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ai aligner, intents instigator — tweets personal
Joined April 2021
My founder has more research citations than the number of users on your chain. We are not the same.
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"Chain abstraction is the most egalitarian thing I've ever seen. It's insanely ambitious and if it works, can really reshape the fabric of society"
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NEAR's plan to build an open 1.4T parameter AI model is the most egalitarian thing I've ever seen. It's insanely ambitious and if it works, can really reshape the fabric of society"
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NEAR has quietly zoomed past $200M in native USDC as of this morning 🐉
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NEAR has .- Data availability.- Account abstraction .- Fast finality .- Smart contract royalties.- WASM .- AI .- Zero Knowledge .- Dragons .- Cats.
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My boss is explaining how the transformer model for AI works using the analogy of aliens from 'Arrival' on CNBC prime-time and I am grinding for yield in the stablecoin trenches. Things that happen only on NEAR
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While most are focused on "owning the narrative" by trying to eat into each other's share of the pie, @NEARProtocol is committed to "changing the narrative" by increasing the size of the pie. #BuildingforBillions.
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The first ever "NEAR Lands Musical" is live now at courtesy @salomonsen_p and @clarianmusic - Human Guild meetups are easily the best thing to close your week with!
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Imagine what this giga brain must be cooking now at the intersection of AI x blockchain 🐉.
Paper "Attention Is All You Need" is now out - #MachineLearning #NLU #machinetranslation #deeplearning #TensorFlow
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Nuffle Labs has a stellar line up of investors
I am excited to announce that Nuffle Labs is now live!. And today, we announce our $13MM financing led by @ElectricCapital to build next-generation modular infrastructure for all layers ⚡. A little bit about our story 🧵
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The Nuff team is one of the hardest working and most dynamic teams in crypto, building frontier tech that's solving actual problems. Proud to be supporting @mraltantutar @sarifirfir123 @swang__ and team. 'Nuff said, the modular future is NEAR.
Data Availability? Fast Finality? 'Nuff for everyone. NEAR Modular is now Nuffle Labs. We've secured $13MM in funding led by @ElectricCapital, participation by @CanonicalCrypto, @fabric_vc, @caladanxyz, @blackdragon_vc, @robotventures, @LyrikVentures and @NEARFoundation .🧵
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In other news, we now have more than 10 million NEAR accounts! Take a step back from speculation and take a look at stats that matter #MassAdoptionIsNEAR
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Apps do not have to be confined to the limits of any single chain's tech and liquidity. Chain abstraction = Application acceleration.
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Anyone interested in building out a @NEARProtocol x @urbit gateway or frontend experience using Please feel free to reach out or comment below, would love to support!.
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Looking to hire a technical writer to work with my team on putting together the best in class research reports and long-form technical content highlighting the core strengths of @NEARProtocol . Referrals welcome, DMs open.
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Frax 🤝 NEAR.
Tomorrow. 10AM PT. @fraxfinance Founder @samkazemian sits down with NEAR Co-Founder @ilblackdragon to talk AI, PMF, DeFi, Cross-Chain Interoperability and a whole host of other stuff . (viewer advisory: degeneracy may be featured). Streamed right here on X.
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Teams in the NEAR ecosystem looking at the current narratives that were already implemented on @NEARProtocol mainnet on day one . "The first rule of shipping frontier tech is you do not talk about shipping frontier tech"
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Quick announcement . I will invest $10K-$25K in pre-seed/seed stage founders in the NEAR ecosystem building in chain abstraction, DeFi, mass market consumer apps and AI 🐉. Thesis in the quoted tweet . DMs open for pitches and founders interested in exploring novel design spaces.
While most are focused on "owning the narrative" by trying to eat into each other's share of the pie, @NEARProtocol is committed to "changing the narrative" by increasing the size of the pie. #BuildingforBillions.
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“Black dragon” is the zeitgeist encompassing the full cultural spectrum of NEAR and is more than just a pseudonym. From frontier tech to memes, black dragon is the center of gravity that pulls this diverse ecosystem of contributors together. Glorious to see it take flight 🐉
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No one from NEAR ever proclaimed NEAR to be "ETH-killer", these labels were mostly popularised by insecure maxis; everyone I know has massive respect for ETH, which is why we've implemented account abstraction, human readable names, smart contract wallets, sharding, Aurora, etc.
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The @NEARProtocol ecosystem is rapidly becoming the Homebrew Computer Club for hungry founders working in unison to power the machine that will produce some of the coolest chain-abstracted DeFi protocols and consumer applications.
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This is an @ElectricCapital appreciation post, who are by far the most forward-thinking and engaged backers one could ask for. I am consistently amazed by the proactive, hands-on support by @sidmvenkat @puntium and lightning fast response time by @avichal @jubos and team. ⚡.
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Very proud to unveil the new NEAR DA layer! . NEAR DA is the empirically the most high scale, low cost data availability layer in web3 right now, powered by @NEARProtocol's dynamic sharding that enables instant finality and extremely cheap data availability for rollups building.
The modular era has arrived and NEAR is set to take centre stage. Introducing the NEAR Data Availability Layer. Hot off the press at NEARCON23, NEAR DA is set to launch to offer secure, cost-effective data availability for ETH rollups. 🌐. NEAR DA marks NEAR's entry into the
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Tether CEO discussing NEAR AI and USDT with Illia and Alex, probably nothing.
Special Guest: AI Office Hours!. NEAR Co-Founder, @ilblackdragon, sits down with @paoloardoino of @Tether_to (and many more hats) for the latest episode of AI Office Hours. Tomorrow. 16:30 UTC. Streamed right here on X. PS: NEAR is the blockchain for AI.
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Excited to announce I am pledging 1,000 NEAR every month to help fund open source projects and onboard more developers into the ecosystem through @NEARDevHub . Can someone create a @potlock_.donations page for the same? 🦀🐉.
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NEAR will be home to some of the coolest new DeFi protocols this year, bookmark it 🌊.
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NEAR is the modular underdog . - Battle tested blockchain that actually scales.- Asynchronous execution that's smoother than the butter on your breakfast toast.- Empirically the most cost effective data availability layer for rollups.- Lighting fast finality and low block latency.
The latest price comparison on @NEARProtocol DA cost vs that of @CelestiaOrg:. No hypothetical calculation. Straight up fees from the testnet, soon to be tested on the mainnet! . Sending the same 1 OP blob (231kb) would cost: .- $0.046 on Celestia -.
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The future is NEAR
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our newest private placement investment product, Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund. Available to eligible accredited investors. $NEAR $RNDR $FIL $LPT $TAO. See important disclosures or speak directly to a team member:
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This has been happening on @NEARProtocol since day one where 30% of the gas fees goes to the respective contract as developer incentive.
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Bring me the fiercest critics of NEAR and I will turn them into the loudest advocates.
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2024 will be the year we blitzscale the @NEARProtocol ecosystem through: . Horizontal scaling .Vertical composability .Web3 consumer apps .Enterprise adoption .Gaming .Autonomous worlds .Liquid staking . Solid progress on multiple fronts already.
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For the naysayers who scoff at the idea of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence working in tandem to solve complex challenges, are you even following @NEARProtocol?.
Illia Polosukhin (@ilblackdragon) left G in Feb 2017 🧐 … he founded @NEARProtocol (competitor to Ethereum./ Solana) in June 2017. NEAR is currently valued at $2 billion ~. Looks like they have raised $375 million ~ and done lots of secondary rounds. 😮
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With several mass market consumer unlocks happening on @NEARProtocol, it's time for the ecosystem to be loud: . Using NEAR? Be loud!. Building on NEAR? Be loud!. Backing projects on NEAR? Be loud!. Working for a project on NEAR? Be loud!. Heck, do you fucking hate NEAR? Be loud!.
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BAMM is cool but the most bullish thing for Frax is the founder rocking this fiat-anarchist jacket and saying "we don't need to pander to the institutions"
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RT if you want Lex Fridman to host @ilblackdragon on his podcast! Would love to see them discuss blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies among other things. @lexfridman.
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Just did some weekend sweeping to support one of the most hardworking teams on NEAR . All your @NearTinkerUnion now belong to me muthafuckas, think twice before paper handing your legendary tinkers
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Two @ilblackdragon podcasts diving into all things NEAR and chain abstraction dropped today that you can't miss anon: . Bell Curve with @hxrts hosted by @hal2001 @MikeIppolito_ . . Lightspeed hosted by @0xMert_ @GarrettHarper_ .
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Look what the TradFi suits did to our dragon😭
Catching @ilblackdragon’s talk, AI x Blockchain: NEAR’s New Frontier for Data and AI Integration, at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week!
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As @ilblackdragon says, "stay focused on building momentum and people who have seen trajectories will join because doers attract doers". The intellectual and entrepreneurial capital has grown tremendously on NEAR over the past few months and we are only getting started.
I remember when people were pushing @NEARProtocol to just fold into ETH 2.0 and call it a day. Not only would they have left billions on the table ($8.5B fdv to be exact) and lost their independence, but it feels like they are now on the verge of something special. At some point.
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As a contributor who's been in the NEAR ecosystem since the days when Berry Club used to be the most used app, I cannot be more proud of how far we've come and more excited about where we're going next: 700+ mainnet apps, 500+ DAOs and counting! #NEARisNow.
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8 new DeFi protocols just came out of stealth on NEAR, delivering novel chain abstracted use cases. This is only the beginning. Accelerate!.
The future is abstracted. The future is here. The future is NEAR. Introducing the first Chain Abstraction Cohort from @nearhorizon. Builders, it’s time to abstract the dApps. DeFi is ready to be reborn. 🧵
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The quality of teams preparing to launch new NEAR-native DeFi protocols is super inspiring. Some of the most forward thinking and high signal group of builders I have spoken with recently.
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Have a solid idea for a novel, multi-chain derivatives protocol using @NEARProtocol's chain signatures. Looking for a rockstar founder/CTO to help me ship it — will invest and work together on scaling it. DMs open if this is you.
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On this #EarthDay I am grateful to everyone involved in the @NEARProtocol ecosystem, thanks for contributing to a better, more sustainable future for all. NEAR's climate-neutral infrastructure is the best platform to build projects & organise communities in this digital economy!.
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DeFi unlocks for non-smart contract chains (BTC, DOGE, etc.) without wrapping the native assets/s is still one of the biggest opportunities in crypto. Excited for experiments powered by @NEARProtocol chain signatures without compromising the security guarantees of native assets.
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With many groundbreaking things happening in the NEAR ecosystem on the protocol and application level, we need some strong up to date theses to weave it all together for newcomers. If you're interested in contributing, reach out.
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This guy walks in and abstracts your chain, what are you going to do?
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Nightshade 2.0 is here! One of the most important protocol upgrades is now on the NEAR mainnet, here is what it means: . - Upgrade of the sharding architecture .- Stateless validation .- More shards on the mainnet .- Increased number of validators .- Major speed and usability.
Say gm to the largest technological step toward NEAR's vision. Say gm to stateless validation. Say gm to Nightshade 2.0 🌺 . NEAR Protocol's novel sharding design has been successfully upgraded and is live on Mainnet.
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Not surprised that @ilblackdragon was literally the only one who talked about community-driven protocol governance and developer and user experience on the L1 Wars Twitter Space #MassAdoptionIsNEAR😎.
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The biggest AI and chain abstracted DeFi launches. This NEARvember, in Bangkok.
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When two of your best friends set out to build one of the coolest startups in this space, you cannot be bullish enough. Nuff said, the future is NEAR.
This week marks my final week at the @NEARFoundation ⋈. It has been an extraordinary journey, starting from when I met @chronear on a Discord channel, leading to my year and a half at the @NEARFoundation, where I have genuinely tried my best to contribute to the @NEARProtocol
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For the sake of threadoors, recommend dropping no more alpha like this please.
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Just direct your friends to the $NEAR wallet and watch the UX do its magic. You will never have to convince them again.
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Imagine being able to use XRP in DeFi; no wrapping or bridging, just seamless liquidity natively. It's time to make XRP accessible to everyone on-chain with @NEARProtocol intents and chain signatures.
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The thesis behind @NEARProtocol's architecture is quite simple: Account abstraction, smart contract royalties, flexible key management, smart wallets, etc. should be fundamental and native to the blockchain, instead of being fancy features that users have to wait months for.
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Trillions of agents. Billions of dollars in assets. Millions of transactions in parallel. Thousands of developers. Hundreds of unicorns. All powered by a battle tested, fully sharded layer-1, with intents driving unified liquidity across all chains. The future is NEAR 🐉.
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The past couple of months truly felt like the @NEARProtocol ecosystem moved as one, various nodes working in lockstep with wartime swiftness to bring @ilblackdragon's vision to life. We embark on a new journey next week and there has never been a better time to be involved 🫡🐉.
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NEAR ❤️ Singapore. It was incredible to meet the local teams building novel chain abstracted DeFi protocols and AI startups on NEAR, supported by the best mentors and funds in the space. Can't wait for them to come out of stealth in November at [REDACTED]. The future is NEAR 🐉
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Two simple rules of thumb you should always keep in mind: . - Never fade chain abstraction .- Never challenge @ilblackdragon to melee combat . You may not like it but this is what peak male performance looks like
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The NEAR ecosystem really owes a tonne of gratitude to OG devs like @ekuzyakov, @zacodil, @salomonsen_p, @vgrichina and others who continue to independently hack on some of the coolest stuff in crypto. On-chain games, Dynamic NFTs, NEAR Social, Web4, etc. — these guys have.
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NEAR whiteboard series remains the best technical resource in crypto by far.
Just listened to the Near whiteboard session with @AveryChing @SashaSpiegelman and @ilblackdragon . Man I forgot how good these are 🤌🤌🤌.
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NEAR ecosystem teams ship with a chip on their shoulders, thoroughly humble but profoundly relentless.
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NEAR DA crushing it on every single performance metric and you are still not paying attention anon? . You will be when you see the upcoming DA roadmap as part of the broader chain abstraction stack 🐉.
Data availability has become increasingly important as rollups and appchains grow in popularity. How do the different DA solutions compare in a quickly growing modular future?
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Hearing @ilblackdragon lay out the vision of a future where millions of app-specific contract rollups symbiotically operate at scale this morning was mind blowing! . A simple explanation of the idea is that contract rollups will be the most powerful advancement in rollup.
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Illia joining the NEAR Foundation as CEO is extremely powerful for the ecosystem. I was always fascinated by his vision for NEAR and his approach of taking the Foundation to the builders instead of telling the builders to go to the Foundation is what we need now more than ever.
News: I'm excited & honored to join NEAR Foundation as CEO. The NEAR ecosystem is always evolving. My goal for our next phase is to help our teams work together more efficiently toward our shared vision of the Open Web. Join us at #NEARCON23 to learn about the future of NEAR!.
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Feeling a mission-driven enthusiasm in the @NEARProtocol community over the past few weeks. More people are leaning in, giving feedback, volunteering to contribute, helping others, very encouraging heading into the new year.
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Pumped to work together with @samkazemian and the FRAX team!. This is just the first step in what is certain to be a powerful partnership, solid alpha from Sam on what users can expect in the coming months: NEAR native LSDs, DA integrations, RWAs, Stablecoins and the list goes on.
Extremely excited for this partnership between @NEARProtocol & @fraxfinance. Frax-assets including sFRAX & sfrxETH will power Near DeFi yields. 🚀. In parallel we're already working on a frxNEAR LSD system & teaming up to integrate Near DA into Fraxtal. This is the first.
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We are super excited to be working alongside legends like @pet3rpan_ @ReadyPlayerDC @PilsburyDAOBoy @larryflorio and others with the launch of @HydraVentures_. Together we will explore incubation opportunities and support DAOs across several high-conviction, emerging categories!.
Arise, Hydra!🐉. The #NEAR Foundation has joined forces with @hydraventures_ on their quest to improve the investment DAO ecosystem. The world’s first fund-of-funds investment DAO is here with #Near.
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Four years ago, @AlexSkidanov shipped the NEAR devnet and conducted performance tests for Nightshade on Twitch streams wearing a unicorn costume
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Love how @starpause captured the essence of community building that is powered by NFTs - "The collective energy that transcends cultures and human connections that can't be valued in monetary terms, this is the zeitgeist of our times." @NEAR_China @IothaP @codame
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ICYMI, @ilblackdragon announced the chain abstraction vision for the future of @NEARProtocol this week . But why should you care about the chain abstraction thesis? . ELI5: web3 UX and liquidity is already highly fragmented between various chains and there will always be new.
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I've heard that building on NEAR increases your sex appeal, is this true?.
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