I finally have a profile picture that truly captures the spirit of @SeismicSys
I’ve always loved @picklecryptbaby’s art, but this turned out even better than I imagined.
The way they blended Seismic’s aesthetic with my own style is incredible. I love every little detail.
You’re incredibly talented. Thank you so much for all the time and care you put into this 🤎🤎
@heathcliff_eth@xealistt@NoxxW3
Rocky might’ve gone a little overboard with the shopping today. 🛍️
The shopping is the fun part. What really matters is what happens behind the scenes when you pay.
I think that’s exactly what @SeismicSys is focused on. Building the infrastructure that makes payments faster, more secure, and seamless.
@heathcliff_eth@xealistt@NoxxW3
Yesterday’s Builder Hub reminded me once again that strong ecosystems aren’t built overnight.
Every week, builders showcase what they’ve been working on, demo their products, and get feedback from the community. From the outside, it might look like a series of product presentations, but this is exactly how an ecosystem grows over time.
That’s what I like most about Builder Hub. It’s not just a place to showcase products. It’s where ideas are refined through feedback and projects evolve together.
@RialoHQ@RialoTR
Imagine a DeFi protocol.
A user submits a transaction. But have you ever thought about how much of that transaction’s cost is spent on middleware?
You pay the oracle. You pay the keeper. You pay the bridge. You pay the automation service. Different providers, different pricing models, different margins.
The problem is that these services often have limited alternatives, giving providers significant pricing power. Protocols absorb the cost, or pass it on to users.
And the numbers are more extreme than most people realize. Developer surveys suggest middleware fees can wipe out more than 90% of the transaction value for certain operations. Not a rounding error. The actual value of the transaction, gone.
What happens next is predictable.
As transaction costs rise, some actions stop making economic sense. Protocols either charge users more or avoid certain operations altogether. Users leave, demand falls, protocols earn less, and eventually the middleware providers do too.
Everyone loses.
Economists call this deadweight loss. Valuable transactions never happen because the cost of making them outweighs the value they create.
This isn’t a theoretical problem. Developer surveys show that some protocols spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every month integrating and operating middleware services.
Rialo’s approach is to move many of these capabilities into the base layer itself. Instead of stacking multiple middleware fees on top of every transaction, the goal is a single execution cost without the additional middleware overhead.
@RialoHQ@RialoTR