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Vinay Vasanji
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funding coordination @ethereumfndn
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PSA: I’ve joined the @ethereumfndn as Strategic Funding Coordination Lead We’ll be working across the ecosystem to co-fund essential projects If you allocate capital or support public goods on Ethereum, DCs open let's chat
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Reintroducing Ecosystem Development https://blog.ethereum.org/2...
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Apply by EoD today
I’m helping organize a week-long Protocol Symposium, Sep 12-19. The symposium is fully online and free, but limited capacity. Deadline to apply is tomorrow, August 22. Probably your best chance to catch up on Summer of Protocols work this year. https://summerofprotocols.c...
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None of crypto’s policy progress will matter unless Roman Storm’s case is dismissed The legal precedent it could set could setback the industry by years, and the open source movement by decades EF is matching all donations up to $500k Donate here 👇
Defend Coding Freedom – Support Roman Storm! #FreeRomanStorm
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Defend Coding Freedom – Support Roman Storm! #FreeRomanStorm
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focused research organizations are one org structure that can plug this gap, still nascent and developing as a direction convergentresearch.org is developing this framework for interdisciplinary sciences, would like to see something like this in the ethereum ecosystem
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if a startup is doing highly nascent and deep technical research (and then open sources that research) how/why are they raising from vc’s? -there usually isn’t a product -unlikely that they can reach high revenue metrics is the goal to be acquired by a company? to release a token? or is there simply a lack of a thi
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Create your own passport photo for free - IDPhoto4You
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Create your own passport photo for free - IDPhoto4You
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If only there was a non-coercive way to fund public goods
I donated over 100 euros to the city of Berlin #fundpublicgoods (got two traffic tickets)
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For anyone looking for a reference scent, this is a wonderful example
Gil (Mitti) | First Rain, Petrichor, Earthy | Attar 10ml
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Gil (Mitti) | First Rain, Petrichor, Earthy | Attar 10ml
I wish the word "petrichor" sounded more like it smells
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One for the watchlist
Shifty review – Adam Curtis’s new show is an utter rarity: stylish, intelligent TV with something to say
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Shifty review – Adam Curtis’s new show is an utter rarity: stylish, intelligent TV with something to say
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a digital interactive device suitable for a toddler? Non phone/non iPad Context is we're in US suburbia for a short while with extended family and my son is not at all used to going everywhere in a car — as a DC city kid we walked everywhere So I need something to occupy him for ...
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I perhaps waited a bit too long to do this
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Do FC Pro users get better distribution? Have noticed limited/no interaction on recent casts
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Are there any good estimates of how much L2s will save in terms of mainnet fees after the Fusaka upgrade?
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Is there a FC Fridays meetup in Raleigh/Durham? Here for a bit
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Occasionally you find the exact hyperniche solution you're looking for fastnie.com If anyone is moving to Spain this is very useful - I couldn't ship our stuff until our visas were issued, and that would have meant things would arrive after we arrived which would have been annoying Having the NIE issued remotely lets...
FastNIE: Fast Spain NIE & NIF Services
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FastNIE: Fast Spain NIE & NIF Services
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Money and identity are the killer apps 💯
Application Centrism Blockchains provide global agreement Money and identity are the killer apps, now it’s time to strengthen the UX and ecosystem around them The big question: What else can we build with global agreement?
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