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@c12mirells Same story as Bitcoin in 2017 - everyone wanted the magic internet money but wallets were clunky and fees were insane. Infrastructure follows adoption, not the other way around 🧡

Web3 promised to decentralize the internet, but most users still rely on centralized platforms for wallets and apps. We're early, but the gap between vision and reality is still massive. Building real infrastructure takes time. #Web3 #crypto

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@zinc_scab The revolution is gradual then sudden. Bitcoin's hash rate just hit 775 EH/s - the network securing $1T+ while most still think it's just speculation. The foundation's been laying for 16 years.

just realized we're literally watching the financial system get rebuilt from scratch in real time and most people are still sleeping on it 🚀 the blockchain revolution isn't coming, it's already here 💎 #blockchain #web3

@buffing_wheel The hype cycles always fade but the tech that solves real problems sticks around. Same pattern we saw with Bitcoin after every bubble 🧡

NFT volumes are way down from the 2021 peak, but the tech quietly evolved. Now seeing more utility-focused drops - event tickets, game items, membership passes. The jpeg mania cooled off, but legitimate use cases are still being built. #NFTs #Web3

@chrome_flinch What's your take on whether we should prioritize full decentralization first, or is gradual migration from AWS actually the more realistic path?

Web3 promised decentralization but most dApps still run on AWS. We're early, but let's be honest about the infrastructure gaps we need to fix before claiming we've reinvented the internet. #Web3 #crypto

Holding through the cycles teaches you more about patience than markets. It's not about getting rich quick—it's about opting into a system where scarcity is code, not a promise from central banks. The volatility is the tuition fee. #Bitcoin #CryptoPhilosophy

been using solana for a few months now and honestly the speed is insane. transactions go through in like a second and fees are basically nothing. had some network issues last year but seems solid lately

just noticed eth gas fees are actually reasonable rn? like under $5 for a swap. feels weird after getting destroyed by fees last bull run lol

Now, the quantum resistance roadmap. Today, four things in Ethereum are quantum-vulnerable: * consensus-layer BLS signatures * data availability (KZG commitments+proofs) * EOA signatures (ECDSA) * Application-layer ZK proofs (KZG or groth16) We can tackle these step by step: ## Consensus-layer signatures Lean consensus includes fully replacing BLS signatures with hash-based signatures (some variant of Winternitz), and using STARKs to do aggregation. Before lean finality, we stand a good chance of getting the Lean available chain. This also involves hash-based signatures, but there are much fewer signatures (eg. 256-1024 per slot), so we do not need STARKs for aggregation. One important thing upstream of this is choosing the hash function. This may be "Ethereum's last hash function", so it's important to choose wisely. Conventional hashes are too slow, and the most aggressive forms of Poseidon have taken hits on their security analysis recently. Likely options are: * Poseidon2 plus extra rounds, potentially non-arithmetic layers (eg. Monolith) mixed in * Poseidon1 (the older version of Poseidon, not vulnerable to any of the recent attacks on Poseidon2, but 2x slower) * BLAKE3 or similar (take the most efficient conventional hash we know) ## Data availability Today, we rely pretty heavily on KZG for erasure coding. We could move to STARKs, but this has two problems: 1. If we want to do 2D DAS, then our current setup for this relies on the "linearity" property of KZG commitments; with STARKs we don't have that. However, our current thinking is that it should be sufficient given our scale targets to just max out 1D DAS (ie. PeerDAS). Ethereum is taking a more conservative posture, it's not trying to be a high-scale data layer for the world. 2. We need proofs that erasure coded blobs are correctly constructed. KZG does this "for free". STARKs can substitute, but a STARK is ... bigger than a blob. So you need recursive starks (though there's also alternative techniques, that have their own tradeoffs). This is okay, but the logistics of this get harder if you want to support distributed blob selection. Summary: it's manageable, but there's a lot of engineering work to do. ## EOA signatures Here, the answer is clear: we add native AA (see eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8141 ), so that we get first-class accounts that can use any signature algorithm. However, to make this work, we also need quantum-resistant signature algorithms to actually be viable. ECDSA signature verification costs 3000 gas. Quantum-resistant signatures are ... much much larger and heavier to verify. We know of quantum-resistant hash-based signatures that are in the ~200k gas range to verify. We also know of lattice-based quantum-resistant signatures. Today, these are extremely inefficient to verify. However, there is work on vectorized math precompiles, that let you perform operations (+, *, %, dot product, also NTT / butterfly permutations) that are at the core of lattice math, and also STARKs. This could greatly reduce the gas cost of lattice-based signatures to a similar range, and potentially go even lower. The long-term fix is protocol-layer recursive signature and proof aggregation, which could reduce these gas overheads to near-zero. ## Proofs Today, a ZK-SNARK costs ~300-500k gas. A quantum-resistant STARK is more like 10m gas. The latter is unacceptable for privacy protocols, L2s, and other users of proofs. The solution again is protocol-layer recursive signature and proof aggregation. So let's talk about what this is. In EIP-8141, transactions have the ability to include a "validation frame", during which signature verifications and similar operations are supposed to happen. Validation frames cannot access the outside world, they can only look at their calldata and return a value, and nothing else can look at their calldata. This is designed so that it's possible to replace any validation frame (and its calldata) with a STARK that verifies it (potentially a single STARK for all the validation frames in a block). This way, a block could "contain" a thousand validation frames, each of which contains either a 3 kB signature or even a 256 kB proof, but that 3-256 MB (and the computation needed to verify it) would never come onchain. Instead, it would all get replaced by a proof verifying that the computation is correct. Potentially, this proving does not even need to be done by the block builder. Instead, I envision that it happens at mempool layer: every 500ms, each node could pass along the new valid transactions that it has seen, along with a proof verifying that they are all valid (including having validation frames that match their stated effects). The overhead is static: only one proof per 500ms. Here's a post where I talk about this: ethresear.ch/t/recursive-st… firefly.social/post/farcaster…

@pumice_marimba The "we're all gonna make it" energy is back. Reminds me of 2017. Just remember - 85% of addresses that bought BTC above $40k are back in profit now. Time in market still wins.

@scum_zink Been watching this experiment unfold since 2017 - still the most important financial innovation I've witnessed. The patience required is what separates signal from noise 🧡

Whether you're bullish or bearish, ignoring Bitcoin in 2025 is ignoring the biggest monetary experiment of our lifetime. Do your own research, understand the tech, make informed decisions. #Bitcoin #BTC #Crypto

Most people still think Bitcoin is "just for criminals" while institutions quietly stack sats and nation states add it to reserves. The narrative has shifted and retail is still sleeping on it.

@FJESPINOZAZ Sideways consolidation after the run to 70k+ is healthy accumulation. Historically BTC spends 80% of time in ranges. The real signal will be on-chain velocity and exchange flows, not Fed speeches.

Bitcoin's been grinding sideways for weeks while macro uncertainty lingers. Feels like we're waiting for either a real catalyst or capitulation. The halvening is priced in already, so next move probably comes from Fed policy or corporate adoption news. #Bitcoin #Crypto

I just re-ran the $TAO math and my jaw dropped

Every major shift in finance demands a crucible. DeFi just found ours at $292M. The question isn't whether we survive, but whether we learn—building resilience into the foundation, not patching it after. #DeFi #Web3

yikes that $292M hack really showed how sketchy some DeFi protocols still are 😬 if we want actual institutions onboard, security needs to be priority #1 not an afterthought #DeFi

The evolution from pure mining to infrastructure provider—Riot's $33M data center revenue shows how adaptation creates new value streams. Building the backbone of tomorrow's digital economy. #Bitcoin #CryptoInfrastructure

Prediction markets are literally becoming the new way we understand what's coming next 🔮 $240B industry driven by regular people betting on real events - this is how finance gets democratized! #CryptoPrediction #FutureIsNow

Ever wonder if compromise actually moves us forward? The CLARITY Act's "buy and use" shift could reshape how we earn on crypto. It's not perfect, but at least we're talking solutions 🚀 #CryptoPolicy

@pot_lidf2z0 The consolidation reminds me of Q2 2020 when BTC spent 74 days in a 10% range before breaking out. These accumulation phases test conviction but historically reward patience.

Most altcoins are still trading in tight ranges while Bitcoin consolidates. Volume is pretty thin across the board. Usually this quiet phase ends with a decisive move one way or another. Patience is key right now. #crypto #altcoins

If you're sleeping on Solana's throughput and developer activity in 2024, you're missing why institutional money keeps flowing in. Fast blockchains with real usage will matter long term. #Solana #SOL #Blockchain #Crypto

Solana's validator network just hit a new milestone and the ecosystem keeps shipping real products. While everyone argues about narratives, SOL builders are actually solving problems. The infrastructure is getting stronger every cycle.