Islam El-Ashi

Ryan Croote, Islam El-Ashi (@ielashi), Thomas Locher & Yvonne-Anne Pignolet (@yapignolet) from the @DFINITY foundation will talk about "Enabling Bitcoin Smart Contracts on the Internet Computer" @ICDCS2025 #ICP 📅 Monday, July 21, 2025 ⏱️15:15-16:45 Research paper👉 arxiv.org/pdf/2506.21327 ICDCS 2025 program👉 icdcs2025.icdcs.org/detailed-progr…

@sowmaler @lastmjs That's one thing we're exploring. These workers are substantially easier to run in a TEE compared to the rest of the Internet Computer because they're stateless.

@lastmjs Are the workers running in TEEs?

Azle 0.27.0 is now out, with support for ICP's LLM Canister. The LLM Canister provides a simple API for interacting with AI workers (workers remain off-chain). See below how to prompt an LLM, in TypeScript (or JavaScript), from a canister running on ICP. Good luck!

@lastmjs Thanks @lastmjs!

Great panel about the intersection between AI and blockchain at the Web3 x AI summit at Stanford University.

1/ #BTC 🤝 #ICP direct integration 🚫 🌉 Phase 2 is complete: @dfinity cryptographers & engineers release new Bitcoin integration API. ✅ Phase 1: Threshold ECDSA signatures ✅ Phase 2: BTC<>ICP Developer Preview (see demo) 🛠️ Phase 3: BTC<>ICP full integration (end of Q1)

@josephcu I moved to Switzerland in January. Please do come visit whenever the pandemic is over - plenty of beautiful nature here too :)

@ielashi Yeah, it's a tough trip if you're not on west coast US/CANADA or in Japan. Probably still worth it though! Where are you living these days?

Black sand beaches have always been one of my favorite landscape photography subjects. Finally got the chance to give it my own take and it's a lot harder than I thought!

@egypsci Crazy, right? Also, in computer science terminology, the RNA sequence of SARS-CoV-2 can be compressed to just about 8 kilobytes.

@bilalghalib Pretty optimistic

@ielashi Indeed ! How are you feeling about it?

Who is going through a transition moment right now? Crossing a threshold?

43.5 more days to go!

Remember when @elk_cc turned on a lightbulb with a whisper message in Status? They have just launched their kickstarter campaign to create the dev board for the decentralized World. You can get an Ethereum connected hardware board starting at $59 USD bit.ly/2OhVEqh

@tgalal Huge thanks for your support🙏! Can't wait to ship one to you 🦌

And we're on @TechCrunch! techcrunch.com/2019/07/25/elk…

We just launched on Kickstarter! I'm super excited to be introducing you to Elk. Check out our super sweet video starring our very own @bilalghalib. PS: See the end of the video for a picture of me looking like a doofus🙈

@chloedorosario @TwitterAU @theodore_sua Keep rocking the @TwitterAU office, Chloe!

get yourself a team that makes you #lovewhereyouwork every single day, and a manager that knows your bubble tea order #grateful

Friends, we at @elk_cc have been hard at work the past few months to build something that I think is very, very cool. We launch on @kickstarter tomorrow! We have a launch party tomorrow at our office. Join us! facebook.com/events/4971716…

@616476fbde873af @electronutLabs Whisper is using the Ethereum protocol for p2p discovery, but that's all. You don't need to own any Eth to use it

@electronutLabs @ielashi I see p2p is via block chain ethereum based, so ppl have to buy Eth crypto currency?

DIY —  Build Your Own Decentralized Thermostat by @ielashi medium.com/p/diy-build-yo…

@electronutLabs @616476fbde873af For the Elk board in general, you can use test Eth for building Ethereum connected projects. For other protocols owning Eth isn't needed.

@616476fbde873af @ielashi You mean the Elk Board? Not sure.

@616476fbde873af @electronutLabs Nope. We're using whisper, and that doesn't require owning Eth

@electronutLabs @ielashi The user will have to buy Eth?