Oleksandr Stepanovych

@stepanovych

470 Following

197 Followers

Vitalik Buterin pfp

Vitalik Buterin

One meta-note on the situation, is that in my timeline I have seen exactly zero non-western people defending Durov's arrest, but quite a few western people. Definitely don't want to say that they don't exist (after all, my timeline is biased just like anyone's), just this is what my sample is so far. IMO this is another example of the decoupling of liberalism and westernism that https://x.com/MacaesBruno often talks about.

38 replies

142 recasts

407 reactions

Vitalik Buterin pfp

Vitalik Buterin

One way to look at the possible effects of deepfakes in politics is to look at "shallow fakes" that have been possible for a long time. For example, this screenshot purporting to be a "you're free to say whatever nasty stuff you want" whitelist for twitter. I actually have no idea if this is real or fake, but there definitely are some people who are treating it as real, imo without sufficient evidence. And yet, the effects of things like this are pretty bounded. This feels like a plausible outcome for deepfakes in politics. The smart people know not to trust a politician's statements without confirmation on official channels, and less smart people get tricked, as they do today with shallow fakes. If something fake goes viral, Community Notes can help on the margin in making it clear that it's fake. Most normies don't actually look at this stuff in real time, and so the effect ends up not too bad. This is the strongest case for not being too worried. The place where I am *more* worried about deepfakes is...

47 replies

179 recasts

785 reactions

PetrunCho pfp

The market is in the red today, most of the alts are red. BTC is currently trading around $64,560, ETH is trading around $3,420.

0 reply

1 recast

2 reactions

Oleksandr Stepanovych pfp

Oleksandr Stepanovych

Top 10 Bitcoin Sidechains by TVL Top 10 Bitcoin sidechains by Total Value Locked (TVL) are in constant flux, with rankings shifting as they compete. Despite these changes, the overall TVL across Bitcoin sidechains has ceased to grow.

0 reply

0 recast

2 reactions

Alberto Ornaghi pfp

Alberto Ornaghi

Last time someone attempted an assassination ended up this way. Curious to compare after this year results.

3 replies

5 recasts

44 reactions

PetrunCho pfp

The market is in the red today, most of the alts are red. BTC is currently trading around $60,900, ETH is trading around $3,360. Bitcoin Dominance: 54.4%; Fear and Greed Index: 50 (neutral); Alt Season Index: 24; Market Capitalization: $2.2 trillion.

0 reply

1 recast

2 reactions

Oleksandr Stepanovych pfp

Oleksandr Stepanovych

0 reply

0 recast

0 reaction

Anton ProfiT pfp

@antonprofit.eth

Starknet уверенно идёт на дно. Ждем по 0.3$

3 replies

9 recasts

37 reactions