Stephane Gosselin, co-founder of Flashbots and now CEO of Frontier Research, has launched "Alfred", a Telegram bot developed in partnership with Kolibrio. Designed to execute token swaps on the Ethereum network, Alfred aims to provide users with advanced trading tools and protections against MEV profits. It’s entering a competitive market with real user security concerns, but unlike other Telegram bots, it currently has no plans for a dedicated token.
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Ring 一 Acquired by Amazon for $1.2B. Nest 一 Acquired by Google for $3.2B.
This timeless thread discusses the four stages of price momentum in Bitcoin’s cycles. There's an accumulation range (no media/max opportunity), directional trend (where trading tends to be most profitable), huge volatility (media frenzy/minimal opportunity), and the final markdown/crash. Too much activity in stages 1, 3, and 4 can lead to significant losses. Traders should focus on directional trends in stage 2 to maximize profits.
Bitwise Invest has launched a new public transparency dashboard to identify vertically integrated searcher-builders, like Wintermute, rsync, and others. The investigation was triggered by a curiosity to identify such builders and to examine their likelihood of censoring transactions. The finding reveals no significant correlation, meaning that censorship pressures are common among both integrated and non-integrated builders.
This blog post from Variant’s Li Jin discusses the balance between 'love' versus 'fame' on social networks. 'Love' networks center on deepening personal connections, exemplified by platforms like iMessage, WhatsApp, and early Facebook. Conversely, 'fame' networks like TikTok and Instagram aim to help users gain wider reach and focus on content discovery. The post discusses how crypto social networks provide new business models for these established love vs fame frameworks.
The future of cryptography may involve programmable solutions that allow for greater flexibility and accessibility for developers. This includes methods like Multi-Party Computation, Fully Homomorphic Encryption, and Indistinguishable Obfuscation. Unlike traditional cryptography, programmable solutions could adapt to nearly any functionality. These techniques might be more theoretical at present, but as they become more practical, they could greatly expand the applications and scope of cryptography, including in the realm of artificial intelligence.
As a part of its bankruptcy plan, Celsius is vying to transition to becoming a creditor-owned bitcoin mining company. This plan was approved by a New York Judge and now has to get the SEC’s approval to become a reality.
Amsterdam-based Maven 11 is aiming to raise $100 million for a new crypto fund, with a third of the funds already committed, focusing on consumer applications in the blockchain space.
In an interview on CNBC yesterday, Roblox’s CEO mentioned that NFTs on Roblox are a real possibility at some point and that he sees valid use cases for the company creating NFTs that can be moved off-platform.
This post from Archetype discusses the burgeoning trend of merging AI with blockchain tech and how that may spur innovation. It proposes blockchains as key platforms for AI development due to their collaborative potential.
Spotify is releasing a redesigned TV app that simplifies content discovery. The updated app features a new homepage resembling the mobile and desktop versions, displaying most-listened-to content, Made For You playlists, and recent albums or podcasts. It also includes a playback queue, dark mode, and the ability to switch between accounts. This update aims to improve the user experience on smart TVs, gaming consoles, and media streaming devices for both free and Premium users.
Humane has unveiled its first device, the AI Pin, a $699 wearable with a square device and a magnetic battery pack. The AI Pin, powered by a Snapdragon processor, offers voice control, a camera, gestures, and a built-in projector, and it connects to AI models through Humane's AI Mic software. The device is designed to simplify technology interaction by allowing users to communicate with it naturally.
Snaptrude, a startup that plans to compete with traditional platforms in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), including Autodesk, Trimble, and Nemetschek, has raised $14 million in a Series A round just ten months after raising seed money. Like Figma functions for designers, Snaptrude offers a modern, cloud-based software suite targeted at architects, designers, developers, and contractors.
Designing for scale in specific fields, like Healthcare Technology, Financial Technology, and Enterprise UX, is critical. Often, these fields need to display hundreds of items on well-designed websites and do it in a way that's easy to understand. Simplifying your designs is the best place to start if you're designing for these situations. This article provides a solid foundation for that.
2023.11.10·dataanddesign.substack.com·8 min read·TLDR Design A practical set of visual design rules can significantly impact a design's overall aesthetics. Some things on the list include adopting near-black and near-white instead of pure black and white, saturation of neutrals, high contrast on critical elements, and opting for optical alignment instead of mathematical alignment.
In 2024, we can expect even more bespoke personalized type, higher quality open-source fonts, crude and quirky sans serifs with lots of personality, and a general move away from typography perfection. The creative community has fully embraced variable fonts so we can expect even more dynamic and experimental types.
Using UX Pilot, you can gather requirements, extract user intelligence, run workshops with your team, analyze and ideate, and define your product's look and feel.
This lofi wireframing kit allows designers to work more quickly and collaborate more efficiently by mimicking the analog process of paper prototyping.
Content is most important to users when customizing their viewing experience. In many cases, spatial spacing is less important than the content for users to accomplish tasks. That's the logical use case for px units.
A token is semantic when it possesses certain qualities. Semantic tokens don't suggest values. They're always generic and don't depend on each other.
A research and design team that forgets or fails to dig around what’s been learned before is doomed to repeat the learnings. How do we avoid this? A good design process starts by digging around and learning what’s been learned and done before.
2023.11.10·grillopress.github.io·2 min read·TLDR Design Hexcodle is a daily Wordle-style hex color-guessing game.
Leonardoworx LWX is a digital artist whose creations combine Bauhaus principles with modern 3D illustration. Three sections of his artworks translate historical artistry into modern visual language: Rationalism, Color Theory, and Less is More.
Land-book is a collection of websites, components, and templates. Items can be searched or browsed by categories and added to a shortlist.
We’re at the base of the exponential tech curve. Our success and activity to date in tech is going to look quaint in comparison to what is about to come. Not only will tech be more prevalent, but the companies leading the charge will be even bigger and more impactful.
2023 has created more popular ways to measure SaaS efficiency in the public and private markets. CFOs, founders, and investors are using these metrics to benchmark SaaS. How do you stack up?
The trend of social networks towards fame from love means there is an interesting opportunity for a new network to emerge. New networks and business models need to emerge to take advantage of the opening.
To renew, replace, or cut - that is the question. If you’re growing fast, it’s likely the tools you’re using need to change. It comes down to identifying whether the switch is an actual need or a perceived one.
5 tried and tested strategies for growth. You’ve likely heard of them before, but this is a nice reminder to audit your startup to see if you’re working towards any of them currently. Growth is architected, not accidental.
Despite being hit hard by customers cutting back on marketing and sales spend, Zoominfo is still insanely profitable, forecasting $500m net income on $1.3bn. All whilst being a sales-led organization. Here’s a breakdown of the headwinds they face and how they’re adapting.
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Automate invoices by leveraging your calendar.
Design shapes how users feel and interact with your product. You see very well-designed consumer brands, but in B2B, it’s lacking. This provides a nice opportunity to stand out if you’re B2B. Here’s a guide that explores the elements you should be mindful of.
We’re often told the key to success is reading a lot and we’ve likely all felt guilty when we don’t carve out enough time in our busy schedule to do it, but do the highest achieving founders actually read or do they simply learn by doing? Here’s an answer.
The ever-insightful a16z with another take on what could potentially be “music’s Midjourney moment” and the fact that AI-generated music could be the future of what we consume or what helps us shape our listening habits.
Often used in romance, but equally important in your hiring. If someone has one foot out of the door already, luring them back with a counteroffer might help in the short term, but it often unfolds in the long term.
Elad Gil sits down with Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, to talk about AI at Microsoft and how it might impact society. History is a great teacher. They also cover Microsoft’s growth to date.
The role of CEO is so odd as it is, thinking through the implications of why a co-CEO situation might work is helpful and in this case, Jason Lemkin has mellowed a bit over the years on it. YMMV but it really depends on the situation at hand.
Mortgage giant Mr. Cooper confirmed customer data was compromised in a recent cyberattack but it is still investigating specifics. It says that it doesn’t store banking information for payments, and it believes its third-party provider was unaffected. Mr. Cooper plans to notify affected customers by mail in the coming weeks.
Sumo Logic reported that an attacker used stolen credentials to access a Sumo Logic AWS account. It stated that it immediately quarantined the environment, that none of its systems or networks were impacted, and that customer data was encrypted at all times. Sumo Logic is advising customers to rotate their API keys.
A September attack compromised Monero’s Community Wallet and wiped its entire balance. The Monero Community Wallet is used to fund development projects from its members. Monero developer Luigi disclosed the attack on November 2 but has not yet identified the source.
Docker makes many tasks easier for us. It is interesting to consider the surface risk it opens from a security perspective and the possibilities it offers for privilege escalation. This blog dives into the dangers of Docker and how having access to the Docker daemon opens the door to using it as an attack vector.
The blog post details how the author was able to abuse Akamai services to attack F5s and subsequently steal internal data including authorization and session tokens from their customers. It provides detailed explanations of how normal GET requests and malformed POST requests using a smuggling gadget can affect backend servers and potentially poison the response queue or cache.
Aqua Nautilus researchers found flaws in the vulnerability disclosure process for tens of thousands of open-source projects. These flaws allowed vulnerabilities to be harvested before they were patched and announced, potentially enabling attackers to exploit security holes before users were alerted. The research also introduces two additional states in the vulnerability disclosure process: 'Half-Day' and '0.75-Day' Vulnerability.
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If you haven’t heard of RYSE yet, you will soon. The story of the smart home COMPANY that started out pitching on Dragons Den and receiving two offers [11] is about to become known nationwide, as their product rolls out in +100 Best Buy stores.
Medusa is a speedy, parallel, and modular login brute-forcer.
LLM-Guard ensures that your interactions with LLMs remain safe and secure by offering sanitization, detection of harmful language, prevention of data leakage, and resistance against prompt injection attacks.
Cover Your Tracks is a tool created by the EFF for testing how well your browser protects you from trackers and fingerprinting.