I am not selling a single Zcash until the marketcap is higher than Cardano. I refuse. $ZEC

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These type of attacks are not possible on @THORChain and SOL is getting close to being integrated.

The Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin Bridging 🎙️ Bitcoin is the most liquid asset in crypto, but you don’t see much of it in DeFi. That’s because most user simply HODL Bitcoin. Data on centralized exchanges tells a different story. There’s tens of billions of Bitcoin traded every day. So why doesn’t that spill over onchain? Few reasons: 1) Part of it is cultural: Bitcoiners are cautious about security and custody. A lot of early bridges and DEXs broke in exactly the ways they feared. 2) Part of it is distribution: Even if you wanted to use your Bitcoin in DeFi, the tools aren’t right there in front of you. You’d have to go looking. Until you can swap from Bitcoin in the same wallet you already use, most people simply won’t. 3) And part of it is product. The Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem barely exists. The big “Bitcoin L2” wave last year produced more hype than apps. But what if, after years of false starts, maybe Bitcoin is finally about to plug into the rest of crypto? In this week's episode, I sat down with @jazgulati, the founder of @gardenfi, a bitcoin bridge. Jaz has been in the Bitcoin trenches since the very beginning and has a lot of great insights to share about the Bitcoin ecosystem and user behaviour. If you’ve ever wondered when Bitcoin would actually join the multi-chain world, this conversation will give you a glimpse of what that future might look like. Key timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction to Bitcoin Bridging and Garden 3:03 - User Persona of the Average Bitcoin Bridge User 6:31 - Bitcoin DeFi and L2s Today 10:32 - Challenges in Building Bitcoin Bridges 16:33 - Are Bitcoin Holders Opinionated About Bridge Security? 24:22 - Designing for Security-Conscious Bitcoin Users 30:22 - Why Newcomers Don’t Care Much About Bitcoin 33:32 - The Future of Bitcoin Bridging Ecosystem enjoy the episode!

NEW: @zachxbt SAYS "SWISSBORG EXPERIENCED AN INCIDENT A FEW HOURS AGO AND 192.6K SOL ($41.5M) WAS STOLEN ON SOLANA"

🚨 There’s a large-scale supply chain attack in progress: the NPM account of a reputable developer has been compromised. The affected packages have already been downloaded over 1 billion times, meaning the entire JavaScript ecosystem may be at risk. The malicious payload works by silently swapping crypto addresses on the fly to steal funds. If you use a hardware wallet, pay attention to every transaction before signing and you're safe. If you don’t use a hardware wallet, refrain from making any on-chain transactions for now. It’s still unclear whether the attacker is also stealing seeds from software wallets directly at this stage. Excellent report here: jdstaerk.substack.com/p/we-j…

On Tempo, permissionlessness, L1 vs L2 Tempo will be a permissionless chain. On day 1, anyone will be able to deploy a token, and anyone will be able to transact on the chain. Some projects think that attracting real-world usage and serious institutions requires giving up on base layer neutrality. We do not think that, and that's not how we're building Tempo. The plan for Tempo is to have permissionless validation and permissionless smart contract deployment as well as permissionless usage: just like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, etc. We’ll start with a permissioned validator set to get going and decentralize further from there. We’re building in features to make it easy for entities interacting with the blockchain (like asset issuers, money transmitters, etc.) to comply with their relevant obligations, but the base layer will remain neutral. This is a principle we feel incredibly strongly about (see: paradigm.xyz/2022/09/base-la…). As many parts of the mainstream world look to adopt crypto, we think there is a risk that they adopt permissioned systems. Our goal with Tempo is to help onboard them onto crypto rails that solve specific payments needs while still being truly permissionless. — Why L1 rather than an Ethereum L2? At Paradigm, we are heavily invested, both intellectually and literally, in the Ethereum ecosystem. We will continue to help it scale, and invest in and support companies building on Ethereum. We are also extremely excited about single-sequencer L2s for many use cases, including trading. But building a network for global payments will require bringing together thousands of partners that may not trust us, or Stripe, or anyone as a platform. We think a decentralized validator set—for the chain itself—is a necessary requirement for those partners, and to ensure that the chain is unquestionably neutral in the long run. From an operational perspective, we feel urgency to build for the demand that’s coming and want fewer dependencies, including on the rate of Ethereum L1 progress. With Tempo, we tried to remove all crypto tribalism and alignment games from our thinking and just focus on building the right product for crypto payments. At a technical level, we are prioritizing attributes like fast finality (L2s are generally only as final as the underlying L1), multiple validators (vs. single sequencer), and custom transaction lanes and gas pricing. Some of these are technically possible for an L2, but could be complex, slow to implement, and/or introduce many external dependencies. Tempo is stablecoin-focused, so interoperability through native issuance is more relevant to us than the native bridge to Ethereum that L2s have. We aren’t Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Tempo maximalists. We’re maximalists for permissionless crypto. We want Ethereum L1 to scale, and we want L2s to thrive. We love Bitcoin as a monetary asset. We find substance in Solana, Hyperliquid, and many other ecosystems. We want to ensure real-world payment flows happen on crypto rails, and that’s why we’re building Tempo.

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