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José.Virtual

@josebetandcourt

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There are no users in Web3 with poor UX, there will be no users in Web2 when Web3 has good UX.

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

@DrewPavlou if anyone else said this they would never see the light again

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8 months

2023 was a year of quiet building 2024 will be a year of explosive growth From a January 3rd Beta launch to a March Mainnet launch, @0xVirtualLabs is taking off 🚀🚀

Virtual Labs Launches in 2024!

It’s Time to Get Hype In just one week, Virtual Labs will launch the Virtual Wallet Beta and introduce Virtual Points rewards, your ownership in our protocol. In March of 2024, Virtual Rollups will...

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@thewheatgerm this is top-tier banter

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@stats_feed Czechia didn’t change it’s name, just adopted a casual name i.e. France is still the French Republic Greece is still the Hellenic Republic Czechia is still the Czech Republic

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I am so excited to announce that @Ontropy has raised 7 figures in pre-seed funding from top web3 investors! since founding Ontropy, i dropped out of an ivy league university, turned 20 years old, and rebuilt the entire team and vision from the ground up

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1 year

Ontropy placed 3rd at ZK Day today and won $3,000! I was thrilled to unveil Virtual Rollups and how state channels enable the future of web3 UX and compute 🎉

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

officially dropped out of yale 🏴‍☠️

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@0xgaut my favorite part is the “day-use” not “all-day”

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1 year

I'M BACK ON TWITTER! After 3 months of stealth, i'm releasing our first blog post, discussing what we've been working on this summer and unveiling our new vision 🔮 i saw the sun rise for this one, i really hope you enjoy! check it out here ->

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1 year

ahead of schedule 🚀🚀🚀

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Web3 is dying from a lack of new users Virtual Rollups and layer 2s are the only ways to improve UX and reduce latency to onboard the first billion users to blockchain. This is the first of many times you'll hear of Virtual Rollups:

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@StephenPiment Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not causation Correlation is not

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@josebetandcourt

10 months

@dystainak @Variety Check it out! It’s actually a really great show

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2 years

i dropped out of yale to start a crypto company against the advice of my family, friends, and teachers here’s why:

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1 year

truest thing i’ve ever read. this is why Virtual Rollups are not L1/L2s but work on top and with them to eliminate gas fees with seamless UX

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

Chainlink is scared! i learned from @ChrisBlec that the $LINK Marines are designed to suppress other projects and ideas First they ignore you Then they laugh at you Then they fight you Then you win

Virtual Labs

@0xVirtualLabs

1 year

For the first time ever, Chainlink recognized Ontropy as a threat and is scared for the elimination of the oracle! 🤣🤣 Let's show them, Ontroopers! We are stronger than the LINK Marines 💪

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@J_Zwadlo @MKBHD not you calling him Chris Nolan 😭

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new website who dis

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Introducing the Virtual Engine: A ZK State Channel that enables DEX trading with CEX cost and UX, zero-latency fully onchain gaming, and an overall streamlined web3 experience. Hands down the most important piece I've ever written:

Virtual Engine

Blockchain’s First ZK State Channel State channels, like the Lightning Network, have long been seen as an alternative scaling solution to layer 2s, but have never seen large-scale adoption.

www.virtual.tech

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

You're going to start hearing a lot about Virtual Rollups vs. Layer 2s Here's how they work, a 🧵:

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1 year

it’s happening ‼️

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2 years

Ontropy solved the Verifiable Randomness problem that allows 36% attacks on Ethereum @a16z and @paradigm said this problem was unsolvable ->

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

gm! got hit by a car (im fine), closed $250k, and took a big sigh of relief as NATO steps back from war. hbu?

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

1 year ago to the day I bought my first home using #crypto profits ❤️

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

new website coming next week! our team designed for - strong call to action - frictionless user journey - simple descriptions/clear utility such a simple thing that is so hard to get right!

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@josebetandcourt

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@thatguybg atrocities are committed all over the world every day. yet somehow people think this gives them a pass to shame people for continuing on with regular business maybe that’s how they cope, maybe they are unaware of the situation, or maybe they have important information that is

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@josebetandcourt

9 months

1/ State channels allow users to post collateral and exchange the rights to this escrow P2P without gas or latency. But they are expensive + hard to set up, and must be predefined That's why @0xVirtualLabs has spent the past 6 months building a ZK State Channel which is dynamic:

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

ONTROPY ENTERS FROM STEALTH! 🔮 Today, we are unveiling the future of blockchain compute and user experience: Virtual Rollups. Over the past 3 months we've expanded the team and vision and are excited to build in public now! Read about it here ->

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

I'M BACK ON TWITTER! After 3 months of stealth, i'm releasing our first blog post, discussing what we've been working on this summer and unveiling our new vision 🔮 i saw the sun rise for this one, i really hope you enjoy! check it out here ->

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I worked for free for 21 months. Today, I got my first paycheck. I began working on the first version of @ontropy with friends from Yale back in January of 2022. Back then, we were a game solving MPC and verifiable randomness. At the beginning of our Junior year, I dropped out

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1 year

im at harvard blockchain with the @ontropyio merch! let’s meet up and talk cross-chain infrastructure and MEV 🔮

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@josebetandcourt

2 months

@NeilJacobs First post I ever bookmarked

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

2022 was the greatest year of my life. Here's what I did:

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@josebetandcourt

8 months

100 GASLESS MOVES PER MINUTE RIGHT NOW 🎉🎉🎉

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

treated myself to some merch design work today!

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

i just spoke to a customer that said "wow, we really need your product" best feeling in the world

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

@freeslugs plug outlet type?

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

Everyone can have their own blockchain! Huge piece I just published on s*b s t a c k The Ontropy Client allows users to spin up their own consensus framework for off-chain agreement on a piece of data. Check it out, hot off the press 🔥🔥🔥

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

Dropout DAO… new beginnings @launchhouse 📸: @CCgong

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@josebetandcourt

9 months

GM Today, I've gone back to my roots as a student of macroeconomics and reflected on the data supporting the case for The 2024 Bull Run. I also argued that Web3 VC deployment cannot go any lower, so Founders should wait to raise. Check it out ⏬

The 2024 Bull Run

A Yale Economic Student’s Analysis As Bitcoin climbs past $40,000 and Ether past $2k, the question everybody is asking is does this market have legs? Is the rally real? My name is José Betancourt and...

www.virtual.tech

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

came for the hacker house, stayed for the people

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@josebetandcourt

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1/ 2024 will mark the start of the bull run. I've crunched the numbers, seen the data, and made my prediction: the rally is real. Here's why. A 🧵 👇

The 2024 Bull Run

A Yale Economic Student’s Analysis As Bitcoin climbs past $40,000 and Ether past $2k, the question everybody is asking is does this market have legs? Is the rally real? My name is José Betancourt and...

www.virtual.tech

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

Excited to share a preview of our promo video! #DeathToOracles through user-validated data 🔮🔥🚀 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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@josebetandcourt

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@KeatonPatti He made a claim and provided evidence. Why is this so hard people

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

i can’t tell you where i am, but i can prove that i am here #zkday

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

Excited to personally welcome @anatamanov to the Ontropy team! Alex has a PHD in Cryptography and exited from the cybersecurity company he founded earlier this year. He is Ontropy’s new Chief Technology Officer!

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

It’s the way there are currently 400 Russian Mercenaries going after Paddington the Bear #Zelensky #Ukraine #Kyiv

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

Ontropy won the audience vote and a PERFECT judge's score with our pitch @binance demo day! 🥇 this is a huge moment of validation for our team who have been killing it 🙌

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@josebetandcourt

2 months

@AutismCapital If only there was an acronym to accomplish this...

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

i made it to 1,000 followers, thanks for reading!

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

being a founder means being the CEO, CMO, CFO, CIO, content creator and Discord moderator (ive retired from this last one 😅) entrepreneurs make sacrifices fr

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

This is perhaps the most important thing i've ever written. Death to Oracles! ->

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@josebetandcourt

10 months

I'm thrilled to announce that @0xVirtualLabs has raised $1.2M in our Pre-Seed round, led by @OPCryptoVC to eliminate bridging and enable Web3 usability through ZK accumulators and state channels So far, we've abstracted 100,000 minutes of waiting and plan to accelerate growth to

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@josebetandcourt

8 months

I just won 272 test USDC playing @CoChilli_io ! Binary betting is surprisingly fun, especially with this clean UX powered by @0xVirtualLabs . Go check it out 👇

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

“Hey, what are you building?” “Oh, I’m building a _________! What about you?” “So cool! I’m building an NFT marketplace.” … … … “Do you have a Telegram?” *And they never talked again*

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

April was the biggest month in Ontropy's history and perhaps my own life This is my 35th consecutive wednesday thread and it will be the last 🧵 i write for a while ❤️👀

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

can’t trust banks can’t trust stable coins can’t trust cash with inflation at 6% can’t trust gold with its negative real returns can’t trust a centralized party with one single point of failure oh btw crypto as a world system protects us from this

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

months of hard work and we're halfway to a milli 🤩 💪

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@josebetandcourt

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Your daily minute explainer on the recent market CRASH featuring a lesson from a Yale economist and the BIGGEST thing YOU SHOULD be WORRIED about

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@josebetandcourt

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CRYPTO CRASHES: Why? The real reasons the market crashed (it's the yield curve and Trump) and what comes next, a 🧵

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

you either die the founder or live long enough to see yourself become the vc

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@josebetandcourt

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@0xgaut Damn your content went from hilarious to depressing rq

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@adamhchase adam the type of guy to display battery %

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I grinded out our first tech post until past 6 in the morning! Proof of Result WILL eliminate oracles, time to learn about how ->

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

@george__mack @balajis great thread except tf is “gdp as a % of global trade.” it’s misleading at best to say that the g7 is declining or was overtaken by BRICS (where S is South Africa not South Asia btw)

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

to offboard USDC on Near, i had to use - REF to swap USDC for Near (lost $50) - Near Wallet to CoinBase (<.01$ gas) - sell on CoinBase ($150 fee) - send to Brex ($25 wire) now waiting 3 days crypto offboarding is still awful, bullish on anyone who can fix this

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

Dropouts are the best! @dropoutfund

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@josebetandcourt

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I've decided to step down as CEO of Ontropy.. Because I'm now the CEO of @0xVirtualLabs ! We've decided to change our name to better align with our products, Virtual Rollup and Virtual Bridge, and because it is easier to pronounce and spell Read more⬇️

Ontropy Becomes Virtual Labs

Zero Knowledge, Zero Friction I am excited to announce that Ontropy is changing its name to Virtual Labs! This change aligns our company name with our products, Virtual Rollups and Virtual Bridge, is...

www.virtual.tech

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

josé is @ zuzalu (but elon wont let me change my name)

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

it's great to know the game you're playing is verifiably fair! check out the Proof of Result system and what's happening behind the scenes through link in bio -> inspect -> console

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

Oracles have been exploited by over $3B in the past 14 months. Here's how we're solving them, a 🧵:

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

this is why I dropped out of Yale, why you should drop out, and my submission to @_TheResidency 's @sama competition:

The Residency

@_TheResidency

1 year

The world’s education system needs a refresh 💫 We are hosting a design-a-thon to surface new ideas for exceptional and scalable education systems. Win: - 30 min convo with @sama - Over $2,000 in cash prizes - Acceptance into @_TheResidency Learn more 👇

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@josebetandcourt

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going to bed, hoping a dollar is a still worth a dollar when i wake up

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@josebetandcourt

9 months

GM frens Today, @0xVirtualLabs celebrated two new integrations with @CoChilli_io and @_dedprz launched! Always shipping⛴️

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

Different than my other articles as this one is an open-ended conversation. Excited to explore this technical topic more as it's crucial to the future of DeFi. LMK your thoughts! 💭🔥

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@josebetandcourt

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Ontropy is entering a two-week sprint. so far: - 40 hour workday - 24 hour hiring to onboarding turnarounds - tweaking the direction every few hours to come: - an amazing fucking product - the beginning of a data revolution - an announcement 👀

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2 years

Bootstrapper’s Guide here’s how to get your startup venture-ready for under $500 🧵👇

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1 year

There is no such thing as a FULLY on-chain game...yet

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2 years

guys it happened… something i made is bigger than me 🤯🚀

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Everyone saying ETHCC was bad is speculation-driven. Not a bad thing, but it was a great conference for genuine adoption and real businesses. We don't need hungry new infra startups anymore, we need product-obsessed founders with a passion for consumer.

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

blockchain doesn't get internally hacked. -> the billions of dollars in exploits that riddle the news all come from where the real world meets crypto: the oracle problem. here's how we solved it, and some real-world use cases, 🧵 ->

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

man at conference: “there are no use cases to blockchain” me: borderless transactions, protection against authoritarianism, true identity, reducing middle men in real estate transactions, ability to log in without passwords, prove information without revealing data him: no 🫠

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@josebetandcourt

2 years

Best Crypto Conferences in 2023! here's where i'm going this year:

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@josebetandcourt

1 year

I'm excited to announce, that after months of hard work, our idea has come to life! Free Gas, Web2 UX with Web3 Games is now a reality, applicable to all #P2E and Web3 Games who want to increase their userbases and engagement. Dive into below ⬇️

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@josebetandcourt

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i just hired two new employees this morning to handle partnerships and marketing. ontropy is growing and i am learning to delegate 🙌

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@josebetandcourt

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just graduated from @BinanceLabs S5 incubation! 🤓

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Just got robbed by @SBF_FTX at ETHCC! Watch out and get your funds off of centralized exchanges!

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@josebetandcourt

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Decentral-Limit Orderbooks (DLOB) allow users to participate in the order filling process themselves, and can serve US clients.

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1/ 🧵 DLOB vs. AMM vs. CLOB Why Decentral-Limit Order Books (DLOB) are the Future of Blockchain Trading Let's dive into why DLOBs offer superior UX, price action, and regulatory compliance compared to Automated Market Makers and Central-Limit Order Books 👇

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one of the most exciting problems web3 solves imo: 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲. once wallets are tied to your driver’s license, passport and are 1 person:1 set of keys, you can instantly check in anywhere you’re supposed to be. - no lines like this (tickets can’t be

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if MetaMask is self-custody of funds, Ontropy is self-custody of data you own it, you verify it, you get paid for it

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@josebetandcourt

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Why do we need crypto? 5 Unique Reasons. A 🧵:

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who is ready for @EthereumDenver ? 🕺🏔️⛷️

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@josebetandcourt

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Just passed 150 users AT ONE TIME. honestly in disbelief at, THANK YOU

Virtual Labs

@0xVirtualLabs

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We hit 36 concurrent betting players on roulette this morning. That's huge! Hundreds overall 📈📈 Support for Alpha 2 has been insane! Thank you all for testing and believing❤️

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big announcements incoming 😁

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The Ontropy Roadmap is LIVE! We announce the upcoming Ontropy Network as well as seek our partner and Ontrooper feedback in choosing between: - Account abstraction - Real APY - Cross-Chain What feature do you think we should add next to Virtual Rollups?

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who’s currently raising pre-seed/seed?

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gm 🌅 Ontropy went viral and successfully tested its price feed killer + a future announcement 👀 All in a 2-minute read!

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. @0xVirtualLabs ' 2023 in a nutshell - Graduated from @BinanceLabs Incubator - Raised $1.3M in capital from @OPCryptoVC , backed by @NEARProtocol and @MantaNetwork - Released a paper on Blockchain's first ZK State Channel - Accepted the first games into Virtual Rollups Beta -

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Searching "real world blockchain use cases" gives criminally bad results 💩💩. Here's a few strong ones! Ontropy enables the trustless exchange of houses, concert tickets, and even Twitter handles! Click below for the best 5 minutes of your day 😁😁

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daily reminder that web3 has as many users as web2 in 1998. we're still sooo early