Sam Ragsdale

@samrags

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munger has some words for you

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we’re going to start with OS ecosystem that are well funded but centralized, show strong ROI and expand. stay tuned

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Yeah we don't plan to go down the liquid governance path. I'm glad the space ran the experiment but it's time for more direct funding mechanisms to the builders.

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Big fan of Optimism’s PGF efforts. Our goal is a step closer to the metal. PGF asks “how should funds be allocated to an ecosystem”, we as “how should funds be allocated within a repo”.

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standalone. coming soon to block space near you

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Let's go @samrags @mason @rfs https://www.merit.systems/fundraise

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@merit_systems is the vision I've had for crypto since I entered the space through UniswapV2 MEV back in 2021. Blockchains are good at settlement. The largest market for settlement is not memecoins but labor. The most productive category of labor is Open Source Software. Very proud to unveil @meritsystems alongside @rfs @mason.

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Awesome effort to make the hidden network of open source work legible. OSS is an engine of tremendous economic productivity. Deep Funding builds a weighted dependency graph of the open source ecosystem to enable fair, automated payments for sustaining developers. $170k is meaningful, but once fragmented across hundreds of repos, each will receive $50-$5k. The payment is unlikely to cover its own admin overhead. Our team at Merit Systems is focused on reducing the friction in the last mile and growing the pie. We expect automated incentives for code contributions to hit escape velocity soon. Stay posted for more details.

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The zeitgeist is circling back

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Definitely on the roadmap but not a short term priority. We're going to focus on getting Jolt on-chain with curves first.

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I can't give you a concrete timeline, but we're working on it. To start we'll mock the commitment scheme and get the sumchecks + GKR working over the Binius fields.

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July Roadmap Update TL;DR: Jolt is faster, simpler, and more usable than ever. Huge shoutout to the contributors who made this happen!

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I hear the theme next year is power rangers

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It's time to build (verifiable compute). Jolt will support many different zkVM configurations in a unified codebase. OS contributors accelerate Jolt's development but we can parallelize these efforts further. Reach out if you want to build the core infra of the future.

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New podcast: Building the Breakthrough zkVM Jolt ⚡️ In this episode, members of the a16z crypto research and engineering teams discuss their year-long close collaboration to develop the simplest, most performant zkVM to date: Jolt️⚡️ @samrags @moodlezoup @hackr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy0Qap3fePI

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New Jolt feature just dropped! Jolt programs now support using the Rust Standard Library! This means that nearly all existing Rust programs are compatible with Jolt, opening up the door for new applications that make use of Rust's full ecosystem.

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Frame by @tom-major

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Our wiki is improving by the day at http://jolt.a16zcrypto.com but we're happy to provide direct support if needed

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