mark m

nothing ever happens, it’s already happened

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

Huh, I wonder what could’ve happened in late 2020 early 2021 that would have caused a hiring spike well above pre-trend

I guess it’s just impossible to know

[BuccoCapital Bloke @buccocapital]

Software developer job postings over the last five years

Hard to find a crazier chart

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@ArtemisConsort Well you’re the one who believes 90% get it wrong so

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@udiWertheimer The most expensive marketing imaginable

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@ethereumintern_ The entire crypto job market is just advisory positions, everyone advising each other no one knows anything

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@ethereumintern_ a shitty soccer team

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@maxresnick Eth deep state got to him, RIP 🕊️

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

insanely bearish monad, mostly because I don’t know what it is

[Devin G. | GammaSwap @0xDevinG]

monad raised $225M in their last round. it's been 2 years and they still have no testnet

hyperliquid has raised $0 and has a very successful & functioning mainnet

i'm convinced there is an inverse correlation between amount raised and success within a category

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

bullish crypto North Koreans are people too

[Sam Kessler @skesslr]

SCOOP: My latest investigation exposes how DPRK IT workers have embedded themselves deep into the fabric of the crypto industry.

More than a dozen projects confirmed that they inadvertently hired workers from the DPRK – exposing themselves to massive security and legal risks.

🧵

https://t.co/D0gFEx2XGx

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

The solo stalker discussion really highlights two camps in crypto:

- those who believe crypto is akin to digital gold with decentralization as the main selling point

- those who believe it’s the future of finance

I know which side I’m on

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

btw as is this is not currently a viable use case for crypto

[Crypto Tea @Cryptotea]

Starbucks accepts bitcoin

soon they will turn this on in every country to avoid 2.5% credit card transaction fees and inflation

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@bindureddy for now

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

community note is insane cope

As the labor power of individuals falls, especially young men, games are going to increasingly provide an escape from a world that acts like it doesn’t have any use for them

Break from the matrix while you can

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

I think the worst thing you can do as a parent is buy a video game system for your kid.

No worse habit in the world.

There is a direct correlation with being overweight, single, lonely, broke and depressed.

My kids will never own one.

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@Paleonyx_Art Cows would go extinct if we didn’t eat them

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

Bullish tbh

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

The rate of return on capital is about to skyrocket past the rate of return on labor/the growth rate

If you haven’t accumulated capital yet now’s the time

[ken @aquariusacquah]

Dunks on this miss how rapidly incentives can shift with rising total factor productivity. Return to capital are simply priced more accurately than returns to labor. "Founder as a career" isn't an influencer trend it's a rational response to labor power cratering overnight.

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

It’s weird that every solution to the MEV problem in crypto focuses on mechanism design/game theory and not cryptography

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

@0xMatt1 Well this doesn’t currently exist so yes

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

👀

[Smoke-away @SmokeAwayyy]

What's China doin over there? 🧐

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

Bearish crypto conferences tbh

[mark m @zk_researchoor]

And we expect anyone to use this stuff for anything meaningful….

[Yano 🟪 @JasonYanowitz]

Have been in crypto full time for 7 years and this still happens to me.

1) Go to send USDC onchain
2) Don't have the native token in the wallet
3) I need the native token for gas to make the txn
4) Go to swap for the token (again bc I need it for gas)
5) Can't make the txn because I don't have gas!

So now I need to either buy the token in an app like coinbase or make a crosschain swap?

Can't tell if my brain is fried because it's Friday end of day or if crypto UX truly still sucks.

There must be a better way.