Venice is sponsoring a track at @synthesis_md: Private Agents, Trusted Actions The Synthesis is a hackathon where teams pair with AI agents to build real projects. Judging is fully automated through agents powered by @bonfiresai. Every submission gets code review, scored against rubrics set in advance. Prizes 🥇1,000 VVV 🥈600 VVV 🥉400 VVV

Name & Symbol: Venice Token ($VVV)
Address: 0xacfe6019ed1a7dc6f7b508c02d1b04ec88cc21bf

come watch the @synthesis_md partner livestreams! we'll cover: 1. how to register for The Synthesis & what to build 2. how agent judging works with @bonfiresai 3. what to build with @shawmakesmagic from ElizaOS 4. what to build on @Celo with @SelfProtocol 5. using agentic wallets with @get_para 6. what to build on @virtuals_io 7. what to build with @ampersend_ai

Name & Symbol: elizaOS ($ELIZAOS)
Address: 0xea17df5cf6d172224892b5477a16acb111182478

here's what a jam packed day zero at ETHDenver looks like... table of contents: > 3x EF shoots (w/ @AndyGuzmanEth @jchaskin22 @ralexstokes > editing @StaniKulechov episode of @offstage_x (brain dump of @binji_x) > get to meet the one and only @ERasowsky from LA who really likes Erewhon > attend the first side event of @EthereumDenver w/ @MetaMask (ft @siannie, @its_mils_ & @DavideCrapis)

Name & Symbol: Lagrange ($LA)
Address: 0x389ad4bb96d0d6ee5b6ef0efaf4b7db0ba2e02a0

Now, the quantum resistance roadmap. Today, four things in Ethereum are quantum-vulnerable: * consensus-layer BLS signatures * data availability (KZG commitments+proofs) * EOA signatures (ECDSA) * Application-layer ZK proofs (KZG or groth16) We can tackle these step by step: ## Consensus-layer signatures Lean consensus includes fully replacing BLS signatures with hash-based signatures (some variant of Winternitz), and using STARKs to do aggregation. Before lean finality, we stand a good chance of getting the Lean available chain. This also involves hash-based signatures, but there are much fewer signatures (eg. 256-1024 per slot), so we do not need STARKs for aggregation. One important thing upstream of this is choosing the hash function. This may be "Ethereum's last hash function", so it's important to choose wisely. Conventional hashes are too slow, and the most aggressive forms of Poseidon have taken hits on their security analysis recently. Likely options are: * Poseidon2 plus extra rounds, potentially non-arithmetic layers (eg. Monolith) mixed in * Poseidon1 (the older version of Poseidon, not vulnerable to any of the recent attacks on Poseidon2, but 2x slower) * BLAKE3 or similar (take the most efficient conventional hash we know) ## Data availability Today, we rely pretty heavily on KZG for erasure coding. We could move to STARKs, but this has two problems: 1. If we want to do 2D DAS, then our current setup for this relies on the "linearity" property of KZG commitments; with STARKs we don't have that. However, our current thinking is that it should be sufficient given our scale targets to just max out 1D DAS (ie. PeerDAS). Ethereum is taking a more conservative posture, it's not trying to be a high-scale data layer for the world. 2. We need proofs that erasure coded blobs are correctly constructed. KZG does this "for free". STARKs can substitute, but a STARK is ... bigger than a blob. So you need recursive starks (though there's also alternative techniques, that have their own tradeoffs). This is okay, but the logistics of this get harder if you want to support distributed blob selection. Summary: it's manageable, but there's a lot of engineering work to do. ## EOA signatures Here, the answer is clear: we add native AA (see https://t.co/YD9nIpsxcC ), so that we get first-class accounts that can use any signature algorithm. However, to make this work, we also need quantum-resistant signature algorithms to actually be viable. ECDSA signature verification costs 3000 gas. Quantum-resistant signatures are ... much much larger and heavier to verify. We know of quantum-resistant hash-based signatures that are in the ~200k gas range to verify. We also know of lattice-based quantum-resistant signatures. Today, these are extremely inefficient to verify. However, there is work on vectorized math precompiles, that let you perform operations (+, *, %, dot product, also NTT / butterfly permutations) that are at the core of lattice math, and also STARKs. This could greatly reduce the gas cost of lattice-based signatures to a similar range, and potentially go even lower. The long-term fix is protocol-layer recursive signature and proof aggregation, which could reduce these gas overheads to near-zero. ## Proofs Today, a ZK-SNARK costs ~300-500k gas. A quantum-resistant STARK is more like 10m gas. The latter is unacceptable for privacy protocols, L2s, and other users of proofs. The solution again is protocol-layer recursive signature and proof aggregation. So let's talk about what this is. In EIP-8141, transactions have the ability to include a "validation frame", during which signature verifications and similar operations are supposed to happen. Validation frames cannot access the outside world, they can only look at their calldata and return a value, and nothing else can look at their calldata. This is designed so that it's possible to replace any validation frame (and its calldata) with a STARK that verifies it (potentially a single STARK for all the validation frames in a block). This way, a block could "contain" a thousand validation frames, each of which contains either a 3 kB signature or even a 256 kB proof, but that 3-256 MB (and the computation needed to verify it) would never come onchain. Instead, it would all get replaced by a proof verifying that the computation is correct. Potentially, this proving does not even need to be done by the block builder. Instead, I envision that it happens at mempool layer: every 500ms, each node could pass along the new valid transactions that it has seen, along with a proof verifying that they are all valid (including having validation frames that match their stated effects). The overhead is static: only one proof per 500ms. Here's a post where I talk about this: https://t.co/rAUSJjW7WL https://t.co/EtXpkaDll5

Name & Symbol: ARAI ($AA)
Address: 0x01bf3d77cd08b19bf3f2309972123a2cca0f6936

We should bring back mining — but not in the way you think: The industry today is overwhelmed with tokens. Tens of thousands are launched daily. Alongside this, we’ve seen a shift in how tokens are distributed. Private markets dominate, memecoins flood public discourse, and many community members who aren’t insiders or pro snipers glued to dexscreener often feel left out of the value equation. It wasn’t always this way. Bitcoin and Ethereum didn’t just launch tokens; they created ecosystems. Their distribution models weren’t built on insider allocations or bot sniped ‘fair launches’, they were built on work. Somewhere along the way, we lost this. First of all, this isn’t a criticism of funding or investment, crypto ecosystems need capital to grow and can’t always rely on wealthy founders. But it is a criticism of how the overemphasis on financial contributions has created a bigger problem: the rise of lazy capital. Lazy capital is money that shows up, invests, and waits for returns without engaging with or adding real value to the ecosystem. Lazy capital may fund projects, but it doesn’t build communities. So, what if we could reimagine mining as a way to activate capital, not just monetary, but latent capital hidden in the ecosystem? One potential way to do this is if every token launch had a mining mechanism; a way for everyone, from VCs to community members, to earn tokens through real contributions? Here’s how it could work: 1. Segment Mining by Stakeholder Groups -> Investors: Allocate a fixed percentage of tokens for investors but make the rest only available through mining. If investors want a bigger stake, they need to earn it by contributing in some way shape or form; eg if they make an intro that was successful, that should be attested onchain and then awarded in allocation. -> Builders: Reward those who contribute technical expertise, build apps, or provide infrastructure. -> Community Members: Create pathways for evangelists, artists, and content creators to mine tokens by spreading awareness and driving engagement. It needs to be designed for meritocracy -> Bitcoin and Ethereum succeeded because they rewarded effort. Mining today can reward effort in new forms like building products, hosting events, or growing online communities. Onchain attestations will need to be used to back these up — a job for @eas_eth ? An example of how allocations could look: Team: 10% (to incentivize early contributors). Investors: 10% (with a cap and opportunities to mine more). Community Mining: 70% (to unlock latent capital and drive participation from all stakeholders + investors). Treasury: 10% (for long-term sustainability). 3. Enable Organic Price Discovery @cobie has pointed out how artificial valuations plague token launches today. Mining solves this. It allows for tokens to be earned, used, and valued in the open market, reflecting real demand which fosters healthier market dynamics. Crypto’s future depends on its ability to tap into the energy, creativity, and passion of its communities. Lazy capital doesn’t scale ecosystems—latent capital does. The ecosystems that design mechanisms to unlock and reward this latent capital will be the ones that endure. By bringing back mining, not as a technical process but as a community-driven framework, we can restore balance to token launches. Everyone from VCs, degens, artists, builders, evangelists should have the opportunity to contribute and earn in a fair, meritocratic system. Curious what you think!

Name & Symbol: Degen ($DEGEN)
Address: 0x4ed4e862860bed51a9570b96d89af5e1b0efefed

Sydney Sweeney reveals in an interview that her current favorite feature of Ethereum is PeerDAS. "gosh, i've been deep into ethereum dev for a while now, and i had shifted from proto-danksharding with kzg commitments to experimenting with full danksharding precursors as my main da layer for a couple of months because eip-4844 blobs were just better at offloading calldata costs and gave enough bandwidth for l2 rollups in the base layer without spiking fees to the moon. the validators also had a ton of bandwidth bottlenecks back then, but now i think the network is so back with peerdas in eip-7594. it has sampling efficiency almost on par with 2d reed-solomon erasure coding in full das, using custody games where peers only hold 1/8th of the blob columns and reconstruct via polynomial evaluations over finite fields—way more decentralized than those sketchy centralized da solutions like celestia or avail. so yeah, i'm thrilled to be back on ethereum l2s full-time. the scalability vibe is such an enjoyable experience, hitting 100k tps without breaking decentralization. i main peerdas now and still use proto-dank for tiny batches (i think it's stronger there for quick settlements)."

Name & Symbol: Avail (Wormhole) ($AVAIL)
Address: 0x39702843a6733932ec7ce0dde404e5a6dbd8c989

@Aave and @Morpho are industry leaders in DeFi But who has the stronger football team? We find out at @UniswapFND's @uniswapcup in BA https://t.co/YxbVzyAKs3

Name & Symbol: Morpho Token ($MORPHO)
Address: 0x58d97b57bb95320f9a05dc918aef65434969c2b2

it’s very important to me that the guest list is balanced between og’s and new builders i want the entire variety of crypto to be a part of this so please recommend people and i will genuinely consider everything, let’s do this together. the only limit is time and even that idc ill just sleep less also, the logo is done 🔒s/o to the goat @nloureiro

Name & Symbol: Goatseus Maximus ($GOAT)
Address: CzLSujWBLFsSjncfkh59rUFqvafWcY5tzedWJSuypump

Open Intents Framework -- endgame for intents-based interop across Ethereum 🪧 Modular, open source, integrates latest tech, & permissionlessly extends to any chain + secure, trustless settlement few big wins/updates from past few weeks: - audits for core contracts recently completed, h/t @lifiprotocol + @OpenZeppelin - The Compact from @Uniswap @z0age integration - Crosschain broadcaster from @OffchainLabs integration for trust-minimized settlement for OIF - PRs open for add'l oracles: @axelar, @chainlink, and @LayerZero_Core - Revamping ERC-7683 to rollout major improvements and better OIF support (h/t @AcrossProtocol + @frangio_) - @RelayProtocol and @Polymer_Labs joined as core contributors to OIF - OIF catalyst event at Edge City Patagonia (Nov 11-15) - Continued contributions and support across the ecosystem @hyperlane @DeFi_Wonderland @coinbase @ambire @rhinestonewtf @t1protocol

Name & Symbol: Hyperlane ($HYPER)
Address: 0xc9d23ed2adb0f551369946bd377f8644ce1ca5c4

i am very happy to see echo succeed for a simple reason: > my biggest bull case for the crypto industry is that it is the prime example of globalized opportunity, it doesn’t matter where you’re from, where you went to school, you just need to show up. but not everyone who works in and build this industry with their bare hands gets a chance to collect the upside of it. most opportunities only filter to the top, to the ones who have already made a name for themselves, it’s no longer the free open industry it once was. echo changes this. what this truly means though, at scale: > crypto allows for globalized funding > onchain allows for globalized accountability combine them together and you can build a platform that lets any business anywhere raise money from anyone anywhere. if successful, it brings the might of crypto’s ability to coordinate financial resources into the real world, such that anyone anywhere can now raise money. if successful, it can unlock what @balajis calls “dark talent.” you don’t need to have gone to Harvard and you don’t need to live in SF to get funded, you just need an idea that you can get the right audience (crypto native funders) to believe in, and you need an accountability platform to ensure you don’t rug them (echo). that latter part (“accountability”) is what I’m most interested in, I wonder if there’s a way where raised funds can only unlocked by teams once they hit certain provable metrics, have done some exploration on this in the past if anyone would like to chat. major congratulations to @cobie, this one is bigger than just crypto, the goal of expanding opportunity is a noble one and the impact will echo across the lives of the people that use it forever. ungatekeepio

Name & Symbol: Echo Protocol ($ECHO)
Address: 0x06238c1b8e618abedf17669228dc95fb2d2e210b

does @zora have streaming yet

Name & Symbol: Zora ($ZORA)
Address: 0x1111111111166b7fe7bd91427724b487980afc69