On SP1’s Precompiles
With two lines of code, developers can reduce the cycle cost of verifiable compute by at least 77% and cut execution time by 59%. This is all thanks to SP1's precompiles. And it costs pennies on the n...
Writing
An Analysis of "An analysis of Uniswap markets"
In which I crashcourse on AMMs, forget the existence of the product rule, and fail to set Delta_alpha to 0 during the derivation of optimal arbitrage conditions :3
Torturing Reason
Why do we place heavy meaning on certain moments instead of others? An action, a choice, thought; a word spoken instead of another. At times these decisions become weights of excruciating importance w...
Peaceful Revolution 🏴
Eugène Delacroix. “La Liberté guidant le peuple” (1830)
Cults, Ego(ism), Socialization
Cults
Nueva Valencia
The Big One
DAO Mycology –– HolOrgs
“If we only have words that describe neatly bounded autonomous individuals, it is easy to think they actually exist” – Sheldrake
Mutualistic Species Prosperity – $EGMI
Preamble; thank you 0xcarnation for teasing my limits and Kitsama for the “good shit”...
DICEology Preamble
Atomic fission can power our species several lifetimes over, or end most of it in mere minutes. Crypto, like all technology, is neutral –– credibly so, you might say
Rolling Up for ChainExploration
Spend more than a day on Ethereum’s Mainnet and you’ll realize gas fees are a bottleneck. These fees go to miners –– those providing computation power to execute transactions. Every action performed...
Authority, Consent, Power
"Emergent System Maximalism"
A Radical Thesis for Web3
“We are servants of the Secret Fire, wielders of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass!”
Voting Systems Stuff
Web3 has succeeded in making “governance” cool again. Whether through ~~air~~ responsibility drops or treasury bribes, active participation has been brought to the crypto masses. Or has it?
Social Impact Era –– DAO/DIO/DIPs
After posting about LCE in the CCS DAO Discord I connected with Olli Tiainen, auth...
Local Civic Engagement (LCE)
In the summer of 2020 a group of residents in the city of Palo Alto set out on a noble mission: keep elected city officials accountable for their actions, and increase transparency + participation in...
Why
Why create Humanity Involved? What lead to this? Several things: Read ahead