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E193: @NEARProtocol: NEAR Is Encrypted Ethereum
@ilblackdragon is the Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol and one of the inventors of the Transformer, the technology behind every AI LLM. Today we talk about why he left Google, how a payments problem pulled him into crypto, and why he n have to be built together.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:52 - Illia's Mission, Explained To An Uber Driver
03:46 - The Fire In Illia's Belly: Where It Came From
05:46 - How Illia Got Out of Where he Started from
06:54 - Moving out of Google That Changed Everything
07:55 - Attention Is All You Need, Explained Simply
10:59 - Did Illia Know He Was Starting A Revolution?
12:13 - Sponsor: @variational_io , @Bitwise
13:02 - Why Walk Away From Google's Fortune?
14:44 - Illia's Reaction When ChatGPT Exploded
15:55 - What Smart AI People Still Get Wrong
17:29 - How AI Led Illia To Crypto
19:50 - Did Illia Drop AI For Blockchain?
21:00 - 6 Years Of NEAR And How It Survived
22:14 - Why Stay In Crypto With An AI Edge?
24:42 - NEAR In One Sentence: Today And Tomorrow
26:39 - Sponsor: @KASTxyz
27:26 - What You Can Build On NEAR And Nowhere Else
29:03 - What's Happening Inside Centralized AI
30:48 - Does Illia Use Claude Or ChatGPT?
31:36 - What You Should Never Use ChatGPT Or Claude For
32:25 - The Danger Of A Few Companies Owning All The Intelligence
34:35 - How Cryptographic Guarantees Actually Work
35:58 - Is There A NEAR GPT?
36:50 - ZEC Explained Simply: Why It Matters
38:24 - $ZEC Is Private Bitcoin. What Is near:native?
39:32 - Is Owning The AI Interface Bigger Than Owning Banks?
40:29 - User Owned AI, Explained
42:05 - Sponsor: @JupiterExchange , @ethena
42:45 - Can User Owned AI Sustain An Economy?
44:55 - The Best Argument Against User Owned AI
46:13 - Open Weight Models, Explained
47:20 - Is AI Doom Further Off Than We Think?
51:15 - The Next Shift Nobody Is Watching
54:08 - What Humans Will Struggle With Most
55:29 - Thank You
@ilblackdragon is the Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol and one of the inventors of the Transformer, the technology behind every AI LLM. Today we talk about why he left Google, how a payments problem pulled him into crypto, and why he n have to be built together.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:52 - Illia's Mission, Explained To An Uber Driver
03:46 - The Fire In Illia's Belly: Where It Came From
05:46 - How Illia Got Out of Where he Started from
06:54 - Moving out of Google That Changed Everything
07:55 - Attention Is All You Need, Explained Simply
10:59 - Did Illia Know He Was Starting A Revolution?
12:13 - Sponsor: @variational_io , @Bitwise
13:02 - Why Walk Away From Google's Fortune?
14:44 - Illia's Reaction When ChatGPT Exploded
15:55 - What Smart AI People Still Get Wrong
17:29 - How AI Led Illia To Crypto
19:50 - Did Illia Drop AI For Blockchain?
21:00 - 6 Years Of NEAR And How It Survived
22:14 - Why Stay In Crypto With An AI Edge?
24:42 - NEAR In One Sentence: Today And Tomorrow
26:39 - Sponsor: @KASTxyz
27:26 - What You Can Build On NEAR And Nowhere Else
29:03 - What's Happening Inside Centralized AI
30:48 - Does Illia Use Claude Or ChatGPT?
31:36 - What You Should Never Use ChatGPT Or Claude For
32:25 - The Danger Of A Few Companies Owning All The Intelligence
34:35 - How Cryptographic Guarantees Actually Work
35:58 - Is There A NEAR GPT?
36:50 - ZEC Explained Simply: Why It Matters
38:24 - $ZEC Is Private Bitcoin. What Is near:native?
39:32 - Is Owning The AI Interface Bigger Than Owning Banks?
40:29 - User Owned AI, Explained
42:05 - Sponsor: @JupiterExchange , @ethena
42:45 - Can User Owned AI Sustain An Economy?
44:55 - The Best Argument Against User Owned AI
46:13 - Open Weight Models, Explained
47:20 - Is AI Doom Further Off Than We Think?
51:15 - The Next Shift Nobody Is Watching
54:08 - What Humans Will Struggle With Most
55:29 - Thank You
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syncp retweeted
You can now trade solana:8SMMso8Muv8d6i4WmMDthKt6TN1ysN6937sx3DKLXZqB confidentially on Near.com 🟢
To and from any supported asset.
Private trading, all in one place: near(dot)com
Start trading: near.com/swap?from=NEAR…
To and from any supported asset.
Private trading, all in one place: near(dot)com
Start trading: near.com/swap?from=NEAR…
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syncp retweeted
Live from The Bridge w/ The Rollup: A 6-Hour NYC Special x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Last Crate Standing is live 📦🔥
Pair your JollyCrate at jollycrates.fun then play on Telegram.
Keep it repaired and climb the tower.
With $400 seeded into the pool by the house, be the last crate standing to take the final prize 🏆.
Top players earn the first next game.
Pair your JollyCrate at jollycrates.fun then play on Telegram.
Keep it repaired and climb the tower.
With $400 seeded into the pool by the house, be the last crate standing to take the final prize 🏆.
Top players earn the first next game.
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I’ve migrated to $NEAR
I’ll create content on NEAR.
I’ll write and deploy smart contracts on NEAR (Rust, JS and more).
I’ll onboard more people to NEAR.
I’ll find the next 100x on NEAR.
NEAR is the future.
I’ll create content on NEAR.
I’ll write and deploy smart contracts on NEAR (Rust, JS and more).
I’ll onboard more people to NEAR.
I’ll find the next 100x on NEAR.
NEAR is the future.
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syncp retweeted
Cross margin is available on near(.)com! This was a feature heavily requested by the perp traders.
Please trade perps only if you know what you're doing.
Please trade perps only if you know what you're doing.
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Joined near legion community back on 7th may 2026 and it's one of the best communities I've ever been a part of.
Animated this vid myself hope y'all enjoy itt
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Animated this vid myself hope y'all enjoy itt
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AI labs use “Zero Data Retention” to build trust with enterprises, but by default your data sits on their servers for 30 days in plain text, open to analysis, breaches, etc. It should really be called 30-day retention and I can’t believe we’ve normalized this...
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I study a lot of crypto projects. Many sound great on the surface and get less interesting the deeper you dig.
NEAR is the opposite.
NEAR is the opposite.
Why NEAR did not need bunker mode, and has had post-quantum account keys on mainnet since July 20, in Illia's words:
"We designed NEAR with quantum in mind in 2018." The account model lets you rotate keys, hold several at once, and mix cryptographic schemes. "I literally wrote ut 200 lines to add a new cryptographic curve."
So when the key-recovery papers started dropping this year, post-quantum was a new curve, not a new chain. ML-DSA went to mainnet in July. Any user rotates in one click, no asset move, no new address, no tax event.
Other chains are writing roadmaps. NEAR wrote the extension point eight years ago.
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syncp retweeted
worried about quantum attacks?
$NEAR is already built for this
post-quantum cryptography, hidden public keys and the ability to manage assets across bitcoin, ethereum and other chains through near(.)com
@ilblackdragon:
“you can have your @NEARProtocol account with post lding it”
“you can hold all these assets. you can trade. you can be private as well, which hides your public key”
“you don’t need to worry about it”
$NEAR is already built for this
post-quantum cryptography, hidden public keys and the ability to manage assets across bitcoin, ethereum and other chains through near(.)com
@ilblackdragon:
“you can have your @NEARProtocol account with post lding it”
“you can hold all these assets. you can trade. you can be private as well, which hides your public key”
“you don’t need to worry about it”
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Anyone with a NEAR account can add a quantum-safe FIPS-204 (ML-DSA) key on mainnet today in one transaction, and keep their account and its assets. NEAR wallets like Meteor also support quantum-safe signing.
Docs: docs.near.org/tools/cli#ml-d…
NEAR's full roadmap to post-quantum security: near.org/blog/near-quan…
Docs: docs.near.org/tools/cli#ml-d…
NEAR's full roadmap to post-quantum security: near.org/blog/near-quan…
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syncp retweeted
the formal near:native issuance proposal went up today.
Same cut, 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months.
SVRN @svrn_ai now puts its own cost at about 855K NEAR a year in lost staking rewards and says it will vote YES.
And it may not be alone.
Sal says he’s been talking with taking protocols. Lower staking yield means less commission revenue for them too, but his report is that they’re generally on board. Some apparently think the two-year ramp is too slow, but the draft kept the two years.
None of this proves a scarcer NEAR will be worth more.
But some of the businesses getting paid by issuance seem willing to be paid less of it.
Link: gov.near.org/t/hsp-xxx-esta…
Same cut, 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months.
SVRN @svrn_ai now puts its own cost at about 855K NEAR a year in lost staking rewards and says it will vote YES.
And it may not be alone.
Sal says he’s been talking with taking protocols. Lower staking yield means less commission revenue for them too, but his report is that they’re generally on board. Some apparently think the two-year ramp is too slow, but the draft kept the two years.
None of this proves a scarcer NEAR will be worth more.
But some of the businesses getting paid by issuance seem willing to be paid less of it.
Link: gov.near.org/t/hsp-xxx-esta…
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syncp retweeted
"Watching @ilblackdragon build @NEARProtocol is a little like watching Elon Musk build SpaceX."
@Matt_Hougan on why NEAR is one of the most ambitious projects in crypto:
@Matt_Hougan on why NEAR is one of the most ambitious projects in crypto:
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