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We've fucking lost it. Nobody in their right mind wants over 50 rollups and endless layers that take days to bridge back. What the world wants is one goddamn chain that just works, and that should be Ethereum. No one with a shred of sanity wants to switch networks in M***Mask. No one wants the headache of adding a token manually on another chain because the contract address isn't the same. Bridging is a pain in the ass. What people want is to transact value simply and directly, without all this convoluted bullshit!

A FUCKING IMPORTANT REMINDER! Ethereum hot swapped an entire network in production 2 months ago and I'm sorry for you if you can't understand that feat.

I am excited to announce that I won't be leaving Ethereum and will continue to devote all my energy to make Ethereum Cypherpunk again.

Ethereum is fucking missing the plot. Looking at Devcon talks, everyone's obsessed with scaling the thing, but (almost) no one's talking about what really matters—financial privacy. It's like we've all collectively forgotten that financial privacy is the real fucking foundation of freedom. We're too busy trying to pump throughput, but here's the thing: if Ethereum truly wants to be the backbone of global financial freedom, it needs to go all in on privacy. If that means sacrificing some scalability for true privacy, so be it. Let's stop pretending we're building the global economic base layer without giving a damn about who's watching.

yesterday Ledger announced a new Safe multisig interface that supports clear signing. Overall a good move, I thought (interface diversity is good). Well, guess what, they charge a "Multisig Fee" on top of gas: $10 flat for normal txs, 0.05% for token transfers. You might say that's fair, that the product has value; well hear me out: no fucking no. You're not gonna make multisig users your fucking cash cow. Ain't gonna happen. You parade as Cypherpunk while trying to make Ledger Wallet (rebranded from Ledger Live) the single choke point for all crypto so you can squeeze everyone through it (guys, this won't happen). The multisig UI is not open-source, Ledger Nano S can't sign (so OGs like myself are basically censored), and there's zero info on the transaction service used for signature collection. Ledger once built for users and principles; now it builds business funnels and profit channels. Corporate gloss over Cypherpunk roots. Gimme a fucking break.

Crypto VCs like a16z or Paradigm aren't backing builders. They're funding a lot of fucking grifters and dressing up shallow gimmicks as "innovation". Their game isn't conviction, it's capital deployment. Principles don't matter, only optics. They are like thirsty dudes that get too horny fast. Just take a look at Blast, another ponzi-like scheme backed by Paradigm. VCs aren't principled allies guys, they're not even neutral bystanders. They're enemies of where this space needs to go. I still can't believe this shitshow has raised over $100m whilst Roman needs to justify himself for each cent he needs for his defence. This makes me vomit.

alright, after a week of work you can now fully simulate Safe transactions _locally_ before signing and verify the transaction hashes in parallel using my `safe-tx-hashes-util` with a single command (use the `--simulate flag` simply). This lets you check exactly how the transaction will execute before you sign. Everything is local. Everything what is executed is printed in the terminal. Transparency at all cost. You trust your RPC provider here so use a trusted endpoint or the preferred solution of running your own node. I know many still do not believe me but local-first, cli-based verification is the way to go. Not hosted UIs. My verification script is _one_ fucking Bash file. Everyone can audit it by looking at exactly one file. No dependency bloat.

The level of hypocrisy in this space makes me vomit every fucking single day. Roman is standing up for what crypto was meant to be (=censorship-resistant, immutable, and privacy-first code) he's paying a real price for it. Meanwhile, you retards throw 500 million into another pile of nonsense. If you have even a shred of self-respect, you'll donate to Roman now.

Just a reminder: Alexey Pertsev is in prison for writing privacy-focused open-source code while SBF is spending xmas with his family & Do Kwon enjoys life (most probably) in Serbia. Ah and the 3AC guy's enjoy the sun in Bali... Life is not fair but we can still fight 4 justice!

found the major bottleneck for scaling Ethereum

We've fucking lost it. Nobody in their right mind wants over 50 rollups and endless layers that take days to bridge back. What the world wants is one goddamn chain that just works, and that should be Ethereum. No one with a shred of sanity wants to switch networks in M***Mask. No one wants the headache of adding a token manually on another chain because the contract address isn't the same. Bridging is a pain in the ass. What people want is to transact value simply and directly, without all this convoluted bullshit!

Ethereum is fucking missing the plot. Looking at Devcon talks, everyone's obsessed with scaling the thing, but (almost) no one's talking about what really matters—financial privacy. It's like we've all collectively forgotten that financial privacy is the real fucking foundation of freedom. We're too busy trying to pump throughput, but here's the thing: if Ethereum truly wants to be the backbone of global financial freedom, it needs to go all in on privacy. If that means sacrificing some scalability for true privacy, so be it. Let's stop pretending we're building the global economic base layer without giving a damn about who's watching.

The soul of Ethereum was Cypherpunk. It _is_ Cypherpunk. It will always be Cypherpunk. You can chase your glossy, VC-driven narratives, build your fancy protocols, but the ones that will endure are the ones that preserve our privacy, defend against censorship, and stand tall in the face of tyranny. Those are the projects that will outlast all the distractions, all the fleeting trends. Because principles do fucking matter. Because this is our fight, it's my personal fight, it's our soul. Cypherpunk will always rise. And in the end, Cypherpunk will win.

yesterday Ledger announced a new Safe multisig interface that supports clear signing. Overall a good move, I thought (interface diversity is good). Well, guess what, they charge a "Multisig Fee" on top of gas: $10 flat for normal txs, 0.05% for token transfers. You might say that's fair, that the product has value; well hear me out: no fucking no. You're not gonna make multisig users your fucking cash cow. Ain't gonna happen. You parade as Cypherpunk while trying to make Ledger Wallet (rebranded from Ledger Live) the single choke point for all crypto so you can squeeze everyone through it (guys, this won't happen). The multisig UI is not open-source, Ledger Nano S can't sign (so OGs like myself are basically censored), and there's zero info on the transaction service used for signature collection. Ledger once built for users and principles; now it builds business funnels and profit channels. Corporate gloss over Cypherpunk roots. Gimme a fucking break.

iirc I first started using MM sometime in early 2017. Back then, they really did a solid job in onboarding new people (and also the wallet quality was nice for the early days); kudos for that. These days, though, I've been using Rabby alongside it for a while, the quality is basically crap and today was the last straw: MM just kept again loading forever. Totally fucking unusable. Instead of fixing the constant loading issues, they somehow thought adding Solana was the priority. At this point, I'm done. Removed the extension completely after around 8 years. You did great work in the past, but someone has to say it: as a wallet today, you suck af.

Ok, I am gonna say it loud: ERC-20's `approve` function is a bug and not a feature. Besides horribly breaking the UX, it poses a serious security risk since you essentially delegate the proper risk management to a spender account. Approve does break trustlessness in bad ways imho

Crypto VCs like a16z or Paradigm aren't backing builders. They're funding a lot of fucking grifters and dressing up shallow gimmicks as "innovation". Their game isn't conviction, it's capital deployment. Principles don't matter, only optics. They are like thirsty dudes that get too horny fast. Just take a look at Blast, another ponzi-like scheme backed by Paradigm. VCs aren't principled allies guys, they're not even neutral bystanders. They're enemies of where this space needs to go. I still can't believe this shitshow has raised over $100m whilst Roman needs to justify himself for each cent he needs for his defence. This makes me vomit.

alright, after a week of work you can now fully simulate Safe transactions _locally_ before signing and verify the transaction hashes in parallel using my `safe-tx-hashes-util` with a single command (use the `--simulate flag` simply). This lets you check exactly how the transaction will execute before you sign. Everything is local. Everything what is executed is printed in the terminal. Transparency at all cost. You trust your RPC provider here so use a trusted endpoint or the preferred solution of running your own node. I know many still do not believe me but local-first, cli-based verification is the way to go. Not hosted UIs. My verification script is _one_ fucking Bash file. Everyone can audit it by looking at exactly one file. No dependency bloat.

I claim that we as an industry have completely lost our minds & have never been so disoriented. I truly believe that my personal principles are not in line with those of 99% of the people here. I care about privacy, security & censorship-resistance. You care about the next ponzi.

oh boy we've come a long way. Exactly ten years ago, we lit a beacon against the darkness of surveillance and control. But Ethereum was never just code - it was a clear declaration: that individuals deserve _sovereignty_ over their money, their identity, and the systems they rely on. Ethereum's mission was, is, and will never be about speculation. It's about fucking resistance. It's about building systems no ruler can censor, no corporation can own, and no adversary can silence. I've said it in the past and say it again: We do not turn Ethereum into a fucking company! Never. Guys, the mission endures and we're far from being done: immutable & censorship-resistant code, private transactions, and freedom that doesn't ask permission. Ultimately, we demand and we will achieve _unconditional_ privacy. The next decade is ours. The next decade is the decade of the Cypherpunks. Happy Birthday, Ethereum.