azeem

Cofounder @0xMiden l Contributor @ForbesCrypto

[azeem @azeemk]

The news is out! Couldn't be more excited to announce that I'm back in the ring as a builder. Coming on as a co-founder to @0xMiden with our $25M seed fundraise being co-led by @a16zcrypto , @1kxnetwork , and @hack_vc .

I spoke to what must have been over a 100 projects in the past few months, but nothing came close to being nearly as exciting as what this team is building.

My co-founder @bobbinth is genuinely the most impressive person I've met in Web3 in the 13 years I've spent in this space. And this is no exaggeration. Brilliant, humble, and hustles like no other.

Vitalik brought him into Web3 and got him working at the EF years ago on zk, then he went to Meta where he led the zk team, and is a Polygon cofounder as well. When I say the most impressive, I mean it.

Privacy, scalability, and decentralization, with the ability to offer compliance. That's what separates Miden from just another blockchain. And we're going to be bringing institutions on chain with this.

If you're a builder in this space, I'd love to hear from you. My DMs are open.

[Miden @0xMiden]

@0xPolygon Our seed round was co-led by @a16zcrypto, @1kxnetwork, and @hack_vc.

[azeem @azeemk]

@imyoungsparks Young Money Cash Money Secretaries.

[Quantus @QuantusNetwork]

Keep it secret. Keep it safe.

@azeemk and @SebastienGllmt on why privacy has shifted from a fringe idea to an institutional requirement, and what it takes to build private systems for a post-quantum world.

Here’s their full conversation from Quantum & Privacy Day.

[mashal @arlery]

We celebrated @davidzmorris's new documentary on @rstormsf's trial this week. Can't wait for you all to hear David's docu/podcast series in a few months. It's incredible to see the outcome, after his participation in our @OctantApp Epoch 9 last year.

Loved seeing so many friends from media at the event, and especially non-crypto media show up. This trial needs visibility and a lot more attention. Roman will go to trial in April again. Writing code is not a crime. Wanting privacy should not be a crime.

[Nikhil Raghuveera @pumpernikhil]

Some @0xMiden coded reading

[azeem @azeemk]

Two of the best in the business having a conversation is always great for the timeline.

The Index is a much needed new media platform in a space where the larger companies have bought out the majority of the others in the space. And it brings a much needed degree of humanity to things as well, which tends to be missing in this space.

[azeem @azeemk]

@NerdAtCoolTable He need to be on his cardio before that so he not out of breath again like the Roots Picnic.

[azeem @azeemk]

@tonyolendo Brother Abdullah 😂😂😂

[azeem @azeemk]

@ClaireMa12 Very cool!

[azeem @azeemk]

@AngieMKTmom 🔥🔥

[azeem @azeemk]

@SmokeyTheBera Been thinking a lot about exactly this bro.

[azeem @azeemk]

@clairekart @Rivian @3rddimensionai @tolgakart Congrats!! That’s awesome.

[USC VanEck Digital Assets Initiative @USC_VEDA]

Session III at last week's Regulatory PETshop II went looking for the places where privacy breaks down in agentic commerce, and what privacy infrastructure is needed to hold it together as agents start to transact on our behalf.

Our lead discussants Yaya Jata Fanusie @SignCurve (@AleoHQ ) and Cody Wood (@worldnetwork ) opened the conversation, and Cody brought a live demo to the room: the World Orb, the iris-scanning device built by Tools for Humanity. The Orb verifies that a person is a unique human and issues a World ID that lives on the person's phone, with the aim of proving "human" without revealing who someone is. It made the privacy-versus-proof-of-personhood tradeoffs very tangible for everyone in the room.

They were joined by Azeem Khan @azeemk (@0xMiden ), Caroline Hill (@circle / Arc), and @JayCStanley (@ACLU ) bringing perspectives from blockchain privacy technology, stablecoin and payments infrastructure, and civil liberties.

Huge thanks to DC Fintech Week and The Fintech Foundation (@fintechthinksdc) for partnering with us, and to our sponsors NEAR (@NEARProtocol), SVRN (@svrn_ai) and Openreserve (@openreservebank) for making Regulatory PETshop II possible.

For event details: https://t.co/1hB649uYYi

[azeem @azeemk]

@Sempoxyz @0xMiden Excited to be partnering with you bro!

[azeem @azeemk]

@lwsnbaker @a16z @KyleSamani @multicoin Fully agree w you

[azeem @azeemk]

@AWengroff @money2020 @Ledger Was cool hearing about some of the things like Agent yesterday on the panel!

[Blockchain Capital @bcap]

Crypto tools are complex and marketers work to simplify the jargon around them. At @money2020, our GP @_kinjalbshah discussed the gap between the product you build and the product you market alongside @AWengroff @Ledger, Roselynn Chang @arcus_xyz, @azeemk @0xMiden, and @BLR13.

[azeem @azeemk]

@DeFi_Pop @Yellow Excited to see what’s next for you. I’m sure it’s onto bigger and better things.

Was a pleasure finally getting the chance to meet in Singapore as well.

[azeem @azeemk]

@a16zfrontier Very nice!

Honestly, this is a welcome evolution. Crypto is part of everything now unlike in the past.

[azeem @azeemk]

@benhwx @BFVegas AK47 had the most kickback for sure. Especially once it was on fully auto settings. Had to do burst fire at 2-3 bullets per trigger pull.

[azeem @azeemk]

When in Vegas, make sure to shoot an MP5, Uzi, M4, and AK47 on fully automatic settings..