POAP 🏅

The new Ethereum Pectra network is now in testing and enables gasless experiences in POAP (EIP-7702). The most common way to collect POAPs is through EOA. Until now, gasless experiences were only possible with smart accounts. I am already investing my free time in creating a prototype of a gasless POAP migration assistant for POAP Studio.

Bitcoin

cbBTC is onchain.

cbBTC is an ERC20 token that is backed 1:1 by Bitcoin (BTC) held by Coinbase.

This means millions of BTC holders can now securely access DeFi apps on Base and Ethereum ecosystems—with more chains coming soon.

Curious to know how this is better than WBTC… Guess it doesn’t have Justin involved with it? 🤣

Check out this blog post on how web3 tech can be applied beyond just crypto

Check out this blog post on how web3 tech can be applied beyond just crypto

https://gaurangtorvekar.medium.com/how-web3-transforms-industries-beyond-crypto-2b57b7d94f04

Really interesting to see the uptake of crypto in Turkey!

Actually, when I was at an airport in Turkey, they were showing ETH and BTC tickers on the TV, along with other large stocks, S&P500, etc.

Really interesting to see the uptake of crypto in Turkey!

Actually, when I was at an airport in Turkey, they were showing ETH and BTC tickers on the TV, along with other large stocks, S&P500, etc. 

https://www.gemini.com/state-of-crypto-2024

It’s our 50th episode of the web3 with a16z podcast!

The episode is on how tech advances thanks to the blockchains/ crypto space can be applied to many other industries well beyond.

Tim Roughgarden (a16z crypto Head of Research and professor at Columbia University) and Dan Boneh (a16z crypto Senior Research Advisor and professor at Stanford University) and our Editor in Chief, @smc90  cover everything from AMMs to credible auctions to DAOs, to macroeconomic experiments and FHE to TEEs to zero knowledge and much more — offering useful explanations along the way.

Find find “web3 with a16z” wherever you get your podcasts.

Highly recommend this podcast! 

Tim and Dan present a much wider perspective of how crypto concepts and principles are being applied to tech use cases outside of our web3 bubble that we live in... 

Quite enlightening!

We’re thrilled to announce that we are now supported on PayPal & Venmo!

This new feature brings the power of ENS to millions, making crypto transfers easier and more secure than ever—starting in the USA.🌐

https://blog.ens.domains/post/bringing-crypto-transfers-to-millions-with-paypal-and-venmo

Another step towards mainstream adoption of crypto and web3...

Base

Monthly active users on @base have reached an all-time high, while daily average transaction fees have hit an all-time low. 

This is how we bring the world onchain!

There were around 2,000 Github handles included in the recent EigenLayer stakedrop for open source contributors to popular web3 related projects.

If you're a dev and have contributed to any widely used open source, you might be eligible, so worth checking.
https://x.com/eigenfoundation/status/1831382831605637481

Bought a new rowing machine! Sitting for too long is starting to take a toll, so it’s -

really excited about this launch we've been working for a while. truly feels like we are at the cutting edge of what's possible in programming  https://x.com/amasad/status/1831730911685308857

If this can indeed be achieved it’d be incredible!

Not sure how you’ll solve the complexities with slightly old codebases where some of the packages have been updated and they’re not compatible now… This and many other things

What are your thoughts on GitHub copilot vs Cursor with Claude.

I’ve been using Copilot for a while, and I’m wondering if it’s worth switching to Cursor…

96% NFTs are dead?! 

Guess no one can deny that DeFi is one of the only viable use cases in crypto rn!

96% NFTs are dead?! 

Guess no one can deny that DeFi is one of the only viable use cases in crypto rn! 

https://nftevening.com/are-nfts-dead-2024/

Ethereum Account Abstraction

This has gone unnoticed: Coinbase Smart Wallet has implemented Smart Sessions. This means that once you connect your wallet to a dapp and authorize it, you won't have to sign messages anymore. For now, it’s only available on testnet, but it's a big step forward https://smart-wallet-docs-git-conner-session-keys-coinbase-vercel.vercel.app/guides/session-keys

Smart Sessions in Wallets takes us one step closer to a better on chain UX!

who on Farcaster is going to Singapore for Token2049, Breakpoint, FarHack Singapore, or Network State Conference? 

i know @akhil-bvs, @dabit3, @boysclub, @balajis.eth etc but who else?!

ps in before @dwr.eth's "i'm not going to be at [XYZ Conference]" post :)

So much hype around Token2049! I’m getting so much FOMO since I can’t make it this year…

📢 A message from @jessepollak to all builders

Now is the time to build on @base! Gather your community, host meetups, and get involved in building the onchain economy. The Base team is here to back and support you.

Let's bring the world onchain! 🔵

Watch the full interview from to @latenightonbase below ⬇️
youtu.be/QTCp16lKCig?si…

Chain Jedi

@chainjedi