lauren serota

critic of systems, builder of things that matter. fietster. @fungapbc @underarmbalm @appropriatedsgn

[Jake Burden @doublespends]

gm

Day 1 as Staking Operations Lead @SolanaFndn.

Strategically deploying the Foundation’s stake to support validators, advocate for stakers, and strengthen the broader ecosystem.

The mandate: decentralization, network health, and censorship resistance.

Solana.

[lauren serota @serota]

It’s striking how many AI use cases are just UI simplification, designed specifically to avoid navigating TO and THROUGH a traditional UI.

Example: Prompting to message your friend rather than going to the app you use to message your friend and sending the message.

[lauren serota @serota]

@JacobyBrandon @signulll This is THE role for designers now, IMO.

[lauren serota @serota]

@restofworld Accepting crypto payments and “Bitcoin as legal tender” are separate discussions. Paying in cEUR or USDT is a crypto payment. Why are these concepts being conflated?

Local businesses having access to crypto payments infra, even if under-utilized, seems net-positive…

[lauren serota @serota]

@michaeldaigler @garysheng Thank you so much for building and sharing publicly!

I hope you have a reviewer agent (or a human) to help you with those taco recommendations.

[lauren serota @serota]

@zain_hoda @threadreaderapp Testing existing tools to get articles into speechify before building my own. Thanks for the words!

[lauren serota @serota]

@DexFi_ @mert @textileprotocol is also working on this.

[Cork Protocol @Corkprotocol]

Match Point: Tennis and DeFi 🎾

An afternoon in Cannes with builders, backhands, and real conversations.
100 guests
7 courts

Fresh food. No badge scans. Just the good stuff.
📍 June 29, 4–8PM, Montfleury, Cannes
https://t.co/2DLFSCPQSU

[Meltem Demirors @Melt_Dem]

cursed crypto narratives we repeat every cycle

- automated portfolio management -> robo advisors -> agentic trading
- tokenized social clubs / affinity groups
- tracking and trading carbon credits onchain
- angellist for x, "democratizing access" to a niche asset class

[Cork Protocol @Corkprotocol]

🍾 Cork has launched its beta on Ethereum Mainnet!

We’re introducing a new DeFi primitive that tokenizes the risk of depeg events.

With our key launch partners @lidofinance, @ether_fi, @ethena, and @skyecosystem, Cork is initiating a new phase of DeFi defined by more opportunity, protection, and stability.

Tokenized risk for DeFi is here 🧵

[GoodDollar 💙🌏 @gooddollarorg]

The GoodDollar Ecosystem Fund is here! ⭐️

The Good Labs Foundation is launching the $250,000 USD GoodDollar Ecosystem Fund to drive innovation and expand the GoodDollar ecosystem on @Celo 🙌

First up: The GoodBuilders Program! 🎉

https://t.co/hP157WkimX

[lauren serota @serota]

So, where the money that was budgeted for USAID going now?

[lauren serota @serota]

Hey @athenahealth - there's no way to report a bug or share feedback in your EMR software, so sharing it here. Your software indicates that I have 2 unread messages, however no unread messages appear or are accessible in the "Messages" page. Seems your alert logic is off. Oops?

[lauren serota @serota]

Congratulations @gooddollarorg on this significant milestone - bringing a privacy-preserving, global, demographic-based Universal Basic Income platform to life.

[GoodDollar 💙🌏 @gooddollarorg]

Women play a vital role in families & communities yet face systemic barriers to financial access

GoodDollar is launching Red Tent—the first Segmented Basic Income Pilot for Women🙋‍♀️, delivering daily cash support to 1,000 women in Colombia🇨🇴 & Nigeria🇳🇬

https://t.co/qidfFgGw4M

[lauren serota @serota]

@DeanKD_ We @cradl_org wrote a report about this (and calling for the same thing)… in 2022.

https://t.co/KbUmCUezcF

[GoodDollar 💙🌏 @gooddollarorg]

In world facing economic and social challenges, direct cash payments have proven to be the most effective aid

💙Blockchain infrastructure is critical to an efficient, transparent, payment system - where assets can reach the right communities and individuals who need them the most!

That’s why we are introducing GoodOffers👇

https://t.co/MknxA7jtiT

[lauren serota @serota]

Has anyone used Moneygram to withdraw a cryptocurrency payment or know someone who has? I'd like to have a (confidential) casual conversation about the experience.

[lauren serota @serota]

¿Alguien ha utilizado Moneygram para retirar un pago en criptomonedas o conoce a alguien que lo haya hecho? Me gustaría tener una conversación confidencial informal sobre la experiencia. [English in thread]