Emin Gun Sirer

Emin Gun Sirer

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Founder and CEO @avalabs, Ex-prof @Cornell, Ex-co-director @initc3org.

Institutional Professionals Flood Crypto; Avalanche Leads Adoption
SocialMay 6, 2026

Institutional Professionals Flood Crypto; Avalanche Leads Adoption

I'm also seeing a different energy in crypto circles in general and at Consensus Miami in particular. The attendees all look like normal professionals. And there's a record number of professional women in crypto. It's clear that traditional finance professionals...

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Avalanche's RWA Checklist Guides High-Quality Asset Evaluation
SocialApr 30, 2026

Avalanche's RWA Checklist Guides High-Quality Asset Evaluation

This checklist, borne from Avalanche's long and extensive history with RWAs, is a good framework for evaluating high quality assets.

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From $60M Hack to Safer Ethereum: Lessons Learned
SocialApr 28, 2026

From $60M Hack to Safer Ethereum: Lessons Learned

Ten years ago, I typed out a warning in real time in Google docs while hundreds of anonymous wombats and chupacabras watched over my shoulder. Three weeks later a hacker drained $60M, 15% of all ether was at risk, and...

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Self‑custody Wallets Escape Outdated Regulatory Constraints
SocialApr 13, 2026

Self‑custody Wallets Escape Outdated Regulatory Constraints

Great to see that self-custodied wallets do not need to abide by archaic rules designed for a different era.

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Avalanche Outpaces Bitcoin for Serious Tech Development
SocialApr 9, 2026

Avalanche Outpaces Bitcoin for Serious Tech Development

Bitcoin, never change. Meanwhile, if you want to build something serious and technologically advanced, Avalanche is the place.

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NYT Repeatedly Misidentifies Satoshi Candidates, Warns Readers
SocialApr 8, 2026

NYT Repeatedly Misidentifies Satoshi Candidates, Warns Readers

PSA: The New York Times has a long history of identifying the wrong people as Satoshi.

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Everyday Devices and Fiber Optics Can Spy on You
SocialApr 7, 2026

Everyday Devices and Fiber Optics Can Spy on You

Interesting new attack. Your house is probably full of embedded devices that can be hacked at will, open mics in sensitive areas, and cellphones that continuously monitor your speech. And it turns out that even the raw fiberoptic cable can...

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Grayscale Backs Avalanche, Fueling Digital Asset Growth
SocialMar 12, 2026

Grayscale Backs Avalanche, Fueling Digital Asset Growth

Grayscale has been a champion of digital assets since the early days. Excited to have them support the growth of Avalanche.

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AI Is Now Cheap—Choose Ethical Alternatives over ChatGPT
SocialMar 12, 2026

AI Is Now Cheap—Choose Ethical Alternatives over ChatGPT

In the future, Artificial Intelligence will be a cheap commodity -- in fact, it already is. Drop chatgpt now and build a connection to any of the alternatives that are developed by more ethical people.

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FBI Server Hacked; Hacker Threatens to Expose Owner
SocialMar 11, 2026

FBI Server Hacked; Hacker Threatens to Expose Owner

We live in the worst timeline ever. The FBI got hacked, and the hacker, disgusted at the PDF file images they saw and not realizing that it's a law enforcement server, threatened to turn the "owner of the server" over...

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Financial Cryptography Research the World Urgently Needs
SocialMar 4, 2026

Financial Cryptography Research the World Urgently Needs

This is the kind of research the world needs more of! Courtesy of the Financial Cryptography conference. https://t.co/sV76A5i9mv

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Avalanche Quietly Expands Asset Base as Core Value Rail
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Avalanche Quietly Expands Asset Base as Core Value Rail

We are quietly increasing the asset base on Avalanche and establishing the platform as a fundamental rail for value transfers of all kinds.

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Avalanche Leads Future of Cooperative Multichain Blockchains
SocialDec 29, 2025

Avalanche Leads Future of Cooperative Multichain Blockchains

Avalanche, as the premier multichain platform, is a bet that the future will depend on blockchains that cooperate.

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Young Devs Model Building, Not Speculation
SocialDec 27, 2025

Young Devs Model Building, Not Speculation

The young devs should all be a model for what to expect from this space: less speculation, more actual building.

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