Crypto's True Value: Personal Sovereignty Over Money
Here's what normies get wrong about crypto: It's not about technology. It's not the hash, electricty, ZK, cryptography. Crypto is about values: Own Your Life -- your money, your reputation, your relationships. You own it. Not banks, nor state, nor companies.
Post‑Quantum Signatures Could Slash Bitcoin to 1 TPS
Bitcoin and quantum safety: One of the problems facing Bitcoin as it turns to being post-quantum safe is the size of post quantum signatures and the effect on blocksize. The issue is that today's signatures on Bitcoin are very small, less...
Right Tech and Spark Turn Crypto Projects Into Titans
Been in crypto long enough to know: Projects can go from low-key to titans in no time. It's true for small projects and it's true for the whole ecosystem. Build the right tech, create the right spark, and then...magic.
Zero Knowledge Powers Privacy and Scale in Blockchain
Let's explain ZK: 📚 ZK stands for Zero Knowledge and it unlocks 2 super-powers: Privacy and Scale. ZK is close to my heart, both as a co-inventor of ZK-STARKs and as a co-founder of 2 ZK projects: @Zcash (focused on privacy) and @StarkWareLtd...
Builders Flock to Starkzap for Effortless Blockchain Integration
Alpha: Builders want an easy way to connect their app to blockchain. (image: number of downloads of Starkzap since launched 3 weeks ago) https://t.co/tVTSeuvBW2
What to Ask Steve Pinker on Podcast
Attention: I'm interviewing Steve Pinker later today for a new podcast I'm working on. What should I ask him?
Debating Bitcoin's 9‑Line Upgrade and OP_CAT Revival
So, what about them 9 lines of code we should add to Bitcoin? Can we start talking again about OP_CAT?
Starknet’s Cutting‑edge Tech Unlocks New Possibilities
Best tech matters. Without best tech you can't unlock new use cases, new audiences, new possibilities. Starknet is best tech.
Crypto Will Become Tomorrow's Everyday Infrastructure
Just for perspective: The internet had its bearish cycles, yet today it's clearly the infrastructure of our daily lives. Why? Global, fast, convenient, cheap, available 24/7. You don't think one day we'll be able to say the exact same thing about crypto? You're so...
Decentralized Crypto Will Shape Kids' Financial Future
Crypto, not the individual assets but the truly decentralized, own-your-life way of doing things, will be how our children manage money.
Future Finance Chains Must Embed Privacy, Security, Scale
Privacy, security, scale, global connectivity. The building blocks for these features must be baked into the foundation of any chain that aims to be part of the world's new financial rails.
ZK Chains Require ZK-Optimized Languages and VMs
Everyone agrees ZK-STARKs are top-tier for building blockchains. This wasn't always the case and it's good that it became consensus. What’s not consensus yet and I predict will become so: if your chain relies on ZK-tech, your programming language and VM...
Decentralized Finance Ensures No One Can Pause Your
If your financial life can be paused by someone else, you do not truly own it. Blockchains allow decentralization, which allows distributing control to individuals, which ensures no single entity can pause your financial life and own them.
Starknet Targets Execution, Decentralization, Economics for 2026
Starknet's focus for the coming months(!): ✅ Better execution and UX ✅ Deeper decentralization ✅ Healthier economics 2026 is the year where Starknet sets the stage for Starknomics, privacy, and ZK proving. As always, we're trailblazing the future of Blockchain. Read 👇
Miden and RiscZero: Rising ZK‑STARK Competitors Worth Watching
Among crypto projects, two that I really like and respect are both in the area of ZK-STARKs: 1. The @0xMiden project (led by @bobbinth) Many years ago, when I first spoke to Bobbin, he told me he was really interested in ZK-STARKs. He...
We Ignore Decentralization Until It's Suddenly Essential
People don't care too much about decentralization, or trustlessness, or self-custody, until one day they realize they should actually care. A lot.
Zero‑Knowledge Lets You Verify Massive Data Instantly
ZK's 2 magical superpowers: The first is Privacy: prove something without revealing the data your proving. The 2nd is Succinct Verification: verify a long computation in a succinct way. How do you explain the value of succinct verification to non-crypto people?
Starkzap Simplifies On‑Chain Migration, Boosting Dev Experience
This is a really big deal: Taking a web2 app and adapting it to run onchain should be easy, and Starkzap is making it even easier than you'd imagine. Mass adoption goes not only through good UX, it also goes through good...
Nikita's Twitter Revamp May Boost Crypto Adoption
(unpopular?) opinion: many of the changes Nikita is bringing to Twitter will be good for crypto.
Strong Bullish Outlook for Starknet, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash
Bullish on Starknet Bullish on Bitcoin Bullish on Ethereum Bullish on Zcash Bullish on ZK-STARKs
Adoption Arrives When Crypto Becomes Effortless
Wen adoption? - When using crypto will be effortless - When building apps will be easy - When the benefits of decentralization will be trivial - When choosing crypto will be just as easy as not choosing it
Staying Tech‑Bullish in Bear Markets Through Big‑Picture Vision
Some people, myself included, are bullish on the tech even when the market is bearish. It's not blind conviction, it's a looking-at-the-bigger-picture conviction.
Starknet: The Future‑Proof Blockchain Blueprint
Here's a shopping list for what a blockchain needs: - Post-quantum resilience - Privacy - Limitless scale - Support for smooth, intuitive UI/UX features - Infrastructure that enables innovation and agility That's Starknet. Future proofed.
Beyond DeFi: Blockchain Powers Integrity‑Critical Applications
Which use cases, other than DeFi, would benefit the most from blockchain? IMO it would be something where the value of integrity, truth, verifiability would be needed. Which use cases fall into that category?
I Entered ZK for Succinctness, Stayed for Privacy
Here's something about how I got into ZK: I never cared that much for ZK. True story. Within the area of math and cryptography dealing with ZK, I was always drawn to something else, which is scalability or succinct verification. You...
Decentralization: Ideology in Stable Nations, Necessity Elsewhere
In stable countries, things like decentralization, blockchain, and distributing power to individuals sound ideological. In unstable countries it's practical.
Native Account Abstraction Unifies All Accounts Into Smart Contracts
Short explanation: what is the difference between Account Abstraction and *Native* Account Abstraction? Native Account Abstraction means there's only one type of accounts that developers have to keep in mind: smart accounts (which are smart contracts). This kind of accounts...
Bitcoin Still Needs DeFi and Privacy Solutions
BTCFi for unlocking Bitcoin's economy strkBTC for adding privacy to Bitcoin What else does Bitcoin need?
Bitcoin Needs Privacy; Starknet Offers the Solution
Bitcoin's economy needs a privacy solution. OK, no problem. Bitcoin 🤝 Starknet 🤝 Privacy https://t.co/QOLPVjx7Wx
Privacy Is Crucial for Bitcoin’s Future Success
A crystal-clear explanation about Bitcoin and why Privacy is essential for its success. Read well.
Bitcoin Must Evolve as Real-World Conditions Shift
Bitcoin is not operating in a controlled lab environment where conditions remain unchanged. It operates in the real world where other elements may affect it. Bitcoin's environment is changing, and its code should adapt accordingly. Time to address this challenge.
Reduce Friction, Make Self‑custody a Default Expectation
Is it the case the people don't care about self-custody? I'd like to counter that. In my opinion people think self-custody costs too much friction and requires them to be tech savvy, so they de-prioritize it. Like going to the moon. It's possible,...
Decentralization: Tool, Not Goal—Ask Why It Matters
We often talk about decentralization as a value in itself. But it's a means to an end. The interesting questions are: 1. What goal does decentralization serve? 2. Is decentralization important to you? 3. Has anything changed in the way you view decentralization over...
Tech Like Blockchain, Privacy, AI Safeguard Freedom
Freedom can be protected in many ways: - Blockchain is one way to ensure it - Privacy is another - Libertas, supported by StarkWare, is leveraging AI to protect freedom Freedom-tech matters. More details here 👇
AI Ready to Outpace Crypto’s Relentless Churn
Crypto: Let's make the ecosystem constantly changing, with new cycle every summer, narratives shifting every three month, and make it so that if you log off for one week there's a whole new line of projects you've never heard of...
Quantum Threats Demand Immediate Bitcoin Resistance Upgrade
There are 2 threats that quantum computers pose to Bitcoin, both have the same solution. Threat 1: A QC is built and used to break Bitcoin's cryptography. Threat 2: Even before such computer is here, people will lose confidence in Bitcoin out...
AI Saves Time, Crypto Demands Effort to Transform Finance
The difference between crypto adoption and AI adoption: When people use AI tools, those tools make their jobs easier, simpler, faster. The reward of replacing one hour of work with ten minutes is immediately understood. The time saved and the fact...
Crypto Must Act Now Against Emerging Quantum Threat
How can Crypto avert the Quantum Threat: The quantum threat means the emergence and progress towards a quantum computer that breaks the signatures on today's crypto -- Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc. I don't know if and when such a computer will arise....
Blockchain Empowers Decentralization for Individual Control and Fairness
Blockchains are needed to allow decentralization. Decentralization is needed to shift power from central entities to individiuals. Shifting power is needed to ensure individuals will control their assets, without being censored, having to ask for permission, or needing to trust anyone. These are...
Starknet Powers Complex Apps, Ready for AI Future
One of the reason that Starknet is home to Perp exchanges and Gaming is that Starknet enables big computation transactions. These apps usually have complex logic, and accordingly, they need a network that can support complex transactions. Starknet, built with...
Crypto Jargon vs Simplicity: Time to Speak Plainly
Crypto people: Decentralization, account abstraction, composability, trustlessness, permissionless Everyone else: Fast, cheap, safe, free, easy Have you noticed something? Folks, we have to start describing things using fewer syllables
Teach Decentralization's Benefits: Fairness, Empowerment, Integrity
Something we should all do more of: educate about all the things that decentralization delivers (fairness, individual empowerment, integrity). This isn't as obvious as we tend to think.
User Sovereignty, Not Single Apps, Will Drive Crypto Adoption
No single app -- DeFi, gaming, payments, or socials -- will drive crypto mass adoption. The thing that will drive mass adoption will be the common foundation that will connect all these use cases: empowering individuals to be fully in control....
Crypto Poised to Deliver Next‑gen Privacy Solutions
The best privacy solutions will come from crypto. Here's why: Right now, much of Web2 offers better privacy than most of crypto. But that's changing. Crypto has taken a sharp turn on this, and privacy is finally being recognized as valuable. This...
STARKs Amplify One Bad Transaction Into Whole Proof
My attempt to explain how STARKs catch an error: Imagine a kaleidoscope. The beads inside it represent transactions: white for valid, red for invalid. Let's say this kaleidoscope had a thousand white beads and just one red bead. That single red...
Crypto’s Value Persists Beyond Prices, Fueling Bullish Outlook
There's a sharp contrast between the bearish market mood out there and the bullish feeling I have about crypto. I understand the sentiment. It's not pleasant watching the price of almost every token decline. It creates the impression that if the...
Mass Adoption Hinges on Native Account Abstraction
Mass adoption will come. It will come through simple UI and seamless UX. Or in other words, it will come through native account abstraction.
Decentralization Enables Fairness, Integrity, and Sovereignty
I read the comments to this tweet and realized it's not clear to everyone what decentralization actually achieves: - Censorship resistance - Permissionlessness - Trustlessness - Network stability These are the puzzle pieces that create: fairness, integrity, and sovereignty. Distributing control of the network across many...
Blockchains Only Worth It When You Need Decentralization
Blockchains are needed only if you're aiming for decentralization. If you're not aiming for decentralization, then you're just using a very complex and cumbersome technology to achieve something that can be done on web2. Thank you.
Starknet Becomes Native Zk Verification Layer Scaling Truth
I agree with this smart gentleman: - Starknet is becoming The native zk verification layer - Starknet is scaling Truth It's not just about scale in the sense of providing more throughput. It's about an efficient mechanism that enforces truth on whatever requires...
