Tommy Webb

Democracy needs a decentralized system to ensure that the voices of every individual are heard and accounted for.

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

I'm hearing through the grapevine that something important is about to happen. Please recognize the fact that my elite social connections to people who are early to know things make me cool, and please help me validate my self-image of coolness.

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

New short-term censorship resistance strategy dropped, courtesy of Flashbots: setting a min bid for outsourcing

https://t.co/xEsxHvCqXY

Recommend stakers using mevboost take advantage of this option!

[MariusVanDerWijden @vdWijden]

And we have liftoff 🚀

Multiclient withdrawal devnet with:

Lodestar
Teku
Lighthouse
Nethermind
Geth

Huge shoutout to @BarnabasBusa @M25Marek @Gajpower @n1shantd @EthDreamer

(Prysm should also work, but we had a config issue)

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Thread summarizing amazing progress on EIP-4844 (proto-danksharding).

This is a crucial first step to massively lower fees on L2, helping to make it affordable for much larger numbers of users to directly use on-chain applications instead of relying on cefi intermediaries.

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Some charts with estimates on different min bid values for stakers using mev-boost.

A min bid of 0.05 would mean you produce nearly half the blocks yourself (very strong censorship resistance) but only sacrifice a tiny bit of profit.

[MariusVanDerWijden @vdWijden]

PSA: WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE SELFDESTRUCT!

PLEASE DON'T USE SELFDESTRUCT IN NEW CONTRACTS MOVING FORWARD!

If your contract is broken by this, come and complain here: https://t.co/tOeCDr0bqP

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

I'm thankful for the Internet.

One day it will be free and open, edge to edge.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

The day has come: a first look into Cairo 1.0, fully open-source 🦀

This is a big step towards open-sourcing the StarkNet stack

You can now get familiar with the new syntax, compile and run simple programs locally. #StarkNet support is coming soon

https://t.co/0tdZDhopEP

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Amazing to see more good work on Long Covid!

Also big thanks to @CryptoRelief_ for providing funds that helped make this possible, and of course the Shiba Inu community.

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

One way @a16z Helios could meaningfully improve things on user privacy and gain more adoption is by combining multiple useful features into its proxy: in addition to its current light client features, also route user requests through Tor.

https://t.co/NVODlxmlbd

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Random fantasy novel idea: make a world where humans are one-dimensionalized and stereotyped the same way we treat orcs and elves today.

Like, there should only be one Human Nation, with one personality trait, and its capital should be called Humanton (and the main food hummus).

[Ameen Soleimani @ameensol]

@azsantosk @Nakamotolisk @sassal0x @shrnkld @koeppelmann reminder, if your "stablecoin" can't unwind, it's probably a ponzi scheme

https://t.co/tC6i0NzQhB

[Binance @binance]

As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, we have provided new updates on #Binance’s Proof of Reserves.

Further updates for $ETH, $USDT, $USDC, #BUSD & #BNB will be coming in the near future.

Stay tuned.

[Coinbase 🛡️ @coinbase]

We're excited to see how far we can go as an industry with on-chain accounting and are exploring new ways to prove reserves.

We're also announcing a $500k developer grant program to encourage others.
https://t.co/ptzMDfwQCX

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Question for people who argue that reading long-form books is virtuous or even necessary:

Are podcasts an acceptable substitute? If not, why not, and what even is the difference between a podcast and an audiobook?

(I frequently listen to both)

[Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD (aka Aleksandrs Zavoronkovs) @biogerontology]

IHMO, "do what your mother told you", eat green in moderation, sleep, exercise, do what you love, can give you 10 years + to the average LE. Ultra optimization may give another 2-5.
Pharmaceutical interventions may give 15-20 to ultra optimisation. Need more radical approaches.

[Nathan 🔎 @NathanpmYoung]

Should @elonmusk give $ 1billion directly to the poorest people in the world via @GiveDirectly

vox populi, vox dei

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

.@NathanpmYoung is doing an excellent job in the replies here debunking common myths about @GiveDirectly. It's actually one of the forms of charity that is *most* resistant to the usual "a few elites will just grab it up and waste it and nothing will happen" critiques!

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

Bakhmut trench warfare 2022

[Dankrad Feist @dankrad]

A lot of people making jokes about WETH.

Please be aware it may not be obvious to outsiders that it's completely different from bridged assets and there is literally almost zero risk. I think it would be better to mark these more clearly as jokes.