IMO people who called network states "colonialist" are wrong and misguided.We've seen a lot of large-scale colonialist evil the past few years. Almost none has come from network state exit libertarians, while a lot has come from people who decided libertarianism is outdated now"If you disagree with how things are run, go start a new thing" really is a very "robust-to-error" position to take. The potential negative consequences of what you do are localized, and are inherently bounded. Even though with the in ...

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RT David Dao (@dwddao)Excited to share a small public good: a (still evolving) short history of mechanism design for public goods across academia and Web3. Explore the full timeline here: https://t.co/GJLc6KotIxAnd let this be the last time anyone says in web3 I don’t know what "incentive compatibility" is—or why it matters 😂 ...

RT barnabe.eth (@barnabemonnot)Pleased to share our "Improve UX" track update!TL;DR: High focus on interop. Build out and strengthen intent-based infrastructure, preparing the ground for fast and trust-minimised backends. Drive down costs and latency with a focus on faster and stronger settlement on L1 and for L2s.The projects feature a mix of coordinating additive initiatives, delivering new infra and products, as well as accelerating deeper protocol changes, with contributions from EF teams and the wider ...

RT Uma Roy (@pumatheuma)This isn’t just another logo x logo partnership—this is a big fucking deal. So excited to form a deep partnership between @SuccinctLabs and @OffchainLabs to bring ZK to their rollup stack.Over the next year, our teams will collaborate on a ZKP version of Arbitrum’s rollup stack. The ZK-powered stack will be available for any Arbitrum chain to use, including Arbitrum One ($19B in TVL), Robinhood Chain, @convergeonchain by @ethena_labs and more.What are the implications?Validation of e ...

Governance & Privacy - Aragon is pioneering privacy solutions for governance, addressing the lack of on-chain privacy in elections, boardrooms, and governance [1] - Private voting at scale is now possible on-chain through a collaboration between PrivacyEthereum (building zkMACI) and Aragon [1]

Open Source Advocacy - The industry should support projects only if they are open source [1] - Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, is a major supporter of open source initiatives [1][2] Medical Device Innovation - Openwater is a fully open source medical device company [2] - Openwater aims to develop universal treatments for various diseases, including cancers, mental diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and infectious diseases, using a single device [2]

Core Concept - The document discusses a fascinating restatement and extension of the Condorcet paradox [1] External Resource - The document references a top Google search result related to the Condorcet paradox [1] - The document includes two URLs: one to a webpage and another potentially to an image or related content [1]

Industry Criticism - The industry observes a lack of critical slogans like "beware of geeks bearing grifts" regarding crypto, AI, and network state technologies [1] - The industry notes the missed opportunity to use such a slogan [1]

RT Liron Shapira (@liron)Doom Debate with @VitalikButerin has dropped:Will “d/acc” Protect Humanity from Superintelligent AI?Vitalik is both a hardcore techno-optimist and builder, and someone willing to seriously consider AI regulation and coordination mechanisms. He coined the term "d/acc'" – defensive, decentralized acceleration – as a middle path between uncritical AI acceleration and total pause scenarios.We debate the tractability of AI alignment, whether approaches like d/acc would actually work when ...