Loring Harkness (loringharkness)

Time for a (re)introduction … 👋 Hi, I’m Loring. 🇲🇲 I got into crypto after I witnessed the military coup in Myanmar in 2021. I saw first hand how self-sovereign digital assets can make the difference between life in prison and a life of freedom/fulfillment. 🛡️ I work at @shutter, helping make Ethereum become more fair and credibly neutral. My goal is to eliminate malicious MEV - which has stolen $1.8B from crypto traders since 2020. 🤝 I’m passionate about funding public goods (ie underfunded dependencies), esp via @protocolguild @octant and @glodollar. 🎰 I enjoy game and mechanism design - esp lotteries, auctions, dominant assurance contracts, etc. 😬 I left Twitter a couple months ago because the algo was force feeding me fascist propaganda. I really like Farcaster but I wish there was more serious crypto and cypher punk conversations here.

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My @web3privacynow.eth Privay Awards 2025 submission ...

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Love seeing all the new folks at the gym (for their sake). Hate seeing all the new folks at the gym (for my sake).

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This is the highest I've ever been ... #308 baby!

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I don't care about the leaderboard. But I do want to see more meaningful content - esp related to my work in Ethereum, privacy and mechanism design. If there is a critical mass of people casting about meaningful content, I'll be happy with my niche on Farcaster.

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Time for a (re)introduction … 👋 Hi, I’m Loring. 🇲🇲 I got into crypto after I witnessed the military coup in Myanmar in 2021. I saw first hand how self-sovereign digital assets can make the difference between life in prison and a life of freedom/fulfillment. 🛡️ I work at @shutter, helping make Ethereum become more fair and credibly neutral. My goal is to eliminate malicious MEV - which has stolen $1.8B from crypto traders since 2020. 🤝 I’m passionate about funding public goods (ie underfunded dependencies), esp via @protocolguild @octant and @glodollar. 🎰 I enjoy game and mechanism design - esp lotteries, auctions, dominant assurance contracts, etc. 😬 I left Twitter a couple months ago because the algo was force feeding me fascist propaganda. I really like Farcaster but I wish there was more serious crypto and cypher punk conversations here.

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I'd donating my weekly Rewards to Free Roman Storm. I'm also matching it with personal funds. Right now, I'm in place 410. That's $20 ($10 rewards + $10 matching). But if you want me to donate more, then share & like this cast - and a bunch of my other casts too. Can we get to $700 or $1,200? Let's do it!

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