Chris Ries

dog dad. privacy, post quantum and mev at @circle. 2x founder. views are my own

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

Excited to announce that I have joined @circle to lead privacy and mev products on @arc.

Privacy is largely understood design space. Cryptography has been around for thousands of years (used in Ancient Mesopotamia to hide trade secrets) and is what secures your crypto assets today.

In the context of embedding privacy functionality (encrypted transaction details, balances, etc.) on layer one blockchains, it's a largely under explored area.

In more ways than not, MEV is complimentary to privacy. If implemented correctly it mitigates value destroyed (via bad mev) and helps ensure a healthy ecosystem (via good mev).

Tackling these 0 to 1 products will be a challenging but very rewarding experience.

I've worked with Circle in various capacities over the years, so it feels like a coming home moment for me.

Shout out to all of the incredible people that I get to work with every day @0xrachelita @sterlingba @blockjain @AdiSeredinschi

[Jeremy Allaire - jerallaire.arc @jerallaire]

We're building a full-stack internet platform business @circle

Great chat with @andrewrsorkin on @SquawkCNBC this morning.

https://t.co/HSrWtBK2sp

[Vik @vivaldi0x]

We built the first app that lets you travel the world by saving money

Credit cards give you points for spending

Symphony rewards you with points for saving

Earn a fixed 5% APY, plus points transferable to the largest airlines and hotels

Let your savings take you places

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@vivaldi0x congrats on the great launch @vivaldi0x

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

Privacy without breaking composability.

Imagine that.

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

Agents will always opt into transacting on high performance distributed blockchains with native privacy.

We’re unveiling a new type of execution environment and I can’t wait to tell you more about it.

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

Correlation != causation

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Apollo’s Chief Economist: Zero Evidence of AI-Related Job Losses

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@uttam_singhk David hitting the timeline with soft FUD after years of being a stalwart advocate is a bad sign and shows just how disconnected the network custodians/vision is from the broad user base

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

If you’re a privacy maxi, I can assure you that there will be a ton of great insights shared on this panel

[OKX Ventures @OKX_Ventures]

Privacy Unlocked: Crypto's Next Frontier for Institutions, Retail & AI

In this institution led cycle, privacy is emerging as one of the real catalysts for mass adoption of onchain finance. For retail, it's quickly becoming the default feature. Meanwhile, the AI & privacy wave hints at an entirely new class of use cases just ahead.

🎯 Why privacy is the driver of the next wave of onchain apps
🏛️ Compliant privacy & institutional use cases
🤖 Where AI × privacy intersect
🔧 The real bottlenecks of embedding privacy across different product layers

🗓️ Date: June 3, 9 PM HKT / 9 AM ET

🎙️ Featuring:
@sergey_nog (@arc)
@yrschrade (@Arcium)
@randhindi (@zama)

hosted by @_RayXiao

Set your reminder below! 👇 https://t.co/0VHuaTXZDZ

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@octal Central Market is much better tbh

[Arc @arc]

Quantum computing introduces long-term risk for digital infrastructure, from wallet signatures to validator integrity and more.

Circle’s post-quantum whitepaper explores Arc’s phased approach to resilience across:

→ USDC
→ Smart contracts
→ Validators
→ Infrastructure systems

Planning for long-term security and institutional adoption.

https://t.co/Kt8d1aPIKz

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@0xrachelita 🚀🚀🚀

[Rachel Mayer @0xrachelita]

Aave, welcome to Arc

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@X One post could change your life

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@jainarvind @mamoonha @glean Great product. I use it everyday

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@TPWDparks It’s great that Texas is buying back land and opening it up for its residents

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@WalkerATX Good morning 🤠

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

This true for any existing L1 blockchain. The tech debt to transition to PQ secure wallet and validator signatures is brutal so I’d imagine that chains want to push this off as long as possible. User and ecosystem migrations take time, so imo it’s better to chew glass now than later.

[Mikli @CryptoMikli]

Nic Carter says Solana will need to be completely rebuilt to survive quantum computing

“It’s gonna be tricky for Solana because they’re highly optimized around some variant of elliptic curves. They’re optimized at the hardware level. The whole concept of Solana is that there’s a ton of throughput”

“It’s not that they can’t survive the transition, and to their credit, I see Solana leadership talking about it. They’ve been very proactive about it. They acknowledge the transition will happen. It’s just gonna be a really annoying rebuild for them”

“When it’s all said and done, maybe they’re using lattice-based cryptography. If I had to guess, that’s what they will do, but it’s gonna be slower. Their throughput might go down, and that’s kind of like the whole point of Solana, is throughput”

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

Life is a pursuit of repeatedly asking why and better informing your world view

[Rachel Mayer @0xrachelita]

iOS didn't replace the phone, it gave every developer on earth the same platform to build on.

Arc does that for money.

[Gagan Mac @gaganmac]

We're working more with startups more deeply than ever before. There's a lot of opportunity emerging to build high-quality financial experiences with global reach using stablecoin infra. Reach out if you think we can help at @BuildOnCircle and @arc

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

@0xqowiyy No it’s not. Please report.

[Chris Ries @chrisries]

Arc Privacy will have both

[Ali Yahya @alive_]

Privacy in crypto will win in two forms:

1. Private money — encrypted assets

2. Private computation — encrypted smart contracts

The second category is especially important for institutions because each one of them has its own idiosyncratic requirements—bespoke business logic, compliance rules, etc.

For them, providing privacy to their users isn’t as simple as just encrypting everything. They need to be able to encode who can see what and under which conditions.

That means privacy cannot just be binary. It must be programmable.