1/ @PanteraCapital co-led the $43M investment round into @SaharaLabsAI. Sahara AI’s mission is to create a more open, equitable, and collaborative AI economy that is as easy as possible to participate in. Let’s dive into their vision.

2/ The current AI stack has more or less settled into the following distinct layers:
• Data collection and Labeling
• Data is gathered from various sources and must comply with licensing requirements. Data is labeled based on the task at hand.
• Model Training and serving
• Data is fed into the model, which adjusts its internal parameters (weights) to minimize errors. This is computationally expensive and time-consuming.
• AI agent creation and deployment
• User experience of creating an AI agent typically involves using tools like TensorFlow, requiring technical expertise.
• Compute resources
• Model Training requires expensive processing.

3/ Companies are slowly trying to integrate all of these pieces together, but face challenges because of its technical complexity. In the web2 world, each piece of the AI stack requires its own security standard, distributed database, backend integrations, and monetization strategy, among others.

The end goals are clear: create an efficient data collection infrastructure that seamlessly integrates into model training, allow everyday users to tailor, train, and serve their own models, and decentralize the costs and rewards in order to sustainably scale compute resources.

4/ Sahara’s platform serves as a one-stop shop for all AI development needs throughout the entire AI lifecycle—from data collection and labeling, to model training and serving, AI agent creation and deployment, multi-agent communication, AI asset trading, and crowdsourcing of AI resources. By democratizing the AI development process and lowering barriers to entry found in existing systems, Sahara AI provides equal access for individuals, businesses and communities to co-build the future of AI.

5/ Sahara’s goal is to make it easy to participate in this AI economy. The steps developers take are:

Seasoned AI developers:
• Developers can use Sahara SDK & API to interact with any part of the AI stack

New AI developers:
• Through a no-code/low-code environment, developers can create and deploy AI assets through intuitive interfaces and pre-built templates.

AI training:
To participate in AI model training, users will simply go to a website https://saharalabs.ai/solutions/applications/ai-marketplace where they can complete AI training tasks, from solving basic math to describing short videos, and get compensated with tradeable tokens.

6/ The steps users take are:

AI users:
• Users can easily use an AI agent through an intuitive UI. Users have the flexibility to purchase licenses for access and further development or even trade shares of the AI assets.

Corporations: 
• Corporations can also create AI Agents (or “Business Agents”) trained on their own proprietary data, and since the system runs on the Sahara Blockchain, is significantly cheaper due to decentralized AI agent generation and serving costs
• Corporations can also pay to generate Sahara Data, which melds AI Automatic Labeling and Human Labeling in order to efficiently create high-quality, privacy preserving, multimodal datasets.

7/ The Sahara team has designed the system to be as simple to use as possible, abstracting away the complexity required to ensure every part of the AI stack is compatible, monetizable, and secure. Under the hood, countless innovations were developed by the Sahara team to make this possible.

8/ The team is led by the duo @xiangrenNLP, a USC tenured professor who was previously awarded MIT Technology Review Innovator 35 and 2023 Samsung Researcher of Year, and @tz_sahara, a UC Berkeley Alumni who was previously Investment Director at Binance Labs, and Investments at finance firms. The rest of the team bring in valuable expertise from Stanford, UC Berkeley, AI2, Toloka, Stability AI, Microsoft, Binance, Google, Chainlink, LinkedIn, Avalanche, and more.

9/ Generative AI is still very much in its infancy in tech and market size; the centralized chat and video tools of today are throttled by their limited reach because of the difficulty in integrating the entire AI stack into one product. Sahara AI is the only company solving this bottleneck through a modular design which uses blockchain as the backbone for permissionless access, token distributions, and security. The future of AI must be easily accessible and equitable in order for everyone to participate in it, and Sahara AI is the only company building towards this vision.

End/ For a more detailed technical breakdown, read the litepaper here https://saharalabs.ai/learn/litepaper#design.
Join the waitlist here https://hi.saharalabs.ai/get-started.
Contact Sahara to create and use a Sahara Business Agent here https://saharalabs.ai/solutions/use-cases/ai-for-business.

Investment in Sahara AI: Creating an Inclusive AI Economy

Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap has shown promise in effectively scaling the network, but it has come at the price of UX and liquidity fragmentation.

Up until now, there have been a lack of simple, elegant, easy solutions to these issues.

One of the most promising solutions is @OmniFDN.

Omni’s innovative architecture enables users to instantly access applications on one rollup even if they hold their funds on another. This unique model circumvents core blockers that have traditionally prevented Ethereum from being presented as a unified economic system.

Yesterday, Omni announced a purpose-built coordination protocol empowering solvers—sophisticated market participants—to route liquidity to destination rollups on behalf of users. This design leverages the abstraction of common complexities associated with blockchain systems, allowing for seamless interactions between rollup networks.

Under this new design primitive, when a user initiates a transaction, they deposit funds into a smart contract on their origin rollup. A solver then fulfills the user’s intent on the destination rollup, confirming the transaction and releasing funds. This streamlined process allows users to perceive it as a straightforward deposit into the desired application, sidestepping the complexities of cross-rollup transactions.

Omni’s solution is fully backwards compatible with existing wallets, eliminating the need for software downloads or upgrades. With this approach, the complexities that have long hindered cross-rollup transactions are no longer a concern. Users are no longer subject to messaging delays between rollups, the challenges of transacting across multiple networks, or the need to leave applications to utilize bridging protocols.

By removing traditional barriers, Omni is bridging Ethereum closer to the cohesive user experience of monolithic blockchains while leveraging the scalability and lower fees that rollups offer. This solution not only enhances the user experience but also sets a new standard in the industry.

Omni’s chain abstraction goes beyond just making rollups work together; it marks the beginning of a new paradigm—rebundling. Solvers manage cross-rollup delays, allowing users to enjoy a seamless experience. This innovative liquidity model transforms how users engage with decentralized applications, presenting a future where multi-chain interactions are truly seamless.

By simplifying user experiences and providing the scalability necessary for the ecosystem to thrive, Omni Network is laying the groundwork for a more integrated blockchain landscape. As we look ahead, this is an exciting point in time where we are not just future-proofing Ethereum; we are redefining its potential.


OmniFDN: Unifying Ethereum's Economic System

1/ We @panteracapital led the $10M total fundraise for @aprMEV, the MEV research and Liquid Staking layer of Monad.

Let’s learn about aPriori’s problems and opportunities of building MEV architecture  🔍🧵

https://open.substack.com/pub/veradiverdict/p/meva-and-apriori

2/ The stakeholders that compete to build blocks make or break the blockchain itself; if block production stalls or incentives encourage predatory behavior, the integrity of the chain crumbles and users disappear.

3/ Blockbuilders are those that physically take transactions out of a mempool and build transaction blocks that they then propagate to other blocks to reach consensus for the state of the blockchain. The design of how the stakeholders in the block building process interact with each other depends on companies that build these systems. On Ethereum, Flashbots (a Pantera portfolio company) is the go-to. On Solana, Jito is king. And when Monad launches, aPriori will dominate.

4/ The umbrella term that is used to describe the problems these companies seek to solve is “MEV” or “maximal extractable value”. The design goals that Miner Extractable Value Auction Infrastructure (MEVA) aim to solve are gas fee stability, competition, and concentration. Most of this boils down to incentives; if the stakeholders are financially compensated for adding positive externalities (or removing negative externalities) to block building, then they will do so.

5/ @monad_xyz is an upcoming new chain that will be the most performant EVM-Compatible layer 1 blockchain, with 10,000 transactions per second, 1-second block times, single-slot finality, and low-hardware requirements. Monad Labs raised $225 million and are poised to be the next big L1, having already amassed more than 300k followers on Twitter.

6/ Monad’s hyper-parrelized design brings up three design challenges:
• Indeterminism in state:
• Inability to simulate full blocks: 
• Execution uncertainty:

7/ The founding team is uniquely positioned to be successful:
• @sing_me_a, CEO/Co-Founder, Prev Special Projects at Jump Crypto, Contributor at Pyth Network, Quant Trader at Flow Traders
• @0xolivia_, CTO, Prev Senior Engineer at Coinbase, Investments at Bridgewater
• Ed, Research, prev Data Scientist at VCRED, Project Leader at Los Alamos National Labs
The rest of the team has backgrounds in high frequency trading, quantitative hedge funds, and other top crypto companies.


8/ aPriori plans to take advantage of the infrastructure they’ve built to launch liquid staking onto those that run their MEVA. Jito does just this, allowing users to stake SOL and earn some of the rewards that the validators that use Jito earn. When the Monad testnet goes live and some final integrations, aPriori will launch the liquid staking protocol on Monad testnet.

9/ aPriori is also planning to release an initial version of MEVA system during Monad testnet, focusing on:
• onboarding searchers and block builders to access the block space auction,
• facilitating validator experimentation and stress testing client software.
During this testnet phase, the team invites all parties to participate in testing and provide feedback as they work towards mainnet readiness and further roadmap items like sandwich protection rpcs and analytics dashboard.


End/ Designing MEVA is a fundamental part of the inner plumbing of any blockchain. Monad’s hyper parallelized EVM L1 is a new ecosystem and requires constant innovation to ensure a positive user experience and profitable blockbuilders. The team has the experience, drive, and vision to continue doing so.


Building MEV Architecture: The Stakeholder Struggle

Start/ @EverclearOrg launched yesterday and is the first Clearing Layer that coordinates the global settlement of order flows between chains, solving liquidity fragmentation for modular blockchains. Let’s take a deeper look at what intent bridges are, and why Everclear is the silver bullet. @PanteraCapital 

https://www.veradiverdict.com/p/clearing-layer

2/ There are dozens of active L1 blockchain and with the advent of rollup services, the number of L2 chains has also exploded. Reducing the tradeoffs of moving crypto across chains unlocks value for all chains, improves user experience, and creates tighter spreads for users.

3/ Current crypto bridges face a trilemma between being fast, cheap, and permissionless.
• Custodial Bridge: Instant and cheap, but not permissionless.
• Permissionless Bridge: Somewhat fast, but not cheap. If wrapped tokens are generated, they can be permissionless, but are not trustless. 
• Intent Bridge: Current solutions are permissionless, but are often slow and not significantly cheaper than permissionless bridges because of rebalancing. They also are limited to high volume tokens.
Intent bridges have the possibility of solving the trilemma, but face issues of liquidity fragmentation, lack of standardization, and rebalancing costs.

4/ Intent bridges take advantage of the insight that 80% of cross-chain volume is “netted” within 24hrs, meaning that across all chains, for every dollar that leaves a chain, 80 cents returns within 24hrs. There is always volume going in and out of chains, but for 80% of it, the net volume ends back where it started.

5/ The core problem that Everclear solves is that this perfect match rarely happens. When it does not, the protocol has to “rebalance” by moving the residual the slow way through traditional custodial or permissionless bridges. This is slow, complicated, and expensive.

6/ The main stakeholders in intent bridging are:
• Chains (Permissions), who want integration with bridges, which is a typically lengthy process
• Protocols (Auctions) who have the orderflow of intents, but are limited to their own orderflow
• Market Makers (Solvers) fill the intents on certain chains, but have no efficient way to rebalance

7/ Everclear is the silver bullet that standardizes this process for everyone. Users generate an “invoice” of their intents, which solvers can balance against each other. If no one takes an invoice after a certain amount of time, a dutch auction begins for the invoice (a 10 ETH intent degrades to 9.99 ETH, until a solver fills the intent).

8/ Everclear intends to benefit everyone; this standard benefits all stakeholders and creates a permissionless system that aggregates the orderflow of apps, gives market makers more orderflow to maximize netting, and works with any chain with this standard set of smart contracts.

End/ Everclear’s Mainnet launched yesterday (September 18). To learn more and get involved, check out their blog https://www.everclear.org/blog/everclears-mainnet-beta-is-live for details to learn more or participate.

EverclearOrg: Solving Liquidity Fragmentation

1/ Value-adding consumer apps in crypto are necessary to adopt users. @blackbird_xyz is redefining restaurant loyalty by making the process fun for users all the while using the blockchain to advertise, track usage, and launch targeted incentive campaigns.

https://www.veradiverdict.com/p/fly

🏒 2/ When a diner visits a partnered restaurant, they tap their phone on a Blackbird-labeled puck, which gives them FLY loyalty points for checking in. Through the app, users can receive targeted advertising and discounts from the restaurant, like a free drink on a second visit, a dessert on the fifth, or an extra omakase course on the 10th.

🍔 3/ Blackbird also has subscription plans for users: Blackbird’s Breakfast Club ($85) gives passholders free coffee every morning at 15 spots in New York for a whole year. The Bar Blackbird Summer Pass ($50) offers a free drink every day during happy hours at more than a dozen bars across the city. The Blackbird Burger League Pass ($250), offers free burgers at 9 different burger restaurants, and allows holders to vote on New York’s “Burger League Champion.”

4/ Restaurant owners pay a monthly subscription fee of $89 to get access to Blackbird’s platform to collect and track customer data. The platform collects the following from each user:
• Personal Identifiable Information (PII), stored on Blackbird Labs databases for privacy
• History of Restaurant Check-ins, based on on-chain transaction data
• Guest Value Score, calculated by Blackbird
• FLY points balance 
This data gives restaurants better insights on their customers, which can inform tailored customer rewards or incentives. Blackbird taps into restaurants’ existing tech stacks, allowing the Blackbird app to offer SMS concierge, make bookings, and customize reservations.


🪙 5/ Blackbird envisions a future where consumers can pay for entire meals using their FLY balances, with 1 FLY pegged to one cent, allowing its crypto rails to shine. In July 2024, Blackbird released the ability to purchase FLY via USDC, meaning that for any restaurant that accepts Blackbird Pay, users can now pay using their crypto balances by loading USDC onto the Blackbird app

💸 6/ Blackbird charges a processing fee of 2% compared to its traditional payment processor counterparts, who can charge up to 4%. This lower processing fee attracts more restaurants to the network, while also giving more options for users. As the Blackbird ecosystem matures, this flywheel has the potential to become a mature crypto payments network, servicing millions of mainstream consumers on a day-to-day basis.

💪 7/ Moreover, though @benleventhal is perhaps the perfect founder to apply this loyalty blueprint to the restaurant industry; he sold Resy to American Express in 2019, and worked there for a few years before founding Blackbird in 2023

END/ Blackbird’s loyalty framework, which uses an intuitive “tap-to-check-in” functionality, is a blueprint that can be applied to use blockchains in other verticals. A public, open-source, community-driven approach to customer loyalty may be the solution to bring the mainstream into crypto.

🎩 @0xfishylosopher @masonnystrom @Ryan__Barney 

Redefining Restaurant Loyalty with Crypto Apps

1/ We @panteracapital co-led the $85 million seed round for @sentient_agi, an organization aiming to create the first community-built open Artificial General Intelligence

https://open.substack.com/pub/veradiverdict/p/open-agi

Let’s learn about how Sentient is building towards this vision. 🔍🧵

2/  Over the past few years, two new holistic problems in AI development have emerged: 
• Resource management: AI development is not cost-scalable
• Incentive alignment: AI is made for people, but its development and rewards are decided in boardrooms

3/ Companies have identified the symptoms and tried addressing them by defining their niche. Mixtral is open source, Bittensor rewards model performance, and OpenAI is centralized and multimodal. But none have looked at the holistic issues.

4/ Sentient understands the necessary scale of change, reinventing AI from the ground up. The Sentient team calls this OML, which stands for open (models available to be made and used by anyone), monetizable (model owners can sign off on model use), and loyal (controlled by the commons/DAO).

5/ In OML 1.0, Sentient invented a cryptographic primitive that takes advantage of a flaw in AI systems; AI models can be “backdoored” by injecting poisoned training data that will, with a high likelihood, produce outputs that follow predictable patterns. These have minimal impact on model performance.

6/ These “fingerprints” allow the usage of AI models to be tracked and permissioned, something previously impossible. This lends itself perfectly to decentralization; the creators of AI models have complete control over their own models’ use, and the blockchain allows any user to directly pay model owners for its use.

7/ Creating an AI-driven economy means ensuring equitable access and opportunities for everyone to participate and be rewarded. The next generation of models should be funded, used, and owned by the people in ways that are fair, responsible, and aligned with the interests of its users, not an executive committee.

8/ The team is perfectly positioned to execute this vision, with talent coming from Google, Deepmind, Polygon, Princeton, the University of Washington, and more:
• @viswanathpramod, Research, Forrest G. Hamrick Professor of Engineering at Princeton University, Co-Inventor of 4G
• @hstyagi, Technology, Professor of Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science
• @sandeepnailwal, Strategy, Founder at Polygon
• @0xkenzi, Growth, Co-founder of Symbolic Capital

END/ We are excited to invest alongside @foundersfund, @joeykrug, @pythianism, @hiFramework, @DoveyWan, and dozens of other funds. AI will increasingly dominate our lives, and Sentient’s vision of aligning AI models’ interests with its users is one we believe in.

Investing in Sentient AGI: Building the Future of Artificial General Intelligence

We @PanteraCapital are doubling-down on our commitment to the crypto gaming ecosystem with our newest investment: the $18m Seed financing round of @npclabs_org, the creators of @b3dotfun. 🧵👇


1/ Crypto gaming is undeniably a major breakthrough. Standards like ERC-721 for NFTs make in-game items truly ownable and tradeable like real-world assets, leading to more liquid & dynamic game economies.


2/ Still, Despite the potential, developers face hurdles: 
1. Fragmented user experiences
2. Split liquidity across chains 
3. High operational costs. 

These barriers have made the promise of seamless onchain gaming hard to realize—until now.


3/ @npclabs_org is building B3, a horizontal ecosystem of Layer 3 (L3) blockchains, built on Base and designed specifically for crypto games. 

B3 is set to tackle historic challenges head-on, making onchain game development smoother & more accessible.


4/ The B3 Stack:
1. Security Layer: Ethereum's robust, decentralized infrastructure.
2. Settlement Layer: Base's low-cost, builder-friendly environment.
3. Blockspace: B3’s dedicated L3 for gaming, offering low fees & fast transactions. 


5/ Discovery is key!  

Join.B3.Fun serves as a discovery layer for onchain gaming. It acts as a landing page & game launcher, allowing players to find & enjoy B3 rollup games with a seamless cross-chain experience.

6/ The B3 ecosystem is already thriving with games like Dino Runner 3D, Anomaly Pinball, PewPew Tap, & more available across Web, Mobile, Desktop, & Telegram. The future of gaming is here—and it's on B3!


7/ B3 is led by an incredible team of Base and crypto industry veterans:

@darylX24 (CEO): Ex-gaming & onboarding lead at Base/Coinbase.
@viktoriya0x (CPO): Ex-social/creator ecosystem lead for Base/Coinbase.
@seangeng (CTO): Ex-Coinbase Engineering Manager.

8/ Alongside other incredible investors such as @mirana, @Collab_Currency, @Sfermion_, @BitscaleCapital, we @PanteraCapital couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with such an incredible team on such an incredible mission!


End/ Interested in learning more about NPC Labs and B3? Check out more in today’s VeradiVerdict:

https://open.substack.com/pub/veradiverdict/p/b3

Investing in Crypto Gaming Future

1/ At @PanteraCapital we’ve observed that crypto is one of the most fast-moving and multidisciplinary technologies today. In such a complex sector, data-informed decision-making is critical.

2/ However, something that’s often overlooked in crypto is Demand Elasticity—how user behavior changes with price shifts. Let's put our ECON 100 hats on and dive into why this matters. 🎩🧵

3/ In governance forums, Arbitrum DAO has recently debated “flipping the fee switch.” However, the big question on everyone’s mind is: will users stay or leave? 🤔

Understanding demand elasticity helps us predict users’ reactions.

4/ Measuring demand elasticity isn't easy. Price fluctuations happen due to supply and demand changes, making it hard to determine what's influencing what. Economists often say "you don’t reason from a price change alone." 📈

Instead, we need natural experiments—🔍

5/ Pantera Research Lab and Dongryeol Lee, a Pantera Catalyze Fellow,  explored an experiment for Arbitrum.

They found that Arbitrum users showed a price elasticity of -1.11. For every 1 unit gas fee increase, demand fell by 1.11 units. This suggests users are "unit elastic." 📉

6/ But there's more! The EIP-4844 implementation slashed gas fees for Layer 2s by 10-100x. Such drastic changes likely alter elasticity

So Pantera Research Lab tested if post-EIP-4844 demand elasticity differed; Lee's estimate is now a lower bound, not precise. 📊

7/ Although it might seem disappointing that empirical work on elasticities becomes a "lower bound," this is part of good analysis! Continuous research and updates are vital. 🔄


8/ Stay updated with Pantera Research Lab's latest findings. Follow our Head of Research @stephensonhmatt and Research Engineer @0xallyzach who are pushing the boundaries of crypto research! 🧠🚀


9/ Check out the full article for an in-depth look at evidence-based pricing in crypto: 📖

https://open.substack.com/pub/veradiverdict/p/demand-elasticity-on-arbitrum

The Dynamics of Data and Decisions in Crypto

1/ 🌟 In 2019, we @PanteraCapital invested in @NEARProtocol 

Today, I am delighted to share more about the incredible evolution of NEAR, which we believe is pioneering the future of blockchain technology and user-owned AI. 🧵

https://www.veradiverdict.com/p/proof-of-touch

2/ 🌐 Bitcoin and Ethereum currently lead the revolution. Bitcoin, with a market cap over $1.2 trillion, is known for its pioneering role—and as a store of value. Ethereum excels in supporting smart contracts and enabling dApps.

Yet, both struggle with transaction scalability.

3/ 🚀 Enter NEAR Protocol.

Designed to tackle these challenges, NEAR emphasizes scalability, developer engagement, and user experience. By leveraging cutting-edge tech, NEAR aims to reshape decentralized finance and applications.

4/ 🔍 NEAR stands out with its Thresholded Proof of Stake (TPoS) system and Nightshade Sharding, boosting scalability and decentralization.

5/ 📊 NEAR has achieved remarkable milestones, like its Total Value Locked (TVL) reaching $335M, a 547% increase in six months. This growth highlights NEAR's traction and strategic efficacy.

6/ 📈 NEAR's market presence is strong.

• Daily active addresses: 1.2M (a 42% QoQ increase)
• Transaction growth: from 35M to over 220M
• Monthly active users: from 2.9M to 15M

7/ 🤖 NEAR x AI

NEAR is also becoming a leader in the emerging crypto x AI ecosystem. The NEAR team emphasizes integrating AI through an open, decentralized framework, ensuring user control over data and assets. This approach fosters transparency, collaboration, and governance.

8/ 🌟 Popular projects on NEAR include:

• Sweat Wallet @SweatEconomy: A digital wallet for the Sweat Economy, integrated w/NEAR.
• HOT @hotdao_: A digital token with easy mining process via Telegram.
• Frax Finance @fraxfinance: Enhancing DeFi with NEAR's chain abstraction.

9/ 👥 The success of NEAR is driven by co-founders Illia Polosukhin (@ilblackdragon) and Alexander Skidanov (@AlexSkidanov). 

Polosukhin's AI expertise and Skidanov's engineering acumen have been crucial in developing NEAR's robust infrastructure.

10/ 🚀 In conclusion, NEAR Protocol is making significant strides in addressing blockchain challenges. With a focus on scalability, user experience, and developer engagement, NEAR is poised to lead the blockchain industry into a new era.

11/ As NEAR continues to evolve and expand, we @PanteraCapital believe that it will play a crucial role in shaping the future of decentralized finance and digital applications, broadening the reach and impact of blockchain technology.

End/ 🌟 Alongside other star-studded investors like @a16zcrypto, @cbventures, @multicoincap, @ElectricCapital, @coinfund_io, @dragonfly_xyz, @avichal, @hosseeb @KyleSamani @jbrukh we are ecstatic to be investors in and supporters of @NEARProtocol!

The Evolution of NEAR Protocol: Pioneering Blockchain Technology

1/ We @panteracapital excitedly co-led the Series A investment in @NexusLabsHQ, a breakthrough in ZK cryptography, earlier this year.

Let’s learn about how Nexus is revolutionizing verifiable computation. 🔍🧵

https://www.veradiverdict.com/p/verifiable-computation-machine

2/ In today's world, verifying truth is tough. AI, deep fakes, VPNs, hacking, and phishing attacks obscure computation results. 🤖🎭🔒

Nexus 0.0 changes this by providing both a solution and a zero-knowledge proof, ensuring output validity without revealing underlying info.

3/ Nexus builds on decades of ZK research, enabling secure computation for sensitive data (e.g., medical records, military secrets). 🏥🛡️

4/ Nexus 1.0 is a game-changer. 

It can prove any Rust code, with a tech stack optimized for scalability. From 1Hz in 2023 to ~100Hz in 2024. 

A 100x improvement! 🔥


5/ Furthermore, the modular design of Nexus 1.0 allows individual optimization of components.

This is perfect for blockchain applications.

6/ Nexus integrates seamlessly with existing blockchain standards, supporting precompiles for common schemes like Keccak-256. 🔄🔗

7/ Nexus is led by a team of star-studded computer science minds:

CEO @danielmarinq
Chief Scientist @JensGroth16 
Chief Strategy Officer @alexanderfowler
VP of Cryptography @donbeaver. 

Decades of experience working on challenging cryptography problems. 🧠💪

END/  Alongside fantastic investors @lightspeedvp, @factionvc, @dragonfly_xyz, @theBBFund, @allianceDAO, @svangel, we are excited to be investors in Nexus—and to see them usher in the next era of verifiable computation.