Ethan | Quantus

Rustacean 🦀 recovering from iron overload 🧲| 1st Cohort Network School Admit @ns | Previously engineering @ezklxyz now @quantusnetwork

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

Last year, I received a @nucleusgenomics DNA test kit as a gift from @KianSadeghi5 to all @balaji Network School v1 members—a gift that would ultimately change my life.

When the results arrived last Monday, I discovered I was at a very high risk for a condition I’d never even heard of—Hereditary Hemochromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes the body to absorb too much iron, leading to dangerous iron overload. https://t.co/Ebw1iNOzdC

For the past five years, I battled inexplicable chronic fatigue and worsening brain fog. I consulted countless doctors, all of whom failed to identify the root cause of my symptoms—and some even dismissed my concerns.

Two years ago, I lost hope.

I resigned myself to the end of the healthy version of myself:

• 11 hours of bed rest each day
• Dependence on stimulant medications just to clear my brain fog
• Longer recovery times from even light workouts
• A constant struggle with unexplained aches (especially hands), depression, anxiety and limited energy for daily life.

But on the morning of March 10th, as I logged into my @nucleusgenomics account and reviewed the results, hope surged back. I dropped everything, researched the condition, scheduled an appointment with my GP, and followed up with a full iron panel. My blood iron saturation came back at 96%—double the reference range upper bound (20%-48%)—confirming significant iron overload.

If it hadn't been for this DNA test, I fear it would have taken much longer to identify the underlying issue, potentially leading to further organ damage from the accumulating iron. Undiagnosed Hereditary Hemochromatosis can result in serious complications such as liver disease, heart problems, diabetes and ultimately failure of vital organs.

I’m sharing my story not for sympathy, but to reach others who’ve been struggling with unexplained symptoms and a hidden genetic disorder. If you feel lost, know that answers might be closer than you think.

[Quantus @QuantusNetwork]

New pod

Post-Quantum zero-knowledge proofs with @ethan_t_c_ and @YuviLightman

Scaling & Privacy

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:34 Comparing ZK libraries
03:09 PQC, hashes vs. elliptic curves
04:12 Proof recursion with public and private inputs
05:07 Prover and verifier dynamics
09:54 Compressing verification with aggregated proofs
11:14 The wormhole technique
13:11 Cryptographically unspendable addresses
15:00 ZK-friendly hash functions
18:56 Preventing double spends
20:39 Anchoring circuit inputs to block hash data
22:54 Dual-layer aggregation

[Yuvi Lightman | Quantus @YuviLightman]

@drakefjustin @tcoratger Check out our rusty crystals library, audited by @Neodyme, supports dilithium signatures, hd wallets and soon threshold signatures

https://t.co/25UZdRTaZZ

[Quantus @QuantusNetwork]

We've completed a security audit of Rusty Crystals with @Neodyme .

Rusty Crystals is our NIST Level 5 quantum secure Dilithium (ML-DSA-87) signature library (with full HD wallet support.)

All issues resolved.

The audit was led by Ruben Gonzalez, PhD in post-quantum cryptography.

Dr. Gonzalez's PhD advisor was Peter Schwabe, co-author of Dilithium.

Dilithium is the lattice-based digital signature scheme we've built @QuantusNetwork on.

[Koby Conrad 🌻 @kobyjconrad]

i turned 32 today 🌻

- gf wayyy out of my league
- company just hit $1M run-rate
- raised $4M
- 51% "very disappointed" superhuman PMF score
- signed SF HQ
- team of 15 ppl

plz forgive my birthday twitter flex, i had none of this last year

[Quantus @QuantusNetwork]

Quant 'uh' Lisa

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@henlojseam Sorry about that.

[Grant Brewster @grant_brewster]

Use @hellogoodlabs and get blood work done at the same time… for free :)

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@yifever @henlojseam 😊😊

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@GalloDaSballo Congrats 🍾

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@henlojseam What about the Flynn effect? 🤔

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@optimizoor @lofieth Nice

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

We love to see it 🤤

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@peterpisarz I still have trauma from using it during my days as a full stack dev during the pre LLM era in early 2022…

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

I've recently doubled my creatine & halved my coffee intake.

I've noticed significant benefits to my cognition.

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@henlojseam Nice. Don’t want to neglect zone 2 work though either!

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@disk0x @nucleusgenomics @KianSadeghi5 @balaji Saving lives by donating 🩸

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

Last year, I received a @nucleusgenomics DNA test kit as a gift from @KianSadeghi5 to all @balaji Network School v1 members—a gift that would ultimately change my life.

When the results arrived last Monday, I discovered I was at a very high risk for a condition I’d never even heard of—Hereditary Hemochromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes the body to absorb too much iron, leading to dangerous iron overload. https://t.co/Ebw1iNOzdC

For the past five years, I battled inexplicable chronic fatigue and worsening brain fog. I consulted countless doctors, all of whom failed to identify the root cause of my symptoms—and some even dismissed my concerns.

Two years ago, I lost hope.

I resigned myself to the end of the healthy version of myself:

• 11 hours of bed rest each day
• Dependence on stimulant medications just to clear my brain fog
• Longer recovery times from even light workouts
• A constant struggle with unexplained aches (especially hands), depression, anxiety and limited energy for daily life.

But on the morning of March 10th, as I logged into my @nucleusgenomics account and reviewed the results, hope surged back. I dropped everything, researched the condition, scheduled an appointment with my GP, and followed up with a full iron panel. My blood iron saturation came back at 96%—double the reference range upper bound (20%-48%)—confirming significant iron overload.

If it hadn't been for this DNA test, I fear it would have taken much longer to identify the underlying issue, potentially leading to further organ damage from the accumulating iron. Undiagnosed Hereditary Hemochromatosis can result in serious complications such as liver disease, heart problems, diabetes and ultimately failure of vital organs.

I’m sharing my story not for sympathy, but to reach others who’ve been struggling with unexplained symptoms and a hidden genetic disorder. If you feel lost, know that answers might be closer than you think.

[Balaji @balajis]

We provided privacy-preserving, opt-in genome sequencing via @nucleusgenomics to members of Network School.

Ethan found out the brain fog he’d had for years was actually due to undiagnosed hereditary hemochromatosis.

Now he’s back on track.
Better living through biotech. 💪

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@optimizoor Next time I am in Singapore let's get a workout in together 💪

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@TobinSouth Congrats dude :)

[Ethan | Quantus @ethan_t_c_]

@CamutoDante Wow. Where is this?