d/acc
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decentralized acceleration
Feeling uninspired by the state of your country's politics?
Let me tell you about a small internet movement called d/acc
The internet is just 40 years old, and society's still catching up
It's mission is to accelerating offensive tech like AI's infinite knowledge, life extension, and human machine interfaces
While also accelerating defensive tech like blockchains, cryptography, decentralized systems, and cybersecurity
Goal → To build a future of prosperity for all, putting individuals above institutions
Let me tell you about a small internet movement called d/acc
The internet is just 40 years old, and society's still catching up
It's mission is to accelerating offensive tech like AI's infinite knowledge, life extension, and human machine interfaces
While also accelerating defensive tech like blockchains, cryptography, decentralized systems, and cybersecurity
Goal → To build a future of prosperity for all, putting individuals above institutions
Part of what it means to build on permissionless and credibly neutral infrastructure is recognizing that projects that don’t share your values are inevitable.
Ethereum, Plurality, Network States
Three movements that inspire me. They want to use the internet to create prosperity & health on a global scale like never before
They begin with the premise that the internet has changed the world, connecting everyone in milliseconds. Given that, how can we rebuild societies?
Three movements that inspire me. They want to use the internet to create prosperity & health on a global scale like never before
They begin with the premise that the internet has changed the world, connecting everyone in milliseconds. Given that, how can we rebuild societies?
Ethereum, Plurality, Network States
Three movements that inspire me
They begin with the premise that the internet has fundamentally changed the world, connecting everyone in milliseconds
Given that, how can we rebuild societies so that we all thrive and cooperate?
Three movements that inspire me
They begin with the premise that the internet has fundamentally changed the world, connecting everyone in milliseconds
Given that, how can we rebuild societies so that we all thrive and cooperate?
Working on a project where I have to do a lot of cold outreach, so I’m offering to sign a message to prove my identity. Remember, we all have signing keys, cryptography is a powerful tool for verifying identities
Men lie, women lie, cryptography doesn’t
Etherscan makes it easy: etherscan.io/verifySig/258173
Men lie, women lie, cryptography doesn’t
Etherscan makes it easy: etherscan.io/verifySig/258173
I'm just playing with the meme, but after hearing Audrey and Glen it's hard not to be inspired by their vision. However, the same can also be said about Balaji. Both movements excite me. They start with the idea that we now live in a world where technology can inform and coordinate us better, but also divide us
The network state movement sees technology as a way to exit current structures and unite those who agree on its positive uses, creating new societies
Plurality takes a different approach, aiming to use technology to unite existing populations by highlighting our similarities and surfacing more agreed upon information
I'm excited about both movements and their potential to create a more united future, so we can focus on improving lives globally without getting distracted by social issues
The network state movement sees technology as a way to exit current structures and unite those who agree on its positive uses, creating new societies
Plurality takes a different approach, aiming to use technology to unite existing populations by highlighting our similarities and surfacing more agreed upon information
I'm excited about both movements and their potential to create a more united future, so we can focus on improving lives globally without getting distracted by social issues
"Cryptography is truly special in the twenty-first century because cryptography is one of the very few fields where adversarial conflict continues to heavily favor the defender." - VB
“AI safety is about agents with IQ 150 trying to control agents with IQ 6,000, whereas cryptoeconomics is about agents with IQ 5 trying to control agents with IQ 150—problems that are certainly different, but the similarities are not to be scoffed at." - VB
“AI safety is about agents with IQ 150 trying to control agents with IQ 6,000, whereas cryptoeconomics is about agents with IQ 5 trying to control agents with IQ 150—problems that are certainly different, but the similarities are not to be scoffed at." - VB
Could Tailscale be considered d/acc adjacent?
Vitalik on 80k discussing d/acc and other things, some super interesting snippets in here
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/vitalik-buterin-techno-optimism/
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/vitalik-buterin-techno-optimism/
Does the ability of cheap destructive drones to take out larger more expensive military equipment & vehicles move the world in a more d/acc direction?
Paul Buchheit summarizes the defensive wing of d/acc perfectly
https://x.com/paultoo/status/1750316380220780795?s=20
https://x.com/paultoo/status/1750316380220780795?s=20
What should the icon for this channel be?
I was going to generate something simple with Midjourney, but wanted to hear everyone's thoughts first.
cc @cqb @entropybender @july @darrylyeo @kpx
I was going to generate something simple with Midjourney, but wanted to hear everyone's thoughts first.
cc @cqb @entropybender @july @darrylyeo @kpx
Sharing here cause I think it's relevant, d/acc might be the memeable alternative
https://warpcast.com/maurelian/0x7a8aade5
https://warpcast.com/maurelian/0x7a8aade5
If you haven't read @vitalik.eth's article on d/acc, I highly recommend checking it out: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html#dacc
What d/acc technologies is everybody most excited for / interested in? I feel pretty partial towards FHE