Ed Wang
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Ed Wang
@EdWangsolana
Building VerumProtocol · Decentralized vehicle insurance on Solana · ZK proofs × on-chain claims · Building in public
Shanghai Katılım Mart 2026
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Honest breakdown of where Verum Protocol stands.
What's working:
→ Groth16 ZK circuit (44K constraints, Circom 2.0)
→ 3 Anchor contracts deployed to Solana devnet
→ 60s crash-to-USDC end-to-end demo
→ AI pipeline training on 238K NHTSA cases
What still needs work:
→ AI verdict not ZK-wrapped yet — biggest gap
→ No GPS verification to confirm same accident scene
→ No emergency pause on contracts
→ Dynamic pricing still off-chain
→ DAO dispute resolution designed, not built
Still a long way to go. But I'd rather be honest about what's missing than pretend it's further along than it is.
#Solana #ZKProofs #BuildingInPublic
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As a Culer, after the full match I have to say that this year’s Barca is absolutely at a lower level than either Bayern or PSG😭
Imagine what Kounde will do when he meets K77 or Diaz , I don’t think he will stop either of them
#UCL #PSGBayern #FCBarcelona
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Had the privilege of speaking with a seasoned founder who’s been building in insurance tech for over a decade.
I asked what the biggest barrier to automated claims settlement is.
His answer: not technical, not regulatory — it’s trust in execution.
Insurers have seen too many POCs that looked great in a demo and died in production. So they’re cautious. They need to believe the solution actually fits inside their existing workflow, not just that it works in isolation.
The other thing he said stuck with me: don’t just build a layer. Own enough of the workflow to create a real outcome.
Still processing what that means for how we’re building Verum.
#InsurTech #BuildingInPublic #Solana
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honorable mention: dilli dilli, semma, kanyakumari
Varun Anand@vxanand
For years, I've been sad that we couldn't figure out Indian food in New York. London had it down - why couldn't we get our act together? Well, I'm thrilled to report we are now going through an Indian food renaissance. There are three elite players: -Ambassador's Clubhouse -Musaafer -Bungalow Honorable mention to Tera Mera in Cobble Hill which has captured my heart. If you're thinking "What about Unapologetic Foods (Dhamaka, Semma, etc.)?" - no! Too spicy, too oily. London, we're coming for you!!
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The cruel VC eye.
Founders get pissed off when they realize they don't have what VCs want.
▸ Track record: academic and professional achievements
▸ Social capital: people who will refer you and invest in you
▸ A hot market: like AI right now
▸ Traction: retention, usage, and growth
NONE of these can be built overnight.
So by the time you decide to raise, 80% of your fundability is sealed! 👈
That's why fundraising is so frustrating. The cruel VC eye doesn't care how hard you're working. It cares about traction, track record, social capital, and a hot market.
So founders end up optimizing for low-impact items:
▸ Your product
▸ Your pitch deck
▸ Your story
Don't get me wrong, those are important items. But it can't be everything you're bringing to the table.
So what should you do instead?
Talk to "smaller" investors. Angels, accelerators, maybe emerging VC managers. Chase grants, too.
Sure, you won't raise $4M.
But $500k, maybe.
Use that $500k to build up your team, get some traction, and reach product-market fit. Then you're VC material.
You're not born VC fundable, you become VC fundable.
(Or bootstrap all the way and keep 100% of that sweet equity!✌️)
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@andrewchen The power-law forms around whoever controls the compounding asset — not the access.
In every cycle it's the same pattern: democratized access, concentrated leverage.
The top 10% win not because they got in first,
but because they understood what compounds.
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