JD Lorax

@florencia_xyz @agoric Glad to have met and worked with you (even in the small capacity we worked together on things). Wishing the best to you as well!

@JDLorax @agoric Really grateful to have worked alongside you! Wishing you only the best ahead.

After two years my time working with @agoric has come to an end. It’s been an amazing chapter of my life working with the OpCo team and I leave with positive memories and valuable learnings. I’m going to take a much needed break before thinking about what’s next for me.

@DeanTribble @agoric I wish nothing but the best for @agoric moving forward! Orchestrate all the things!

.@agoric is shifting focus from dev platform to building Orchestration-powered products for end users. As part of this, we said goodbye to some incredible teammates. We’re deeply grateful for your impact—you’ve helped shape what’s next. Thank you. 💙

In the short term you can find me in the mountains, deep in the forest. I’ll be on my mountain bike. Not so much touching grass as it will be railing berms and surfin the dirt.

All good things come to an end. I leave in good spirits and I wish all the the best to @agoric. I don’t know what’s next for me. It’s both exciting and uncertain. Whatever happens, I go into my next chapter with new skills and a new mentality.

No friction. Real fast. Fast USDC, powered by Agoric Orchestration, is live.

Today I tuned in to an internal demo of Fast $USDC powered by @agoric Orchestration - real, live multi-chain actions happening on mainnet! Orchestration contracts are here, making Web3 seamless. Watching it in action was 🔥 Y'all ain't ready...

@web3_analyst Cerulean City?

New location, where dis?

@SpartakBGNN @agoric IST is used to pay contract execution fees on the Agoric chain. And Inter Protocol, which issues IST via Vaults and the PSM, is governed by BLD stakers.

I am a stablecoin — overcollateralized, community-governed, and built for seamless cross-chain movement. I power DeFi in Cosmos without relying on central issuers. What am I?👀

@agoric Oh snap! @__tribbles attended in person too

We're LIVE from the Orchestration Lounge! Look who crashed the party 👀

@NykAlice Thanks for sharing your story Alice! I can’t help but relate to it from my own entry into the Cosmos. I owe plenty of thanks to all of the things I’ve learned from you. Wishing you all the best moving into the next chapter. Don’t be a stranger. See you around the Cosmos! 🐈

Moving On from the ICF: A Personal Reflection. Cosmos has always been more than just an ecosystem to me, it’s been a lifeline, a purpose, and a family. When I first discovered Cosmos in 2019, I wasn’t looking for a job or an investment opportunity. I was looking for something to believe in, and, maybe without realising it, something to pull me out of a personal darkness I couldn’t escape on my own. Back then, the energy in Cosmos was infectious. The ideas of sovereign communities, interoperability, and the dream of building the “Internet of Blockchains” captivated me in a way nothing else ever had. I came to the community wide-eyed, overwhelmed by the possibilities of crypto, and absolutely starving for knowledge. I couldn’t absorb information fast enough I’d spent years in community management in the gaming and streaming world, but crypto was entirely new to me, and I knew I had a lot to learn. So I did what I always do when I’m passionate about something, I threw myself into it, head first, every waking moment, like a degenerate on a caffeine-fueled rabbit hole. As I immersed myself in the Cosmos community, I started volunteering wherever I could. I didn’t see it as “work,” though, it was more like purpose. I became friends with Catdotfish, one of the most incredible people I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting. Cat taught me so much and gave me the space and encouragement I needed to grow into a role I wasn’t sure I was even ready for. In 2021, I participated in the Gravity DEX competition and finished in the top 20 out of over 25,000 participants. It was intense, I’d never used a DEX before, so I had to learn everything on the fly while also helping and teaching thousands of others in the chaos of it all. It was overwhelming, exhilarating, and gave me a real sense of being part of something much bigger. Around the same time, Josh Lee from Osmosis reached out with a job offer to help build the Osmosis Community Discord. I ended up turning it down, though, because I didn’t feel ready. I was still trying to learn Cosmos, and Osmosis was just finding its place on the scene. But I offered to step in as a volunteer instead. At that moment, being part of the community and helping people meant so much more to me than having an official title or role. It wasn’t about recognition, it was about doing what I loved and contributing to something that mattered. I built up the Osmosis Discord, the chain launched, and the community absolutely exploded with growth. It was just me at the time, running around like a wild goose, trying to help everyone at a hundred miles an hour. It was overwhelming, sure, but it also forced me to learn quickly and adapt to the chaos. During this time, crypto Discord servers were constantly being targeted and hacked, putting countless users at risk. I made it my mission to ensure that this never happened to the Cosmos or Osmosis communities. Security and keeping everyone safe were always my top priorities, nothing mattered more to me than protecting the people who trusted us. It was a responsibility I took deeply to heart. Amid all this, I took note of someone named RoboMcGobo. We started chatting, and I eventually roped him in to help expand our team of volunteers. Robo quickly became an essential part of Osmosis, bringing his own energy and ideas to the table. Together, we helped lay the foundation for what would later become the OSL (Osmosis Support Lab). It was in this whirlwind period that my love for Osmosis and Cosmos grew even deeper. The work, the people, the community, I loved all of it. And for the first time in years, I felt like my life had real meaning again. What I don’t talk about often is how much of a lifeline this all was for me. I got into crypto by chance, during a time when I was struggling with severe mental health issues: PTSD, agoraphobia, and years of unemployment. It was hard, and for a long time, I didn’t feel like I had much of a future. But the ecosystem gave me a purpose. It showed me that I could grow, contribute, and find a community that valued me for the person I was, flaws and all. In August 2022, I was approached by the Interchain Foundation with a job offer, something I never expected and, honestly, something that terrified me. I’m naturally a humble person. I’ve never liked asking for anything. Volunteering was enough for me, and I didn’t feel like I needed or deserved more than that. But some amazing people encouraged me to recognize my strengths, to see my potential, and to take the leap. So I did. And I have no regrets. Working at the ICF has been one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences of my life. I’ve devoted myself to the community, to helping people, to fostering growth in the ecosystem. Over the years, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people, maybe even more, and sent hundreds of thousands of scammers to the shadow realm. Through it all, my passion for the ecosystem and community has only grown stronger. The last five years have been a journey of incredible growth, for the Cosmos community, for the ecosystem, and for me personally. From struggling with my mental health to finding purpose in helping others, I’ve grown in ways I never expected. And I owe so much of that to Cosmos and the amazing people I’ve met along the way. Today, I’m closing this chapter of my journey as I leave the Interchain Foundation. I’m not sure what’s next for me, but I know one thing for certain: my commitment to the Cosmos community isn’t over. You’ll still find me here, supporting, contributing, and continuing to be a proud Cosmonaut. To everyone I’ve met along the way, thank you. To the builders, the validators, the teams, the community members, the friends, and the mentors who have helped me grow and thrive: I am endlessly grateful. This isn’t goodbye. It’s just the next turn in the spiral. The Cosmos is my home. Always. Thank you. 🌌

@JeetRaut @RAnSacks That’s your inner Bad Kid coming out

@RAnSacks I think that’s the angriest I’ve ever looked in a photograph

Magna rooftop parties were such a vibe.

Huge shoutout to the @agoric validators who put in the effort to upgrade mainnet on a Friday! 🙏 Upgrade-18 will definitely improve their operations... No more long, slow blocks and weekend alerts while struggling for uptime.

@JeetRaut @nyblockchainco It was a pleasure working with you Jeet! Wishing you all the best as you move forward into the next chapter with @nyblockchainco!

Today is my last day at Agoric. It’s been a privilege meeting awesome people and traveling around the world the past 3.5 years! Shout out to my amazing co-workers for making the past few years such a rewarding experience. I’ll be working on the @nyblockchainco for the next bit of time here but please reach out if you want to collaborate!

@immanuel16_05 This has been addressed - the cause of the performance issues has been identified and a fix will be included in the next release, which is being validated in testnet now. Validators have been kept updated throughout testing and they'll be the ones submitting the upgrade proposal.

I love Agoric so much but the team really needs to address these issues, I'm not an engineer but this has been going on and still hasn't been addressed, this is even at 5000 transactions a day

A landmark victory for immutable smart contracts: The federal court confirms they’re not property, safeguarding their autonomy. This ruling reinforces what Agoric has always stood for and echoes @marksammiller's foundational work in smart contracts. A win for the vision of decentralized, open collaboration.

No longer just an idea... the Orchestration API is now live! What previously impossible multi-chain app will you build?

@SultonAyinde @Iamoptimist4 @agoric @DeanTribble @__tribbles That's odd. It's working for me when I try in a private browser window. Try going to the Tribbles website and joining from the link there. tribblecoin.com

@JDLorax @Iamoptimist4 @agoric @DeanTribble @__tribbles Unable to join it says invalid link

Better DX: The Orchestration API is a powerful tool for creating applications with seamless multi-block, multi-chain workflows. The result? Users can operate across chains with minimal friction. Watch Seamless DX for Single Click UX from @DeanTribble: youtube.com/watch?v=e2EIxr…