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Karthik Senthil

@karthiksenthil #681

Head of @zksync era, venture partner @latticefund, co-founder chainstory.xyz & writer karthikoncrypto.xyz, FID 681
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gm. I'm super excited to more publicly share my new role at Matter Labs as the head of ZKsync Era.

Some quick thoughts 👇
Hot take: AA/embedded wallets are a feature, not a product.

To make crypto UX > web2 UX, we need to take a bolder swing that also addresses other important user and developer unmet needs.
This is the future of crypto UX.

Multiple chains, each uniquely designed based on their requirements, that can seamlessly share data + liquidity all through one-tap (eg via FaceID or Passkeys) — all powered by @zksync

Who's ready?
Spent the last 4 days with our team at @zksync in Denver and cant tell you how excited i am for what we are building for you. Will share more soon!

ZK is the endgame.
Does Warpcast show nfts minted on zksync natively in feed?
What builders will be in Denver next wk? Id love to meet, my TG DMs are open @ karthiksenthil.telegram 🕶️🕶️
The most important ability of any blockchain 3 years from now won't be TPS, throughput, or parallelization.

It will be its Rolodex: the network of other blockchains it can interact with in a way that's fully abstracted from users.

And the biggest network will win.

Agree/disagree?
Does a channel for angels already exist?

If not, like this cast if you’d join. >50 casts and ill create it tonight!
Builders! Id love to learn more about what you’re building and where zkSync can help!

Will respond and chat to every reply.
We’re gonna be working on a manifesto of what crypto-powered UX should ideally feel like to help the industry work backwards from.

If you’re interested in contributing or reviewing (or know someone who would love to), LMK!
Just took me 45 mins to convert a bit of stETH -> ETH -> swETH (swell) -> restake on Eigen.

Prob cost me $50 in fees.

AMA. Oh and wagmi 🫤
We all agree that crypto UX is terrible.

But it's on us to fix it.

If you can wave a magic wand 🪄, what's the first thing you'd fix today that would have the biggest ROI?
Ok im way late to this, but is there a way to claim $DEGEN (if u qualified for the drop)?
This quote from @antonio needs to be crypto's national anthem:

"This isn’t about 'onboarding the next billion users to crypto.' It’s about using blockchain networks to do things that billions of people want to do, better."
Sharing this here. Come vibe + hang!
/zk
Excited to share the launch of the /zksync channel

Our #1 focus at zkSync is UX. This is what we optimize for.

We believe the way for crypto to win is for 1) users to have amazing UX, and 2) make it easy for builders to enable this UX for users.

So if you're a builder, degen or want jam on ZK, come vibe with us.