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[Oleg Fomenko @oleg_dl]

Wondering why each project wants to maximize the abstraction level of the Lightning Network, preventing the user from controlling their node.

Of course, running a self-hosted node can be complicated (I don't do it either), but even within the Lightning-as-a-Service paradigm, I want to be able to create channels, customize my invoices, configure payments, etc.

Many wallets don't allow this. Many of them have shitty UI/UX. Many of them I haven't seen yet.

So, I've built my own open-source Lightning wallet powered by the Greenlight backend.

[BookNote @BookNoteApp]

5 books for high agency people:

1) The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming

'lectures on effective thinking'

[Stacy Muur @stacy_muur]

https://t.co/bcrWa5KPPq

[PyQuant News 🐍 @pyquantnews]

Stop asking AI to summarise.

Do this instead:

1. Extract Strategic Insights

"Act like a strategy consultant. Identify the 5 most valuable insights and explain what decisions each one informs."

AI becomes your McKinsey analyst.

2. Turn Information Into Action

"Translate this into a 5-step plan with clear owners, quick wins, and measurable results."

AI becomes your project manager.

3. Surface Hidden Assumptions

"Reveal the unstated assumptions or blind spots shaping this argument - and what changes if they're wrong."

AI becomes your devil's advocate.

4. Compare Opposing Views

"Map this idea against two competing perspectives. Show where they align, where they differ, and which context fits each."

AI becomes your debate moderator.

5. Distil for a Specific Role

"Filter this through the lens of a [role]:

- Marketer → What drives reach or conversion

- Founder → What affects cash flow or growth

- Analyst → What changes the metrics"

AI becomes your specialist advisor.

6. Build a Reusable Model

"Extract the repeatable framework hidden in this text. Label each stage, its input, and output."

AI becomes your systems architect.

7. Extract Contrarian Takeaways

"Find insights that would challenge smart peers - still credible, but unexpected. Write each as a sharp one-liner."

AI becomes your thought provocateur.

8. Identify Leverage Points

"Highlight the 3 leverage points where small actions could create outsized results. Explain why each one matters."

AI becomes your force multiplier.

Most people use 5% of AI's capability.

These prompts unlock the other 95%.

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[Blockchainer @blockchainerman]

Happy New Year

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

@jasonrosenthal @AriannaSimpson @helenjstoddard @Tim_Org @EMinSF @guywuolletjr @stephbzinn @zcabrams @justinblau @blauyourmind @sreeramkannan @benleventhal @RyanOuyang_ @PrimordialAA @HilmarVeigar @pplpleasr1 Find the full list here: https://t.co/MFSOTnR09b

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

Books we’re reading this winter 2025.

⤵️

[0xJeff @0xJeff]

2025 is the year where I started

> Investing in Defi opportunities using agents
> Trading perps with AI analysis, entry setup, and TP/SL setups
> Spending IRL using crypto tokens and stablecoins via crypto cards
> Playing around with ML predictive signals in prediction markets
> Using AI as research assistant, helping me understand new concepts
> Paying more $$$ for AI subscriptions

2026 will be the year where I'll be able to

> Leave majority of my portfolio for AI to invest in Defi strats
> Leave large amount of capital w/ perp agents w/o worries
> Spend IRL + on/off-ramp easily across the world, no more virtual acct
> Let ML systems predict for me in prediction markets
> Delegate tasks to my research assistant and get personalized outputs
> Hopefully pay less or the same amount of $$$ due to cheaper inference

[Ethereum @ethereum]

Today @jpmorgan, the world's largest bank by market cap per @WSJ, announced they're launching their first ever tokenized money market fund—MONY—on Ethereum.

The firm is seeding the fund with $100M of its own capital before opening to outside investors on Tuesday.

[Giuliano @Giuliano_Mana]

The reason behind each pick:

- Poor Charlie's Almanack.
The other day, a friend asked me for a book recommendations that would "rewire his brain." This is the only book I could think of that changes your thinking on so many levels.

- Guns, Germs and Steel.
We are largely ignorant about what has happened before us. This book gives you a fantastic framework for the past 10,000 years. How things played out.

- 1984.
Winston remains sane in a world full of craziness. Thinking is banned. Reading and writing are prohibited. Humanness is forbidden.

- Deep Simplicity.
The most complex systems are rooted in deep simplicity. Whenever you see something crazy complex (DNA, biological matter, the motion of bodies), it's always a few things interacting with one another and compounding over time.

- The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.
You can have fun by just thinking. Careful with pseudoscience. Beautiful takes on things.

- From Third World to First.
"Study the life of Lee Kuan Yew, you'll be flabbergasted" - Munger

- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance.
This book gives you a better understanding of deep human emotions, archetypes of people, what an obsession over knowledge can do to you, and you get a better grasp of things that you sense but can't fingerpoint.

- The Wealth of Nations OR the Origin of Species.
From any of these two, you'll get what it feels like to read an intellectually honest and curious individual. Someone who really writes to get to truth and advance civilization. + in both you get a great understanding of economics or evolutionary biology.

- The Prince.
I read this over 2 years ago but it's still top of mind. Deep insights into politics, trends in society, and how a 'wise prince should act'. It's fascinating because, for each insight, Machiavelli provides a historical example.

- Leonardo Da Vinci.
You don't realize how far extremely talented people can get if they also put time to it. The other idea is that, while some might write or just think, Da Vinci drew.

- The Brothers Karamazov.
No other author speaks to your soul as Dostoevsky does. What rationality can do to you, what goodness is about (or not?), and what does everything mean.

- Built from Scratch.
"How a couple of regular guys built a $380bn company." What business is about (customer satisfaction). You're only in business as long as you serve your customers well.

[Om Patel @om_patel5]

here is a list of all startup accelerators you can apply to right now:

- a16z Speedrun ($750k–$1M for ~7–10%)
- Y Combinator ($500k for ~7%)
- Pioneer ($20k for 1%)
- LAUNCH ($125k for 6–7%)
- The Mint ($500k for 10%)
- AngelPad ($120k for 7%)
- Techstars ($220k for ~5–7%)
- 500 Global ($112.5k for 6%)
- Entrepreneur First ($250k for ~9%)
- South Park Commons ($400k for 7% + $600k guaranteed follow-on)
- HFO Residency ($1M uncapped for 5% or $500k uncapped + 3%)
- NEO ($600k via uncapped SAFE with $10M floor valuation)
- Sequoia Arc ($1M)
- PearX ($250k–$2M)
- Betaworks AI Camp ($500k)
- Greylock Edge (SAFE note + $500k+ in credits)
- Conviction Embed ($150k uncapped MFN SAFE)
- OpenAI Converge ($1M equity investment)
- Startup Wise Guys (up to €65k for equity)
- APX (up to €500k, typically €50k for 5%)
- Founders Fellowship ($150k for 5–10%)
- Seedcamp (€100k–€200k for 7–7.5%)
- Antler (€100k for 10% + stipend)
- Google for Startups (up to $100k)Accel Atoms (up to $500k–$1M)
- AI Grant ($250k uncapped)
- AI2 Incubator ($50k–$150k)Afore Capital ($100k–$500k)
- Berkeley SkyDeck ($200k)
- Soma Capital ($100k)
- Founder Institute (equity-based program with undisclosed funding)
- Boost VC (up to $500k for 15%)
- Antler ($200k–$250k for 8–9%)

[Anchorage Digital ⚓️ @Anchorage]

A meaningful expansion of Anchorage Digital’s wealth management offering:

Anchorage Digital has acquired the Securitize for Advisors business unit from @Securitize, expanding our wealth management capabilities with SFA’s platform, vision, and team.

[Quant Science @quantscience_]

*Using Mathematics to Make Money* by legend Jim Simons.

8 page PDF free for download:

[AI Breakfast @AiBreakfast]

ElevenLabs has officially LOST to Open-Source

ResembleAI allows you to clone ANY voice without verification using on 5-10 seconds of audio, and dominates on paralinguistic tags for human-like expressions.

Most "fast" text-to-speech models sound robotic. Most "quality" TTS models are slow. None incorporate authentication at a foundational level. @resembleai solved all three.

Chatterbox Turbo delivers:

🟢<150ms time-to-first-sound
🟢State-of-the-art quality that beats larger proprietary models
🟢Natural, programmable expressions
🟢Zero-shot voice cloning with just 5 seconds of audio
🟢PerTh watermarking for authenticated and verifiable audio
🟢Open source – full transparency, no black boxes

Try it on HuggingFace: https://t.co/cPXPQyPrRN

[ZK Hack @__zkhack__]

You will learn the basics of ZK after reading this thread.

[nic carter @nic_carter]

https://t.co/j7OZyqsTcx

[Blockchainer @blockchainerman]

It seems that Porsche Montpellier &amp; Lamborghini Bordeaux have started accepting cryptocurrency, with tokens being converted into euros immediately.

[Blockstream @Blockstream]

New from @blksresearch: Cryptography Lead @n1ckler and @kudinov_mikhail analyze post-quantum signature schemes optimized for Bitcoin.

Signature sizes reduced to ~3-4KB, practical for on-chain use, while building on hash functions Bitcoin already trusts.
https://t.co/mYeWU6WY3G

[ilemi @andrewhong5297]

Navigating relationships between contracts has always been way too hard and slow (dozens of tabs and chats).

Not anymore, with the Herd contract visualizer - take any contract/transaction page and click "visualize" to see all the function and variable relationships.