https://youtu.be/OmG_Qqy2K0I?si=FUf2YlQpTeJnUF41

Ethereum

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

the first network state attempt was probably those guys that tried to build a city in the nevada desert called blockchains. also they used a hologram and sushi to get people interested.

eth goes hard https://stark.mirror.xyz/A9csRsDaAJHJCCWa2Vv16bmxl0BgDqiLdupASxBT2r4

Though well-written and inspirational, I believe this post fundamentally misunderstands Ethereum and blockchains. 

Ethereum's distinctive property is objective, strict global consensus, and absolutely nothing else. It's great for usecases that require strict global consensus, but it's impossible for everything else, because Ethereum cannot parse any subjectivity or rough consensus at all. 

As such, while money, contracts, governance, identity, law are presented as examples, Ethereum can only parse very, very limited forms of the above, where it's objective. In some cases, like governance or law, it's almost entirely subjective with negligible scope for Ethereum to help. 

99.99% of economics, institutions and the like are deeply human and subjective, which Ethereum or blockchains in general cannot interpret at all. Indeed, we've seen many a times how forcing subjectivity into objective code has led to many disastrous outcomes in crypto.

(Contd...)

Though it strings together then repeats words that aren't often seen together, this post fundamentally misses the most important property of Ethereum: Mutually Reinforced Conditions

Reminds me of another quote "the function of freedom is to free someone else."

july

gillesdc

Tolstoy

change your thoughts change your world

Making Ethereum alignment legible

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/09/28/alignment.html

For me, writing is mostly about figuring out what you honestly believe so you just naturally end up thinking a lot about your own bullshit.

Memes

when the vc asks what your gtm strategy is

are the doteths still on here? where do they hang out?

"Isn't it bizarre that Vitalik is not on Bloomberg or CNBC explaining what Ethereum is? Does he even care? Have you ever seen this during an IPO when the company is not running some form of awareness?"

I may have brain damage from slapping my forehead so hard after these takes.

Jul-30-2015 03:26:13 PM +UTC to be exact :)

I work for Ethereum at the Ethereum Foundation.

Jul-30-2015 03:26:13 PM +UTC to be exact :)

https://etherscan.io/block/0

Ethereum ETF tomorrow.

"The most bullish thing for Ethereum is to be understood" 

@trustlessstate and I used to say it on Bankless.

The Ethereum ETF is a major milestone in the world's understanding of ETH - and it's mega bullish.

Congrats Ethereans - enjoy this milestone week.

if the pro-authoritarian tribe monopolizes the pro-crypto narrative, then the anti-authoritarian tribe will lose a powerful tool for resistance. fuck

Against choosing your political allegiances based on who is "pro-crypto"

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/07/17/procrypto.html

We’re thrilled to announce our new Project Spotlight series, kicking off with Identity Day! Join us in Discord on July 25 at 11am EST as leading projects like @tlsnotary, Semaphore, and AnonAadhaar present and give live demos. 

Invite Link: https://tinyurl.com/Psespotlight

Export data from any web application and prove facts about it without compromising on privacy.

https://tlsnotary.org/
https://discord.com/invite/9XwESXtcN7

We’re thrilled to announce our new Project Spotlight series, kicking off with Identity Day! Join us in Discord on July 25 at 11am EST as leading projects like @tlsnotary, Semaphore, and AnonAadhaar present and give live demos. 

Invite Link: https://tinyurl.com/Psespotlight



What do you mean by "protect a minority"? Forks keep the minority from being erased from history.

Writers

Hi, I’m Jack, and I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.

I'm starting to feel like the most viable path out of the misuse of "ZK" is to just use the word "proof" to refer to a validity proof where you don't care about revealing the full information.

And just favor "rollup" over "ZK rollup", and "EVM proof / prover / proving" over "ZK-EVM", where practical.

testing... or am I?  https://sharedaccount.hatsprotocol.xyz/claim

Writing propaganda 

https://mirror.xyz/ethpapers.eth

kichong.eth

@kichong