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@TFTC21"There's no magic button to make it go away." @JohnArnoldTen31 on US debt crossing 100% of GDP.
@TFTC21"It's much easier to find peace when the chaos is expected." @MartyBent and @BaronKoch21 on living on a Bitcoin standard in an age of chaos.
@TFTC21Bitcoin dev Talip (@otaliptus), who helped confirm the ColdCard hack, published a practical guide to scanning open source code for vulnerabilities. It follows two to three months of scanning Bitcoin repositories. x.com/otaliptus/stat…
@TFTC21"Especially the Microsoft headline is problematic for social stability if you extrapolate it out quickly enough and broadly enough." @JohnArnoldTen31 on Microsoft's 60,000 buyouts and AI's ROI.
@TFTC21Anthropic is pitching Claude as a chip designer to IPO investors. A 15-person hardware team is using Claude to speed up custom AI chip work, according to The Information. The comparison is against the team's own estimates of traditional workflows at established designers like Nvidia and AMD. That is Anthropic's assessment, not an independent benchmark. The audience matters. The debut could value the company near $1.5 trillion, and "our model makes us faster at hard engineering" is a very nice line to have in the room. Fifteen people is a slide in a pitch deck. Shipping silicon is the proof. theinformation.com/articles/anthr…
@TFTC21Two new model IDs briefly appeared in OpenAI's API, then vanished. OpenAI has said nothing. x.com/theaidesk_/sta…
@TFTC21"If all of a sudden there's lines around every JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, whatever, that money's not all there." @BaronKoch21 on AI hacks and the next bank run.
@TFTC21Newsom quote-tweets ICE's voting warning with an edit: "If YOU show up to the polls illegally, we will find you." x.com/gavinnewsom/st…
@TFTC21Selling bitcoin to cover expenses is a losing trade. @AvenCard gives you a better option. Borrow against your stack instead. Up to $1M, rates starting at 8.99%, no rehypothecation. 2% unlimited cash back. tftc.io/bitcoin-visa-c…
@TFTC21SpaceX, Tesla and Amazon have joined the list of companies rejecting OKXICE's tokenized stocks plan. The total now stands at 56 objectors. Amazon, Tesla, Netflix, SpaceX, SoFi Technologies and Lam Research are the latest, according to a Nov. 2 public notice. Of the 62 companies OKXICE originally targeted, 49 have objected. That is about 79%. Only 13 of the original 62 have no disclosed objection. Seven companies outside the lineup have objected too. The notices do not give reasons for any of the objections. okx.com/cdn/assets/okf…
@TFTC21Election models now have a Guam problem.
@TFTC21"Massive exchange downside event in midterms week, essentially pretty much put in the Bitcoin bottom." @JohnArnoldTen31 on Binance, FTX and the midterms.
@TFTC21"There's no magic button to make it go away." @JohnArnoldTen31 on US debt crossing 100% of GDP.
@TFTC21"It's much easier to find peace when the chaos is expected." @MartyBent and @BaronKoch21 on living on a Bitcoin standard in an age of chaos.
@TFTC21Bitcoin dev Talip (@otaliptus), who helped confirm the ColdCard hack, published a practical guide to scanning open source code for vulnerabilities. It follows two to three months of scanning Bitcoin repositories. x.com/otaliptus/stat…
@TFTC21"Especially the Microsoft headline is problematic for social stability if you extrapolate it out quickly enough and broadly enough." @JohnArnoldTen31 on Microsoft's 60,000 buyouts and AI's ROI.
@TFTC21Anthropic is pitching Claude as a chip designer to IPO investors. A 15-person hardware team is using Claude to speed up custom AI chip work, according to The Information. The comparison is against the team's own estimates of traditional workflows at established designers like Nvidia and AMD. That is Anthropic's assessment, not an independent benchmark. The audience matters. The debut could value the company near $1.5 trillion, and "our model makes us faster at hard engineering" is a very nice line to have in the room. Fifteen people is a slide in a pitch deck. Shipping silicon is the proof. theinformation.com/articles/anthr…
@TFTC21Two new model IDs briefly appeared in OpenAI's API, then vanished. OpenAI has said nothing. x.com/theaidesk_/sta…
@TFTC21"If all of a sudden there's lines around every JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, whatever, that money's not all there." @BaronKoch21 on AI hacks and the next bank run.
@TFTC21Newsom quote-tweets ICE's voting warning with an edit: "If YOU show up to the polls illegally, we will find you." x.com/gavinnewsom/st…
@TFTC21Selling bitcoin to cover expenses is a losing trade. @AvenCard gives you a better option. Borrow against your stack instead. Up to $1M, rates starting at 8.99%, no rehypothecation. 2% unlimited cash back. tftc.io/bitcoin-visa-c…
@TFTC21SpaceX, Tesla and Amazon have joined the list of companies rejecting OKXICE's tokenized stocks plan. The total now stands at 56 objectors. Amazon, Tesla, Netflix, SpaceX, SoFi Technologies and Lam Research are the latest, according to a Nov. 2 public notice. Of the 62 companies OKXICE originally targeted, 49 have objected. That is about 79%. Only 13 of the original 62 have no disclosed objection. Seven companies outside the lineup have objected too. The notices do not give reasons for any of the objections. okx.com/cdn/assets/okf…
@TFTC21Election models now have a Guam problem.
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