Today, @faust is announcing Roc: a reality oracle computer that notarizes reality, onchain

For the past ~3 years, we have been venturing into the great beyond at the intersection of deep tech x crypto. We’re building a new kind of hardware (from the bottom up) that is designed for Ethereum

Read on below...

Back in 2020, I was building autonomous flying cars at Kitty Hawk, until that future was canceled. Then I found myself in crypto because decentralized autonomous machines are the future

A world where there will be trillions of machines driving most of the TXs onchain. In that world, what does the HW / OS look like?

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

Today, Reality (IRL) and Onchain are like two cities with very few roads between

Ethereum has limited access to IRL world, largely confined to being onchain. HW companies have forsaken crypto; we use devices that treat us like 2nd class citizens. Devs have to figure out our own oracle solutions, or not even bother

What would it look like if Ethereum could reach out to reality?

What if it could see? 
What if it could hear? 
What if it could notarize our reality, onchain - at the press of a button?
What would that look like?

That’s why we're building Roc - a machine that notarizes reality, onchain

A HW / OS built from the bottom up to support sensors (camera, audio, etc), cryptography: (able to do sensor attestations, is a HW wallet) and a GPU that can run local AI / ML models. Plus an API that allows for devs to build apps on top of it

In a world where humanity is drowning in AI, Roc helps you build things that make us more real...

E.g. You can create an app for Roc that takes deep-fake proof attested photos/videos that can prove that it is the owner. It would be verifiable thru /eas or services like @witness, or any smart contract of your choosing

Unfortunately, no one can be told what Roc is.
You’re going to have to experience it for yourself.

Similar to how standardizing clocks & the telegraph, unlocked railroads + industrial revolution, we believe Roc like machines IRL with private keys + Ethereum are going to unlock expanding humanity into the universe.

faust

This is just a teaser
This is going to be hard. 
This is going to take time. 
But we're going to do it together

Expect to hear from us again. 
Roc Pre-orders are coming in the near future. 
This is just the beginning

Join us (@faust, /faust) on this adventure
Reach out, my DCs open

Love, 
July & the Faust team

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To mark this moment in time - Announcing Faust Roc

@launch Faust Roc - a reality oracle computer that notarizes reality onchain

Whatever your decentralized, open, borderless, neutral, censorship-resistant blockchain question, the answer is YES… to Crypto!

It is! And it can be other things too

That’s why we with Roc

I assumed "ROC" meant "Reality On Chain" but evidently it's not that

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i picked an awful time to get sick and take a break from FC

CONGRATS FRIEND!! I could not be happier to see this :)

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for now, this is what we have. we'll have a website, docs, more information on preorders in the near future

in the meantime we'll keep folks updated on /faust 

if you have specific questions, reach out to me via direct cast

This sounds super interesting!

Where can I read more?

🫡 appreciate it 

lmk if you have any further questions, feel free to DC me

where to even begin, incredible looking to experiencing Roc 🫡

More questions now than ever, but excited to see where you go and where I can help!

Congrats to you & the team on this first public step of many

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Working on Terminally Onchain /toc. Learning about tech history /techarchive

appreciate it @metamonk 

if you have any questions or want to chat more about closing the gap between digital <> meatspace -- lmk my direct casts are open

i knew @july was cookin but this is next level. my mind always wrestled with the barrier between digital verification and meat space actions. this seems to close the gap significantly. incredible work. looking forward to trying this out!

Offline Space Designer™ - systems.energy

appreciate it - if you have any questions, feel free to direct cast and reach out

I'm always here for hardware. Excited to see this grow.

@backpack put a bank in your pocket and use your money whenever, wherever, however without permission

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hell yeah, excited to chat with you tomorrow

I’m most excited about learning more about this project, super into what I’m reading 😍

building /fluidkey // moritz.fkey.id // thoughts at moritz.ooo

🤝 appreciate rhis and appreciate you @moritz and what you are doing with @fluidkey and the human that you are!

Congrats on the launch @july, so excited to see this come to life and always a joy chatting with you 🫶

Strategic Initiatives Officer, SingularityNet.io
Chasing the dream

how I think about it is this way

A) Oracles / oracle networks are ways to put data into the blockchain network
B) with Roc we're taking the approach that we can tie the ownership of the smart contract (through an EOA, AA or CA) directly to the Roc itself. The Roc is a hardware wallet, in a way (under the hood)

intrigue, what is the difference vs oracle :-D ?

let me know if you have any questions (feel free to DC) - happy to answer them

dad/working stiff/crypto enthusiast/amateur nft collector/ark investor

onchain > online

appreciate it. reach out / DC if you have any questions or want to chat

this is ambitious as hell. I commend you for it and wish you good luck

i admire and appreciate your commitment to your values here. this is making the world a better place, not just a more efficient one. excited to see what come of it!

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