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@apruden08 @AleoHQ alex, it’s been a pleasure working with you the past three (!) years… thank you for everything 🫶

Today is my last day of full-time work at the Aleo Network Foundation, marking the end of a 4-1/2-year journey with @AleoHQ. Even though I'll still be involved with the project as board chairman, I wanted to take this opportunity to share some parting thoughts on the experience and offer advice to anyone currently on—or considering—the startup journey. 👇

@clairekart @veethenomad @motherpredicate @hdevalence @penumbrazone @AleoHQ @zcash @anoma 👋 @lets_puzzle

Request for help: Need names of all founders or marketers at privacy-focused/cypherpunk crypto projects for my newest cabal If you or your project has 1 follower, let’s talk. @veethenomad @motherpredicate @hdevalence working on @penumbrazone cc: @AleoHQ @zcash @anoma please report back

@AleoRats aleo1sqr2xn82xqg6lq4cldgz6ndng8ntkvhsuxq2pxfa26pm27v7vgrs852xpu rats are highly intelligent animals

An experienced economics expert made an infographic for $RATS, take a look at it 👇 Btw, drop your aleo address in the comments, you only have 1 hour.

@lets_puzzle wait i thought we had an intern for this

@_lukenewman Def would help show people that we give freedom to our twitter to whole team and that it’s totally not just Matt

should i write more things?

we are back we are hydrated we are moisturized we are in our lane we are airdropping PARC gm to our new friends that have joined us on mainnet in the last few weeks – check your wallet in a few hours 🫶

lol nice

INTRODUCING THE PUZZLE ARCADE ONLY POSSIBLE WITH PRIVACY ONLY POSSIBLE WITH PUZZLE ONLY POSSIBLE WITH ALEO details, timeline & tokenomics below👇

wen mainnet? now.

@lets_puzzle great scott

wen mainnet? NOW check your Aleo Airdrop with Puzzle Wallet & get eligible for Puzzle's Airdrop! see instructions below 👇

kill your paymasters, support your gasdaddies

🥁 ITS ALMOST TIME FOLKS 🥁 AND EXTENSION HAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED SO WE CELEBRATE Puzzle Infra on mainnet ✅ Puzzle Wallet extension on mainnet ✅ Job's not finished though ➡️ Puzzle Wallet Android/iOS on mainnet 🔜 Aleo dApps on mainnet 🔜 Puzzle Arcade on mainnet 🔜

i can do all things through script kiddies who strengthen me

🚨 PUZZLE WALLET V2 IS NOW ON ANDROID 🚨 Earn. Play. Win. Puzzle Wallet with Puzzle Arcade is now native on Android! Use now with any of your favorite Aleo dApps today to earn, play and win! Over $1000 worth in Arcade Prizes! Try it out today 👇!

🥳🎈 In celebration of v2.0, we've got another #puzzleraffle for you all! 🥇🥇🥇 3 lucky winners will each bank 100 USDC 🤳 Download Puzzle Wallet and hit the Arcade to enter before next Wednesday! Links below 🧵

Excited to share our latest update—a complete refresh of our @AleoHQ wallet 💅 We're also thrilled to introduce the Puzzle Arcade, an in-wallet experience offering daily opportunities to play games, earn rewards, and redeem them for real-world value 👾

@_weidai what about @AleoHQ

1/ Short thread on the state of crypto infra: maturing categories and what comes next. First, there are a number of categories that are maturing (protocols on or close to mainnet with decent PMF): 1. ZK (zkSNARKs) 2. L2 infrastructure 3. Confidential compute (FHE, MPC, & TEEs)

@luketchang @nocturne_xyz @sebastienladuca tough decision - y’all will be missed! enjoy the time away from this chaos

Some tough personal news. After shutting down the privacy protocol we built for @nocturne_xyz, @sebastienladuca and I decided to wind down the company and step away from crypto for now. Wanted to reflect/share thoughts below. I got into crypto in 2020, inspired by a new/open financial system. Over the last 3+ years, I was fortunate enough to be able to help build/launch Celo’s bridge, spin out Nomad and lead its backend engineering effort, and later start Nocturne to work on financial privacy. Celo’s bridge facilitated hundreds of millions in volume, Nomad ~$1B, and Nocturne several million before shutdown. Sebastien and I thought we’d work in crypto for a long time, but after the regulatory situation worsened for privacy and we shut down, we had time to reconsider. Though we still believe in crypto, we decided that stepping away from the space would yield the most personal growth long-term. I’m grateful for the things I learned along the way. A few of the lessons I took away: • Product problems are fundamentally different from structural ones (you can fix bugs and beat competitors but you can’t easily change things like regulatory outcomes—know what levers you can actually pull) • Strong owners make a huge difference (the folks who build the original product often own their verticals, hire new folks, and drive new work well into the future) • Avoid reactivity (reactivity causes people to rush into situations without communicating or prematurely react to things that aren’t final like deals or product reception—minimize the emotional swings and be cautiously optimistic) Though exciting, the past few years have definitely been challenging. You realize that life isn’t that linear and the range of hurdles you can face are wide and fairly unpredictable. No advice, class, or even most jobs can prepare you for these challenges. That said, I’m grateful for the journey. I met a lot of people, built/launched several new systems from scratch, and learned how to better lead. I’ll have more shots in the future and look forward to it. Recently, I’ve had time to hack on various projects for fun, like reimplementing GPT-2 from scratch and building a desktop client for ChatGPT. I’m moving back to the Bay and would love to chat with more folks doing interesting work. I’m also looking to join a more mid-stage company with strong leadership sometime this coming year. For folks in the Bay, happy to chat!

@utopialabs_ henlo ⛩️