Bhargava Shastry

Security engineer, Protocol security @ Ethereum foundation

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Since my last public talk about Solidity compiler security, I have moved on to Protocol security at the Ethereum Foundation. Today at Berlin Ethereum Day I spoke of two lines of work I have been involved with ever since then.

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Talk thesis: a bug is a divergence whether it is between two spec conformant client implementations or between a bounty reporter, and AI. The final judgement rests with the human in the loop. You can scale up bug discovery but still need a human judge to break the tie.

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Since my last public talk about Solidity compiler security, I have moved on to Protocol security at the Ethereum Foundation. Today at Berlin Ethereum Day I spoke of two lines of work I have been involved with ever since then.

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(1) Maintaining and improving @mhswende goevmlab and (2) triaging bounty submissions to the Ethereum Foundation bug bounty program. Slide deck: https://t.co/f7iFLnLso9

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AI writing is pretty good

"Joseph laughed too. He was good at that—the analyst's laugh, social and noncommittal, buying time while he listened. Mary had watched him use it at family functions for years, the armor of good humor over whatever he was actually thinking."- opus 4.2

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Bunch of two syllable externals and some internals, interesting flow switches and nice collabs, 8/10

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Mere knuckle pe nishaan paanch saal purane mukke ka
Fefadon pe scar barah saal purane sutte ka
Dil me hai pyaar mere mare hue us kutte ka
Lauda eifel tower kabhi nahi jhuke ga
Chamdi itni hard hai kaante bhi chugte na
Raat karte kaand phir subah jaldi uthte na"
- Rawal, Eifel 🗼

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"Mom ki batti bujh gi
Jhatole laundo ki guddi suj gi
Panauti put gi
Yaha pe jab in bhain ke deeno me bhussi bhardi
Yahan dekh teri bandi jhukgi
Hamare pe
Kar sake tu kuch ni
Lu aade me teri phodu tuthdi"
- Encore in Batti

Impressive 4 syllables external rhymes over 7 lines

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ಈ ಭಾರತೀಯ ರಾಪರ್‌ಗಳು ತುಂಬಾ ದಡ್ಡರು. ಒಬ್ಬ ವಿಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಡ್ರಗ್ಸ್ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗುವುದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ಕ್ರಿಮಿನಲ್ ವಕೀಲರನ್ನು ನೇಮಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹಣ ಖರ್ಚು ಮಾಡುವುದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬೀಗುತ್ತಾರೆ. ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಾವೇ ಜೈಲಿಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ! MF DOOM ಸರಿಯಾಗಿಯೇ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದ.

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‘Game’ ಹಾಡು ಜೀವನದ ಹೋರಾಟ, ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ, ಮತ್ತು ಯಶಸ್ಸಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಿಂಹಸ್ವರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದೆ. ಶೂಟರ್ ಕಹ್ಲೋನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಧು ಮೂಸ್ ವಾಲಾ ಅವರ ಶಕ್ತಿ ತುಂಬಿದ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಪ್ರೇರಣೆಯನ್ನು ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ. #PunjabiHipHop

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The rhyming scheme itself is quite simple with 1-2 syllable internals but the lyrics paint a picture.
- at a bar
- happy hour
- table outside
- face the sun
- wobbling glass metaphor for intoxication
- flashes of pleasant and sad memories
Top tier urdu rap

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"Larkharata hua jaam dhoond raha hu
Sooraj se mukhatib main wo shaam dhoond raha hu
Manzar meri nazar mein ye sab haseen
Walk the stage, charo taraf naam goonj raha ho
Dil behlaanay ko ab kaam dhoond raha hu
Afsos ke afsanay mein gumaan dhoond raha hu"
- Talha Anjum, Happy hour

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Constructing consistent 4 syllable rhymes over 15 lines is nothing short of genius

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"मैने सीखा के बंदा कोई OBC नहीं
बच्चे शेरों के चालें, नहीं लोमड़ी की
अब ये vulgarity है या equality?
की वो भोसड़ीका और वो भोसड़ीकी
तेरे घर की है कीमत ये दो घड़ी की
वो बस दो घड़ी जुड़ी थी दोगली थी
मेरी चड्डी में फूले, मैं मोगली नहीं"

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- line 9 external 4 syllable (o-c-d-ki, o-b-c-na-hi)
- 10. external 4 syllable
- 11. internal and external 4 syllable
- 12. Subvert gendering and 4 syllable external
- 13. External 4
- 14. 2 syllable internal (gha-Di, jhu-Di) and 4 external
- 15. External 4, humorous Mowgli ref

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Top tier dhh. Essentially self motivational with some flex and social awareness. Mr. Nair goes on for 8 more lines, phew! Gourmet shit bhaiyya

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"Anunnaki करले hara-kiri
लेकिन हारेगा नहीं सर पे धरा गिरी
तोड़ूँ काला पानी, fuck yo' आना-कानी
देना चाहे हानी, सीधा blade'in फिरी
मेरी show fee भी बढ़ गयी है सौ फ़ीसदी
जिसकी छत नहीं उसका सपना झोपड़ी ही
तभी घर लेके माँ मेरी रो पड़ी थी
अब है OCB औषधि OCD की"
-Raftaar, Gourmet shit

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on line 5
- line 6 external 3 syllable with one missing rhyme syllable (so-fee-sa-di, jho-pa-Di-ki)
- line 7 external 4 syllable (jho-pa-Di-ki, ro-pa-Di-Thi)
- line 8 internal 2 syllable (o-c-b, au-sha-Dhi) external 3 syllable (o-c-d-ki)

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ಸೀಧೆ ಮೌತ್ ಮತ್ತು ಬಾದ್ಷಾ ಅವರ ಮೂನ್ ಕಮ್ಸ್ ಅಪ್ ಹಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಹಲವು ರೀತಿಯ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಕಾಲ್ಮ್ ಮತ್ತು ಬಾದ್ಷಾ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಭಾವನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಆದರೆ ಎನ್‌ಕೋರ್ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಭದ್ರತೆ ಕುರಿತು ಚಿಂತನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವಾದ ಕಲಾತ್ಮಕತೆ.

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The song has a simple beat but Raftaar's flow is so pleasing to the ear. Top tier dhh.

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"Baawe Uske Muh Pe Pade Jo Mere Baap Pe Jaaye
Voh Saale Kaanp Ke Jaaye Vo Saath Chaap Lejaaye
Bhai Rubaab Ka Hissaab Bhi Vo Naapte Kaha Hai
Vo Mere Naap Leke Raabte Pe Rehpte Khaaye"
- Raftaar, Dehshat ho

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Rhyme scheme:
- externals: AAAA 2 syllables
- internals
- line 2: 3 x 1.5 syllables
- line 3: 3 x 2.5 syllables
- line 4: 4 x 2 syllables
Then there are internals between lines such as
- line 1: baap
- line 2: kaanp, saath, chaap
- line 3: naapte
- line 4: raabte, rehpte