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know something about security, tech, investing | mev extractor | demotivational speaker | forbes 7 billion under 7 billion
Joined November 2017
Exactly 8 years ago, I discovered a security flaw in Gaana, and reported it to @satyan, and they were kind enough to reward me with a bounty. That motivated me and I reported security flaws in 40+ companies after that including Telegram, Redbus and many more Gaana's parent company Times Internet put me on a retainer for a few months, they're India's largest digital products company, I reported security flaws in their subsidiary companies, which formally kickstarted my security career and there was no looking back. I was 17 and knew nothing about how the world of finance works. With all the money I made I started trading Ethereum, arbitraging and invested in altcoins. I mined bitcoins on my school computers in 2013, so was always fascinated about crypto. I've always been a security maximalist, but haven't been much active in it lately, I aim to focus more on security in the coming months. I stumbled upon security by clicking on a random youtube video titled "How to code a virus" and then here I am today. The quote tweet below is what changed my life
@satyangajwani I have discovered a major vulnerability in Gaana And I would like to get in touch with you to disclose it.
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Anyone who thought this was possible should have their crypto rights revoked. Sure you can blacklist a few exchanges, but people will build erc wrappers to escape the nft royalty
People who say this are the same people who thought that NFT royalties can be enforced on-chain.
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true, however the evolution of the underlying tech is necessary for a budding profitable infra besides it. Chatgpt had multiple models before 3.5 got famous, but hardly anyone used it; imagine someone saying in 2018 "Chatgpt much be a ponzi; coz i sure as hell don't use this gpt 1 model", but that laid a foundation. Maker of SHA256 did not make any money, but the hardware companies that made ASIC machines to calculate SHA256 hashes did. A lot of tech you see today, was derived from failed projects of past 30 years. 30 years ago hardly anyone used internet except nerds, imagine someone saying - " yeah wtf is this http thing, i've never used it so much be shit" http in itself did not make money, but internet which uses it created trillion dollar empires. Linus did not make much money by open sourcing linux, but almost entire server market works on it. Besides people may not know it, but there are companies like Blacrock and fidelity officially partnering with ZK providers to create a ZK proof proving their asset ownership to other parties. ZK can go to zero tomorrow, but that's how tech is, you win some, you fail some.
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i'm starting a non smoker; teetotaller cabal.
we must unite against the la vape cabal and smoke cigs inside
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@impranavm_ @uttam_singhk none of my non tech crypto friends have ever setup a graph node, written a subgraph, or queried a subgraph. But they've used thousands of Dapps that beneath use graph network for indexing. given that they have never used it directly, should they stop talking about graph?
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surprisingly a polite and professional email by linus🗿 you need to know his lore to understand why that's a rarity.
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@gowtham_ponnana yes, i don't always have that drive plugged in because i have limited ports, but luckily plugged in the drive 3 weeks ago and did not remove it.
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@gowtham_ponnana mac has an option to turn an external drive into time machine drive and it automatically backups up incremental files to the drive every hour, think of it like git but for your mac.
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@naruto11eth let me buy you a pair of specs so you can see that word "sponsored" on the top of the link.
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lending/acc
Today feels profoundly special. @avon_xyz is out of stealth! This isn't just a launch; it's the culmination of years fueled by relentless belief in crypto's potential, finally materializing now. My journey began in 2018, driven by passion right after college. Just two years later, Solana's speed captivated me, and I found myself building Solflare, the first native wallet, eager to contribute to this fast-chain vision. Then, in 2021, Ethereum beckoned with its rich ecosystem and intellectual depth, and I began contributing to Prysm, Web3.js – scalability remained my driving force. And as the years passed, and the landscape evolved, the potential for high-throughput solutions became even clearer. This pursuit led me to explore the real-world potential of high-throughput applications, culminating in our @bedlamresearch article with @0xkrane and @0xlinguine, where we envisioned order book lending unleashed on fast chains. Everything ignited when I met @amiralmaimani through @VelvetMilkman and he invited me to @MEGAZuzalu. Meeting the @0xMegaMafia team, including @hotpot_dao, @NamikMuduroglu @0xBreadguy, and @yangl1996, and experiencing the energy around @megaeth_labs firsthand... it all solidified. It was in that moment, amidst that shared vision for a internet financial markets, that Avon truly began to take shape on MegaETH. For me, Avon has always been more than just a project; it's about realizing the promise of high-throughput chains to unlock mass adoption and real-world utility. From the depths of my heart, thank you. To my friends, contributors, and believers. I'm incredibly excited to build this future with you. My DMs are always open if you want to chat!
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@SahilAutomates not sure which bank they support now, but earlier it was icici and rbl, you could open an account in them via razorpay and they'd give you apis to make payouts, tax payments etc.
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@NitanshuL @SimpleSwap_io yep, he assumed it would anonymise him, debridge's docs don't have all details so took some time to decode the EVM-SOL address dest variable, but even after finding where the tokens landed, had to create a flow of funds and one of his old addresses gave away his details.
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@functi0nZer0 Laurence just death-noted a 22 year old kid (because he hacked laurence's defi protocol)
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would you like fries with your order? we have a discount ongoing for that
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