Payments & DeFi Infrastructure | Core builder at @StroomNetwork | Former @LidoFinance and @BitfuryGroup. ⚡
Joined June 2011
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With @catchmissingno, we spent last couple of months to get to the bottom of ultimate killer use case at the intersection of AI x crypto that does not sound like slop or pure marketing.
Having run sophisticated legal and technical set up for tokenized structured products, we constantly dealt with ops overload, especially on the custody side of things. That is why we decided to built an agentic tool to solve our own pain. Though, we believe many other industry participants often face it on a daily basis.
Whether you are a professional asset managers or a sophisticated individual, you know the value of efficient ops and how time-consuming that could be. Tendril is for you.
Non-custodial. Shipped with four agent personas. Now in beta: tendril.opendelta.com/waitli…
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I just spent 10 days in Ukraine🇺🇦, my 8th time visiting.
Despite almost 5 years of a brutal war, here are a few things you notice:
- Is 99.99% European everywhere you go.
- You won't see any LGBT 🏳️🌈 or Palestine 🇵🇸flags around.
- Immaculately clean, there is no trash, and the city center is spotless.
- Safe streets, nobody tries to scam or rob you, even in the most historical areas.
- Great sense of style, people have good taste and dress well, regardless of their income.
- Childhood nostalgia—kids still play outside in the streets like I used to.
Ukraine definitely has its own problems, such as corruption, but the spirit of true Europeans remains strong.
It is worth fighting for.
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Decentralized AI (dAI) will work best if customers never have to deal with the network underneath.
Our latest report asks whether open coordination can turn fragmented compute into a reliable AI service. It examines where open supply fits; how routing and verification can hide supplier complexity; where blockchains can help; and why the real test is economic: repeat paid demand, competitive all-in costs, and profitable independent suppliers after incentives fade.
Learn more in the latest report by @blockhiro 👇
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1/ Blockspace is one of the most structurally important markets in crypto and one of the least understood. Time to change that. With our series on Ethereum block building and orderflow. @JaschaSamadi
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I'm biased, but the summit was amazing 🤩 Thanks to everyone who came to push Bitcoin tech one step further 🙏❤️
Hats off to @FulgurVentures for hosting, and to everyone who showed up ready to engage ⚡🚀
Another great @tuscanysummit ⚡️
We loved spending time with so many of the brightest builders in Bitcoin, sharing ideas and talking about what comes next.
Now back to work. It’s time to build.
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Happy to announce that tomorrow, May 9th, I am taking part in Colosseum's Frontier Hackathon with my vaultpilot-mcp.ai project, build together with @StroomNetwork team (@rostique, @ablazetw)
There is one week remaining to submit your product to the Frontier Hackathon.
$2.5 million in pre-seed funding, Colosseum accelerator admittance, and eternal Solana glory on the line.
colosseum.com/frontier
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Shipped recon-crypto-mcp — lets @AnthropicAI's Claude and @cursor_ai manage DeFi through a @Ledger hardware wallet.
Reads, writes @aave, @compoundfinance, @MorphoLabs, @Uniswap, @LidoFinance, @eigenlayer on ETH/@arbitrum/@0xPolygon. Swaps via @lifiprotocol. Keys stay on-device.
Tomorrow at @BlockworksDAS in NYC 🗽 March 24–26
Bitcoin. Payments. The builders making it real.
If you're around — let's connect, DMs open ☕
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MPP differs from other machine payment protocols in that it is payment-rail agnostic and extensible from day one.
Tempo developed the initial stablecoin payment method.
Stripe added support for its range of payment methods.
Visa extended the protocol to enable broader card support.
Lightspark expanded the protocol to support the Lightning Network.
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Over 217 companies and projects are building on Bitcoin's Lightning Network.
The Lightning industry continues to grow.
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$1 billion/month on Lightning. The payment rails are live.
Stroom exists to make sure the capital behind them is just as efficient. Stake BTC → earn yield → keep Lightning liquid. 🧡⚡
gm, we're on @DefiLlama now ⚡🦙
First @Lightning Network protocol ever listed.
Track @StroomNetwork's TVL and metrics in real-time — Bitcoin liquid staking on Lightning, fully transparent.
defillama.com/protocol/stroo…
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Many Bitcoin bridges lock $BTC in custody and ask users to trust the operators. @StroomNetwork's design deploys it instead. The architecture channels Lightning routing for fees, incorporates Babylon staking, and is designed to scale with Bitcoin L2s as they mature. strBTC grows in your wallet daily without leaving Bitcoin.
Validators use FROST threshold signatures to jointly control the multisig vault - no single operator can move funds unilaterally. For Phase 2, validators will collateralize with external assets through @symbioticfi and @eigenlabs, creating economic accountability through slashing.
Right now the bridge runs Phase 0 (soft launch August 2025, $26.4M TVL) with $wBTC deposits converted to $strBTC. The native BTC bridge and full restaking security are still being deployed. But Lightning routing - the primary yield source - already operates with routing fees generated on-chain.
We think the design choice is interesting. Rather than building one monolithic security model, they're layering in multiple yield sources. Lightning today provides immediate yield. @babylonlabs_io and L2 integrations will expand that as the rollout continues and partnerships mature. Each source adds redundancy and reduces reliance on any single mechanism.
The full analysis - DAO governance, how slashing actually works, why FROST threshold signatures solve the custody problem - lives on Medium 👇🏻
medium.com/p/stroom-network-…
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There has been alot of debate about the utility and success of @lightning .
If you missed yesterday's episode, it will answer some of these questions.
@vladcostea interviewed @rostique, core builder
and @ViacheslavZhyg1, CTO and co-founder at
@StroomNetwork.
Stroom Network presents the proposition of staking your bitcoin on the Lightning network, and earning yield from the transaction fees that routing nodes are collecting.
Before making judgement, always get more information.
youtube.com/live/psw4Fn8mcjA…
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Bitcoin Lightning staking with @StroomNetwork @szygulin @rostique (Bitcoin Takeover Podcast S16 E54) xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1zqKVdNRM…
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In a world still figuring out the true potential of the Lightning Network, Stroom dares to redefine what’s possible: true Bitcoin yield on Lightning-native infrastructure.
Discover how it works in S16 E54 of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast — Thursday, October 30th, 2025, 3 PM CET. ⚡️
@vladcostea and @BTCTKVR will host Stroom @rostique and @ViacheslavZhyg1
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At Lightning2049, the panel @YukanL @rostique @Anastily @beeblebrox_G @dariusnostr highlighted the momentum around Taproot Assets, RGB, Ark, and Spark — and how they collectively shape Bitcoin’s evolution into a multi-asset protocol environment.
#Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #RGB #TaprootAssets #Spark #Ark
