a good day for smart accounts

1/ zkSync ∎ Era is a type 4 zkEVM that scales Ethereum 🔄

Our data shows ever since zkSync Era launched, it has experienced a surge in users MoM, with 2.38M MAU in Jul.

Given that it is only mid-Aug, it is reasonable to assume that DAU, WAU, and MAU will outpace Jul’s numbers.

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golden hour in Berkeley

full on reliving my tumblr days on seam social

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10 more days until our zkHouse opens at SBC! ft. workshops from Modulus Labs Snarkify Aztec shumo - Saturn is not only a planet ✨🧬 🚀 LAGRANGE ⭕️ 🎉

Details: 1kx.notion.site/1kx/SBC-zkHack…

just minted Soulquest - bts footage of the Soulquarians collective at Fest

Brought together by a PartyDAO crowdfund

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some personal news:

we raised $2M from 1kx w/ participation of Seed Club 🌱 Ventures Spice Capital THE LAO 👾 Arweave Ecosystem @BoysClubCrypto

and 93 angels—the largest number of angels in crypto history

so we can be the place for any company or creator to build their community:

We're excited to share our experimental solution on Paying Onchain Gas Fees with a Visa Card

At Visa, we've been exploring ways to simplify blockchain transactions

Imagine paying for gas fees as easily as buying coffee with your card!

But how did we get here?

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The general consensus is that ERC-4337 smart accounts are the future, but there's still some details to figure out.

Here are some of the proposed standards you should know about if you're building with account abstraction on Ethereum:

1kx leads $5 million seed round for generative art NFT platform fxhash theblock.co/post/240805/1k…

Over the past 2 years, fxhash has played a crucial role in growing the generative art community, providing permissionless infrastructure to bring their creativity onchain.

Proud to support them in the next phase of their journey

Proud to be supporting fxhash on their mission to grow the generative art ecosystem 💪🏼

7/ And of course, thank you to 1kx for organizing and co-hosting an amazing hacker house with us (photo cred to Nichanan Kesonpat).

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Let's give credit to an unsung hero:
Richard Meissner / github.com/rmeissner

The main contributor to the Gnosis Safe smart contracts, storing ~$40B in assets, without a single hick-up so far. Invaluable to the Ethereum ecosystem.

Very impressive!

Reviewing the first wave of applications for this today

If you'll be at SBC and looking for accommodations/to meet other builders, apply to stay at the zkhouse

From the builders of Kong chips - pioneers of cryptonative digiphysicals

Say hi to *the world's 1st on-chain AI artist*🧑‍🎨=🤖

zkMon is the 1st ever zk-circuitized GAN whose outputs are verified by Ethereum — i.e. complete provenance of AI artwork 🤯

Want to learn more? Check out: medium.com/@ModulusLabs/c…
Polychain Monsters (11/11) Peiyuan Liao

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