Mike Connor @mike_connor
Protocol architect @aztecnetwork. Exploring private smart contracts since 2018. Joined May 2009-
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I have good news everyone! Someone just asked me for a link to one of my hackmds! It’s an absolute banger too.
“probably nothing” fatigue: I now presume such posts are indeed probably nothing.
I bet they’re pivoting to AI
I can still see "$". This was a payment in USD. Meanwhile on Aztec: ********
I can still see "$". This was a payment in USD. Meanwhile on Aztec: ******** https://t.co/04QSNcEZML
Where’s my 1 million impressions!? x.com/mike_connor/st…
Where’s my 1 million impressions!? x.com/mike_connor/st…
Real power isn’t money or status: It’s getting the room to unconsciously bend to your choice of key when “Happy Birthday” starts.
Bring back serifs
Yeahhh… don’t trust those people without a badge…
Yeahhh… don’t trust those people without a badge… https://t.co/qKWu3gpEGN
We should probably find some people to write the code too…
We should probably find some people to write the code too…
No joke my brother actually sent me a message like this, 5 years into my career of designing private smart contracts…
No joke my brother actually sent me a message like this, 5 years into my career of designing private smart contracts…
So if Claude wrote my PR, and I already reviewed Claude’s work… does my PR really need another reviewer?
Is a rollup only stage 2 if it inherits its censorship resistance from Ethereum? Can a stage 2 rollup inherit censorship resistance from a decentralised & permissionless L2 staking set that requires a broken honesty assumption to censor? @l2beat @antoonip @VitalikButerin
Run a validator, you coward.
Why is the blob point evaluation precompile SO CHEAP vs the new BLS precompiles? For 50k gas, it effectively does a G1 mul, G1 add, G2 mul, G2 add, 2 pairings… vs 138k gas to do the same with the new BLS precompiles?
This is such a huge unlock. Expanding Noir macros so you can see the full, unrolled thing and debug more-easily. Makes it easier to embrace the powerful metaprogramming features. And useful for if you ever want to delve into the weeds; especially for Aztec smart contracts!
This is such a huge unlock. Expanding Noir macros so you can see the full, unrolled thing and debug more-easily. Makes it easier to embrace the powerful metaprogramming features. And useful for if you ever want to delve into the weeds; especially for Aztec smart contracts!
If you don’t name your field sizes q and r, you are ruining lives.

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