Karthik Senthil

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The next big "L1" opportunity isn't higher TPS or lower fees for smart contract devs. It's making crypto rails accessible to a new, emerging set of builders: AI app / agent devs. AI devs will build on crypto rails for two reasons: 1. Create product differentiation and lock-in by incentivizing users via tokens to contribute to improving model performance 2. Power increasingly autonomous (and eventually sovereign) agents who can capitalize themselves via internet capital markets, make payments, acquire compute, etc.

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gm all! I wrote a piece on X on why I believe crypto rails will be valuable to AI builders in a hopefully first-principles, product-focused away: https://x.com/karsenthil/status/1904167644732805603 Curious what everyone here thinks!

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gm. I'm super excited to more publicly share my new role at Matter Labs as the head of ZKsync Era. Some quick thoughts 👇

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Hot take: AA/embedded wallets are a feature, not a product. To make crypto UX > web2 UX, we need to take a bolder swing that also addresses other important user and developer unmet needs.

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This is the future of crypto UX. Multiple chains, each uniquely designed based on their requirements, that can seamlessly share data + liquidity all through one-tap (eg via FaceID or Passkeys) — all powered by @zksync Who's ready?

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Spent the last 4 days with our team at @zksync in Denver and cant tell you how excited i am for what we are building for you. Will share more soon! ZK is the endgame.

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Does Warpcast show nfts minted on zksync natively in feed?

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What builders will be in Denver next wk? Id love to meet, my TG DMs are open @ karthiksenthil.telegram 🕶️🕶️

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The most important ability of any blockchain 3 years from now won't be TPS, throughput, or parallelization. It will be its Rolodex: the network of other blockchains it can interact with in a way that's fully abstracted from users. And the biggest network will win. Agree/disagree?

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Does a channel for angels already exist? If not, like this cast if you’d join. >50 casts and ill create it tonight!

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Builders! Id love to learn more about what you’re building and where zkSync can help! Will respond and chat to every reply.

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PSA to ZKsync-casters

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We’re gonna be working on a manifesto of what crypto-powered UX should ideally feel like to help the industry work backwards from. If you’re interested in contributing or reviewing (or know someone who would love to), LMK!

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Just took me 45 mins to convert a bit of stETH -> ETH -> swETH (swell) -> restake on Eigen. Prob cost me $50 in fees. AMA. Oh and wagmi 🫤

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