Rodrigo Araújo
@Digorithm
Engineering @plasmaFDN. Endless love for computer science, distributed systems, blockchain, crypto{currency,graphy}. Prev: @fuel_network, research @UBC.
Some personal news: I’ve joined @PlasmaFDN to lead the protocol engineering team. Despite the many interesting and exciting projects in the industry, I joined Plasma because I believe in its vision and the potential for a positive, global impact. Here's why:
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The Plasma testnet is now live. Built from the ground up for global stablecoin payments, it includes our core components: the PlasmaBFT consensus and our EVM execution layer designed for throughput, speed, and scale. Trillions.
Own the system.
Own the system. The XPL public sale begins July 17.
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Lending and borrowing are foundational financial services. Yet for billions, they remain out of reach. @Aave changes this. Today, we’re proud to announce our partnership with the world’s largest liquidity protocol: Aave.
The killer crypto app is freely moving money
Freedom to transact.
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I've followed Peter Thiel for years, especially his work with PayPal and Palantir. He's always ahead of the curve, so seeing him as an early backer of @PlasmaFDN definitely caught my attention. Pair that with the rapid evolution of the stablecoin market, and my conviction has…
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⚡️ LATEST: 1.1% of the US dollar supply is tokenized as Stablecoins.
Realizing that I had to ask a bank’s permission to spend my own funds was one of the most defining moments in my life.
My bank just refused to transfer fiat to Kraken. They inquired about the purpose and I refused to tell them. I said it’s my money, my business, not theirs. They refused to help. This is an outrage. An economic act of war. What solutions do you propose?
Finally, a reason for me to touch frontend webdev again.
Someone made a counterstrike 1.6 CSS framework. Design is over, we have reached peak
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Don't fret, brother. Crypto is, and has always been, 99% nonsense grifty garbage/scams/jokes, and 1% fundamental global financial system revolution. But this 99/1 is based just on quantity of projects. Considered by market cap, it's more like 75% quality, 25% nonsense.…