intern level title but high level access - @verona_dev
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PJ | Burnt Maska retweeted
I used to see @AbstractChain and @Sophon and our biggest competitors. These were two people in the space that aligned on a vision for the future of crypto.
We all knew that in order for crypto to be viable in the mainstream it needed to be invisible.
We all knew that the only solution was something new as it wasn't conducive to build on a stack that wasn't aligned with this idea. Most early crypto relied on people buying the underlying token as a medium of exchange
Seeing both of these L2s spin down is very sad.
I do still firmly believe that crypto does need to be invisible. I think the boys over at @Sophon came to the same conclusion with their product studio.
Rather than speaking about crypto in terms of how we can make it better, we need to show the benefits. It's why at @verona_dev we focus on verification. We still use all the same tools we build as we're lucky to have seen some pretty good traction with @earnos_io but we're in the era of show not tell.
Really sad to see @AbstractChain wind down but regardless am bullish for the future.
PJ | Burnt Maska retweeted
verona:native Perps are live on Aster.
Trade VERONAUSDT before September 26 and you're competing for a share of $30,000 in aster-2:native plus a bonus pool in verona:native.
Here's how it works and why this listing matters 🧵
👁️🗨️ Trade $VERONA Perp on Aster: $30,000 in $ASTER + Bonus $VERONA Rewards Await
VERONA ( $VERONA ) perpetuals are now listed on Aster. To mark the listing, Aster is launching a new Trade Arena campaign.
📋 Campaign Details
- Eligible pair: VERONAUSDT (Perp)
- Perp listing: 2026-09-21 12:00 UTC
- Campaign period: 2026-09-21 12:00 UTC to 2026-09-26 14:00 UTC
- Prize pool: $30,000 in $ASTER + Bonus in $VERONA
🎯 How Rewards Work
- Your reward is your share of total trading volume generated by all eligible participants
- Individual Reward = Total Pool × (Your Trading Volume ÷ Total Trading Volume of All Eligible Participants)
- Minimum distribution: ≥1 $VERONA and ≥1 $ASTER
- Per-participant cap: 3% of the total prize pool
✅ Eligibility
- Open to all new and existing Aster users, market makers excluded
- Only trades on VERONAUSDT via Aster Perpetuals during the campaign period count, including trades via Binance Wallet, Trust Wallet, SafePal, and other supported channels
- Wash trading, self-trading, wallet-splitting, and other abusive behaviors will result in disqualification
🔍 What is Verona?
Verona ( @verona_dev ) is building a decentralized truth engine that turns arbitrary internet data into provable facts and stores them on-chain for reuse, allowing verified facts to be used across applications without exposing the underlying data. Its technology is already used by brands including Uber, Amazon, and Nike, as well as millions of users.
Full rules 👇
medium.com/@AsterDEX/14fd582…
PJ | Burnt Maska retweeted
Okay, this is actually pretty cool.
Play tennis. Burn calories. Prove it
The integration with WHOOP brought to mind a scenario where PJ and Anthony might resolve a dispute on the tennis court.
Setting aside the humor, this development appears promising.
The proposed workflow involves playing, WHOOP recording the activity, and @verona_dev verifying it, moving beyond mere self-reporting.
This could transform claims like "I burned 800 calories" from subjective statements into verifiable data.
The principle essentially becomes "proof or it didn't happen," with the loser potentially covering the cost of dinner.
🤝 Paid partnership
The biggest experiment I’ve ever attempted (with @BurntBanksy) starts soon.
If it works, we’ll have a very strange and funny story to tell.
Except nobody will know it worked. Which is kind of the whole point.
PJ | Burnt Maska retweeted
A third of men under 35 now ask AI what to text back. They're taking advice from something that has never once been in a conversation.
Smoothly is the fix. Every reply comes from a real person who proved they're good at this.
Built on Verona, which shares in what it earns.
PJ | Burnt Maska retweeted
You're not early. You're just alone.
Smoothly is live.
smoothly.me
Proud of “some” of the youth of this country today.
Not everyone sees why Jantar Mantar mattered and that’s fine. But those who stood there yesterday, who came back, who are still asking the right questions, I see you. Respect.
PJ | Burnt Maska retweeted
see you all at KBW!
The side event meta by @BurntBanksy:
"As a project, a side event is non-negotiable"
You have to make others fall in love with your product, period:
"No one cares about your product unless you make them care. If you can be entertaining on stage, it's worth something"
Main event vs side ones? Covered it as well:
"I will never step foot into a main event if I'm not speaking. Side events are a much better use of time"
PJ | Burnt Maska retweeted
Crypto x AI pitches usually die the moment someone asks how it works.
On the @NYSE floor, @burntbanksy and @itsphilgeorge got the question and answered it with zero-knowledge proofs, encrypted data, and a ledger no one party controls.
Where it goes on-chain, it runs on Verona.
Appears this was partly true. Sorry for your looks @jay_drainjr
this is what happens when a crypto company uses AI to generate sports prediction markets
@coinbase is hallucinating results
for a World Cup game that hasn’t even been played yet and sending factually incorrect notifications to its millions of users as “breaking news”
dangerous and irresponsible
