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ceo @helius — Solana RPCs, APIs & data: — cyphercapitalist

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it is not too late to quit your job to help build the future of money, markets, and capitalism with solana

the window for asymmetric upside won't remain forever

I am hiring sr. engineers, BD, and product at @Helius

requirements: optimist. no belief in WLB. winner.

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@zkDragon bro keeps scaling zcash

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@world_xyz wow

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the founding story of america is highly inspirational, I'm surprised more people don't try

if you're thinking of starting a new nation-state, I'm writing cheques

(must be absolute monarchy)

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@BrianMcDonaldIE 😂

[Arjun Khemani @arjunkhemani]

Great post by @Cryptopathic.

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@vukan0x @altitude agreed

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@therealchaseeb lol i thought you were trolling but he did actually just do african studies

greatest city on earth

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@therealchaseeb wow

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@CoinMarketCap This is fake news, it is literally ahead of schedule and already on testnet lmao

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@world_xyz you understand I can delete your deployment from all solana blockspace

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nothing makes me more optimistic crypto than the widespread rise of envy, asset seizures, and communism across the entire west

good luck breaking encryption

come and take it

[America News @AmericaPartyX]

🚨 NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI USES AMERICAS 250TH ANNIVERSARY TO SHARPLY CRITICIZE THE COUNTRY ACCUSING US OF ALLOWING CHILDREN TO GO HUNGRY WHILE BILLIONAIRES GAIN MORE POWER

JUST IN: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani used America’s 250th anniversary to sharply criticize the country, accusing the U.S. of allowing children to go hungry while billionaires and “oligarchs” gain more power.

He said America’s wealth was built by working people with “calloused, dirt-streaked hands" while accusing the country of allowing the wealth built by workers to be concentrated in “the soft hands of a precious few.”

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@tomgordonLD Cc @toly

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@zkDragon pls before aoc is president

[Dev 🧪 @zkDragon]

Formal verification:
- Solves undetectable bugs due to privacy
- Lets us fearlessly optimize

The two biggest risks of ZKP's are gone. We carefully write the spec. Then we have mathematical proof that the circuit achieves the desired goal.

Then we can speed up SNARK's easily

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@ann_droo thanks for giving it a try

cc @owen_venter @guneysol on the score

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> steal from billionaires
> steal from multimillionaires (we are now here)
> steal from millionaires
> steal from everyone

literal fiscal terrorists who cant do anything except villanize the successful to steal their money

come and take it

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

I make the philosophical case for tax fairness and taxing billionaire wealth.

I welcome an argument on the merits for this new social contract.

Read here:
https://t.co/NaIGP43oDq

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@ebfull Thats my quant

[smolting (wassie, verse) @inversebrah]

lmeowww

[Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️ @rstormsf]

The gov't theory in my case isn't about me. It's a template.
Under US v. Storm, "money transmitting" no longer requires custody or control of funds. Publishing code that others use is enough.
Who's in danger:

→ Every maintainer of open-source privacy, messaging, or crypto tools that any bad actor ever touches
→ Every operator of a financial service — DeFi or not — who learns some % of users are illicit and keeps operating. Knowledge alone becomes the crime
→ Every dev of immutable, self-custodial software, held to a duty to "stop" what is technically unstoppable

It's already working as designed. Michael Lewellen finished lawful crowdfunding software and can't publish it. He asked DOJ if he'd be prosecuted. Their answer, in federal court: we "cannot disclaim an intent to prosecute."
Finished code, sitting on a shelf. You don't need to be charged to be silenced.

And SDNY isn't done with me. Prosecutors want to retry me regardless — regardless of the hung counts, regardless of Van Loon, regardless of FinCEN's own guidance.

I've been fighting this for 3+ years. Legal defense at this level costs millions, and I can't do it alone.
If you write code, use privacy tools, or believe publishing software isn't a crime — this is your fight too.
Donate: https://t.co/lx9E4ILDrn
Every retweet helps. Every dollar goes to the defense.