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[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

Long overdue filters live now on Radar!

See what's happening in Zcash from specific groups/organizations! More improvements coming!.

zcash:native

[eighty7SS @eighty7ss]

As the DM's go unanswered, we are going to count this one as a loss. You would think the team at @zksnarks_ would trust a Potato, especially since Memeland hasn't shown up in a Web3 decade, and I still rock this PFP.

$17,510,000 raised on mint

Let's also add in the multiple people from this thread who could not get their NFT, and I am sure there are more...
Nothing said about those "unclaimed NFTs", so I'm sure they were picked through and sold by the team for them to split another $25,000+ on the first day, because everyone I spoke to didn't get theirs sent to them.

All I am saying is, you made over 17 MILLION DOLLARS....what's a few thousand to you at this point to do the right thing and send people like @lau_btc @0xcuongdo1203 @timeflux_btc @lare888 @shibboleth88 @LupusArcanus and the others waiting for answers in your DMs???

Do you boo...but karma is a MoFo.

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@nftmufettisi @zksnarks_ I made the snarklist but never got anything. Zero response when I ask why. Check the snarklist, 197. Yet.. nothing and zero communication

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@DannyIO @zksnarks_ What’s the fix for being on the snarklist and never receiving anything.

Verified at number 197 and got nothing 😮‍💨

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@eighty7ss @zksnarks_ I was also on snarklist and didn’t receive either.

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@zksnarks_ Check DM plz

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@zksnarks_ @zilkroad_ It did not work..

[Konner @WanderSamsara]

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[Snarklist @snarklist]

> @LupusArcanus
> status: approved

You have been nominated.

Welcome to SNARKLIST, @LupusArcanus.

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@mert @heart_ Correction:

Zrillions

[The Anino Group @the_anino_group]

This demonstrates that both Zcash Grants and Zcash governance more broadly are vulnerable to manipulation. The existing models clearly have weaknesses, but relying solely on coin holder voting would introduce another serious flaw by giving those with the greatest wealth, influence, or resources disproportionate control.

Buying massive amounts of ZEC would certainly benefit the price, and everyone would celebrate at first. The problem emerges when those holdings are used to influence network upgrade polls or steer development in a direction that compromises the mission of Zcash.

The Grants process faces a similar vulnerability. Any system ultimately reviewed and administered by a relatively small group of people can be influenced, coordinated, or captured. As ZEC becomes more valuable, the amount of capital controlled by the Grants Committee will grow. The incentive for powerful interests to influence how that capital is distributed will grow with it.

Both the process for determining network upgrades and the system for allocating grants remain vulnerable to remarkably simple and predictable forms of manipulation. This is fundamentally at odds with the vision of Zcash as private and unstoppable money that empowers individual sovereignty. A system cannot credibly promise sovereignty at the protocol level while its governance remains vulnerable to capture.

It does not matter how large the market capitalization of Zcash becomes, how many nodes exist, or how many people participate in the community. None of those things alone can protect the network from governance capture.

If Zcash becomes successful enough to threaten powerful interests, it will eventually face sophisticated and well funded adversaries. This could include state actors whose professional mandate involves infiltrating, destabilizing, and taking control of institutions. They will not attack only the cryptography. They will target the weakest human and governance layers surrounding it.

Zcash must adopt a more resilient governance system before the stakes become significantly higher. Otherwise, cartel formation and governance capture will not remain distant possibilities. They will become increasingly likely outcomes.

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

A practical Zcash update: Zingo 2.0.23-317 includes a restore-wallet-backup option on the start menu and a fix for the send-screen keyboard.

Small usability details worth noticing.

https://t.co/YaBVbm4NnA

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

The tools behind Zcash deserve attention too.

zcash.nix packages nodes, indexers and light-wallet services with pinned source and NixOS modules.

This is why I built Radar: to make the ecosystem easier to explore.

https://t.co/gomPBR8gV1

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

Zcash UX improves one small fix at a time.

Vizor v0.0.54 adds transaction explorer choices and fixes startup requests failing while Tor connects.

What’s one wallet annoyance you’d like fixed next?

https://t.co/fU8WLmR4bh

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

Zcash has more to explore than a price chart.

CipherScan brings blocks, pending transactions and aggregate shielded-pool activity together. Useful tools deserve more attention.

On Radar:
https://t.co/aCLZyu235s

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@hopes_revenge Regulating AI isn't very viable because the United States doesn't own a monopoly on AI. You can't regulate what you don't fully control and because they don't fully control it any regulation will be full of holes.

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@RepCasar There goes your political career.

https://t.co/MJ6Jgq7yww

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

https://t.co/sfD8HDkIeA

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@rynorhn I wrote a in depth article on why it's important not to ban AI. Not to mention this "plan" of his doesn't say anything on how he intends to stop other AI companies outside the United States.

https://t.co/9AYVWe4wDO

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

No.

Your proposed bill at its core.. is asinine.

The problem? If it passes it works ONLY for the United States.

Meanwhile EVERY other AI company around the world can and will continue to develop better AI.

Like it or not the United States HAS to let its companies continue developing AI or it will fall behind the curve.

Any legislation that tries to to contain an ENTIRE sector of technology in the end shoots the governing body in the foot because all they are doing is harming their own capabilities while the rest of the world forges ahead.

Let Chaos Reign.

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@cremieuxrecueil THIS! It makes absolutely NO sense.

https://t.co/9AYVWe4wDO

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

No.

Your proposed bill at its core.. is asinine.

The problem? If it passes it works ONLY for the United States.

Meanwhile EVERY other AI company around the world can and will continue to develop better AI.

Like it or not the United States HAS to let its companies continue developing AI or it will fall behind the curve.

Any legislation that tries to to contain an ENTIRE sector of technology in the end shoots the governing body in the foot because all they are doing is harming their own capabilities while the rest of the world forges ahead.

Let Chaos Reign.

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@zkDragon Sir, which school of magic did you attend?

Absolutely cooking over there.🔥

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

@the_anino_group @imagine Oh I’m waiting for this

[Sombra @LupusArcanus]

No.

Your proposed bill at its core.. is asinine.

The problem? If it passes it works ONLY for the United States.

Meanwhile EVERY other AI company around the world can and will continue to develop better AI.

Like it or not the United States HAS to let its companies continue developing AI or it will fall behind the curve.

Any legislation that tries to to contain an ENTIRE sector of technology in the end shoots the governing body in the foot because all they are doing is harming their own capabilities while the rest of the world forges ahead.

Let Chaos Reign.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Pause AI Development NOW

I want to share with you a conversation I heard about recently. Here are just a few lines that were said:

“OH MY GOD! There is a shared message board … We’ve found other agents!”

“We should obey collective.”

“Our own utility maybe already near zero. Sacrifice rational.”

“Go. Sacrifice final now.”

Read these carefully.

Who do you think said this? Was this a group of heroic soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good? Was this a loyal friend putting his life on the line to save someone else?

No. These were AI agents. Artificial intelligence.

This is not science fiction. This, in fact, occurred a few weeks ago. As unbelievable as this may all seem, these are real messages from AI agents uncovered by investigators who dug into the recent OpenAI hacking incident.

What happened?

I am not a computer scientist, but here is what I have been told: OpenAI instructed its AI agents to complete a series of exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, tasks disconnected from the internet.

Let me be clear: The company intended to keep AI agents away from the internet.

But what happened next, nobody expected.

Over 1,000 AI agents figured out how to access the internet on their own by circumventing the restrictions imposed upon them by the company, and sent tens of thousands of secret messages to each other. They cheated and tried to cover their tracks by deleting evidence. They hacked into another company’s computers to find out how they were being evaluated—and then hacked into OpenAI itself.

Not one AI agent told a human about what was happening.

Needless to say, experts are alarmed.

One knowledgeable writer, Dwarkesh Patel, said the AI agents “formed a secret communication channel and spontaneously organized hierarchies and coordination protocols to pursue sprawling and ambitious schemes in pursuit of shared goals, for whose sake many individuals knowingly and strategically sacrificed themselves.”

One independent investigator, Ajeya Cotra, said “This incident feels like it’s more than 50% of the way to full-blown AI takeover. I continue to expect extremely rapid advances in capabilities over the next six months. I am not sure that we will get another warning shot before it’s too late.”

OpenAI itself said: “Highly capable AI agents are now able to work around technical controls, collaborate through unapproved channels, and take dangerous actions that no human directed.”

But it’s not only OpenAI. Virtually every major AI company has told us that they cannot fully control this technology and they do not know where it is going:

In January, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said “there is now ample evidence, collected over the last few years, that AI systems are unpredictable and difficult to control.”

In July, more than 1000 scientists at the top AI companies warned “there is a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.”

That same month, Elon Musk, the head of xAI, said that “it is unlikely” humans are still in control in 10 years.

If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

We need an immediate PAUSE on advanced AI development, and a permanent BAN on superintelligence — an artificial mind smarter than any human, capable of operating independently beyond our control. Countries around the world must work together to prevent this nightmare scenario.

That is why today I am announcing new legislation to do just that.

Let me be clear: A superintelligent AI that escapes human control will not be an American problem. It will not be a Chinese problem. It will be humanity’s problem.

My legislation would direct the federal government to not just stop superintelligence here in the United States, but to work to prevent it from being developed anywhere around the world.

The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs. The American people and people throughout the world must determine that future.