Advising startups and exploring.
Venture Partner /paradigm. Prev: /100thieves, Lowercase
jacksondahl.com
jdahl.substack.com /jackson

August Recommendations:

- Steve Jobs in 1983
- Ezra Koenig w/ Rick Rubin
- Henrik Karlsson on designing your life
- Alex Karp's originality

PSA: Blockchains are *NOT* decentralized, immutable, permanent, transparent, verifiable, resilient, democratic or fair, or other misused buzzwords. Sure, they can be a couple of those things depending on the blockchain, but not a fundamental property of blockchains, even if they are these are much better accomplished by non-blockchain P2P/cryptographic systems.

This is not "FUD", but to better leverage blockchains we must understand & be educated about its unique properties. Why do you think we get racist ponzis instead of useful apps? I have covered these topics at length over dozens of blog posts.

The *only* unique property of blockchains is strict global consensus - a strictly ordered, objective set of txs in real-ish time. While very limited, this property is extremely valuable for extralegal financial transactions. You probably think I'm a blithering idiot, fair, but there's at least one other person who will tell you something similar: 

https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1743040410212053350/photo/1

Continues to be the greatest misconception in the crypto space, and the key reason behind billions of dollars in malinvestment

The *only* thing blockchains are good for is forming strict global consensus

For almost all purported usecases, P2P, CRDTs, or just databases with validity proofs are significantly superior

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"It's called a changeover. The movie goes on, and nobody in the audience has any idea".

Security, austrian school. Developing noble cryptography: audited js libraries for web3. https://paulmillr.com/noble

The new ETH client by @gakonst and @paradigm is live.

All historical transactions (aka “archive node”) fit in just 2.3TB. Full node is 1.2TB. Syncing from genesis takes 50 hours. Can be ran on a cheap pc: no need to pay for 3rd party RPC which tracks users.

cto & general partner @paradigm. working with /rust on /ethereum. building /reth and /foundry. https://gakonst.com

A research-driven technology investment firm. https://paradigm.xyz

The new ETH client by @gakonst and @paradigm is live.

All historical transactions (aka “archive node”) fit in just 2.3TB. Full node is 1.2TB. Syncing from genesis takes 50 hours. Can be ran on a cheap pc: no need to pay for 3rd party RPC which tracks users.

https://www.paradigm.xyz/2024/06/reth-prod

🎭✍️ Bringing stories to life on stage. As a playwright, I craft dramas that captivate and inspire audiences. Let's explore the power of theater together! 🎟️✨ #Playwright #TheaterLife #StageDrama

🎭✨ Life gives me inspiration, and I will showcase it on stage for everyone! Every performance is an expression and sharing of the soul. #Inspiration #StagePerformance #ArtOfLife #SharingEmotion

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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/cameron for content experiments. Helping Creators with /seemore. Yapping on /okbanger. Curating in /lounge. Dev + Veteran + HBS. 
seemore.tv/cameron 🫡

I craft stage dramas, weaving stories that captivate and inspire. From character development to plot twists, each script is a journey of creativity and expression, brought to life on the theatrical stage.

Huge shout out to @taikoxyz for being the first project at scale following through with the Protocol Guild Pledge commitment and sending 1% of their native token ❤️‍🔥⛓️🛡️

Thank you for the support 🙏

A Based Contestable Rollup that will go bbrrrr | Ethereum-equivalent ZK-EVM | Join the community: https://discord.gg/taikoxyz.

Huge shout out to @taikoxyz for being the first project at scale following through with the Protocol Guild Pledge commitment and sending 1% of their native token ❤️‍🔥⛓️🛡️

Thank you for the support 🙏 

https://x.com/protocolguild/status/1796556228958851149?s=46

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@emberflaret