Thomas Jay Rush

@apriori0x @trent_vanepps This is unfair. Between 2008 and 2012, I studied punctuation so closely that I knew exactly when and where and why to use not only the em-dash, but the en-dash, and the hyphen, and when to surround them with spaces and when not. AI sucks. That entire skill set--gone!

@trent_vanepps this is not merely a statement, it is a declaration of war. the em dash is the load-bearing artifact.

please everyone you need to know it's incredibly obvious and i immediately discount whatever i'm reading yes it will eventually become indistinguishable but that's a future problem

@kelvinfichter I've been toying with the idea that software engineering becomes a combination of storytelling (narrative) and technical specification. Yes. It's a strange idea. small-batch-apps.stonylanepress.com

It's increasingly obvious to me that the foundations of how we write software do not make any sense for how LLMs should be writing software

@egalano Rock star.

A couple of weeks ago I left Consensys after nearly a decade since we launched Infura. It's been an incredible journey and a true privilege to help power Web3 through multiple cycles alongside some of the best people in this industry. The brilliant core devs and hardworking RPC teams. The creative builders and diligent security engineers and auditors. The world-class founders pushing the frontier of token design, blockchain scalability, and decentralized coordination. I'm deeply grateful for everyone I've had the good fortune to work with, support, and build with along the way. I'll share more about what's next another time. For now, just thank you.

@leandroruschel Ask him what the longest walking route is with a probability of at least 90% (or some number). I'd be interested.

Perguntei ao Claude qual seria chance de fazer esse trajeto a pé e chegar vivo: "Boa pergunta — esse é o famoso "trajeto a pé mais longo do mundo": cerca de 22.000 km, atravessando 17 países e quase todos os climas e zonas de conflito que existem. A resposta curta é: praticamente zero. Mas vale a pena destrinchar por trecho, porque os riscos mudam radicalmente ao longo do caminho. Trecho 1 — África Austral (Cidade do Cabo → Botswana → Zâmbia)Começo relativamente "civilizado". A África do Sul tem altas taxas de crime violento (homicídio em torno de 45/100k), mas se você sobreviver à saída do Cabo, Botswana e Zâmbia são dos países mais estáveis da África. Risco real aqui é fauna: elefantes, búfalos e hipopótamos matam mais turistas que leões. Probabilidade de sobreviver esse trecho com preparo: ~85%. Trecho 2 — África Oriental (Tanzânia → Quênia → Etiópia)Sobe a malária, a dengue e a febre amarela. Norte do Quênia (Turkana) e sul da Etiópia têm banditismo armado e conflitos étnicos. Etiópia ainda digere o pós-guerra de Tigré e tem tensão em Amhara e Oromia. Risco de doença é maior que de bala, mas ambos são reais. Sobrevivência condicional ao trecho: ~60%. Trecho 3 — Sudão do Sul e Sudão (o filtro mortal)Aqui o trajeto basicamente termina para quase qualquer ser humano. O Sudão está em guerra civil aberta desde abril de 2023 entre as Forças Armadas (SAF) e as Forças de Apoio Rápido (RSF), com limpeza étnica em Darfur, fome declarada e mais de 10 milhões de deslocados — é hoje a pior crise humanitária do planeta. Sudão do Sul é instável cronicamente. Atravessar esses dois países a pé como estrangeiro hoje é, na prática, sentença de morte ou sequestro. Sobrevivência condicional: ~5%. Trecho 4 — Egito → Levante → TurquiaAssumindo o milagre de sair vivo do Sudão, você sobe pelo Egito (manejável, exceto o Sinai com presença jihadista) e aí precisa atravessar Israel/Palestina, Jordânia, Síria e/ou Líbano para chegar à Turquia. Gaza está destruída, Síria mudou de regime no fim de 2024 mas segue caótica, e fronteiras estão fechadas em vários pontos. Sobrevivência condicional: ~30%. Trecho 5 — Turquia → Cáucaso → Sul da RússiaParte mais "fácil" do percurso pós-África. Turquia é viável, Geórgia também. Entrada na Rússia como estrangeiro ocidental hoje, em meio à guerra na Ucrânia e ao aperto sobre estrangeiros, exige visto difícil de obter e te coloca sob suspeita constante. Sobrevivência condicional: ~70%. Trecho 6 — Sibéria até Magadan (o segundo filtro mortal)São ~8.000 km dentro da Rússia, boa parte pela taiga e tundra. Yakutia e Magadan têm invernos de −50 °C a −60 °C. Há trechos enormes sem estrada, sem povoamento, com ursos, lobos e geada. A "Estrada dos Ossos" (Kolyma Highway) é literalmente construída sobre cadáveres de prisioneiros do Gulag — e ainda assim ela só cobre o final do trajeto. Tentar isso a pé, sem apoio motorizado, é tecnicamente possível e historicamente quase nunca feito. Sobrevivência condicional: ~10%. Probabilidade compostaMultiplicando as probabilidades condicionais (0,85 × 0,60 × 0,05 × 0,30 × 0,70 × 0,10), você chega a algo como 0,05% — uma chance em duas mil. E isso assumindo um caminhante extraordinariamente preparado, com dinheiro, vistos, equipamento ártico, vacinas, profilaxia antimalária, e uma dose absurda de sorte. Para um turista comum: efetivamente zero."

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Recently published a piece on Logos Basecamp — the launcher and unified surface of the Logos stack. The only way to escape the censorship and monitoring of the modern world is to build local-first systems that protect privacy by default. Here are a few things I wanted to draw out for anyone building on, or thinking about building on, Logos: 1/ Basecamp doesn't do the work — it surfaces it. Wallet logic lives in the blockchain module, messaging in comms, file-sharing in storage. Basecamp is what makes a collection of modules feel like one coherent experience to the user. 2/ It's module-agnostic by design. Whatever modules you have installed, Basecamp discovers them and loads their UIs. The stack composition is defined by the modules you choose — not by the launcher. That's what makes specialised Logos distributions possible. 3/ There are three ways into the stack for users: Basecamp (the default launcher), a standalone app (single binary, bundled UI), or a headless node (CLI only, for validators and infra). Same stack underneath; different surfaces on top. 4/ For developers: QML is the path of least resistance. Scaffold a module with the lm CLI, ship it, and Basecamp auto-loads its UI on next launch. The Package Manager handles discovery. You compose against the rest of the stack rather than rebuilding it. 5/ Basecamp is in active development on Testnet v0.1.2. Testnet v0.2 is when it starts becoming the first-class user experience for operating on the frontier. Read the full piece: press.logos.co/article/logos-…

Speaker spotlight: Thomas Jay Rush Longtime Ethereum builder and Philly blockchain fixture, @tjayrush joins us TOMORROW to read from "You Say You Want a Revolution: Essays on the Promise and Betrayal of Web3" and lead a fireside discussion. RSVP👇️ luma.com/artjuv26

@decentralizephl @tjayrush I look forward to this book, @tjayrush!

Format: @tjayrush reads a chapter, we discuss. Then another chapter. Then we discuss again. A book launch done the right way this Thursday night at Decentralized Philly meetup . Get the book: a.co/d/0bqeLloL RSVP for the event here: luma.com/artjuv26

Get deep insights written by the ETH savant @tjayrush

@carl_cervone @owocki You have to buy the book to find out. :-)

@tjayrush @owocki So, what the ‘F’ is a Finney 😂

My book is out. "You Say You Want a Revolution" — ten years of essays on Ethereum, governance, and the messy reality of building decentralized systems. revolution.stonylanepress.com

@decentralizephl Yes. Get the book! It even contains cartoons similar to this. I'm a visual thinker.

@tjayrush And, get the book: a.co/d/0bqeLloL

Thomas Jay Rush, @tjayrush, is launching his new book and joining us this Thursday (5/14) to talk about it. "You Say You Want a Revolution: Essays on the Promise and Betrayal of Web3" Chapter readings, fireside chat, and a book giveaway. RSVP here: luma.com/artjuv26

@eduadiez @jmiehau My great friend. Enjoy!

My good friend @jmiehau gave me such an amazing gift. It really made my day, and I can’t wait to dive in! @tjayrush

@FYMarafi54 It’s nowhere near all governance essays. A lot of it’s about the data.

@tjayrush Ten years of ETH governance essays? brave

@tjayrush picking this up today and reading on my flights this week. Can't wait to read the prose I've witnessed with you throughout the years! Congrats!

@Sim_Pop @_humanprotocol That would be perfect. I'm human. So there's that! Cheers.

@tjayrush Yes! Congratulations! Would love to have you on the pod soon…@_humanprotocol

TJ saw it all. Now he's writen a tell-all... I promise this will be juicy.