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Seeking to play long-term games with long-term people. Scaling Ethereum to maximize freedom @the_matter_labs, the core contributor to @ZKsync

Berlin
Joined May 2009
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What a time to be alive
Real life, baby
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Today marks a new chapter for U.S. banking. The Cari Network, developed alongside five regional banks, is building a new platform to bring tokenized deposits onchain. Secure. Private. Within the regulatory perimeter. Powered by ZKsync’s Prividium.
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You can’t fake "Incorruptible Financial Infrastructure". We built the stack that can actually carry the weight of the real economy. 2026 is time to lift.
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typos + all lowercase is the new power move. raw dogging your thoughts.
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Genius and bold move, love it
A new product, a new customer, a new financing! Introducing Superpower: a 42MW natural gas turbine optimized for AI datacenters, built on our supersonic technology. Superpower launches with a 1.21GW order from @CrusoeAI Backstory 🧵👇
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Don't launch a ghost town. Launching a new chain usually feels like building a town in the middle of a desert. You have the infrastructure, but you don't have the people or the money. ZKsync Interop acts like a portal. It lets you build your own sovereign world, while opening a direct door to the massive economy of Ethereum from Day 1. Launch local. Access global. 👇
Skip the cold start. Launching a new chain usually means starting with zero liquidity. That ends today. With ZKsync Interop enabled by our Atlas upgade, all ZK Chains can interact natively with @Ethereum DeFi. This means Enterprises leveraging Prividiums to tap into Ethereum liquidity for the first time, while maintaining their own private environment.
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1/ The "Cold Start" Trap. Launching a chain today is like opening a shop 100 miles from the city. You have to beg customers (and apps like Aave or Uniswap) to drive out to your ghost town. Until they do, the chain is empty. It's a ghost town.
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Institutions in 2025: yes.
"With Prividiums, it's now possible for Institutions to build and operate private systems as part of the global Ethereum network, with all the control and compliance they require." @anthonykrose, Product @zksync, writes for @ethereum about Privacy & Incorruptible Finance.
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🌀 The $ZK value flywheel (smoothbrain version) Fees from network usage fund $ZK buybacks, which governance allocates to burn, staking, and ecosystem funding, fueling network growth and accelerating the next cycle of fees. The 5 phases ↓
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1️⃣ Onchain and offchain usage generates fees Activity across the entire @zksync ecosystem feeds the same loop. The blend of onchain (interop fees) and offchain (enterprise licensing) sources makes this flywheel unique as it captures value from public and private usage alike.
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Harder, faster, cheaper, stronger @zksync, we're rebuilding global finance from the ground up. On a foundation that's open for all and relies on math, not people.
Incorruptible Finance is now real-time. Introducing the Atlas upgrade for the ZK Stack: ✦ 15K+ TPS sequencer ✦ 1-second ZK finality via Airbender ✦ $0.0001 proving cost per transfer
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The machine making the machines 🤯
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Supersonic (hypersonic?) passenger transport is one of my childhood dreams. It's time to accelerate. Rooting for @AstroMechanica @hermeuscorp @VenusAerospace @boomsupersonic to crack this asap
It’s great having a new partner who might know a thing or two about flight operations. Looking forward to working with @united to bring long-range, efficient supersonic flight to market!
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Off to #Devconnect 🇹🇷
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Mood rn after some motivating talks #TNS
guy who has never hosted a dinner party: I should start a network state
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"Victim mentality is a curse in every domain of life, including in our relationship with technology – both unnecessary and self-defeating. We are not victims, we are conquerors." a16z.com/the-techno-optimist… @pmarca
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"We believe in nature, but we also believe in overcoming nature. We are not primitives, cowering in fear of the lightning bolt. We are the apex predator; the lightning works for us."
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TLDR: It's yours, anon! Feedback welcome 🙏
Sharing the first draft of The ZK Credo — a declaration of the foundational principles for the emerging ZK-powered Internet of Value. v1 is now live on GitHub for community discussion and feedback from the Credo's rightful owner: You! 👇 1/6 github.com/zksync/credo
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Nailing the balance between exploration and exploitation is one of my biggest personal challenges. Exploring interests, industries, relationships widely. vs. Exploiting by doubling down on "winners" and letting compounding returns do their magic.
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Walking the tightrope between both is crucial. Explore too much = stuck in a perpetual doom-swipe or doom-scroll >> Thinking: Could I do better? Exploit too much = auto-piloting through a career or relationship you care little about >> Not thinking at all.
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We're actually live! Big milestone and yet still quite the road ahead of us. Buckle up!✌️
gm zkEVM! 👋🏻 zkSync Era Mainnet Alpha is now open to all users. Developers, projects, and users can now experience the power of zkEVM. Read more: blog.matter-labs.io/gm-zkevm… 1/11
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