🧠 MLP — detects hidden behavior patterns 🔭 Deep CNN — scans the entire user graph for networks & coordinated bx

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

3/ At @EthCC, our Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Dr. Petrus C. Martens takes the stage. Petrus spent 20+ years building NASA & NSF-funded AI to forecast solar flares and protect astronauts on the Artemis program. That same predictive engine now powers BlockSight's intelligence.

[Inspira Labs🧪 @InspiraLabsHQ]

$125,000 on the table. The stakes for Inspira Demo Day just leveled up. 🟡

@Yellow Network is officially joining us as a host. They are bringing a $50K grant specifically for a builder who ships on the Yellow SDK, scaling our total reward pool to $125K.

The winner is eligible for up to $50K in grants, subject to Yellow Network's internal due diligence.

Real capital. Direct access to their core team. Real integration.

[Spicenet @spicenetio]

Mainnet is coming with a new behavioral security layer. 🌶️️️️️️

We're integrating @blocksight_ai, a behavioral intelligence platform that runs a 5-model ensemble to profile every wallet that interacts with our escrow contracts, scoring behavior in real time and flagging suspicious activity before it ever touches our liquidity.

In addition to our two audits completed by @Hashlock_ and @PashovAuditGrp, the BlockSight integration ensures Spicenet's security is strong from day 1.

No shortcuts. Just ready.

[Blocksight_AI @blocksight_ai]

1/6 🛰️ Introducing @blocksight_ai — Space-Grade AI. Now On-Chain.

We're making our debut at @EthCC with a talk that will change how you think about blockchain analytics.

"From Space AI to Blockchain" 🧵

👉 https://t.co/ZrUzXNudPw

#BlockSight #EthCC #AI #SpaceAI #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #NeuralNetworks #Web3 #Blockchain #DeFi #Ethereum #Crypto #DeepTech #OnChain #DAO #WalletAnalytics #ChurnPrediction #BehavioralAI #PredictiveAnalytics #DataScience #NASA #Artemis #SWANSF #Web3AI #InstitutionalDeFi #SmartContracts #TokenEconomy #AIAgent #BlockchainAnalytics #Web3Dev

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Now put it to the people
(Parliament Square 19/10/19)

[Adam Cottrell @AdamCottrell_]

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[Adam Cottrell @AdamCottrell_]

@ProfBrianCox I removed all the geoid calculations from my Sat Navcand guess what?

It still works!!!

But here's the funny thing, it only works over a very short distance....

Hmm..Maybe they are approximately right?