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0xDeep | Asgard (Hiring) retweeted
Jun 7
Daira-Emma is literally one of the smartest cryptographers alive.
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urging every serious team to follow the steps below, for the sake of the entire industry.
and please, add a timelock. seriously, please do.
While we wait for the dust to settle and hope for the best there is, sharing a few pointers on hardening the admin control flow for programs:
1. Program-native multisig for all admin config ixs over and above the obvious external multisig/cold-wallet setup
2. Timelocked admin execution enforced onchain for critical changes to program config like new listings, thresholds for circuit breakers etc.
3. Real-time admin config alerts so team/community can act on time critical intel.
4. No-op buffer for emergency bricking so program upgrade multisig can swap in a single tx
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please read this carefully, we’ll share updates as we learn more.
Apr 1
Drift is one of the multiple credit venues that Asgard sources from.
Our current open interest routed through Drift is not significant.
On our end, we have disabled Drift as a credit venue on Asgard and are reaching out to affected users directly.
We're in contact with the Drift team and monitoring the situation closely.
No other Asgard operations are affected, we will be sharing updates as we learn more.
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🚨 CRITICAL: Active supply chain attack on axios -- one of npm's most depended-on packages.
The latest axios@1.14.1 now pulls in plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, a package that did not exist before today. This is a live compromise.
This is textbook supply chain installer malware. axios has 100M weekly downloads. Every npm install pulling the latest version is potentially compromised right now.
Socket AI analysis confirms this is malware. plain-crypto-js is an obfuscated dropper/loader that:
• Deobfuscates embedded payloads and operational strings at runtime
• Dynamically loads fs, os, and execSync to evade static analysis
• Executes decoded shell commands
• Stages and copies payload files into OS temp and Windows ProgramData directories
• Deletes and renames artifacts post-execution to destroy forensic evidence
If you use axios, pin your version immediately and audit your lockfiles. Do not upgrade.
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the issue is that we’re assuming a black box will follow a state machine.
for context: even the researchers building these neural systems don’t fully understand how they work, they’re still largely a black box.
views are my own.
p.s. claude still missed my workflow step :cry
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Feb 26
watch this, and don’t forget to follow my @josephk89.
Go execute your CBP.
Feb 26
I’m kicking off a series of walkthroughs to help you navigate the Asgard ecosystem from the ground up. We’ve spent months refining the UX, engine and tools you can leverage through our platform
If you’re new to the realm, start here ⬇️
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Feb 22
This is insane 🤯 Built a Rust proxy with Pingora in 0.0047s . 15,701 tok/s
Feb 19
24 dedicated people.
$30M spent on development.
Extreme specialization, speed, and power efficiency.
Today we launch Taalas’ first product. Check it out:
Details: taalas.com/the-path-to-ubiqu…
Demo chatbot: chatjimmy.ai
API: taalas.com/api-request-form/
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0xDeep | Asgard (Hiring) retweeted
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Feb 18
We've been quiet for a while. Building, testing, breaking things, fixing them.
Running a private beta with a small group of investors who understood what we were trying to do.
$70 million in volume. Now we're opening the doors.
Execute your first CBP 🦞🦞🦞
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Feb 13
🧵 Core Insight:
1. Validator Client Types Have Distinct Scheduling Behaviors: Same transaction can land at tick 5 or tick 55 depending on which validator is leader.
- JitoLabs: Most uniform transaction distribution across slots
- AgaveBAM: 50ms batching creates visible spikes in transaction placement
- Harmonic: Consistently schedules transactions near slot end
- Frankendancer (revenue): Places TPU transactions at end of slot (bundles prioritized)
- Firedancer: small sample, similar to Frankendancer
2. Geo latency impact:
- Amsterdam (near most validators): 0.29 slot avg
- Utah: 0.66 slot
- Tokyo: 0.72 slot
- Most stake in EU/Amsterdam region
3. Staked connection drop rates:
- 3% overall drop rate even with optimal setup
- 2% sent but lost
- 0.3% conn failures
- Frankendancer: variable (older worse, newer better)
(p.s. @alessandrod is dropping the fix in a dripping market, iikhr 😎)
4. Congestion → higher drops:
- 24% of drops in >50M CU blocks
- Test avg: 40M CU/block
- Full blocks prevent landing even good txs
5. Slot boundary effects:
- Spike at ticks 0–2 of new slots
- Late prev-slot txs carried over
- Leader window edges = high loss risk
6. Dynamic fanout critical:
- Send to current leader only: first 3 slots of their window
- Send to both current next leader: final slot of window
- Pre-connect 4-8 slots ahead to hide connection latency
Our Transaction Landing on TPU blog post is live
We measured slot latency, drop rates, and how validator software impacts transaction placement across different regions
Read it here: anza.xyz/blog/transaction-la…
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Recommendations:
a) Use staked conns for higher BW & prio (vs unstaked)
b) Deploy in EU (esp. Amsterdam) if low latency critical
c) Track leaders via RPC/gRPC slot updates (@triton_one gRPC recommended)
d) Pre-connect to future leaders 4-8 slots ahead
e) Use dynamic fanout at leader window boundaries
f) Expect ~3% baseline drop rate even with perfect targeting
g) Budget 5-10% drops during congestion
h) Minimize CU usage where possible
i) Optimize microlamports/CU as key competitive metric
Above all else, remember @toly’s words: “Please formally verify your Solana programs with Kani.”
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Feb 13
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gg @vipineth
🚀🚀 I've been building HypeTerminal — an open-sourced trading client for @HyperliquidX
It's live. Give it a spin
🔗 hypeterminal.com
🔗 github.com/vipineth/hypeterm…
Here's what it does and where it's going 🧵
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.@VitalikButerin is truly a man of culture 🦀
Feb 6
Zcash good
Zooko good
Adding hybrid proof of stake good
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