Mac Budkowski

New products @vaultsfyi | Non-bs perspective on building in crypto @

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

For the last month I worked on a non-bs guide to crypto GTM.

To anchor it in real-world examples, I spoke with founders & early team members of Aave, ZORA, POAP, Snapshot, L2Beat, Zerion, SushiSwap & others to find how they unlocked their growth.

Now the guide is finally out👇

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

EF has already made $2.4M on DeFi... not bad :)

[vaults.fyi @vaultsfyi]

All DeFi users want to know "How much money did I make?".

But P&L is complex.

You need every deposit, withdrawal, reward claim, the share price at each event, and the asset's USD price at each timestamp.

With vaults fyi you can build a P&L like this with just 4 API calls 👇

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

Never thought I'd see Paul Graham being more optimistic about crypto than CT

[Paul Graham @paulg]

@romlib_ Crypto is a legit and indeed inevitable technology. Usually such things are net positive.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@Austen It's not even in top30

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@levie 100%, the future is multi-model.

my friend who's a CTO at a big consumer app said they use local models for low-IQ tasks and save tons of cash that way.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@antiprosynth @laurashin Facebook was 3 years old when this article got published

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

OGs leaving the EF, Sassal saying goodbye, Hoffman selling his ETH.

I'm calling the bottom.

[David Hoffman @TrustlessState]

Has there been a huge vibe shift in CT over the last 2 weeks, or was that just me selling the last of my ETH

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

"Now everyone is a developer" is the new "Now everyone is a blogger".

In the early 2000s we had 1000s of low-quality blogs, now we have 1000s of low-quality apps.

Blogs that stood out had a fresh POV, polished content and good distribution. With apps it's going to be the same.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@0x7477 @vaultsfyi Same 🫡

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

Happy to share that I recently joined @vaultsfyi team. I'm here to work on new products for DeFi builders.

Portal is the first product that I designed and there are many more cool things to come.

If you are building in DeFi and need some extra API credits, my DMs are open 🫡

[vaults.fyi @vaultsfyi]

In 2025 we built vaults fyi app to showcase our API.

In less than 2 years the app processed hundreds of millions of dollars and our API got integrated into Kraken, Jumper & Gauntlet products.

We now open our API to a no commitment, pay-as-you-go model.

https://t.co/CCw8Gm7xwi

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@Chipagosfinest @vaultsfyi thanks!

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

Crazy how @ARIatTWIT for years has been the hottest thing that happened to the music industry and he still hasn't become a mainstream artist.

The stuff he cooks regularly is insane.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@litocoen Fun fact:

Since 2007 China has 5X'd its GDP but the stock market still hasn't reached its 2007 levels

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@scottbelsky Intrinsic vs extrinsic qualities of art :)

(from: https://t.co/qh3Vkria8o)

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

AI lets everyone be a creative director.

And we see so much slop because most people either don't have a clear creative vision or have really bad taste.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@eddylazzarin Does it mean that inventing something millions of people use and coordinating the market is without value? 🤔

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

And yes, I know you can set up multi-sig but it's imo way worse UX than Authenticator App.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

Is there any wallet that uses 2FA for moving around bigger amounts?

I'd happily connect an authenticator app to a wallet, so I have a backstop if someone drains my wallet.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

Posting AI-generated tweets is like wearing fake Louis Vuitton bag.

You might think no one notices, but we do. We just don't want to embarrass you by calling it out.

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@litocoen @ethena congrats bro!

[Mac Budkowski @MacBudkowski]

@cdixon Congrats Eddy, well deserved!