Sam Kaufman

IT Security Pro at Alpen Labs. Passionate about digital privacy & innovation! 🌐 #Cybersecurity #InformationProtection

[Alpen @AlpenLabs]

https://t.co/c6Ojr7pGQ0

[Alpen @AlpenLabs]

2025 was the year of Glock.

Verify anything on Bitcoin—elegantly & efficiently.

Paper → posted.
Codebase → co-developed.
Audits → initiated.

[Alpen @AlpenLabs]

☄️Prague support is now live!

We’ve released a new Prague-compatible testnet for Alpen. By aligning with Prague specs, we make it easier for EVM teams to bring financial apps to Bitcoin with minimal changes.

[Anthony Rose @anthonykrose]

Wrote a high level update on some of what the @the_matter_labs technical team is working on in Q1:

https://t.co/U95GoDDamY

[ZKsync @zksync]

⚠️ Warning: The @ZKsyncIgnite account has been compromised.

Do not interact with that account or click any links.
Wait for the @zksync account to verify when the account has been reclaimed.

We will quote tweet this tweet when @ZKsyncIgnite has been recovered.

[Karthik Senthil @karsenthil]

Who's ready to Ignite tomorrow🔥🔥? IYKYK

[cygaar @0xCygaar]

Pretty massive 2025 roadmap for @zksync:

- Decentralized Sequencing
- 10k TPS
- Full EVM equivalence
- LLVM tooling allowing for Rust smart contracts

This is all ontop of being the most battle tested zk rollup framework

Excited to see these go live on Abstract and Era

[Sam Kaufman @SampkaTech]

@portport255 Which has been your favorite?

[ZKsync @zksync]

ZKsync is building Web3 without compromise.

The 2025 technical roadmap for the elastic network is now live — let's get into it 🧵👇

[Sam Kaufman @SampkaTech]

@frogmonkee Congrats!

[The Rollup @therollupco]

NEW EP: Can Elastic Chain Solve Crypto's Biggest Problem? With Alex Gluchowski

Freedom, sovereignty, and verifiability in the digital age are crucial to crypto's success.

In today's episode, @andyyy & @robbie_rollup interviewed @gluk64 of @zksync to discuss the pivotal role of ZK technology, the Elastic Chain story, trust automation, and the vision for trust-minimized Ethereum interoperability.

Full episode links below.

Timestamps:
00:56 Alex's Core Ethos
03:46 Freedom & Trust In Society
13:34 The Elastic Chain Story
24:31 ZK Architecture of Elastic Chain
30:48 Elastic Chain vs. Superchain vs. AggLayer
36:27 Alex's Endgame Vision

[Sam Kaufman @SampkaTech]

@portport255 @TrustlessState It’s Black Friday you should splurge on the hardcover ;)

[Anthony Rose @anthonykrose]

When we first launched @zksync Era to mainnet, we added this measure for increased defensiveness. I thought I'd add a few thoughts on ZIP-002, which I definitely support!

https://t.co/iEEh3gfUDz

[Rahul Saxena @saxenism]

Be a Chad like @giovannidisiena & follow in his footsteps!

But ofc how tf does one find 4k lines of Yul, right?

Dw I gotchu!

Head to the @zksync audit at @codehawks & dive into era-contracts/system-contracts/bootloader

& find 4k lines of pristine Yul waiting to be audited :D

[Sam Kaufman @SampkaTech]

@saxenism Ah the Bangkok tuk tuks, how much you pay for the ride?

[Sam Kaufman @SampkaTech]

@saxenism Good luck :)

[porter @portport255]

My thoughts on Ethereum's North Star:
Give users control of the internet

Full video: https://t.co/4c4TdzSMrJ

[porter @portport255]

$500,000 for security of @zksync's system contracts!
Auditors: be ready October 28!

[Sam Kaufman @SampkaTech]

@portport255 @ChainLight_io I don’t know about this. I remember you going pretty wild at defcon this year staying up all night …… doing math challenges for the quantum ctf