franco

@francos.eth

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Tapping @makemake sign: https://makemake.site/post/solidity-considered-harmful

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vyper 🐍 pilled. Implemented a small contract that uses the modexp precompile to verify a simple rational addition inside the scalar field of the BN‑254 curve https://github.com/0xpantera/zk-precompiles/tree/main

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Cool, got a shout out in the recap from ZKHack Berlin https://zkhack.dev/2025/06/26/zk-hack-berlin/

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Many of history's newest and purportedly most useful things are now only discoverable in cybernetic archaeological digs

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I might sound self-important saying this (and maybe I am), but I’m probably the top crypto expert in my country, both in blockchain usage and cryptography. Before crypto, I was one of the top people in ML/AI. I taught it at the best universities, undergrad and grad, and built real systems at the only two serious startups in the region. It’s not so much a flex as it is a reflection of how broken education is there.

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I swear starkware employees make it so hard to root for them sometimes. If you’ve met me you probably heard me mention starknet at least once. Feels like this ecosystem lead is implying I don’t ship 😤 PS. I’ve also met some really great starkware people

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I wonder if you could recast cryptography in categorical language: Instead of “groups, rings and fields + probabilistic Turing machines”, you work with objects that stand for resources (channels, keys, random beacons, OT-boxes, etc.) and morphisms that stand for protocols transforming those resources.

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I feel like you either go full vibecode on a thing and let jesus take the wheel or write the code yourself and just chat with the shoggoth while you work

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Would you judge me if I jumped into the Landwehrkanal?

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This is what I'm working on. If you are working with Noir give it a go. Happy to receive any feedback. Still a work in progress but rapidly improving. https://github.com/0xpantera/bargo/tree/main

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Working on a CLI tool for Noir development that works with Nargo projects. Some of my tests create Nargo projects (e.i. `nargo new test`), move some files in them and create new ones, so I can test stuff. I'm getting race conditions because the tests are run in parallel. Is there an easy solution like "use this crate"?

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Physical atonement starts today. Exhausted from shadowy mempool rites, Solidity grimoires whispered at dawn, homomorphic encryption circles under full moons, and Merkle-tree midnight vigils. Flesh weakened, identity fracture, reclaiming spirit on the pull-up bar. 🥀🪞🖤

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We ended up watching the sun rise with beers by the Landwehrkanal at 4am. We are both extremely tired but we go again tonight. It is now a competition to see who will want to rest first. Odds against me with my smu frat friend.

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Gonna try lighting payments for the first time

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friend from home came to visit. Couldnt be happier showing him the wonders of drinking on the streets.

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I love leaving my little codex agents working over night. Currently running 5 on different parts of the codebase. I still have to figure out how to add dependencies so they don't create a ton of conflicts: * Agent A: Phases 1 → 2 * Agent B: Phase 3 (after 2) * Agent C: Phase 5 → 6 (after 3) * Agent D: Phase 4 (after 3) * Phases 7 – 9 follow once earlier work merges.

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I heard in the latest episode of ZK Podcast that being mean to the AIs gives better results. It might but a part of me dies every time I do it. Maybe I'm taking it too far though: claude: "Without looking at the current implementation, the error suggests that: ..." me: "why aren't you looking at the current implementation!? Are you just guessing what's wrong!? Are you fucking soothsayer!? LOOK AT THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION AND TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT"

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