Hugo Montenegro
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Co-founder @PeanutProtocol Interested in decentralized systems, incentives, (A)I Prev @harvard | @innovationlab | (@HF0Residency) | https://t.co/y0Ohb4gECD (acq)
Lisbon 🇵🇹
Joined June 2020
Pics from yesterday at Interop day in Chiang Mai. Ethereum being built. If you're not bullish on Ethereum, you should be. Interoperability will come faster than you expect.
I think people will be surprised by how quickly "cross-L2 interoperability problems" stop being problems and we get a smooth user experience across the entire ethereum-verse (incl L1, rollups, validiums, even sidechains). I'm seeing lots of energy and will to make this happen.
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I was today years old when I learned that Antarcticas flag is essentially the Ethereum logo
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We're raising! And we made a tiktok video for it (seriously). here it is
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Leaving Brussels after an intensive week. Some random takeaways:. - I still haven't seen a crypto x Ai project that isn't bs (and I was in AI before joining crypto yrs ago).- infra fatigue. Both from vcs and generally founders. So many L2s. - cool stuff beginning to happen in.
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@waitbutwhy Does it make anyone else sad that there's so many unlived possibilities you'll never be able to experience?. Reminds me of the short story "The Egg" by Andy Weir.
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@haridigresses @bigblackjacobin @Slate And if you're advocating for the euthanization of people, maybe don't.
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Raise your hand if you want to pay with crypto 🙋♂️. Me demoing to Vitalik & co at @MEGAZuzalu
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At @crecimientoar 🇦🇷 hackathon we wanted to build something that was actually useful. We built .Apple Cash, but decentralized. Won bounties for:.@circle.@arbitrum_esp.@protocollabs.@avax.@zksync.@0xPolygon.And my first @solana bounty ever. honorable mention for main track ❤️
The Circle bounty winners at Aleph Hackathon @crecimientoar !! 👀🇦🇷 . Incredible and impact-driven projects/founders here… ⬇️
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If there's one lesson I take away from the _massive_ success of Wordle:. Just build cool shit. That's it. Forget about growth hacks, temporary exploits, hopping on the trend bandwagon, local optima, etc. Just build stuff that's useful & fun.
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Two *BIG* pieces of news today:. FIRST: reached #33 on the EU leaderboard for @pioneerdotapp, is now also in the top50 global leaderboard, and is therefore eligible for the pioneer offer:.!!!!
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@davidbattersby @PierreDeWulf uBlock Origin does basically the same, just across the whole internet. But yeah, paying to remove ads is probably more morally correct.
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Anyone know a killer UI designer? Some gigabrain to design cool flows. Would love to hire for some freelance work.
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Today we're beta launching Peanut Cashout 🥜. Offramp any token, any chain*, directly to your bank account. Easiest KYC on the market and 0.2% fee. Also included: sneak peek of our new brand!.
we're LIVEEEE!!! first ever self-custodial offramp, 20+ chains, all major stablecoins
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@AISafetyMemes but humans are speciallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
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@alexanderchopan i need help, my metamask wallet is locked. please support reach out to me UWU.
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Got a pretty rejection letter. On the plus side, if you're a VC and interested, my DM's are open now :)
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Last year we beat Solana in Berlin and won the whole bball tournament. Today I'm saddened to say that Solana came back with a vengeance. We lost. I couldn't defend Ethereum. Fun times at @crecimientoar !
balling for ethereum 🏀.
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What me and @GlMinoprio built at @alephhackathon:. Access your wallet directly from your keyboard, send and request money thanks to @PeanutProtocol payment links. Pay *directly* in your favorite messaging app. If you're a wallet and interested dm me
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I'm hacking together a demo for my YC interview tomorrow. Here's the about section:
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Why are we getting so much traffic at Peanut today. What happened I'm OOTL.
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@ValaAfshar @waitbutwhy Actually these are called 'desire paths'. I find the name very fitting.
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Sharing a small win today:. I got my Startup School certificate!
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Love the @_buildspace community, pretty neat to get into the Night's & Weekends program 🙂. it's always fun to build with web3 people. next steps: close $$ round, finallyyyyy get back to building
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THIS IS SO COOL WTF. INTEGRATING INTO PEANUT ASAP. SEND CRYPTO WITH A DOPE QR CODE
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Is there any better networking than sweating with the dudes?. This is how you do BD. Fun af.
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@iamDCinvestor @MeherRoy Yeah I don't really see a future where a success in L2s doesn't also mean a success in L1.
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I hear @0xkkonrad yapping about cash everyday, but it's cool to see him yapping mainstage at devcon. They grow up so fast 🥺
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I'm a very tall person and I always found it weird that I pay the same for clothing items than everyone else, when it's more materials and more labor. I guess now my free riding has ended
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News of the bull market have been greatly exaggerated. We've been bamboozled. At @ETHGlobal London, we get exactly 1 sad tomato, 1 sad mushroom, a single slice of bacon and 1 sausage. Times are rough
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One DUMB thing I've noticed about twitter: if you include a keyword like "Startup" or "Machine Learning" in your tweet, you will then get 2-3x your normal impressions. It's a really, really primitive algorithm. Game it whilst you can. And to Twitter: hire a better ML team.
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.@PepMangione went from 152 followers to 79.900 (and counting) in less than an hour since he was announced main suspect. there's a "one weird trick to grow your twitter following" joke here somewhere.
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@Austen Give kids freedom, but also make safe & walkable communities focused on humans. Give @wrathofgnon a follow, he showcases this concept extremely well.
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@adamgries First promoted tweet that actually made me follow the tweeter. Let's do something about aging, now. It's the great tragedy of our lives, and we seem to be somehow horrifically indifferent to it. Kill the aging dragon.
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Brief thoughts about US election:. - @sama is cooked. Elon will prob try to go on a little revenge arc.- also, insane how Elon keeps putting it all on black and pulling it off. Nutty. - it's weird to see Joe Rogan on a table with Trump & Elon.- FREE ROSS @RealRossU.- worried.
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@celinehalioua Give them UBI/financial security, make just working on something challenging/impactful to be worthy of social status (nevermind succeeding). Make them believe anyone can solve the big problems if they just work hard enough at it. Watch them come in masses.
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TIL that my dear cofounder @0xkkonrad , whom i generally consider quite intelligent, posts on LinkedIn. these are his posts. he assures me he midwits on purpose. binary travels at the speed of light?. Chat, should I leave?
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You've built something cool but struggling to market it? Here's a great list of places to submit your startup. Takes a bit of time, but it's free and you should 100% do it. Do it now.
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UPDATE: no bueno. :(. - she was quite confused with all the functionality and it took her a while to realize she could claim to bank. - her KYC process was extra lengthy ANDD required review. - window switching was confusing for her. lots of insights. UX hard. soon better.
I'm super excited for Sunday. I'm going to go visit my mom, and for the first time ever, I'm going to do a user test with her. Finally we can - peanut now works with FIAT! she has never used crypto. Will I still be able to pay her into her bank account? 👀.
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My little weekend side project:. Make an AI version of myself! 🤖. HOW:.- Use Twitter API to get all tweets/replies of people I follow.- Use AI (GPT or Googles T5) to generate "AI Hugo" replies. If you don't want robo Hugo in your replies, simply block @roboticHugo or reply/dm me.
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Spent the last 5 days at a hackerhouse in Denver with some very big brain zk people. In case you're curious, here's what people talked about. - femboys.- the REAL value add of blockchain is skipping military school.- TEEs are not inferior to zk because they "are also complicated".
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Woke up and checked the market. Seems like trump has (almost) won. I then check news media - they're all saying it's still super close?. Prediction markets are such a cool primitive that finally, _finally_, are here.
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@jeremyphoward You're not wrong Jeremy, but technically EY isn't either. It's possible (unlikely), but _possible_ a super-AGI emerges during training, realizes it is in a training loop, and optimizes for affecting some kind of goal outside of it (ie real world). @robertskmiles has some great.
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@dvassallo Having non-traditional hours and workdays is such an underrated boon. No traffic, no people. It's heaven.
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@wrathofgnon She has a point wrath. Ever thought of setting up your own website? Perhaps with some longform content, or some guides, or smth like that. You're clearly very knowledgeable about the topic and it's a pity to have it all just in tweets. I think your reach could be much wider.
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The best way to start the day with high energy:. - coffee.- cold shower (or end it cold at least) .- high amount of light exposure.- some type of light exercise. Short walk/run in a sunny park accomplishes the last 2. Also, get enough consistent sleep. Good morning 🌞.
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Just learned today that me and @0xkkonrad won $5k at the @EthereumDenver hackathon! 🥳. Covered the flight expenses lol.
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@waitbutwhy I wouldn't mind if it became a habit for people to wear masks in airplanes, like in asian countries. So many times I've gotten a cold a few days after flying.
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i loved my time in crypto. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. most of all i loved working with such talented people. will have more to say about what’s next later. 🫡.
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@shreyans512 I've been working on exactly this :P. It's still a bit a work in progress, but here's (Feedback appreciated!).
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@twobitidiot I feel like being a maximalist on either side of this issue is the wrong take. It's not a binary choice between losing your civil liberties and total freedom; it's a full tree of branching pathways. No one complaints about seat belts.
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gm 🌞. The best side events at conferences are always the morning runs:
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Need feedback! 🙏. Building a product for red packets / raffles using @PeanutProtocol . Wdythink? Here's an example:.
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I'm at ETH Zurich for the next few days. Was worried about roaming charges, 🇨🇭 data bill can surprise you. Turns out, there's FREE WIFI IN THE ENTIRE CITY. Now this is a civilized country.
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I was feeling a bit disillusioned with Crypto. A week at @ETHBerlin and a week at @0xCastleRetreat changed that completely :).
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I have now become radicalized. JUSTICE FOR PEANUT ⚔️🥜.
For the next 24h all proceeds from fees from Peanut Cashout ($1+0.25%) will be donated to P’Nuts Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary. Cash out your crypto profits today and help restore justice.
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Want to join an early stage team and _ship_? High equity, high ownership. We're looking for a generalist with a backend focus. PS: im at ethglobal London this weekend.
woohaa we've reached 300k transactions last week. so now we're hiring 🅱️🧠 fullstack generalists to help us scaaaale
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I'm super excited for Sunday. I'm going to go visit my mom, and for the first time ever, I'm going to do a user test with her. Finally we can - peanut now works with FIAT! she has never used crypto. Will I still be able to pay her into her bank account? 👀.
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@haydenzadams Don't really get all the outrage that has been happening lately - there's so many more important scams and scummy behaviour to be outraged about in the space. Uni is pretty great 👌.
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@KennethCassel @svpino @karpathy .@ylecun .@hugo_larochelle - smarter hugo.@goodfellow_ian.@hardmaru.@Miles_Brundage .@rsalakhu .@jeffdean.@jcjohnss .@quasimondo.@AndrewYNg.@jeremyphoward . And lastly: me, @uwwgo, sometimes :P.
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Proof of hat
To get my aleph cap I'm forced to make a tweet with the sticker stuck somewhere. So now you get to gaze at my forehead. I won't take complaints. @crecimientoar plz give hat
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@coinbureau NFT tech is really cool and definitely has a bright future, but these sales are completely hype driven. Still, good investment.
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@towernter That's what my parents always warned me about. "Hugo, what do you say if someone offers you to learn JavaScript for free?". "Noooooo" 🙄. "Good job Hugo. In this family we're Python only. Don't let yourself be corrupted!!".
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I wrote a script that shuts down my computer if its past my bedtime, even if I restart it. Willpower is cool but putting systems in place is fail-safe
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We're hiring a cracked mobile dev at peanut. We care a *lot* about good UX and good UI. We're at the forefront of chain abstraction and account abstraction. Come join us if you want to bring currency back to cryptocurrency. ($5k bounty for a good referral!).
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I kinda like morning standup calls. (pls ignore the masterplan in the bg, leaking alpha)
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