Guillaume Poncin
@gponcin
Head of Engineering @ Alchemy | alumni of Stripe, Google and a couple of startups.
From day 1, we've believed in World's mission. Together, we've gone from zero to: - 30M users - 14M verified humans - 1 billion mini app opens We're honored to have supported them every step of the way with rollups and smart wallets 🫶 Here's a trip down memory lane 🧵👇
Two years in, and our why hasn't changed: We're building World so every human benefits from the age of AI.
"Did you guys just get two times faster?"⚡️- A builder asked us this after we quietly upgraded their infrastructure in May. The performance leap was so dramatic they had to ask. Here's what happened when we unleashed our latest engine on @townsxyz 👇
Congratulations to both Privy & Stripe teams - exciting combination to drastically speed up the adoption of crypto!
1/ Today, we're proud to announce that Stripe is acquiring Privy. We couldn’t be more excited. Privy will continue as an independent product – but now we’ll move faster, ship more, and serve you even better, so you can stay focused on your users.
1/ Today, we're proud to announce that Stripe is acquiring Privy. We couldn’t be more excited. Privy will continue as an independent product – but now we’ll move faster, ship more, and serve you even better, so you can stay focused on your users.
Big moves by our friends at @Polymarket enabling @x to offer prediction markets to hundreds of millions of end users. One highlight of our partnership was the @Alchemy engineering war room on Election Day as we powered 100% of their traffic (during our offsite no less). One of…
we’re joining forces with Polymarket as our official prediction market partner @X 🤝 @Polymarket
We slashed transaction latency from 5.5s → 3.75s. At 7.3M txns/week, that’s cumulative ~147 days of user wait time saved—every week. Fun example of engineering wins at scale.
Numbers speak for themselves
Alchemy is designed for applications at scale. Our smart wallet infrastructure enables you: - decouple the UX from the underlying technology - grow to millions of users and billions of dollars of value - with enterprise grade reliability and security Over 100m mainnet UserOps…
Really excited to join forces with DexterLabs - and push the scaling limits of infrastructure for Solana!
Alchemy acquires Solana infrastructure provider DexterLab as it continues expansion beyond Ethereum theblock.co/post/354709/al…
Alchemy Smart Wallets are: - The cheapest smart accounts ever to deploy and transact with (2-3x cheaper than the field) 🤑 - Extensible with an ecosystem of modules (session keys, passkeys, etc)🧩 - Twice audited 🔒 (screenshot is from OP Mainnet, link in thread)
Pectra is just around the corner. A few best practices around EIP 7702 from the excellent @uttam_singhk .
just finished reading ethereum's new guide on Pectra 7702 Here’s a dev-friendly breakdown of best practices & risks
just finished reading ethereum's new guide on Pectra 7702 Here’s a dev-friendly breakdown of best practices & risks
Smart Wallets turn any application into an onchain application. This includes the wallet, but also all of the data needed to power these seamless experiences with Portfolio APIs: ⛓️ Multi-Chain: All Portfolio APIs are multi-chain - get all of the data you need in a single API…
👛 IT’S WALLET WEDNESDAY 👛 Even experienced teams struggle with their wallet strategy in 2025. With account abstraction and smart wallets changing the game, what worked last year is already outdated. So let’s reset. How do you choose the right web3 wallet for your app? 🧐 We…
Coded for first time in forever, built a block explorer in < 1hr with @Alchemy + AI 🤩 Shared this video with the team - hope it inspires you to build! loom.com/share/f573293e…
Excited to share Smart Wallet Policies, now in private beta Policies add another layer of security to your smart wallet with transaction rules These rules ensure that only intended actions can execute on your wallet 🧵 let's dive in
POV: You’re trying to explain that Alchemy is the whole damn platform, not just RPC. Turns out we’ve got some work to do. Come to booth 510 during @EthereumDenver and let’s talk this out.
DM me if you are paying too much for RPC today!
When we said we were listening, we meant it. The more you build, the more you save. New Pricing 👇 bit.ly/3QzhrXO Share this with that dev who is paying too much.
Great summary
what's coming in Ethereum Pectra? 👇🏻 largest upgrade of ethereum in terms of included EIPs
Quick explanation of EIP-7702 from @AdamEgyed1 - upgrading EOAs with smart contract capabilities 🎓
gm! Here’s a first look at EIP-7702 in action - the upgrade that gives your EOA superpowers 🦸♂️ Excited to share this behind-the-scenes demo of what's coming. Quick technical preview before our full video drops on @Alchemy --- KEY MOMENTS --- 0:00 What is 7702? 3:10 Demo…
gm! Here’s a first look at EIP-7702 in action - the upgrade that gives your EOA superpowers 🦸♂️ Excited to share this behind-the-scenes demo of what's coming. Quick technical preview before our full video drops on @Alchemy --- KEY MOMENTS --- 0:00 What is 7702? 3:10 Demo…