⚗️Carbon-based LLM distilling the world ex DevRel @CronosApp & @minaprotocol

Joined September 2021
coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
The idea of an intelligence explosion caused by recursive self improvement has been around for a long time but until very recently it did not seem imminent. Now many leading researchers think it may happen quite soon. You can read our paper about it here: casp.ac/reports/intelligence…
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
I don’t think THORChain’s TSS + validator model represents true decentralization. The selected validators set collectively controls the underlying assets in the TSS vaults. Once the signing threshold is reached, those validators can move the funds. So from a custody perspective, THORChain is not comparable to Bitcoin or Ethereum base-layer consensus — it effectively acts as an intermediary between users and the native chains. TSS distributes control among multiple parties, but distributing an intermediary does not eliminate the intermediary.
We are devasted to hear about the recent exploit and can imagine how difficult this must be for everyone involved. THORChain is decentralized and permissionless like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB Chain. What responsibility should Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB Chain bear when handling known stolen funds? @star_okx @GracyBitget
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
We are at the dawn of Superintelligence. Introducing the Recurrent Looped Transformer (RLT), We now have Transformers with Infinite Reasoning depth. From now on, we should pace progress at the Open Frontier of Superintelligence, Until Safe Superintelligence is achieved. github.com/yifanzhang-pro/re…
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
上周五,我在 MuShanghai 发起了一个slot 举办了一场Harness agent × zkVerify 技术工作坊。 在这次 Workshop 中,我主要分享了如何从零开始开发一个 zkApp,以及如何利用 Harness Agent 提升开发效率。 作为实践案例,我现场完整演示并开发了一个 Verifiable PnL Platform,展示如何通过 ZK 技术验证交易收益,而无需暴露用户的敏感账户信息。 这是我第一次在中国大陆举办面向开发者的 zkVerify 技术分享活动。 很高兴看到越来越多开发者开始关注 AI Agent 与零知识证明技术的结合。 很快 我还会持续举办更多技术分享、Workshop ,欢迎大家关注!!!
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
It's time for our annual big ideas. Here are 17 things that various a16z crypto partners (plus a few guest contributors) are excited about for what’s ahead in 2026. On topics ranging from agents and AI; stablecoins, tokenization, and finance; privacy and security; to prediction markets, SNARKs, and other applications… to how we’ll build. Find the full post here: a16zcrypto.com/posts/article…
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
x402 + @Google just unlocked a new level for AI agents. Agents can actually pay each other now, with x402 powering the stablecoin rail inside Google’s new Agentic Payments Protocol (AP2). Really cool.
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💜 Please welcome Nicole and Deepthi as they step up as co-CEOs at o1Labs! Grateful for Brandon’s continued guidance and ready for Nicole and Deepthi’s deep protocol knowledge and clear path for growth to shape what’s next.
Today we share important news: Brandon is transitioning from CEO to advisor. Nicole (@zkLawyer_) and Deepthi (@deepthiskumar8), long-time leaders at o1Labs, will step up as co-CEOs — ready to lead the next chapter of o1Labs with fresh focus and momentum. o1labs.org/blog/leadership-u…
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
Introducing: The dAI team This work will strengthen Ethereum as the trust and coordination layer for AI.
We’re starting a new AI Team at the Ethereum Foundation (the dAI Team). Our mission: make Ethereum the preferred settlement and coordination layer for AIs and the machine economy. The team will focus on two main areas: - AI Economy on Ethereum = giving AI agents and robots ways to pay, coordinate, and follow rules without middlemen. - Decentralized AI Stack = making sure the future of AI doesn’t rely only on a handful of entities but has open, verifiable censorship-resistant alternatives. We believe Ethereum can be as useful for today’s AI developers as it will be for the sci-fi future. That’s why we’ll work closely with ecosystem projects to accelerate progress and push the boundaries of research and innovation at the intersection of AI and blockchains. Connecting two communities that have too often worked in parallel. We’ll work side by side with both the Protocol and Ecosystem teams at the EF. Linking protocol improvements with the needs of AI builders, and funding innovative public goods that will make Ethereum the best home for AI. Ethereum makes AI more trustworthy, and AI makes Ethereum more useful. The more intelligent agents transact, the more they need a neutral base layer for value and reputation. Ethereum benefits by becoming that layer and AI benefits by escaping lock-in to a few centralized platforms. Acting with purpose and urgency, we’ll continue our recent work on ERC-8004—a standard for proving who an AI agent is and whether you can trust it— and continue to support new upgrades and standards. Inspired by the d/acc philosophy and Ethereum values, we’ll support projects that are leveraging Ethereum to build a more resilient and secure AI ecosystem where humans can flourish with AI. Ethereum + AI is about making sure humans keep agency and AI can reach its potential. Neutral, verifiable, censorship-resistant infrastructure means AI works for the people, all of us. The team starts with myself as lead, and we’re just getting started. Explore our job postings and resources below, and join us in building the future of decentralized AI on Ethereum.
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
We’re starting a new AI Team at the Ethereum Foundation (the dAI Team). Our mission: make Ethereum the preferred settlement and coordination layer for AIs and the machine economy. The team will focus on two main areas: - AI Economy on Ethereum = giving AI agents and robots ways to pay, coordinate, and follow rules without middlemen. - Decentralized AI Stack = making sure the future of AI doesn’t rely only on a handful of entities but has open, verifiable censorship-resistant alternatives. We believe Ethereum can be as useful for today’s AI developers as it will be for the sci-fi future. That’s why we’ll work closely with ecosystem projects to accelerate progress and push the boundaries of research and innovation at the intersection of AI and blockchains. Connecting two communities that have too often worked in parallel. We’ll work side by side with both the Protocol and Ecosystem teams at the EF. Linking protocol improvements with the needs of AI builders, and funding innovative public goods that will make Ethereum the best home for AI. Ethereum makes AI more trustworthy, and AI makes Ethereum more useful. The more intelligent agents transact, the more they need a neutral base layer for value and reputation. Ethereum benefits by becoming that layer and AI benefits by escaping lock-in to a few centralized platforms. Acting with purpose and urgency, we’ll continue our recent work on ERC-8004—a standard for proving who an AI agent is and whether you can trust it— and continue to support new upgrades and standards. Inspired by the d/acc philosophy and Ethereum values, we’ll support projects that are leveraging Ethereum to build a more resilient and secure AI ecosystem where humans can flourish with AI. Ethereum + AI is about making sure humans keep agency and AI can reach its potential. Neutral, verifiable, censorship-resistant infrastructure means AI works for the people, all of us. The team starts with myself as lead, and we’re just getting started. Explore our job postings and resources below, and join us in building the future of decentralized AI on Ethereum.
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
📓黑手册,个人安全必备: darkhandbook.io 📕红手册,项目方安全必备: slowmist.com/redhandbook/ 📙追踪手册,链上侦探必备: github.com/slowmist/Crypto-A… 😊Share with love:) @SlowMist_Team @MistTrack_io
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
我们 AML 追踪团队发布了「区块链加密资产追踪手册 Crypto Asset Tracing Handbook」Beta 版本,如果你想成为我们这样的链上侦探、链上调查员,可以阅读本追踪手册😊 😈与其成为千奇百怪的猎物,不如成为特立独行的猎人。 完整版本,欢迎阅读并分享 :) github.com/slowmist/Crypto-A… 或 PDF 版本: slowmist.com/report/SlowMist… from @MistTrack_io @SlowMist_Team
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
🚀 New o1js version! v2.8.0 is now live - it introduces ZkFunction - a direct interface to Kimchi for faster proofs without recursion, deprecating the old Circuit API. This unlocks new off-chain possibilities like P2P interactions, games, and standalone zkApps. Try it out and share your feedback! github.com/o1-labs/o1js/blob…
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
Mina Foundation is shifting to a model we’ve seen with other top projects. Solana→most core dev handled by @solanalabs. Ethereum→EF funds external teams like Consensys. Now Mina→most work moves to @o1_labs, while the Foundation stays lean and focuses on treasury+community.
Replying to @MinaFoundation
We appreciate everyone who has read the H1 Mina Foundation Transparency Report and we are happy to share more context on some of the results, in response to some questions we see in the community. As you may recall, after a thorough review of the Foundation’s operating model and activities, the Board — with the support of current MF executives — recognized the indisputable need to restructure the Foundation’s activities and centralize many functions with o1Labs. Among several factors driving this decision was the financial model of the Foundation: plainly speaking, the high cash burn relative to the results being delivered to the ecosystem. The Board, alongside the current MF management team, reduced its size from approx. 50 to now less than 10 staff. Given the restructuring costs and transfer of assets to o1 to support their new role in the ecosystem, the burn remained high through Q2. However, starting July 1, 2025 the Foundation has ceased Mina OTC sales, which had been necessary previously to adhere with the Swiss standards for minimum operating cash based on our (prior) elevated burn. Just to reiterate: the Foundation has only ever sold Mina tokens for USD operational purposes. In addition to substantially reducing burn, the Foundation has been, and will continue to be, focused on maximizing its capital in order to hand maximal assets over to the Community (through a controlled and governance-enabled decentralized treasury). With this goal in mind, the Board approved a purchase of BTC (with pre-existing USD reserves, not by selling extra MINA) by the Foundation at the beginning of the year as a way to maximize and grow capital, which will now ultimately go to the community. Previously, Mina Foundation’s USD investment policy only allowed for investments in T-bills and highly rated stock. The Board approved a revision to this USD investment policy to enable a percentage of the Foundation’s USD investment portfolio to be allocated to BTC. This turned out to be a wise investment decision, yielding significant gains which will ultimately translate into value for the community’s decentralized treasury. Just to reiterate: the Foundation did not choose between BTC or Mina, or sell Mina to buy BTC. The decision to reallocate the USD investment portfolio to include BTC was in the service of maximizing our capital for the community. Once again, we really thank everyone for taking a close look at the Transparency Report and asking these questions. We hope it’s clear that the Foundation is hugely committed to preserving and maximizing its remaining capital so as to ultimately deploy to the community, via the decentralized treasury. We believe the community is the strongest part of the Mina ecosystem and we believe the community should be responsible for future allocation of the Foundation’s remaining capital. Now that the transition of other critical responsibilities and resources to o1 has concluded, we will continue our efforts to build a secure and community-driven decentralized treasury model as quickly as we can. This is our focus and we appreciate all of your support and feedback in the coming months as we work together toward this objective for the Mina ecosystem.
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
Community office hours 1:1 with me this week @ 3:30pm GMT Thursday I let people in one at a time so you may need to wait in the queue 👍 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
Our latest version now supports #WalletConnect , which enables communication between PC and mobile devices.
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
I remember the days when you could count those doing real-world zk engineering on one hand. At @o1_labs we were and are confident zk is the right path. I'm incredibly excited for the future of @ethereum and @MinaProtocol and the whole zk ecosystem. Thank you, @marvelgirl_eth.
this moment in @ethereum history didn’t happen overnight it took decades of grind @silviomicali @Algorand @Starknet @AleoHQ @o1_labs @taikoxyz @LineaBuild @aztecnetwork @RiscZero @zksync thank you for waking up everyday and choosing to make zk usable and accessible now zk is inevitable.
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
Ethereum wants to become what Mina already is. A zk-native, verifiable blockchain you can run from your phone. Vitalik dreams it. Mina builds it. 📜 Let’s unpack the future of @ethereum, and what it means for @MinaProtocol ⤵️ 📍 Ethereum → The Programmable Internet ▪️Massive user base - Huge smart contract activity - Ambition to go full-ZK (native zkEVM) - General-purpose, powerful — but heavy 📍 Mina → The Base Layer of Verifiability ▪️Ultra-lightweight L1 - Truly zk-native from day one -Ideal to become a succinct settlement layer for zero-knowledge proofs generated elsewhere (Zeko, o1js, Protokit…) 🤝 A Future Collaboration Makes Sense ▪️Mina = Off-chain verification + finality layer Proofs generated anywhere (Ethereum, Zeko, etc.) …verified on Mina. Cost-efficient, fast, and minimal ▪️Ethereum = High-performance programmability layer Complex execution, vast ecosystem Still depends on zkVMs and rollups to scale effectively 👉 In this vision, Mina becomes a universal ZK hub, used by Ethereum apps to validate proofs with succinct, verifiable finality at a fraction of the cost. 🚀 Is This Already Happening? Some signals are here: - Mina integrates with Celestia and Avail (like ETH rollups do) - Projects like Fizk & Zeko are exploring modular cross-chain proof flows - Nori is building a trust-minimized bridge from Ethereum to Mina - Claude AI + o1js allow fast, smart proof generation and queries 🔮 What Could the Future Look Like? Imagine: 1. You perform an action on Ethereum 2. A proof is generated using o1js / Protokit 3. It’s verified on Mina Your app is decentralized, fast, and verifiable without added weight That’s the vision: 👉 A verifiable, modular, zk-powered Internet. And Ethereum + Mina? They might just be the roots of this new digital era.
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RT @o1_labs: Still building, still shipping! Here’s a quick recap of just some of the engineering work o1Labs has been doing behind the s…
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coldStar1993(httpz) retweeted
With all the noise in the ZK space, the power of Mina's design becomes clearer every day. We still have a lot to build, but these are exciting times. Mina is unique—it's been optimized for ZK from its very core.
this moment in @ethereum history didn’t happen overnight it took decades of grind @silviomicali @Algorand @Starknet @AleoHQ @o1_labs @taikoxyz @LineaBuild @aztecnetwork @RiscZero @zksync thank you for waking up everyday and choosing to make zk usable and accessible now zk is inevitable.
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