These will be the cheap days of AI. Companies can't recover their investments with current plans
When we try to switch to less expensive Chinese models the US government will block that to protect US consumers which means protect US corporate titans
Crypto redux
@taggaOyl It was a rare opportunity to build with the Oyl team. Thanks for leading the charge.
Alkanes, sandshrew, Oyl AMM, Airheads, subfrost, et al. are complex, beautiful, needed stacks.
Amazing tech. Very impressive ⚡️
The first trustless AMM on Bitcoin is live.
Contracts deployed. Pools running. Built on Alkanes.
What’s live now
• Headless Mainnet contracts live
• Signet UI app for testing → https://t.co/IE9vetumyc
• Docs for builders → https://t.co/ZlsNGlnE8R
Coming soon
• XP checker + $DIESEL claim
• Stablecoin flow (from ETH stables <> bUSD Alkane)
• Partner integrations
• Full Mainnet UI launch
The foundation is here. The rest is yours to create.
see the full announcement → https://t.co/QJ0Wyy1WGy
1/ On Bitcoin programmability:
Over the past year, we’ve seen a quiet but powerful progression on Bitcoin L1.
Ordinals → Runes → (Now) Alkanes
What began as asset expression (NFTs, tokens) is now evolving into a more expressive, app-based primitive.
Insights🧵👇
In April, the SEC issued a Wells notice claiming that Uniswap Labs operated as an unregistered broker, operated an exchange, and issued an unregistered security
As of yesterday, that investigation has officially been closed, and the SEC is taking no enforcement action
This is a huge win for DeFi and reaffirms what we’ve always known – that the technology we build is on the right side of the law, and our work is on the right side of history 🦄
Bitcoin's mempool is totally clear.
Four of the last five blocks were not filled, and transaction fees are ~1 sat/vB or less.
24/7, cheap, instant, global, final settlement.
Today, we’re introducing ALKANES, a metaprotocol that brings smart contracts to Bitcoin L1.
Built on the foundation of Runes and inspired by the incredible work of Casey, Domo, and others, ALKANES marks the next experiment in Bitcoin’s evolution.
With ALKANES, developers can deploy trustless, fully on-chain applications using UTXOs and WebAssembly. It’s designed to enable programmable assets, tokenomics, and decentralized applications—all secured by Bitcoin.
ALKANES is open, permissionless, and built for flexibility. Its unopinionated design gives developers the freedom to define custom rules for distribution, tokenomics, onchain incentives, and decentralized applications
Some of the initial projects building on ALKANES include:
🟧 an AMM by @oylwallet
🟧 BTC staking derivatives by @SUBFROSTio
🟧 MEV tools + mempool protection by @RebarLabs
🟧 Bitcoin-backed stablecoins by @BoundUSD
🟧 Trustless zk bridge supported by @Starknet + @karnotxyz
This is early-stage software, but the foundation is here. Developers can get started today with open access to the indexer, ALKANES RPC, and the OYL SDK. Dive into the docs to learn more and start building.
https://t.co/fzRoY1Zmp6
Crazy race to the finish here but block 880000 was indexed and there is now a WASM runner on Bitcoin ...
Projects to look out for coming up:
+ The OYL protocol AMM @oylwallet
+ @SUBFROSTio L0 interop for native BTC DeFi
+ Explorer
+ Stables
+ Orbitals NFTs
Let's have fun.