Zachary Dash 🗿 @ZacharyDash Twitter profile

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Zachary Dash 🗿

1 year

I asked 103 crypto investors, developers, marketers, and founders one question: “What’s the number one mistake web3 builders make?” Here is what they said ↓

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6 months

@sama Sam Altman heading into the @openai office on Monday morning.

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4 years

Fully convinced $LTC still has a $2B+ market cap because 95% of holders forgot they own it.

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2 years

I asked 47 different Web3 founders, investors, thought leaders, builders, and developers one question: "What do you believe that a majority of people in crypto disagree with you on?" Here is what they said 👇

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It's so strange that I feel uneasy sharing a podcast about "getting rich" Increasingly, society demonizes wealth creation and the pursuit of it. @naval flips that narrative on it's head. Wealth is not a zero sum game. We can all benefit from it, together.

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9 months

Marcus Aurelius talking about DAO governance in 183 A.D.

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4 years

I love me some @UniswapProtocol but not sure about the recent decision to overload half the screen with token list popups. Anyone else? 🤔

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2 years

The @LensProtocol rise feels like one of the most organically growing web3 platforms and communities in the space I've ever seen. One of those that seems small then you look up and everyone is using it.

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

This last month I asked 33 different crypto founders, investors, thought leaders, analysts, content creators, and developers one important question: "What do you think crypto needs to reach mass adoption?" Here are their answers:

33 Things Crypto Needs to Reach Mass Adoption

Around the Block with Zachary Dash

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2 years

2/ @el33th4xor Founder and CEO @avalabsofficial Ex-prof @Cornell Ex-co-director @initc3org 🔗

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2 years

🤯 Head is still spinning from all the announcements to just come out of the @proof_xyz project from @kevinrose , @ryancarson , and @JustinMezzell A quick tldr breakdown 🧵 of the eight major announcements in case you missed it 👇

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3 years

The longest podcast I've ever listened to in one sitting. Also, the single podcast I've listened to the most over the past few years. Highly suggest a listen 👇

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

@sassal0x "The rules are clear" Yet can't give a clear answer to a binary question 🙃

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

This is some of the clearest form of $BTC + $ETH decoupling we have ever seen. Bitcoin may still be king, but ETH is the catalyst of this market right now.

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

1) Choose one 2) Why?

Avalanche.

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7/ @nanexcool Angel investor and advisor to Ethereum, Defi and NFT projects. House #Ethereum 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

guess I have a thing for birbs with green mohawks hello @pudgypenguins , am new here 👋

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

You asked for it. We built it. Introducing Flaave -- the flashlending market. Get a fixed-rate on your lending fees for up to 1 year. Made possible by @AaveAave 🤝 @Flashstake All yield is paid instantly + upfront. Up to 5X APY boost (for now) 👉 @flaave_xyz 👻

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1 year

"After awhile, determination starts to look like talent." @paulg

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2 years

3/ @KyleSamani Co-founder, Managing Partner @multicoincap . 🔗

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10 months

Without knowing we own one, my wife sent me a @pudgypenguins post on Instagram @LucaNetz is killing the game.

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2 years

8/ @Nicholas_Merten Founder & CEO of @digifox_finance 🦊 Creator of DataDash, one of the largest YouTube channels for cryptocurrencies. 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

True for startups, too. Fastest to market does not = furthest in market.

Vala Afshar

@ValaAfshar

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The fastest route is not always a straight line.

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

0/ It isn't a matter of *if* but *when* someone is going to build the @YCombinator of the decentralized world. A 🧵 of seven reasons why Web3 is breaking the Y Combinator (YC) business model -- and what @BlockzeroLabs (XIO) is doing to accelerate startups differently.

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

So ready to meet the newborn king 👶

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@ZacharyDash

1 month

Stealth drop? Drop a 🏝️ and @EpochIsland will drop you a secret link to get ISLAND before anyone else. (Make sure your DMs are turned on)

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

One major difference with the 2017 ICO bubble and the current #Defi "bubble" In 2017, $100M market cap projects were considered extremely low market cap. In 2020, $10M market cap projects are considered low market cap.

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Which pengu would you rather rock? @pudgypenguins 🤔

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Change My Mind: The best brand in DeFi is @BanklessHQ Minimalism paired with meaning is a beautiful combination.

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

200k > 400k > 800k > 1.6M @Flashstake has doubled each and every launch. People always underestimate the power of exponentials.

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

who knew launching and shipping products is important

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

Low on sleep but best week of my life 💙

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

This dood just came in the mail and I love it 😅 @doodles

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Launching a million dollar project today. This is my attire. Only in crypto. @Flashstake

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@ZacharyDash

9 months

@jspujji I quietly collect these questions because I find most people are fascinating if you just give them the right prompts 😊 Here are some of my favorite! 1) What do you believe that a majority of the world disagrees with? > Shows their ability to think independently 2) If you had

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

My best creation yet 👶💚

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Hey @AaveAave community, would you use something like this? Signal demand for this with retweets/responses so we can bring this dapp to life 👻

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Found presentations from @balajis and @cdixon made over 8 years ago at 2013 @ycombinator startup school. Thought some of you may find these as interesting as I did! Links below 👇

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

I'm so damn fascinated by the comeback story of @pudgypenguins and more specifically @LucaNetz did to make it happen Absolute entrepreneur assassin

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

@sassal0x Glad he atleast acknowledges this isn't his expertise (nor the sector he's building in) Luca is a great leader with many amazing takes on branding, NFTs, IP, community building, and story telling – sectors I'm sure the average defi builder has equally bad takes on as well 😅

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14/ @jamie247 CEO @OVioHQ | Accelerating The Open Metaverse at intersection of Tech, Finance & Culture whilst collecting weird JPEGS. Host: Metaverse Podcast 🎙 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Becoming more and more convinced that $XIO (native token of @BlockzeroLabs ) is one of the most under-the-radar assets in DeFi. Here are some crazy stats about how it compares to other projects like $AAVE, $YFI, $COMP, and $CRV 👇

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

6/ @rleshner @compoundfinance 📈 @robotventures 🤖 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

Many top DeFi projects still claim "governance" as the primary utility of their token. But what other legally complaint ways are there to drive actual utility and non-speculative demand? A 🧵 about the most recent upgrade to $FLASH, the native token of the @Flashstake protocol

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@ZacharyDash

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Is there anything more inevitable than $10k ETH?

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

22/ @tayvano_ lethal founder. part-time wizard. ceo. @mycrypto is my baby. my 3 y/o is my boss. dont come @ me less you're ready to battle | tay.eth 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

5 years

@xio_network @binance World’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. World’s most popular media owner, creates no content. The most valuable retailer, has no inventory. World’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. Can the biggest business in the world own no businesses? $XIO 🙌🚀

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

Took 8 days from $2M to $3M

Flashstake (⚡,⏳)

@Flashstake

1 year

gm to 2 mil. it took 228 days to get to $1m. it only took 18 days to get from $1m to $2m.

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@ZacharyDash

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@RyanSAdams @adamscochran It's amazing to see Bankless get attacked from both angles 😅 *Acknowledges preference for Ethereum* "Maxis!" *Starts interviewing and sharing news on other chains* "You've lost your ethics!"

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

I've finally taken the time to wrap my head around @Bancor 's v2 update to impermanent loss and single token staking system. How did I miss this 🤯

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

🙏 Third project launched into the wild without raising a single dollar of capital. You don't need VCs to scale. While only the future will tell what happens with $FLASH, today we proved the $XIO model is not only feasible, but a powerful alternative to decentralized growth.

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Hey @ConstitutionDAO , we have a way to refund *all* your ETH donors for less than $1000 through If anyone from the DAO/team messages me, I'll be happy to share how to do it.

Dropzero | Token Distribution Protocol - Blockzero Labs

dropzero.io

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@ZacharyDash

1 month

The @MorpheusAIs team created an entirely new fair launch model and 99% of crypto still hasn't heard of it Could totally see this catching on at scale

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

First million is always the hardest in crypto. New protocols are tough to build initial trust and traction. But when things click, they click. Onwards

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@Flashstake

1 year

gm to 2 mil. it took 228 days to get to $1m. it only took 18 days to get from $1m to $2m.

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

1/ Can we turn 786 ETH into 100k $ETH by the year 2022? Only one way to find out. Today, we made a proposal to @BlockzeroLabs with a goal to increase the TLV (Total Liquid Value) of the Vortex through the use of KPI Options from @UMAprotocol 👇

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Hey @compoundfinance users, doing some market research. Would you be interested in using something like this? Flashlending allows you to earn up to 2 years worth of Compound lending fees, instantly and upfront -- all in one ethereum transaction.

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Today I've decided to donate 1,000,000 of my personal $XIO tokens to fund a new @BlockzeroLabs initiative with the goal of accelerating growth and open-sourcing our ecosystem to decentralized projects. Full vid 👇

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Okay, I admit it, I panic sold half my holdings yesterday. Just didn't have strong enough hands to hold that $USD for any longer.

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

12/ @sawinyh Proud father, husband, and corgi-owner. I'm into product, crypto, UI/UX, and digital marketing (strange mix I know). Building @defiprime and @dexguru 🔗

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2 years

1/ @Cooopahtroopa Leading the Creator Economy @fwbtweets @variantfund @audiusproject + many more 🔮 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

The year is 2025. Startup gets accepted into YC. Trying to choose which bank to apply for. "No..." says one of the co-founders. "Not this time." Within 30 seconds, team spins up a self-custody multisig wallet using @safe and begins accepting payments. ~ fin

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

The best trade in my adult life may actually end up being the 30-year 3% fixed-rate mortgage I got in 2020

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Hey @Rocket_Pool , doing some market research 👋 Think the community would use something like this? Claim up to 1 year's worth of rETH yield, today. Stake as little as 1 minute. APY here is just a placeholder. Questions/feedback about this concept? Please leave them below 🙏

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

@TheCryptoLark @TrustlessState @cz_binance If all it takes to "attack" a blockchain is to post morally subjective content/projects, the blockchain probably has bigger problems.

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10/ @hudsonjameson I enjoy cats, my spouse, ice cream, tabletop RPGs, and analog to digital media conversion. Ops @ Flashbots & @EthCatHerders co-founder. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

Trying to make a master list of projects around the #DeFi space that have native tokens. Here are some of my favorites. Which ones am I missing? @reserveprotocol @PegNetNews @WeAreTellor @bloom @AugurProject @synthetix_io @AaveAave @KyberNetwork @NexusMutual @MakerDAO

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@ZacharyDash

10 months

Over 500,000 of potential ETH is set to be unlocked in Q4. Wanna know how to claim some of it? Reply with the gif of your choice and I'll shoot you a DM 👇

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2 years

If defi is dead, what's making all these numbers go up and to the right? A 🧵 breakdown of the @Flashstake protocol built by community member @0xMurathan using the power of a @DuneAnalytics dashboard.

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Who's the most wholesome person you follow in web3?

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5/ @ianDAOs Co-Founder @SyndicateDAO ✺ Venture Partner + Co-Founder @IDEOVC + @IDEO Ex Head of Crypto @CitiVentures + @Citi Designer. Solidity dev.

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

Someone just @Flashstake 'd $100k of $GLP 🥵

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Today I learned you can buy a DeLorean for $13k 🤔

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

#Defi isn't going to know what hit it

Blockzero Labs 🧪

@blockzerolabs

4 years

1/ This screenshot may not look like much, but this is crypto's first ever cross-token #Flashstake . No third party protocols or exchanges used. 100% permissionless. Stake $DAI. Receive $LINK. Powered by $XIO. Here is what's happening 👇

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13/ @tbr90 Web3 investor, builder, and advisor • Prev: @Google Payments • CEO/Fndr TrinityMN (acq) • @CERN • @MorganStanley • @Yale 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

On February 15th, @FlidoFi is launching It allows you to earn an instant *upfront* yield on your $stETH Limited time 15% APY for first users during launch How it works ↓

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Don't want to have your dollar inflated away? Trade your money for ownership. Don't know what to own? Own a piece of a network. Don't know which network? Own a piece of @BlockzeroLabs and automatically gain ownership to the next generation of decentralized projects.

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@ZacharyDash

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This person just swapped $1000 for $480. So what gives? Why did they take a ~50%+ "loss"? The beauty (and genius) of this can be found in understanding how a "Lock Swap" works ↓

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

#BTC going from here to $100,000 is less of a percentage climb than what it has already done since March. Take that as you will.

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

@AltcoinPsycho With @BlockzeroLabs , 100% of tokens we build go to $XIO holders and Citizens. 100% of $FLASH tokens were given away on January 1st. 100% of $AQUA tokens will be given away. We have never performed an ICO, IDO, pre-sale, or any other form of capital raising.

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

who knew launching and shipping products is important

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

This moment in time with #Robinhood may seem satirical on the surface, but let's not underestimate this as a catalyst for the entire crypto industry. People realizing they have power and how messed up centralized powers are is a dangerously beautiful combination. #Bitcoin

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

For the first time, I'm second guessing using a @doodles as my longterm pfp. Not because of anything price related, but through the increased realization my personal brand is not really mine. It is susceptible to the actions and decisions of the founders behind the project.

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

So the devs just sent me this sneak peek of the XIO Dapp on mobile 🤯 @XIO_Network

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

💧 After 9 months of building, this is how I'm celebrating the @AquaFiProtocol mainnet launch day.

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Yo can we just take a second to acknowledge @ryancarson has been the clutchest web3 hire of 2022? Night and day with @proof_xyz before and after his presence.

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

People over here paying 160 $ETH for Ether pet rocks. Meanwhile, 12 $ETH can get you +1% of the *entire* $XIO circulating supply and ownership of all future projects developed by @BlockzeroLabs What a world we live in 🙃

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

Someone just did a 2-year @Flashstake of $40k USDC to earn $6200 of instant upfront yield today. Absolute legend 🙏🚀 Why lend for 1% APY when you can get 7.5% APY from the future?

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@ZacharyDash

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But how can @Flashstake provide billions of dollars of upfront yield as we scale? Received this question in Discord (image on the left) Answer on the right for anyone else who has the same question! tldr: Flashstake is a marketplace for time

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

Dumb question Why is it when normies lose money to MEV, it's normal, but if an MEV bot loses money, it's stolen? Is this not just MEV attacking MEV?

Mudit Gupta

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1 year

A rogue validator on Flashbot seems to be exploiting MEV bots. Over 25m USD already stolen. The validator takes a sandwich bundle from the MEV bot and replaces the victim transaction with it's own that exploits the MEV bot instead. Here's how it works -

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1 year

@thesamparr @SahilBloom @BillAckman Replying for Sahil "It's in the tweet bruh"

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

KPI "Option Drops" (not a term yet) using the @UMAprotocol will bring the next wave of fair, mutually aligned, and incentivized token launches into the decentralized world. Check back on this tweet in six months 👌

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4 years

BREAKING: $ETH hits record lows it hasn't seen since... a month ago.

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

25/ @harshrajat Creator of ( @epnsproject ). #BUIDLing world's first decentralized notification protocol for Web 3.0 🔗

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@ZacharyDash

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The simplest way to debunk your family's inevitable comments this holiday seasons. FTX was not crypto. FTX was a bank that managed crypto. Crypto was actually created to prevent things like FTX from being possible.

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

Before they were @synthetix_io & @AaveAave , they were Havven and ETHLend. These "overnight" successes took years to build. If you are a creator who feels like they are failing, remember it takes time, focus, dedication, and adaptability to bring revolutionary ideas to life.

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

This person Flashstaking for their morning breakfast or something? 😅 So interesting to see how people use @Flashstake in different ways Three separate 1-day $50k Flashstakes just came in using $sUSD

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@ZacharyDash

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I could never seem to create enough things. So I created a thing that helps create things. That thing is @BlockzeroLabs Best decision ever 💚

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@ZacharyDash

3 years

Received this response from @CoinMarketCap in regards to @Flashstake It is one thing not list a project with a few million in TVL + public facing team + audited smart contract + a crazy passion community. It is another thing to no give zero reason why.

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@ZacharyDash

1 year

Seriously considering making this @doodles my web3 identify for the long haul as I write more content. Those who know me best, does this doodle feel like an accurate representation of me? If not, which pfp collection does?

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@ZacharyDash

4 years

🚀 The Defensibility of #Defi Protocols | Uniswap, Aave, YFI, Compound, Synthetix, Balancor, Bancor, XIO $LEND $YFI $COMP $SNX $BAL $BNT $XIO #XIOsocial

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@ZacharyDash

2 years

The latest 25 or so videos from @ycombinator on YouTube are low key 🔥 Even as an entrepreneur for 10 years now, there's so much insight to be found in such short videos Really any videos with the combination of @mwseibel + @daltonc , @harjtaggar , @bradflora Highly recommend 👇

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