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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

3 months

And just like that we’re all wrapped up at @UCBerkeley . Go bears! 🐻

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

couldn't be more grateful to join @placeholdervc as a research analyst to continue digging rabbit holes and conducting deep blockchain research pumped to work with @cburniske @jmonegro @mlphresearch @BradUSV 🫡

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@placeholdervc

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Newest member of @placeholdervc 's investment team, @curiousgurnoor , underwent risk-mgmt & heights-training, his first week on the job 🫡

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@curiousgurnoor

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hosting a founder-focused event in berkeley with @pearvc 🍐 tag a founder friend or comment if you're interested!

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@curiousgurnoor

9 days

huge thanks to everyone that attended and contributed to [ rcnyc1 ]. huge s/o @MaxResnick1 @malleshpai for leading the conversation about multiple concurrent proposers and other interesting consensus-level debates, and @wiIIiamrobinson for guiding us through the dense content.

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@curiousgurnoor

4 months

Excited to speak at #Consensus2024 by @CoinDesk in Austin! Feel free to shoot me a message if you'll be in town, it's always fun to reconnect with crypto friends.

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@curiousgurnoor

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excited to nerd out over some interesting crypto research for our nyc crypto network (s/o @placeholdervc ) getting started with @MaxResnick1 's proposal while SBC is in town too!

William Robinson

@wiIIiamrobinson

20 days

Kicking off a Research Club series in New York with @curiousgurnoor ! We’ll be exploring the most compelling ideas in crypto research, starting August 5th

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

besides tackling a crazy learning curve about zk during zkWeek in @jump_pit , I learned that as Allbirds are to SF tech bros, Hokas are to Chicago traders/devs thanks @jump_ and keep an eye out for a blog post about our learnings!

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

4 months

keeping it rolling with @neelsalami and @coopsmoves 🤝🤝

gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

4 months

and we’re kicking it off with @FranklinBi from @PanteraCapital for our keynote! Exciting start and even more to come.

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1 year

wow, what a day! we kicked off with @PanteraCapital presenting to our @Xcelerator cohort teams and wrapped up with learning about zk tech from @BerkeleyRDI 🚀 huge thank you for leaving our teams with valuable insights @veradittakit @chiajy2000 @_will_reid 🫡

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

6 months

Decentralizing the single unit of data

Chris Burniske

@cburniske

6 months

Open data & logic underpin our digital future.

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@curiousgurnoor

3 months

graduated, working, and now 21… ig it’s time to stop flexing in front of cop cars and grow up😅 ( @mlphresearch I’m slowly learning)

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@curiousgurnoor

5 months

research time🫡

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@placeholdervc

5 months

'Introducing Gurnoor Singh Narula' by @curiousgurnoor

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@curiousgurnoor

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capping off yet another amazing @Xcelerator cohort. huge s/o to @CalBlockchain , @BerkeleyRDI , and my buddy from the start, @defi_dua 🫡🫡

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@curiousgurnoor

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g(sv)m folks, let’s get to building🫡 also, a pic of me in a blazer on CT??!!

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@curiousgurnoor

1 month

a casual night of debating why ai companions on-chain have automatic pmf😅

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

an ecosystem is only as powerful as its grassroots devs

pseudo 🇺🇦

@pseudotheos

6 months

a protocol is only as powerful as its users

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6 months

soda hall -> eth denver @neelsalami @zackabaker

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@curiousgurnoor

4 months

day 1 of the berkeley innovators summit is in the books! we had some interesting conversations, controversial hot takes, and a lot of eye scanning (s/o @worldcoin ). wanted to give a huge thanks to @Ridddhiiii , @imatomster , @KMohebbizadeh , and @yi_mcsquared . @CalBlockchain and

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@curiousgurnoor

2 months

so speaking for the first time was pretty cool. it was awesome to be able to nerd out about some parallelization stuff and represent @placeholdervc at @consensus2024 .

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@curiousgurnoor

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when does privacy become enough of an issue that users care about such that it’s worth the performance/etc. tradeoffs? and when does privacy become economically viable within AI models?

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

7 months

honored to have hosted @pejmannozad from @pearvc at Berkeley to discuss his journey from selling Persian rugs to topping the Midas list of seed investors, what defines a strong founder, and how to have a healthy sense of "paranoia". huge s/o @anaiy_somalwar and @sean_t_strong

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

9 days

👀

Eclipse (🐮,🌑)

@EclipseFND

9 days

Next up is the "Individualization of the Internet" by @curiousgurnoor from @placeholdervc . Expect some deep insights for this one.

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@curiousgurnoor

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perfect day to be thinking abt MCP while biking from one SBC event to another

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@curiousgurnoor

4 months

and we’re kicking it off with @FranklinBi from @PanteraCapital for our keynote! Exciting start and even more to come.

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@curiousgurnoor

1 month

better late than never... always great to see my berkeley brothers winning. congrats @DevenMat and the team!

Valantis Labs

@ValantisLabs

2 months

Introducing Valantis The full design space of Decentralized Exchanges unlocked.

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

Is there a holy grail to understand how to analyze a startup and its market? Nope. But, much of understanding the attractiveness of an industry, trends in competition, and how a company can position themselves for success is rooted in a model published in 1979: Porter’s 5 Forces

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@curiousgurnoor

4 months

@man_bun_mit didn't get the memo to smile😅

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

5 months

hacking on your 20th hour with multiple shots of espresso is something😅

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@curiousgurnoor

24 days

@theshikhai It's interesting bc its all infra infra infra, and there are pushes to develop consumer apps, but when we start, we realize our infra still isn't good enough

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@curiousgurnoor

2 months

although economic coordination and hyper-financialization are at the core of blockchain networks/apps, i don't think those forces are the best design choices for dApps that extend beyond financial use cases (history has made this decently clear). Makes you think if financial

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

👋 @StanfordCrypto didn’t expect some @hosseeb vs. @avichal banter but I’m all for it

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@curiousgurnoor

3 months

following these developments is the main source of drama in my life right now

Chris Burniske

@cburniske

3 months

Placeholder's youngest team member @curiousgurnoor flexing on crypto regulatory developments in the US.

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

📅 set your calendars! signup for the @Xcelerator demo day on aug 27. Our cohort 6 companies will be presenting! They'll then be joining our portfolio of 100 other alumni cohort companies who've now collectively raised $480M👀

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@curiousgurnoor

5 months

hey there London👋 #ETHGlobal

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@curiousgurnoor

8 months

Incredible teams and incredible founders. Huge s/o @CalBlockchain @dberenzon for all the amazing support in getting this cohort ready to go!

Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator

@Xcelerator

8 months

Announcing our 2024 Xcelerator Cohort Teams! Selected from 100+ applications, the Xcelerator is excited to kick-off soon with these founders!

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@curiousgurnoor

5 months

reflections from #ethlondon and #daslondon '24🧵

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@curiousgurnoor

3 months

speaking in austin soon btw, pull up to hear more about parallelization! also, always down to meet up if y'all are in town for consensus

New Voices: How Parallelization Leads to More Useful Blockchains | Event | Consensus 2024

Explore the development of parallelization in computing, which enables concurrent transaction and code processing. Narula argues that a new era of high-performance applications improving on blockch...

consensus2024.coindesk.com

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

the school year kicked off with everything but me attending my classes🫡

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

had the opportunity to discuss this seemingly upcoming (or already here?) inflection point in the crypto market with @cburniske @jmonegro @mlphresearch , and this quote couldn't be more true: "change is constant, core values are unstoppable" - @AdamDraper

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@curiousgurnoor

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@ai to take it a step further, if we do envision a world of primarily multi-agent interactions, it only makes sense for it to exist on a fundamentally different, and decentralized, internet infrastructure.

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@curiousgurnoor

8 months

@ravi_riley I’m writing you a blank check for seed funding

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@curiousgurnoor

10 months

great food and even better company (everyone except for @0xfishylosopher dressed like a tech bro for Halloween)

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@curiousgurnoor

3 months

@medhakothari @CalBlockchain @CalBlockchain alumni on top🙌

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@curiousgurnoor

5 months

beyond the modularity/monlithic debate, ai/crypto convergence, and the rise of multi-language smart contract development, my biggest takeaway from eth denver was: in a sea of noise (a crypto bull market), the one who learns the most is the one who stays quiet and listens

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

Ready, set, blockchain! 🚀 Excited to launch our 2023 @Xcelerator cohort alongside @defi_dua and our amazing @CalBlockchain student fellows. Let's revolutionize the industry with the next-gen of innovative startups. Stay tuned for some epic updates!

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@curiousgurnoor

2 months

its always been interesting to see how a US-denominated stable-coin may impede the economy of other sovereign nations, especially developing economies. however, taking an approval-based approach is a strong first step in ensuring each nation's economic and monetary strength while

Jeremy Allaire - jda.eth / jdallaire.sol

@jerallaire

2 months

BREAKING NEWS: @Circle announces that USDC and EURC are now available under new EU stablecoin laws; Circle is the first global stablecoin issuer to be compliant with MiCA. Circle is now natively issuing both USDC and EURC to European customers effective July 1st. Details

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@FrankieIsLost I think a big reason is because it’s financially viable to try in the first place

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@curiousgurnoor

11 months

took a listen to @VivekGRamaswamy speaking about U.S. crypto regulation. All I'll say is that right now, developing countries (peep India amongst the obvious ones) are taking blockchain innovation in stride and optimistically experimenting with the benefits of the tech. Are we?

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@curiousgurnoor

2 months

@mlphresearch the zk vs. op stack debate suddenly became more interesting...

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

lol not @rushimanche starting the Modulithic debate a day early... what an awesome panel to kick off eth denver

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

4 months

we're back in the bay! for all my crypto friends here, would be awesome to see y'all on campus this week

Blockchain at Berkeley

@CalBlockchain

4 months

Mark your calendars because during April 11-14, we are hosting back-to-back events from our Blockchain Innovators Forum (BIC), Side Events, to the Funding the Commons Conference 🥳 REGISTER HERE: BIC DAY 1: BIC DAY 2:

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@curiousgurnoor

2 months

hold crypto longer >> hold crypto

Michael Dell

@MichaelDell

2 months

Do > Say

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

Gonna try this one again… found a couple of cal bears at Eth Denver🐻

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

@CalBlockchain 🤝 @txblockchain 🤝 @CMUBlockchain

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

been doing some reading on RWAs and it seems that we'r'e still having to prove our identity/investor classification through regular KYC methods. are there any examples of protocols that have successfully implemented decentralized identifiers or have 'embedded' KYC checks?

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

@rwa_xyz Amazing resource, thanks @rwa_xyz ! I’d also throw in the combined report by @OliverWyman and @jpmorgan on Institutional DeFi

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

7 months

yeah, here we go😭

Barstool Sports

@barstoolsports

7 months

hello darkness my old friend

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

🐐🐐🐐 Incredibly grateful to see y’all paying forward your knowledge to the newer generations in @CalBlockchain and the industry in general🫡

ratan

@ratankaliani

6 months

Had a lot of fun talking to @CalBlockchain about modern approaches to zkEVM's & the @SuccinctLabs SP1 zkVM earlier this week! So cool to see how quickly students picked up on the design space that general-purpose, 100% open-source zkVM's enable

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@curiousgurnoor

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@sharvilmalik @theyappingclub @angelinarusse @_johnsonator @IshikaMukerji @Failed_Venture 🫡🫡

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

breaking it down🫡

Sancus Ventures

@SancusVentures

1 year

As AI technologies continue to evolve rapidly, our team at @SancusVentures sketch out #AIinfrastructure stacks to help us navigate and map emerging #AIinnovations and #aiinvestment opportunities.

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@curiousgurnoor

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build build build

Eclipse (🐮,🌑)

@EclipseFND

17 days

Eclipse Mainnet is now open for builders. We've delivered Solana on Ethereum. As Ethereum's first SVM L2, this milestone represents a major step forward in Ethereum scalability.

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This is a pretty interesting take, but if someone is able to execute it well, isn't a decentralized and composable method for personal data ownership strictly better than our current model? (semantic indexing, pay-to-use personal data setup, etc.)

Integrated Kyle e/acc

@KyleSamani

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0/ I used to believe in owning your own data I don't anymore

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

9 months

T + x.xx (Precise) Settlements. Give it a read here:

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

It’s time for DeFi to turn to an old friend: Institutions. As a natural step of progress, it is vital that DeFi creates frameworks to onboard institutional financial players. A short 🧵 summarizing my new post

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@curiousgurnoor

5 months

couldn’t be more proud to be working alongside @ravi_riley . This dude is a continuous source of inspiration🫡

Ravi Riley

@ravi_riley

5 months

I've been teaching web3 full-stack SWE to groups of @CalBlockchain students and felt inspired to collect resources for a dev noob to become a web developer in a week! Lmk ur thoughts :D

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

@rwa_xyz @OliverWyman @jpmorgan here it is!

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

@jump_pit @Sortium , one of our amazing xcelerator cohort teams

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

@cory @reply 🙋‍♂️

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

Joesph Chalom, a Blackrock exec, recently mentioned that Wall Street institutions won’t embrace DeFi fully until there’s widespread adoption of know-your-customer practices. This lends me to a strong belief that zk tech will play a pivotal role in connecting web2 to web3.

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

pull up!

Dawn Song

@dawnsongtweets

1 year

Join us at Future of Decentralization, AI & Computing Summit, Aug 27 (Sunday), UC Berkeley, building towards a future of decentralized, responsible AI. Keynotes by Shafi Goldwasser of @SimonsInstitute & Michael Jordan of @berkeley_ai and more! Register:

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

@jorrel_s @tcarambat so excited to this where this goes!

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@curiousgurnoor

11 months

@LindaKreitzman @UCBerkeley @CalBlockchain @Berkeley @UofCalifornia Loved the opportunity!

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@curiousgurnoor

11 months

we’re back baby #GoBears

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

29 days

software is still pretty dumb until we help it develop a more complete understanding of us, something only possible with another human being so far...

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

10 months

Welcome welcome 🫡🫡

Pejman Nozad

@pejmannozad

10 months

Excited to host Pear Fellows and Pear Garage members today! @pearvc

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@curiousgurnoor

2 years

"I'm so looking forward to attending the first-ever Ethereum conference in Spain. I'll be there from July 6th - 8th and can't wait to meet new people and learn more about crypto. Thank you @eth_barcelona for supporting students, see you soon!"

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@curiousgurnoor

15 days

don’t tread on chris 😅

Chris Burniske

@cburniske

15 days

Show me the risk, I'll show you the return.

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

running Consensus next week, anyone want to catch up or any cool events?👀

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@curiousgurnoor

3 months

@naman_kapasi @BigBrainVC Big things coming, huge congrats brother

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

in my developing opinion, regulation for genuine DeFi protocols should focus on (1) industry-wide standards, (2) implementation of cybersecurity standards, (3) information sharing and analysis centers, (4) automation on risk indicators and similar risk mitigation tools

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

Dive into the abyss of zkWeek @jump_pit with my latest my blog post! Huge s/o to the team @SancusVentures for their support!

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@curiousgurnoor

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@ravi_riley @placeholdervc i'm always conducting market research brother

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@curiousgurnoor

9 days

@cfl0ws @OthmanGbad Right, you’d ideally build it as a design principle from the start, but that has obviously not happened yet…

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@curiousgurnoor

6 months

@defi_dua @AnswersAi_ai @0xSatapathy @briwilburn21 @debbagh_mamoun Awesome awesome awesome 👏

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

@odysseus0z rn alpha seems to exist within every other smart contract

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

"There is always something new to learn, if you're curious enough to look." - Curious George its crazy how much you can learn from an animated monkey, but using this learning as a guidestone, i've started my own blog! check it out here:

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

4 months

VM-level parallelization seems to have an inverse relationship with value of transactions and a direct relationship with the velocity of transactions. A case could be made that it unlocks low-value, high-velocity apps (ex. memecoins on Solana). Would be interesting to see if

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

13/ Thanks for reading and a shoutout to @LakeDai , @le1du , and @SancusVentures for the insights! If you have any questions or want to add your thoughts, drop them in the comments below. #StayCurious

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@curiousgurnoor

7 months

@rak_garg @BainCapVC huge congrats @rak_garg !

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@curiousgurnoor

3 months

@JayadityaSethi @UCBerkeley Right back at you bro!

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

1 year

@odysseus0z keep a lookout for some cool event blockchain @ Berkeley is about to start hosting👀

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@curiousgurnoor

2 years

@michelleefang Count me in! Would love to get invovled and meet some cool people

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@curiousgurnoor

2 months

@KMohebbizadeh Yup, which then raises a point of whether current coordination mechanisms are a one-size-fits-all solution for every type of app, or if there are other purpose-built innovations on the way for unique types of apps

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

3/ 1️⃣ Threat of Substitute Products or Services → a substitute is ANY product or service which meets the core need in a different way, so a high threat of substitutes occurs if the cost to switch to a substitute is low and the payoff-performance payoff is not impressive

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@curiousgurnoor

5 months

My hackathon project explored utilizing this network of TEE co-processors to train an AI-model that acts as a voting proxy for DAO governance members. Check it out here:

AutoVote | ETHGlobal

Autovote is an automated governance solution built on SUAVE's decentralized TEE coprocessor network where personalized AI agents act as on-demand proxies/coordinators for DAOs, solving persistent...

ethglobal.com

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gurnoor singh narula

@curiousgurnoor

9 months

@ravi_riley why do you think gpt builder is useless?

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@curiousgurnoor

1 year

6/ 4️⃣ Bargaining Power of Suppliers → what if the power lies in the hands of the suppliers? high supplier bargaining power occurs when there are only a few essential input providers or shifting between suppliers has a large associated time or monetary cost

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@curiousgurnoor

4 months

revolutionary technologies != technological revolutions - a strong takeaway after some Prof. Carlota Perez readings

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@curiousgurnoor

2 months

@nlevine19 @Stanford Huge congrats noah!

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