don't hate the selfish actor, make a more beautiful game @vKnowable @ship_armada 🚢
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Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
in the end, it’s all about the community. ❤️
this is what makes ethereum special. 💙
huge thanks to @unhappyben for answering all our questions with a smile & so much patience :)
we missed you too, @Ether_Gavin! 🫡 we had so many attendees eager to learn more about eip-8141 in practice.
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
Can we build a trustless future without losing human trust?
The EtherWorld team is at @eiphub during #Devcon8, catching @SimonaSerban_, Co-founder of @ETHCluj, sharing her perspective on building trustless systems together.
A thoughtful discussion on why collaboration, accountability, and community matter just as much as the code. 💙
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
Tokens without ownership, VC exiting seed rounds and retail locked out of early upside all point to one fix.
I wrote about @umia_finance, the platform bringing liquid venture to the EVM, and its first outside raise live now:
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
Devcon 9 is coming to Lisbon! 🇵🇹
October 11–13, 2027
Building on Mumbai, we're bringing Ethereum's builders together with more friends and allies working toward a freer, more open internet.
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
this is Not Financial Advice
xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/2XyEvAmKq…
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
Join us @EFDevcon Privacy Hub on Thursday 5th November for the Practical Privacy Day.
We have an awesome lineup of cracked devs, awesome community leaders, and privacy champions that are pushing privacy forward for all users.
It's going to be an amazing day full of practical tips, hardware demos, and spicy discussions.
excited to be hosting all these amazing, talented people at the @EFDevcon tomorrow at the privacy hub
pls come and make me happy
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
More like Ethereum, less like SaaS.
Privacy should be a foundation, not an optional extra.
Ben (@unhappyben) from @ship_armada takes the stage at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress in Mumbai to talk about building around that principle.
Join the livestream: cypherpunkcongress.eth.limo/
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
What a treat to listen to @0xmikemcc and @unhappyben, back to back!
Privacy (and what you build) should just exists, even after you die. Like Ethereum.
Based.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=K9dWY6…
'cause we are living in an intelligence world..
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is this humanity's highest value theft ever? @grok
ok so looks like the largest crypto hack of all time, here's where we're at:
Stolen:
• ~$5.57B across Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Tron: ~$3.51B ETH, ~$1.44B BTC, ~$630M Tron.
Frozen:
• ~$2.39B in stablecoins: ~$1.567B USDT, ~$823M USDC
• Aave froze V3 and V4 on eth mainnet, precautionary but prevents the attacker from causing bad debt with illicit funds
leaves residual exposure at ~$2.6–$3.2B, beating out Feb 2025's $1.5B Bybit hack for the largest crypto heist of all time.
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HUGE thank-you for joining our Armada crowdfund experiment 🙌
the idea was to start w people close to the project & have invites expand outward by word of mouth
we forecast finishing at 850k, enough shortfall of the 1m that on Oct 24 we paused whitelisting & asked backers to hold any further deposits
lots of learnings! this experiment's over, but we're not done yet :)
there's actually a ton of meaningful interest, we're still fully confident that Armada will get the support needed to succeed
again, ++grateful to our backers 🫡 you're our priority in what’s coming next
Thank you to everyone who backed Armada and gave us feedback.
We forecast the crowdfund to finish at ~850k USDC, below our 1M minimum. Rather than move the threshold or force the final amount through, we have decided to let the crowdfund close as designed.
The invite-only structure, whitelisting, and ticket-size caps made participation harder than intended, and we’ve learned a lot from that.
All contributors will be able to reclaim 100% of their USDC through the contract when the crowdfund closes at 6pm UTC on 29th October.
Armada will continue, and we have not stopped working on our shielded pool.
We’re evaluating other ways to fund Armada that preserve the principles behind the crowdfund while making participation easier. Our original backers will be our priority as we plan what comes next!
chatting w the fine folks at the @Bookof_Eth about kicking off ethereum's privacy-native economy 🥾
Gavin Birch 🏴 retweeted
Excited to support the Privacy Hub again at Devcon 🥰
We've got an awesome day set up for showcasing practical solutions to achieve privacy on and off-chain
More to come soon 🔜
2/ 🔐 Privacy Hub
Privacy is only as strong as its weakest link.
Explore privacy as an entire stack, from protocols and applications to the people using them.
A space for builders, researchers, and policymakers to tackle real-world privacy challenges together.
With @thisischandresh, @Parthm71, @JiniaNayak & @amahmishra.
