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@soispoke haha didn't think about that. yes, makes sense. but that is probably something the circuits in railgun don't support yet. might be worth digging into this and talking to the team about that.

@su1c1de ah I see, I guess the proof could expose a public input attesting "this fee note is worth at least X" without revealing the exact amount

Alice swaps privately on L1 tldr: Privacy protocol users today depend on broadcasters that can see, frontrun, and censor their transactions. In this thread we show how four future protocol upgrades can remove this dependency step by step. Native AA (EIP-8141) and 2D nonces let users self-submit with no off-chain infrastructure. Encrypted frame transactions hide swap parameters until after block ordering is committed. FOCIL guarantees inclusion as long as one honest includer can see the transaction pending in the public mempool. 👇🧵

@soispoke yes! but I think the paymaster would not be able to verify that the fee note contains enough funds to pay for the tx

so the paymaster doesn't need to see Alice's transaction at all: when Alice builds her ZK proof (the one that proves she owns a UTXO), that same proof also commits to creating a fee note for the paymaster inside the shielded pool. the only things visible to an outside observer should betthe paymaster's contract address and the gas parameters on the envelope, which are public regardless

@Arvolear as long as it's cool and you are using it, that's enough. make yourself and the ones you love happy first

I think I've coded something cool. Three people in the world gonna use it but that's enough to make me happy.

@Arvolear congrats, man!

Life update: I am now engaged!

@ProgrammerSmart I thought there was a change in the aave config that suddenly changed the interest rate curve for ETH

Maybe one estimate about market sentiment when ETH interest high -> Many shorting ETH when USDC interest high -> Many leveraging ETH or other crypto

@crypto_linn missing your posts! get well soon and take care

still alive

@optimizoor enjoy it! such a snow cover has something calming

Just chilling. Can’t think of anything constructive to post.

Funny thing is… If I’d read this a few years ago, it would’ve sounded like something straight out of a bad sci-fi AI horror movie. But now… it’s just the next hot thing (even if it’s just some guy posing as AI).

@tom777kruise hope that infinite scroll thing comes true. really hate it when people just sit next to you and doom scroll for hours. And when you ask what they read they cannot even remember

2026-30 predictions -globalism is dead. resilience is the new god. countries and individuals are racing for sovereign compute and mineral sovereignty. if you can't produce your own energy, food, and intelligence locally, you're a vassal -the winner in robotics is the company whose humanoids can navigate a messy, 70s built warehouse. general purpose labor becomes a purchasable SKU, starting in logistics and moving toward elderly care -the west stops moralizing about mining and starts treating lithium, cobalt, and copper with the same ruthless blood for oil energy of the 20th century -the line between peace and war permanently dissolves. conflict shifts to gray zone operations. constant cyber attrition, undersea cable "accidents" and satellite interference. no more grand declarations, just a baseline of chaos -the internet officially splinters. you now have the "open web" (chaotic, bot heavy, western), the "fortress web" (highly censored, eastern), and the "sovereign web" (encrypted, boutique, and high trust) -neuralink and its competitors move from clinical trials to high performance enhancement for the wealthy. the augmented vs natural cognitive divide begins to show its first cracks in the social fabric -control over freshwater sources becomes the primary driver of regional skirmishes, replacing traditional border disputes -corporations with bigger balance sheets than countries (the big 5) begin negotiating directly with governments for territorial autonomy to host their own data centers and energy grids -the alliance between the New Tech Right and traditional populism fractures. SV realizes that nationalism is bad for the global talent flow they need for AGI. they pivot toward techno statehood and local city states. -being unreachable is the new wealth. the always-on worker is seen as a low level cog -content with errors, rough edges, and physical presence becomes 10x more valuable than polished, AI generated perfection -the Ivy League degree finally loses its power for good. Proof of Work becomes the only resume that matters -high performers begin taking analog sabbats. deleting all apps for a month to reset dopamine receptors. a requirement for mental elite status -after a year of AI-slop, the low-fi aesthetic wins. grainy film, handwritten notes, and physical gatherings become the only signs of authenticity -micro schools and high level apprenticeship guilds replace the bloated university model. learning becomes a high stakes, boutique experience -physical neighborhoods begin self organizing around shared values (techno-optimism, homeschooling, fitness, etc) rather than just proximity -infinite scroll is viewed with the same social stigma as indoor smoking -massive cultural pivot back to the importance of circadian rhythms, mineral balance, and real world movement as the bio-hacks that actually work -AI is no longer a tech trend. it’s a national utility like electricity. small, high IQ nations pull ahead by building proprietary national models, while large bureaucracies choke on regulation -high production value is now synonymous with fake or corporate. the most viral content is raw, unedited, and intentionally flawed. if it looks like it could have been made by an AI, it’s ignored

@TamayoNft Definitely helpful rules of thumb one should keep in mind. thanks for the write up.

@defi_ayda @zarazhangrui Couldn't agree more, but I guess it also depends on the language in this case. If you want to master German you need to dig into the grammar at some point. For English, I guess you can get by with just getting a feeling for the language to reach the same level of proficiency

@zarazhangrui As someone who knows 5 languages, I would say you need both especially when you’re aiming for fluency. The best way to learn is to watch Netflix and use English subtitles or vice versa but you still need to understand how grammar works otherwise you won’t progress

@larry0x yep, passkeys should replace today's hot wallets but at the end of the day, you should always understand what you are doing and ask yourself: Are you comfortable carrying $10k in your pocket?

At this point I think only 2 types of wallet make sense: 1) hardware wallet that NEVER connects to computer or internet (scan QR code for signing transactions); 2) Passkey, which uses the device's build-in secure enclave. All others should be deprecated already.

Paying taxes is always a bit of a pain, but I get it. Paying my tax accountant 3x the hourly rate of a senior dev to copy&paste like 20 values from a pdf into a form... for multiple hours? That's beyond pain. Guess it's time to 10x my rate.

@mudgen @solidity_lang makes sense, good idea, upvoted

I made a feature request to add `msg.contract` to the Solidity language. #solidity @solidity_lang 👉github.com/argotorg/solid…

ARGOCD_APP_REVISION is the magic variable to look for. Check the ArgoCD docs: #build-environment" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user…

I didn't know this feature, but it just makes sense and it's just so nice: ArgoCD pulls the latest git revision from the repo and passes it as a Helm value to replace the image tag automatically. Everything stays in sync via the revision, no :latest.

Quick year-end win at work: Replaced manual doc deploys with something more civilized Forgejo Actions builds Hugo/markdown docs into containers tagged by git revision on master push. ArgoCD then auto-syncs the in-repo Helm chart. No manual version bump or intervention needed

@semenov_roman_ @pcaversaccio true! but I think people just don't expect the UI to work the same way. Even though it makes total sense.

@su1c1de @pcaversaccio That's normal git behavior, force push overwrites the reference on commit graph, but the commit itself is not touched. It gets cleaned up eventually.

if someone ever managed to breach all _private_ GitHub repos (I mean it's insanely difficult but not impossible) it would be one of the most catastrophic events in the security history, and if I were a state-level actor that's exactly the kind of target I'd prioritise rn. I was thinking about this scenario since this morning I wanted to push something (more or less sensitive) to a private repo but ended up rolling it back purely out of paranoia. I guess the right threat model for private repos is that it can be assumed to be leaked one day.