B jiggles
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@Bjiggles
Crypto is King - trapped like rats & cats in cages. DR;NS, here for the culture. Keeper of the cycle, Drinker of the void. truth over comfort
i have been incredibly humbled by the inability of fantasy top, friendtech and consumer crypto apps to cross the chasm. crypto in its most ambitious form (of ushering in a new era of user owned software and infrastructure) has failed. we optimistically tried to blend the personas of investor (people allocating capital to production to receive more money than they put in) and consumer (people willing to pay more for a product than it costs to operate) and found ourselves serving the needs of neither. where the strong form of crypto failed, the weak form (of commoditized ledger/database tech for financial transactions) has succeeded beyond anyone's expectation. the consequence is that crypto has been reduced to a vassal of traditional finance, both more impactful than any normie anticipated, and deeply disappointing in structure to crypto OGs. reducing global transaction costs as commoditized ledger/database technology reduces drag on global GDP, but this is a marginal improvement over the status quo and one where the value accrues in large part to incumbent intermediaries in reducing overhead and improving margins. crypto was supposed to be the most egalitarian thing ever. it was insanely ambitious and, if it worked, could have really changed the fabric of society. it didn't. it's over. we haven't found the right primitives, and, more importantly, the right culture for delivering the most ambitious version of crypto. it's time to question everything again.
Ethereum’s missing component at this point is some form of native privacy. ETH’s utility value would literally jump over night. I feel like privacy is the type of feature that can give an asset true “moneyness” qualities. L1 privacy could also drive a surge in mainnet fees.
Technically, the banana after 5 years would look like this:
Meet the v3 Transmuter, Alchemix v3's peg stability engine and a source of fixed yield for anyone. It converts discounted alAssets to their counterparts at a 1:1 ratio in a fixed time frame. Want to learn more? 🧵
This new post from @LayerZero_Core directly contradicts Bryan's claim yesterday that the LayerZero Labs multisig signer who was trading the "McPepes" memecoin on Uniswap was just "testing the PEPE OFT integration" Turns out that gaslighting doesn't work when people can check the chain and verify for themselves Naturally, they attempt to minimize the issue by making it seem like this was a one time incident, involving only one signing key, and that the memecoin trader was quickly rotated off the multisig In reality, the multisig signer attempted multiple memecoin trades over the span of a year and stayed on the multisig for nearly two years after the first memecoin trade, before finally being rotated off Furthermore, there were actually 3 signing addresses that were engaged in non-multisig related activity (memecoin trading, DEX swaps, bridging, LP provisioning) on a 2-of-5 Gnosis Safe multisig Billions of dollars in OFT value was exposed to the risk of being exploited by a multisig whose majority threshold of signers failed to practice even the most basic opsec and key isolation practices, FOR YEARS This was not a one-time error oopsie, this was a complete disregard for opsec -- Timeline of events of the LayerZero memecoin trader multisig signer: March 1, 2023 - 0xf1f5E swaps 0.198548 ETH for 1,727,120 McPepes (PEPES) December 21, 2023 - 0xf1f5E calls approve() for Uniswap on the McPepes ERC20 contract April 20, 2024 - 0xf1f5E attempts to sell McPepes on Uniswap but the transaction reverts January 27, 2025 - 0xf1f5E is finally rotated off LayerZero’s Gnosis Safe multisigs and signing threshold changed -- More context in following tweets
After an extensive security review, we have decided to deprecate @LayerZero_Core bridges for SolvBTC and xSolvBTC, and migrate to @Chainlink CCIP as our official cross-chain infrastructure solution for $700M+ in tokenized BTC (SolvBTC & xSolvBTC). In light of recent industry events, Solv reviewed its existing bridges and found that CCIP provided the strongest security assurances through its secure-by-default architecture, native risk controls and proactive monitoring. Through CCIP, we are providing our users with the highest assurance that the most secure infrastructure is securing all cross-chain transfers. Furthermore, CCIP because it is widely regarded as the gold standard for decentralized interoperability and officially recognized by the @WhiteHouse as critical infrastructure for the digital asset ecosystem. This migration reinforces Solv’s unwavering commitment to delivering institutional-grade protection for our users. Learn more: insights.solv.finance/solv-protocol-…
In 4 days, 4 leading protocols with $3B+ combined TVL decommissioned their legacy oracles & bridges and are migrating to Chainlink. ⬡ @KelpDAO ⬡ @SolvProtocol ⬡ @re ⬡ @tydrohq DeFi will win.
“Non-technical teams are now shipping production code” -My advice is to get your funds off coinbase immediately. No. It’s not FUD. It’s perfectly sound risk management.
