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Today marks a decisive moment in my life.
I successfully defended my Master’s thesis.
@UZH_en
This closes a cycle that began the day my father died in 2015, and marks the beginning of a new chapter.
I dedicate this moment to him. 🛡️
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Introducing Zodl Vault
Join the waitlist today:
vault.zodl.com
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RT @zooko: Announcing hashsma.sh! 𝟘 𝟙 ❒ 🔨
Strengthen cryptography with AI.
Cryptography—both current and post-quantum crypto…
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Yes! For wallets, under standard features, you can drop in swap to github.com/zakura-core/walle…
You’ll get way faster proving and trial decryption. If you run lwd nodes, you’ll get way faster queries
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Zebastian🛡️ retweeted
WARNING: contains shipping velocity not suitable for all chains.
ft. @zkDragon @arjunkhemani
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Zebastian🛡️ retweeted
Earlier today, NEAR Intents was exploited for $3.8m. SHIELD, the AI security layer on Intents, detected outlier behavior and Intents were temporarily paused. All of the affected users will be compensated in full.
The attacker exploited a bug in the Omni deposit/withdrawal interaction with the NEAR Intents smart contract isolated to USDT on BSC. The Intents team quickly identified the exact vulnerability and it was fixed within an hour of detection. NEAR Intents and near.com are already back online, except for a few affected chains on Intents. The core NEAR Protocol, NEAR token, and other applications on NEAR were not affected.
NEAR Intents now processes over $4B a month in trading and payments volume, serving as the industry’s connector across chains and ecosystems. At this scale, we have to hold ourselves to a higher security standard. This was the first major exploit on Intents and we will apply all learnings from this incident as part of a full retro and postmortem.
The crypto space is entering a new era of far more sophisticated cyber attacks. Recently, we have seen BitGet, Metamask, Lido all being targeted by criminals equipped with AI systems that are continuously trying to hack all infrastructure. As a space, we need to be far more vigilant and raise the bar on both onchain contract standards and offchain monitoring and proactive prevention.
This includes incorporating formal verification, a key tool for preventing a large class of vulnerabilities. The NEAR ecosystem is already working on a formal verification system for NEAR contracts and will shortly implement it as part of the release process, alongside other security measures that will come out of the postmortem.
Being more proactive against criminal activity is a critical step to ensure the growth and legitimacy of crypto. It’s time to join forces and work together to use all tools at our disposal to detect and prevent malicious activity. SHIELD is our approach to monitoring and AI-based outlier detection. We welcome new SHIELD partners to work with us to share information faster and get better at detecting and containing criminals and exploits across web3.
Earlier today NEAR Intents services were stopped after a security incident was detected. The incident was caused by a bug in the Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure interaction with NEAR Intents smart contract.
The preliminary report indicates the total loss of approximately $3.8M. These funds will be compensated in full.
The contract-side vulnerability has been patched. The operations of the NEAR Intents and near(.)com are expected to resume within 1h.
Deposits and withdrawals on the following networks will remain unavailable for an additional ~12 hours while fixes to the Omni infrastructure are completed: BSC, Polygon, TON, Optimism, Avalanche, Stellar, Monad, LayerX, Adi, Scroll and Plasma.
In case users hold any assets from these chains inside NEAR Intents (for example, in HOT wallet or on near(.)com), they will be able to swap them into other assets once NEAR Intents is back up (in ~1h).
The incident has been reported to law enforcement, and we are working with security and blockchain analytics partners to trace the funds and pursue recovery. A detailed report will be shared publicly in the following days.
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RT @zooko: I am proud to welcome Ulrich Haböck, Luke Edwards, and Suyash Bagad to Shielded Labs.
The world needs Zcash. And Zcash needs fu…
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RT @zooko: Play long-term, positive-sum games with long-term, positive-sum people.
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Zebastian🛡️ retweeted
Meet Zarvis 🌱, OpenZcash's new Zcash guide.
Ask anything about Zcash, in your language: privacy, ZIPs, the Dev Fund, the treasuries, the ecosystem. Answers cite their sources, from the ZIPs to the ZCG ledger.
Say hi 👋 openzcash.org/zarvis
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Zebastian🛡️ retweeted
first, the rise of Zcash
then, the restoration of the 1st and 4th amendments and repeal of the Patriot Act and KYC
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Zebastian🛡️ retweeted
🛡️ What technical threats should Zcash be preparing for?
🗣️ Daira-Emma, @DefuseSec, @zooko, @zkdragon and Arya on how the ecosystem identifies risk, trades security off against usability and shipping speed, and where more investment is needed. Moderated by Andrew Miller.
📆 Oct 27–29, 2026, Cancún 🌞
Apply now → zfnd.org/zcon7/
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No “apparent” reason.
Only cryptic ones…
visible to those who can see.
Perhaps the market is finally discovering the value of privacy in our electronic age.
$ZEC
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Zcash is winning because zebras are fueled by conviction.
The strongest communities are not held together by profit, but by principle.
Noir delivers because conviction builds.
Wealth follows value.
Value attracts builders.
$ZEC
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You are not a man.
CT bitches compares to this hero:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caupol…
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