Summer of Protocols

I always thought www before domain names went out of fashion because it was redundant with the http before the ://

But for other protocols, subdomains did make sense because sometimes you serve them over http instead of via their own clients

This still feels a little confused to me. Is there a use case for subdomains as protocol names? Like mail. domain name is the mail server, but mailto:// is the thing that triggers an email client. So http is more like a universal OTP protocol, with www as the default

Founders

Law & Policy

I am unaware of an area of law with more bang for its buck for crypto apps than a website’s terms of service.  I know terms of service are not the most exciting thing in the world, but if done right, they can make a huge difference in legal liability exposure.

The key issue apps run into in this area of law is whether the terms are enforceable on the app’s users.  So, I looked into tips for increasing the likelihood of enforceability.  Here’s a thread with the TLDR.

speed run thinking about terms of service for your crypto front end w @dbarabander 👇

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Opacity

I’m excited to announce the 21 startups we’ve selected to join our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Fall 2024 cohort, which starts this week. 

Over the next 8 weeks, they’ll get firsthand lessons from top crypto founders, receive guidance and support from @a16zcrypto’s investing and operating teams, and build connections with each other and the broader a16z network.

The CSX Fall 2024 companies are coming to NYC from 11 different countries, and they’re building on every level of the crypto stack, including AI, DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications such as photo sharing and mapping. 

We’re thrilled to partner with each of these CSX companies on their journey to product market fit. https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-fall-2024-cohort/

Opacity is joining the Fall 2024 cohort of @a16zcrypto’s CSX!

Pumped to connect with the cohort, learn from leaders in the space, and work with @jasonr, @mason, @ncitron.eth, and @eddy 🫡

I don’t think you guys are prepared for the Cambrian explosion that’s about to come!

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They are selling dollars for 85 cents over on Polymarket.

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Warpcast

I get annoyed when I QC/reply to a cast and on pressing the "Back to the Feed" button I'm moved to the top of the feed.
Always have to scroll back where I left at.
Hurts the feed experience pretty much – I tend to click on "Home" again to refresh the feed (and might be missing out on something similar at the prev. feed)

the-arena

week 2 in /the-arena 🚢 

this week for /uno we shipped more features for stories:

> seen and unseen states for story avatars
> post stories privately (just to uno) or publicly (to uno and as a cast that auto deletes in 24hrs)
> manage your own stories (download and delete)
> pause/play other people’s stories
> pull to refresh both stories and the feed simultaneously

Clever: stories are casts that auto-delete after 24 hours

pinata

Finally serving these NFT images from IPFS thanks to you 💙

Still a WIP/testnet so expect broken stuff but the NFT metadata says the image is ipfs://bafybeihbjiwy5cz5omvrtfgaeocywcsvxj5hvvj3o7v3wjbt3glqrw4yzu and that feels great  😌

Finally serving these NFT images from IPFS thanks to you 💙

Still a WIP/testnet so expect broken stuff but the NFT metadata says the image is ipfs://bafybeihbjiwy5cz5omvrtfgaeocywcsvxj5hvvj3o7v3wjbt3glqrw4yzu and that feels great  😌

https://www.blocksocks.xyz/socks/1

Your AI agent can now interact with any smart contract.

Shipped in the latest release of the CDP

Over the next 2 weeks, this will improve further so that any verified smart contract is dynamically callable.

No more hard-coded ABIs.

Your AI agent can now interact with any smart contract.

Shipped in the latest release of the CDP

Over the next 2 weeks, this will improve further so that any verified smart contract is dynamically callable.

No more hard-coded ABIs.

https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mpc-wallet/docs/onchain-interactions

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