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Co-Founder and CTO of @LayerZero_Labs

Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined March 2012
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The first message on the Internet was intended to be "LOGIN," but it crashed while sending and only sent "LO." When deciding what our first message would be on LayerZero, we thought it was only fitting to finish what the first Internet started by completing its message. Thus our
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@ryanzarick
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Lo and behold the first ever transaction on LayerZero: a broadcast message from Ethereum <->[Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon, BNB Chain, Fantom, Arbitrum and Optimism] From Ethereum:
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@ryanzarick
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2 years
put simply we did indeed buy all of the tokens (back) better is better - RAZ & Bryan
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2 years
Memo we just sent out to @LayerZero_Labs investors
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@ryanzarick
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Put in a request for an opera update to the @FantomFDN team and they shipped it in 48 hours! 😱
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@ryanzarick
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@PrimordialAA This is the way
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@ryanzarick
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1 year
For my birthday, my wife surprised me with a commissioned self-portrait of my @pudgypenguins . Best gift ever! I am my pengu and my pengu is me.
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2 months
Is it Cake? @pudgypenguins
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2 years
Last week we were alerted by the Optimism team that someone had informed them that a suspicious wallet was beginning to try unusual attacks against Stargate. We immediately jumped in with @samczsun @gf_256 and @ret2jazzy and started to diagnose.
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@ryanzarick
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Our core principles have and will always be: permissionless, censorship-resistant, and immutable.
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@ryanzarick
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Spoke at a great panel today on the Multichain Future at @Token2049
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3 months
@PrimordialAA Me to the office Monday morning…
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@ryanzarick
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2 years
Today LayerZero released a new Ultra Light Node Library (ULNv2) which has: • support for upcoming non-EVM supported chains • support for LayerZero Scan • over 20% improvement in gas efficiency • a ULNv1 patch for a security issue related to potential chain pathway griefing
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@ryanzarick
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Today we unrolled a series of updates around security, but the one I'm most excited about is Pre-Crime. The ability for a Relayer to prevent an attack before it happens. Read how it works below:
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@ryanzarick
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Today with the launch of LayerZero on 7 chains, marks the start of the omnichain future.
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@ryanzarick
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We will literally sweep the floor of pengus on a monday morning rather than go to therapy
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2 years
Feeling frisky, might be time to FAFO ( @ryanzarick @caleb_banister )
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@ryanzarick
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8 months
Massive update to LayerZero Scan! 🙌🙌
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
8 months
We're excited to introduce updates on ! New features include Advanced Analytics, Detailed Messages and Transactions Flows, Retry Stored Payloads, Protocol Insights and more.
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@ryanzarick
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The issue was something that slipped by in multiple audits and we’re thankful to @samczsun for pointing it out and working with us and the @zellic_io team to disclose it responsibly and deploy a more robust version.
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@ryanzarick
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When we started designing Stargate V2, our mandate was clear: be the cheapest and most secure bridge in all of crypto. Today starts a new era of bridging:
@StargateFinance
Stargate
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Welcome to Stargate V2 DeFi’s cheapest bridge is now live, try it out here:
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@ryanzarick
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We glarantee it 💪
@PrimordialAA
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Never been able to publicly talk about the lengths we went through for our community during our fundraise negotiations, but let's just say our last few years have been like this "I glarantee it"
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@ryanzarick
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1 year
I should have known his account was compromised when he started posting about skunks.
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1 year
Welp, I found the Skunk
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@ryanzarick
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2 years
So pumped to publicly welcome everyone to the LayerZero family. LFG!
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
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1 year
Super surreal to see this 🙌
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
1 year
Well this was incredibly unexpected, @NYSE lit up their trading floor congratulating us on the recent Series B — super cool to see
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Feels pretty surreal to see the recognition @LayerZero_Labs is starting to get across all industries, it’s been an amazing year and the remainder of 2023 is going to be even bigger!
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
1 year
It seems like there is some subtle competition brewing in the background. @NasdaqExchange lit up the Times Square Tower congratulating us on our Series B. We’re not sure why this is happening but we love to see it!
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@ryanzarick
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Couldn’t be more excited about this. LFG! 🙌💪
@Bakxys
Simon Baksys
8 months
That being said, I’m ecstatic to announce that I’m joining @PrimordialAA , @ryanzarick , and the rest of the world class team at @LayerZero_Labs to help build the infrastructure operability layer of tomorrow.
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@ryanzarick
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2 years
Team hasn’t willingly taken a day off in weeks. Had to force a team dinner. My team fucks!
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@ryanzarick
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3 years
I made this...
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@PrimordialAA
Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅)
3 years
Ok time for another🧵(insert Patagonia vest here). Today we get to talk about the first project built entirely on top of LayerZero ( @StargateFinance ), solving the Bridging Trilemma, and paving the way to a fully composable omnichain future
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@ryanzarick
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2 years
We all came to the conclusion that the attack was not a risk — however in diving deeper @samczsun found there was a potential threat to the validation library but we agreed there wasn’t an immediate risk.
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@ryanzarick
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@boredGenius The oracle and relayer wait X block confirmations set by the user application. If the oracle lies about the block confirmations the relayer would still wait the X block confirmations before delivering the proof.
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@ryanzarick
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2 years
Over the last week we worked to deploy an updated validation library which we’ve now updated and verified.
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@ryanzarick
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omfg I love it! I need a digital copy 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@JoZpowerup
JoZ
27 days
⚡️Penguin Power-Up - What stands in the way becomes the way.⚡️ @ryanzarick @PrimordialAA @LucaNetz @pudgypenguins
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@ryanzarick
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3 years
Disregard bry’s comment about aggression. Pop a cold one, snuggle up close with a loved one and watch the future of bridging.
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Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅)
3 years
I know asking you to watch a 10 minute video is an act of aggression, but if you are interested in cross-chain / interop take the time for this one. First time we demo @LayerZero_Labs in the wild
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@ryanzarick
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2 years
And as promised below is the official release of the Delta (Δ) algorithm whitepaper.
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@ryanzarick
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3 years
So it begins
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Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅)
3 years
Introducing LayerZero This is what we've been working on and are ecstatic to finally be able to share with everyone. LayerZero is an Omnichain Interoperability Protocol.
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@ryanzarick
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We’re continuing to bring the latest validation technologies to LayerZero. Today, thats @PolyhedraZK ’s zkLightClient, built exclusively on LayerZero.
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
1 year
Almost 15 months ago we launched with the promise to always bring the latest validation technologies to market. Today LayerZero is doing just that by rolling out a production grade zk light client from the @PolyhedraZK team.
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@ryanzarick
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MIM is now an OFT 🙌
@MIM_Spell
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1/🧙🏼‍♂️! $MIM is now the first omnistable built on @LayerZero_Labs 's Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard!🔮 This integration offers unprecedented interoperability and freedom for stablecoins!🔥 📖 Read all about it 👇🏻
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Can’t wait 🙌
@ClearpoolFin
Clearpool
2 years
📣 Come join our next 'In the Deep End'🏊 AMA with @LayerZero_Labs & @SinoGlobalCap ! 🗣 @Rob8830 , @ryanzarick , & @ianw888 📍 📩 Want to ask a question❓ Submit it on Twitter using #ClearpoolAMA $CPOOL #DeFi
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@MIM_Spell
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🧙🏼‍♂️! $MIM is completely unaffected by the potential Multichain exploit, as it runs entirely on @LayerZero_Labs infrastructure. We will update once more informations become available.
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@ryanzarick
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1 year
Pepe OFT 👀👀
@pepecoineth
Pepe
1 year
Omnipresent Pepe introducing our new bridge, powered by @layerzero_labs you can now freely transfer your $pepe across the Ethereum, BNB, and Arbitrum networks
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@StargateFinance
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. @SushiSwap chose @StargateFinance as its omnichain solution and swaps are now live! Users can now transfer tokens to any network supported by LayerZero Protocol in one click without ever leaving Sushi.
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Office being moved to a different building on a Saturday. No problem, the office is at a rental today. Better is Better.
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LFG! 💪💪💪
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
2 years
The LayerZero network grows larger - @Chainlink oracles are now fully integrated and live on mainnet!
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@ryanzarick
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I’m speaking at the DeFi Security Summit today at 4:06pm PT on Pre-Crime and Library Upgrades:
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1 year
Bryan's Twitter has been compromised; please do not click this link.
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1M messages! LFG 💪💪💪
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Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅)
2 years
Was just talking to @ryanzarick and @_isaacnotnewton this week about how when they asked me during launch what the first/what's next and I said 1M messages it felt so far away. Nobody thought we'd hit it within the first 7 months .
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@ryanzarick
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Thank you @SBF_FTX and @ramnikarora for all of your support. LFG! 🙌🙌
@SBF_FTX
SBF
2 years
Super excited to work with @LayerZero_Labs ! They're building out a key missing piece of crypto infrastructure--cross-chain liquidity. And more importantly, they're doing a great job of building great products.
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LFG! 💪💪💪
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
2 years
Introducing The Aptos Bridge, powered by LayerZero
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@ryanzarick
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Over the past 6 months our team of world class engineers and I meticulously built LayerZero endpoints to be secure and hyper efficient. Not a single line of wasted code exists (795 lines) in the LayerZero Endpoints.
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👀🙌
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
2 years
As of today BTC.b is seamlessly transferrable everywhere via
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👀👀
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
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Extremely excited about what @LayerZero_Labs x @circlepay unlocks
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LFG!
@StargateFinance
Stargate
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$1,000,000,000 🎉
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@ryanzarick
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There has been a lot of trash talking from @PrimordialAA about my skill in board games. A 🧵 on our 2020 Catan battle
@PrimordialAA
Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅)
2 years
@ryanzarick @monamhamdy @PatrickLoney0 The fact he’s offering this means he doesn’t really love you @PatrickLoney0 . He’s beaten me at like 1 board game in the past 20 years
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@ryanzarick
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3 years
We are bringing IBC to LayerZero. LFG!
@PrimordialAA
Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅)
3 years
Today we tip our hat to the incredible work of @cosmos and the @cosmosibc community. We present IBC on LayerZero
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This UX/UI is insane! 💪💪
@pudgypenguins
Pudgy Penguins
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Lil Pudgys can now spread our vision to other ecosystems, starting with Arbitrum, Polygon, and BNB Chain. To bridge to another chain, visit
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@0xfoobar
foobar/ | Clusters
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I focus on building protocols with a credible shot at relevance through the year 2030 and beyond. This limitation precludes certain myopic apps - but constraints bring freedom of focus. So why build @clustersxyz on LayerZero? - hyperstructure not an app - immutable not
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@PrimordialAA @caleb_banister the only thing we’re going to FO is we didn’t FA enough
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@ryanzarick
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@SchmidtSiggy @Sicarious_ @StargateFinance Absolutely! It just so happens that @PrimordialAA is doing a talk about connecting Avalanche subnets with @LayerZero_Labs this Wednesday at the Avalanche Submit.
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Legend
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@ryanzarick
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1 year
he ships something new everyday 🤯💪
@gajeshnaik
Gajesh
1 year
Introducing OmniIDO 🥁 Easiest Way To Raise Money From Any Chain 💰 - Powered by LayerZero & Stargate 💪🏽 Code:
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Love this photo! 10/10
@Not3Lau_Capital
Not3Lau Capital
2 years
lz.Lau()
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@ryanzarick
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4 years
Extremely proud of our recent AI work in creating Supremus, the fastest world-class realtime poker AI. It is 5,000x faster than leading poker AIs (due to DCFR+ and hyper optimized CUDA kernels), beating the 2018 ACPC champion by a resounding 17.6bb/100.
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@minimal_ai
Minimal AI
4 years
We're ( @ryanzarick @PrimordialAA @caleb_banister ) in collaboration with @polynoamial announcing Supremus and the release of our preprint: Unlocking the Potential of Deep Counterfactual Value Networks.
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Epic 🙌
@gh0stlygh0sts
Gh0stly Gh0sts
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@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
2 years
CAKE is an OFT? @PancakeSwap has it's own bridge to @Aptos_Network powered by @LayerZero_Labs ? Let's go, these chefs have cooked up something awesome 🙌🙌!
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👀👀💪💪
@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
2 years
LayerZero Monthly Roundup A massive November for LayerZero, new chains, new projects and all time high usage metrics across the board with some major milestones unlocked!
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@SushiSwap
Sushi.com
2 years
🍣 Launching SushiXSwap 🔀 The first ever crosschain swap AMM built on @StargateFinance and @LayerZero_Labs launching on Ξ @ethereum 💙 @arbitrum 🔴 @optimismFND 🟦 @FantomFDN 🔺 @avalancheavax 🟡 @binance 💚 @0xPolygon Start trading now at
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Last week we were alerted by the Optimism team that someone had informed them that a suspicious wallet was beginning to try unusual attacks against Stargate. We immediately jumped in with @samczsun @gf_256 and @ret2jazzy and started to diagnose.
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We ball
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@StargateIntern
Stargate Intern
2 years
👀 @StargateFinance DAO is listed as the number one space now over at @SnapshotLabs probably nothing…
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@PrimordialAA @zoink @PrimordialAA is the fastest 2 finger typer in the world. Watching him type confirms we live in a simulation and that there is no god.
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@0x_Arjun
Arjun Arora
2 years
"The first release of the cross-chain swap feature will be built on top of @StargateFinance , the cross-chain bridge powered by @LayerZero_Labs " Getting our heads down and building with friends. @PrimordialAA @ryanzarick 🤝
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We are dedicated to continuously building the best possible tools to enable the omnichain future on LayerZero. This team is incredible, and it’s a privilege to work with them all. Stay tuned, we are not even close to done.
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LFG!
@StargateFinance
Stargate
2 years
ETH Pools are now live! You can now transfer, LP, stake, and farm with your ETH in Stargate on Ethereum, Optimism & Arbitrum!
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@VenusProtocol
Venus Protocol
2 years
🔥With this proposal, Venus aims to move closer to becoming the most efficient, cross-chain capital solution available on the market. ⚡️ $XVS #DeFi @LayerZero_Labs @BSCNews
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@ryanzarick
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I’m the CEO now
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@PrimordialAA
Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅)
3 years
Officially the new @Not3Lau_Capital intern. Thanks for the opportunity @Darrenlautf @Daryllautk @zacharylau
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@ryanzarick
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A significant portion of these gains were achieved by @IsaacNotNewton0 ’s rewrite of a hyper efficient Merkle-Patricia tree validator. He achieved an astounding 5x improvement in gas costs making our validation of TXs on the dst chain cheaper than sending a message from the src.
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@PrimordialAA We need a medieval mural in the office of everyone’s penguins 🙌
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2 years
LFG 🙌
@daedalus_angels
Daedalus
2 years
Onboarding the next 1 billion users will require a seamless, uninterrupted journey across the 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 blockchain expanse. This is the multichain reality that the team at @LayerZero_Labs (including @PrimordialAA and @ryanzarick ) are building towards. 👀this space.
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Shortly after the original disclosure, @samczsun independently reached out and reported the same issue. While it’s common to not award bounties for duplicate reports, we’ve chosen to make an exception in this specific case.
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LMAO great post 😂
@0xbeachball
beachball 🏖
2 years
As promised, I have completed a guide that explains @LayerZero_Labs and @StargateFinance entirely with pictures of seals and fish (pictures incoming, more explanations in article) cc: @PrimordialAA @maxglassman_ @layerzerointern @ryanzarick @0xMaki
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@StargateFinance
Stargate
2 years
👏👏 @PancakeSwap has integrated the @StargateFinance widget, enabling omnichain bridging and deep liquidity across all pathways directly in-app
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We will additionally be awarding @samczsun a bounty of $50,000, or 20% of the first reporter’s bounty, and thank him for his tremendous efforts and ongoing contributions toward Web3 security.
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Office culture… LFG!
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@DappRadar
DappRadar
2 years
🎯 We just launched an industry-first cross-chain token staking mechanism, allowing users to claim their staking rewards on any blockchain and minimize the fees related to staking drastically. Woohoo 🎊
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@lexiemenyhart @PrimordialAA I know how you feel he doesn’t pass back to me in hockey either. Im here for you if you ever want to talk about it.
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ULNv1 is now fully deprecated and ULNv2 is live on mainnet.
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total chad 💪
@gajeshnaik
Gajesh
1 year
the above code uses @iearnfinance to earn yield. same code can be implemented for any yield farm.
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This issue was recently disclosed to us by an anonymous group of whitehat researchers. We have awarded the group a bounty of $250,000 and we thank them for their incredible integrity and professionalism throughout this entire process.
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@LayerZero_Labs
LayerZero Labs
2 years
. @swimmer_network ’s new subnet is now live along with canonical bridging support provided by @LayerZero_Labs . You can now move your CRA, CRAM, TUS in a single click from c-chain to swimmer directly at
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