Future Us

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@FurureUsHEX is not "Verified" — except that it is (was?). When I try to "upgrade" it says, "Sorry something went wrong. Msg @premium for help." When I try that, it says I have to be verified to msg@premium! LMAO #fail

This is case for mind over matter. If I don't mind, it doesn't matter.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@HexTrue @MetaMaskSupport The only practical solution is to ditch Metamask entirely and use something else.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@HexTrue @MetaMaskSupport This is a Metamask bug. They are now lblocking every token hard-forked from Ethereum to another chain. AFAIK, Pulsechain is the only such chain. So, they have plausible deniability as far as being dicks about it. No way to know.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@hexitalian @Tangem OPINION: Pulsechain is a minimally viable product with self imposed restrictions created by rigid decentralization policies. Paradoxically, if Richard's https://t.co/gygQUShl24 $! went away, many (poorly written?) dApps would break—even with your own node. It's a private stack.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@hexitalian @Tangem I wrote https://t.co/zghfXd3bbI from scratch and gifted it to MatiALLin to host. No source code for https://t.co/R3T72YJNd8 or https://t.co/jW0F5NwF0M has ever been made public. The official stuff is hosted over IPFS with a more strictly "decentralized" focus, hence slow.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@PulseProveX HELL NO

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@JIMMYEDGAR LOL! What a load of @#$! BS. What next, magic healing stones? I'll sell you a box of them for cheap!

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@EchoRadios @GULLYBULL64 But only if the extra $100/yr international add-on is paid in US dollars, to the US company, right?

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

This Ad shows up for users outside the USA or Canada, which are the only two places the radios and infrastructure plan are available. They would be dead weight if delivered elsewhere.

[Echo Radios @EchoRadios]

$1.66/month for nationwide communication.

No contracts. No data backup. No tracking.

Too good? It's real.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@MatiAllin @TantoNomini Me too!

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@TantoNomini Document Not Found as at 2026-02-05 08:20 UTC

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

The Market God has spoken. Pulsechain is NOT a Layer 2 and it is NOT an Ethereum scaling solution. Who knew?

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

There have recently been some discussions on the ongoing role of L2s in the Ethereum ecosystem, especially in the face of two facts:

* L2s' progress to stage 2 (and, secondarily, on interop) has been far slower and more difficult than originally expected
* L1 itself is scaling, fees are very low, and gaslimits are projected to increase greatly in 2026

Both of these facts, for their own separate reasons, mean that the original vision of L2s and their role in Ethereum no longer makes sense, and we need a new path.

First, let us recap the original vision. Ethereum needs to scale. The definition of "Ethereum scaling" is the existence of large quantities of block space that is backed by the full faith and credit of Ethereum - that is, block space where, if you do things (including with ETH) inside that block space, your activities are guaranteed to be valid, uncensored, unreverted, untouched, as long as Ethereum itself functions. If you create a 10000 TPS EVM where its connection to L1 is mediated by a multisig bridge, then you are not scaling Ethereum.

This vision no longer makes sense. L1 does not need L2s to be "branded shards", because L1 is itself scaling. And L2s are not able or willing to satisfy the properties that a true "branded shard" would require. I've even seen at least one explicitly saying that they may never want to go beyond stage 1, not just for technical reasons around ZK-EVM safety, but also because their customers' regulatory needs require them to have ultimate control. This may be doing the right thing for your customers. But it should be obvious that if you are doing this, then you are not "scaling Ethereum" in the sense meant by the rollup-centric roadmap. But that's fine! it's fine because Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on L1, with large planned increases to its gas limit this year and the years ahead.

We should stop thinking about L2s as literally being "branded shards" of Ethereum, with the social status and responsibilities that this entails. Instead, we can think of L2s as being a full spectrum, which includes both chains backed by the full faith and credit of Ethereum with various unique properties (eg. not just EVM), as well as a whole array of options at different levels of connection to Ethereum, that each person (or bot) is free to care about or not care about depending on their needs.

What would I do today if I were an L2?

* Identify a value add other than "scaling". Examples: (i) non-EVM specialized features/VMs around privacy, (ii) efficiency specialized around a particular application, (iii) truly extreme levels of scaling that even a greatly expanded L1 will not do, (iv) a totally different design for non-financial applications, eg. social, identity, AI, (v) ultra-low-latency and other sequencing properties, (vi) maybe built-in oracles or decentralized dispute resolution or other "non-computationally-verifiable" features
* Be stage 1 at the minimum (otherwise you really are just a separate L1 with a bridge, and you should just call yourself that) if you're doing things with ETH or other ethereum-issued assets
* Support maximum interoperability with Ethereum, though this will differ for each one (eg. what if you're not EVM, or even not financial?)

From Ethereum's side, over the past few months I've become more convinced of the value of the native rollup precompile, particuarly once we have enshrined ZK-EVM proofs that we need anyway to scale L1. This is a precompile that verifies a ZK-EVM proof, and it's "part of Ethereum", so (i) it auto-upgrades along with Ethereum, and (ii) if the precompile has a bug, Ethereum will hard-fork to fix the bug.

The native rollup precompile would make full, security-council-free, EVM verification accessible. We should spend much more time working out how to design it in such a way that if your L2 is "EVM plus other stuff", then the native rollup precompile would verify the EVM, and you only have to bring your own prover for the "other stuff" (eg. Stylus). This might involve a canonical way of exposing a lookup table between contract call inputs and outputs, and letting you provide your own values to the lookup table (that you would prove separately).

This would make it easy to have safe, strong, trustless interoperability with Ethereum. It also enables synchronous composability (see: https://t.co/9jy6v1X6Fw and https://t.co/gZmu3YjebM ). And from there, it's each L2's choice exactly what they want to build. Don't just "extend L1", figure out something new to add.

This of course means that some will add things that are trust-dependent, or backdoored, or otherwise insecure; this is unavoidable in a permissionless ecosystem where developers have freedom. Our job should make to make it clear to users what guarantees they have, and to build up the strongest Ethereum that we can.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@VitalikButerin L2s with trust issues? Who ever heard of such a thing? Only every single one of them, right? Single validator/sequencer and such. \o/

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@MatiAllin @World_Insights1 @grok Right?! :P

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

A'men!

[HEXscout @hexscout]

We are discontinuing operation of the HEXscout DApp. A transfer to interested third parties may be possible in principle.

This decision is not related to current market conditions or price performance. It is based solely on the absence of substantive and strategic alignment with the current ecosystem management and the resulting lack of sufficient orientation for continued involvement, @RichardHeartWin.

Feedback and proposals regarding the structural and operational development of the ecosystem were submitted repeatedly and in substantive form (https://t.co/6LGYgZeoSP). No material consideration followed. Under these circumstances, we see no basis for continued support.

The withdrawal of a significant altruistic contributor may be interpreted as an indicator that the current development path is not sustainable in key areas. Whether this leads to meaningful adjustment or further development remains to be seen.

Should a clear and structurally professional direction emerge in the future that provides renewed orientation and a reliable perspective for committed supporters, we expressly reserve the right to reassess our involvement.

We thank all users of the HexScout DApp and all those who supported our onboarding efforts. ❤️🙏

Our withdrawal should not be understood as a rejection of the ecosystem as a whole, but as a consequence of the current conditions.
Green god candles may already be sufficient for many, but they are not what motivated our work. Temporary god candles, in fact, require only a single actor. If the foundation is primarily based on this dynamic, the cost will be recurring outcomes that ultimately mean one thing above all else: evaporated exit liquidity.

May this serve, in the end, as a learning experience for all of us who are holders and who placed our trust in @RichardHeartWin, and may the ecosystem ultimately emerge strengthened in a sustainable way.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@hexscout We have ALL had the same experience with "that guy". Screw him. Enough is enough. Thanks sincerely for all you've done. I admire how long you were able to stick it out, given the circumstances. All that work an dnow what? I feel your pain.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

Anyone wanna lay bets as to when @RichardHeartWin will finally realize that he's royally screwed himself and the entire ship we built for him? I support @hexscout. RH has lost the plot ... and then some.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@B4A001 @7VoMercy @icmdotrun Of course not. They're all just leeching scammers.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@MatiAllin Yes but HEX only did that because "The OA" was looping back AA funds to push the price up just so that he could be a "winner". Not knocking it but fact is, that just aint happening no more. When the bottom comes in, maybe then.

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@TurtlesOnly1 @MatiAllin You would be surprised. Seems to me Mati may be challenging himself to keep the faith beyond all odds just to prove he can. There's something to be said for that. ;-)

[Future Us @FutureUsHEX]

@PLSHero @MatiAllin "Serial entrepreneur" — Richard Heart. The man has issues. :P