Steven Smith 🛡

Researching DeAI. Former Interim CEO & Head of Engineering & Product @ElectricCoinCo. Former Head of Protocol & Research @worldcoin. @Salesforce & @Cisco alum.

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@ambimorph @LDrogen Exactly 😂

[Sean Bowe @ebfull]

Zcash wouldn't exist without @zooko. He seeded the technical and cultural values of the project that have kept us vigilant in defense of its integrity.

Much of Zcash's recent success has been because Zooko plays a less central role in the project, and it has decentralized and grown to transcend him. I think he would agree! But he is still a major spiritual force of the project, and an ally that wants it to succeed.

Let's be mindful of the signal we send our next generation of risk takers, by how we treat his legacy. Zcash has a long road ahead of it, and no single one of us can carry it across the finish line.

We're all liable to end up in @zooko's shoes one day. You do not want to be on the receiving end of the poetic justice served for the things you said when you were once on the winning team.

[Erica Brown @_EricaBr__]

@reldev @Zcash Zcash still hits the cypherpunk nerve fr

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

I love Ethereum but let's not forget about @Zcash. Its origins are cypherpunk and it's still true to those ideals.

[Wintermute @wintermute_t]

The cypherpunk dream has nowhere to go, except maybe Ethereum

Our CEO @EvgenyGaevoy on why @ethereumfndn is ahead of the curve for the first time, and why @ethereum might be the only blockchain still publicly committing to its cypherpunk origins

His opinions with @_choppingblock ↓

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@BlastingThrough Thanks for reminding us all about Col. Rowe. He is the reason SERE even exists. Such a great man and warrior. The book is incredible too.

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@martenmickos It does look interesting!

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

Any opportunity to work with Mårten is a good one!

[Mårten Mickos @martenmickos]

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[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@zooko I remember that photo you have of you and Nate sitting at a computer (maybe this one). It was awesome!

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@zooko @carlo_cretino50 @reallyill @sacha @bryan_gillespie https://t.co/fdguOvqNsQ

[Pacu 🧉 Zcash, Rust et Al. (he/him) 🦓 @thecodebuffet]

PoV: you are about to read the best protocol specification of the whole crypto industry.

@Zcash
@feministPLT
@ebfull -- @DefuseSec -- @nate_zec

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@zooko @carlo_cretino50 @reallyill @sacha I seem to recall the thread you're mentioning. I'm not sure it's one of these but here's high praise coming from very notable cryptographers. I cannot tell you the number of times @bryan_gillespie has impressed just over the last few years. Threaded for preview purposes.

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@zooko @carlo_cretino50 @reallyill @sacha @bryan_gillespie https://t.co/iJrQvaimlW

[Bryan Gillespie @bryan_gillespie]

@zooko Still the most impressive formal protocol spec I've come across in the space! It's a rare combination of factors that can lead to such rock-solid work.

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@zooko @carlo_cretino50 @reallyill @sacha @bryan_gillespie https://t.co/iJrQvaimlW

[Bryan Gillespie @bryan_gillespie]

@zooko Still the most impressive formal protocol spec I've come across in the space! It's a rare combination of factors that can lead to such rock-solid work.

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@winniedydx @baeincrypto Praying for you!

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@winniedydx @baeincrypto Stay safe Winnie!! 🙏

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@hdevalence @voteblake Congrats @hdevalence!

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@realDanielShorr @nayr_oac 2022 proved to be very pivotal for all of us!

Thanks @dcbuilder for that original intro.

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

Nice to see this public now @realDanielShorr, @nayr_oac, and team. Phenomenal work. 👏

[World Chain @world_chain_]

Announcing Remainder: World’s GKR prover for machine learning is now open-source

Our cryptography and zero-knowledge proof system, now enables users to run ML models on their own device and generate cryptographic proofs for each correct execution.

This unlocks powerful use cases, like local World ID upgrades that eliminate Orb revisits, further strengthening privacy, security, and trust.

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@Gabbyhere95 This is the one game I actually played back in the day. I'll have to check out 7. Looks cool!

[Steven Smith 🛡 @reldev]

@sodofi_ Congrats! Great team at EF.