Tyler Spalding

Working on @AcronymFNDN, previously co-founder @FlexaHQ, rockets @NASA, @MIT alum, BUIDLer, whisky maximalist

[Zama @zama]

Confidential DeFi at scale, live today.

Zama is the fastest growing confidentiality protocol for onchain finance.

Today, Zama expands confidential access to 16 curated yield vaults across 5 institutional curators and 5 assets: USDC, USDT, AUSD, WBTC, and tGBP, all deployed on @Morpho.

The same trusted curators and strategies that institutional capital already uses, now with confidential entry.

Alongside the vaults, the Zama Confidential Swap Protocol goes live. Swap between confidential assets without exposing intent or size.

Curated by: Armitage by @wintermute_t, @Bitwise, @flowdesk_co, @RockawayX, @SteakhouseFi

Access: @Morpho, @utila_io, @yield_xyz, @zerion

Incentives: @pendle_fi, @merkl_xyz

With support from: @Tether (USDT), @BitGo (WBTC), @tokenGBP (tGBP), @withAUSD (AUSD)

Shield, send, deposit, earn, and swap, all confidentially at: https://t.co/u8HcSVa8dH

[Anvil 🛠️ @anvil_xyz]

https://t.co/Nqv8afHinO

[Bri Teresi @briteresi]

Why Flexa Co-Founder Tyler Spalding Is Bullish on Zano 👀| Free the Money Ep. 40

@Trspalding is President of the @AcronymFNDN and the former Co-Founder & CEO of @FlexaHQ, a digital payments network. He has been mining and building in crypto since 2011 and has more than 20 years of experience across technology, payments and aerospace, including engineering work with the U.S. Air Force and NASA programs. His work in crypto and Web3 has spanned a number of projects, including @Anvil_xyz and @Spenders_club, with a longstanding focus on payments and bringing digital assets into real-world use.

In this episode, Tyler shares his perspective on what it will actually take for digital assets to become usable money and why privacy is essential for adoption at scale. For the first time publicly, Tyler discusses his longtime support for Zano, what he believes the project has gotten right, and why its approach to privacy and security has positioned it ahead of the curve in preparing for emerging AI threats.

We also discuss stablecoins, private digital dollars, Zano’s Hard Fork 6, cross-chain interoperability & Zcash. Tyler makes the case for Proof of Stake over Proof of Work, including the security risks he sees in PoW networks, and we explore the bigger challenge of moving crypto from something people simply hold to something they can privately and securely spend in the real world.

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Want financial privacy? Check out my favorite privacy coin @zano_project

You can buy Zano seamlessly on MEXC using a VPN, or browse the full list of exchanges where Zano is available here: https://t.co/JBLBJ8WDtG

You can also find educational content, tutorials, and interviews on the official Zano YouTube Channel: https://t.co/DDYOYwjFq0

0:0 Background

2:46 Why Bitcoin Changed Everything for Tyler in 2011

5:48 Stablecoins & Digital Dollars: “Money Is Really Equal to Debt”

10:55 Discovering Zano: Why Tyler Became an Early Supporter

14:12 Why Privacy Is 100% Vital for Crypto Mass Adoption

19:53 Zano Confidential Assets: Bringing Privacy to Bitcoin & Crypto

24:38 Spending Private Zcash in the Real World With Flexa

27:49 Zano Hard Fork 6: Gateway Addresses & Cross-Chain Integration

31:19 Zcash vs. Zano

32:35 Freedom Dollar: The Private Stablecoin Built on Zano

35:56 AI Hacks: The Growing Security Threat to Crypto

39:15 How Proof of Work Vulnerable to a 51% Attack

45:50 Why Proof of Stake Could Be the Future of Crypto

46:34 Digital Spenders Club: Making Crypto Spendable in the Real World

51:38 No KYC: Paying Merchants Directly With Crypto

52:39 Tyler Spalding’s Must-Read Books on Money

54:19 Economic Finality

[SPENDERS CLUB @spenders_club]

SOLANA SUMMER

[SPENDERS CLUB @spenders_club]

SOLANA CARD.

AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SOLANA SUMMER HOUSE.

TOMORROW, AUGUST 29.

[Zano @zano_project]

Hard Fork 6 is LIVE 🔥

Zano just passed block 3,833,000 and yet another huge upgrade is now active on mainnet.

What changes:

🔹 Gateway Addresses are live. Services like exchanges and bridges can now integrate Zano by reading a single account balance, instead of scanning the whole chain and rebuilding it from scattered outputs
🔹 Registration is permissionless. Any service can set one up without asking anyone, and every registration burns 100 $ZANO
🔹 Stronger consensus: tighter validation rules and a more decisive fork-choice rule
🔹 Per-output payment IDs, so services can match deposits to the right account with recipient privacy intact

And what doesn't change: your wallet is exactly as private as it was yesterday. Gateway Addresses are built for services, not for everyday users.

If you haven't updated your wallet yet, do it now at https://t.co/Owl0dihhYd. An old version won't follow the new chain.

The hardest barrier to Zano adoption just came down.

The work now moves to getting exchanges, bridges, and other services actually integrated. That part starts today. 🔒

[Litecoin Foundation ⚡️ @LTCFoundation]

As a non-profit organization, the Litecoin Foundation relies on the generosity of the community. Consider making a donation to help further the development and advancement of Litecoin. Donate today and double your impact! As Charlie Lee will match your gift!! https://t.co/csAXylxHmc

[Theta Blockchain Ventures @ThetaInvest]

Tyler Spalding, President Acronym Foundation, shares his views. Access the full report: https://t.co/nld8eOaI34

The Satellite View is compiled from Theta Capital’s annual Legends4Legends event on blockchain technology and its investment opportunities with the top minds in the industry. The report presents bold predictions from leading experts including many of the crypto-native venture funds Theta invests in, with insights on the blockchain industry, investment opportunities, themes and strategies. Unlike other industry reports, The Satellite View is written by investors for investors, offering exclusive insights from top venture capitalists and founders.

This message is for information and education purpose only.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

RESEARCH: Credit is the biggest market in finance, around $250T owed worldwide. But the cheapest credit only reaches borrowers large enough to cover the fixed cost of securing a loan. Anvil is built to lower that bar.

[Tyler Spalding @trspalding]

@Vladcostea There are still Bitcoin devs?

[Findlay @0xboo]

1/ World, meet Cohort I of the Ethereum Security Subsidy Program. Out of 100+ applicants, here are the 30 projects selected for our first of many cohorts.

Proudly securing @ethereum mainnet together with @ethereumfndn, @nethermind and @chainlinklabs.

[Tyler Spalding @trspalding]

@CL207 Check out the Soviet N1 heavy lift failures from the 1960s.

[Tyler Spalding @trspalding]

@Vladcostea @daily_romania Friend-shaped but not friend.

[Acronym Foundation @AcronymFNDN]

It's almost time for @consensus2026 again this year... https://t.co/uBToTxPuGV is still open, but we're visiting Miami with a new theme.

[Base @base]

ok these jackets go crazy

@spenders_club, we're gonna need more of these

[CoinDesk Podcast Network @CoinDeskPodcast]

Find out how the @acr_nym_fdn used the Anvil Protocol to pay for their Consensus Miami sponsorship:

https://t.co/RPTW6ke9b3

[CoinDesk Podcast Network @CoinDeskPodcast]

President of the Acronym Foundation @trspalding explains how Anvil Protocol is rethinking credit for the crypto-native generation:

“A lot of younger people might not have established credit… they might have crypto.”

“In 10 seconds, I can verify you have the funds to be able to pay for something.”

[VLAD HOSTS THE BEST PODCAST IN BITCOIN @Vladcostea]

Bitcoin Payments, Non-Scammy Altcoins & Bears with @trspalding (Bitcoin Takeover Podcast S17 E2) https://t.co/yNOtqhuZvE

[Billybob65 @Robbieburns65]

Let me show you how to checkout using the new @baseapp and how to secure those last minute gifts at @beallsinc Payments made possible by @FlexaHQ
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