Patrick Collins

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A gas optimization for the whole family! ...Or at least an auditor near you.

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The Solady repo (the most badass gas-optimized library on earth) by @optimizoor and frens has added a profile for the @zkSyncDevs solx compiler. I did some benchmarking and solx performs as-good-as or better than solc on Solady ~95% of the time. https://github.com/Vectorized/solady/pull/1448

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Claude Code is a compiler for English. It compiles English -> Programming Language. Like regular software languages, people who understand the "lower level" typically do better when engineering their apps. Study this.

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Four more wallets entered my review lair. I only considered one acceptable for security researchers to use. Can you guess which one? Let's find out (NGRAVE, SafePal, useBurner, and BitBox02) 👇

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We need to talk about hardware wallets. 1. If you have one, you're probably signing transactions without checking calldata. 2. If you don't have one, you're more susceptible to hacks. One of these needs to change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-xSNseAME&lc=UgzDrgiUGm2x3mo0WJl4AaABAg

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@walletbeat meowdy

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🔒Top 9 Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallets of 2025 🔒 After seeing the Bybit team hacked for $1.4B, Radiant Capital hacked for $50M, and many other teams hacked due to not verifying signed data, I wanted to find out: Which wallet does it best? 👇 We review all 9 in this thread!

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The Safe site was actually compromised!!! We originally speculated that it was the exchange user's computers that were hacked, but it looks like it was the Safe UI the whole time! The fix is still the same, use the Cyfrin/safe_tx_hashes tool. https://youtu.be/suFhAXWzGlg

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The reason that myself & frenk get so fired up over private keys in plaintext is that we've seen new developers & seasoned developers lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. - New developers follow documentation and don't realize the consequences - Seasoned developers slip up We need to get in the habit of keeping our keys encrypted, just like we got in the habit of brushing our teeth. Unless you don't brush your teeth, in which case... ew. Here is the best place to stick your private key👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoBnowqGq6k

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I'm sorry. I should have told you this knowledge could save you $1.4B not $50M. https://youtu.be/Gf8_ovO-jBI

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How to land your job in tech, in 2025. Here is your roadmap. (And yes, now is a great time to get into tech) 👇 https://youtu.be/mgJGv1s8QiQ

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- Wrong Python version? - Wrong virtual environment? - Forgot a virtual environment? - Package dependencies giving you issues? - Packages installing too slow? It's easy. Use uv. https://youtube.com/shorts/ysqi4Cn_cJQ?si=_Jn36Ws9GRtKr6mZ

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Private key leaks were the number 1 attack vector of 2024, and 2025 so far. Let's spread the word.

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Everyone apeing memecoins when they could just be buying truckloads of eggs.

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g(y)m Remember to get out of the house/apartment/cardboard box today. Lifting is secretly good for your brain!

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How do you all use Farcaster with Twitter? Do you have like an "auto publish on twitter" feature of farcaster?

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I spent 2 hours today in 23° F (-5° C) onboarding as many people as possible in Boston to cryptocurrency. I gave away ~$225 in Ethereum using: - ZKSync Era's Clave (AA Wallet) - onchaingift / Coinbase Wallet / Base L2 All while learning how much Boston knows about crypto. 👇

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How do you know what you're signing on your hardware wallet is correct? Asking this question could have saved Radiant Captial $50M last year, and could save you even more. If you're on a security council, DAO, or you own a hardware wallet, you need to know this 👇

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I'd like to place a $1,000 USDC bounty on this issue. https://github.com/vyperlang/titanoboa/issues/267 If you want to start working on this before someone else, tag me, with a list of relevant python experience and I'll update the ticket to inform others that you're working on it. @bountybot

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