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Hey guys,
Not to scare you but…
I’m writing the next great American email
— distopian dream girl (@grace_roso)
5:34 PM • Aug 4, 2025
Bye!
Polygon SHIPS
ICYMI... it's shipping season for @0xPolygon
→ Polygon’s sole focus: PoS (Payments, RWAs) + @Agglayer (Interoperability)
→ PoS scaling rapidly: 1K+ TPS now → 100K+ TPS soooon
→ Agglayer v0.3 launched → fast, modular L2 interop
→ Breakout projects + POL airdrops
— diana chimes (※,※) (@DianaChimes)
5:10 PM • Aug 6, 2025
OpenAI. After Sam Altman’s weird Death Star teaser tweet (idk), OpenAI went live just now to announce the launch of GPT-5.
Getting ready
— Rota (@pli_cachete)
2:42 PM • Aug 7, 2025
It’s clear that GPT-5 is orders of magnitude smarter and more powerful than previous models, though the team has committed chart crimes in trying to tell that story.
gpt-5 chart crime, whoever made this should be put into a cannon and shot at the sun
— kylw (@kylecompute)
5:08 PM • Aug 7, 2025
In Sam’s opening bit, he mentions that GPT-5 can write an entire computer program, landing on this idea of “software on demand.” He also talked about how it can plan a party, from invites to managing vendors, and manage your personal health. The big takeaway for me is that it will be rolling out to everyone, including free-tier users. It’s clear that OpenAI is chasing growth ~ AT ALL COSTS ~ and it’s going to be crazy to watch how their competitors respond.
As for me, I’ll go back to thinking about how to acquire a profitable HVAC business in a tier 4 city.
Watching the GPT 5 demo. If you're learning to code, learn to weld instead. It's over.
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital)
5:15 PM • Aug 7, 2025
Tornado Cash. A Manhattan jury delivered a split decision on Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm this week. The stakes here are high for the crypto industry.
from Wired
The jury found him guilty of conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transmitting business (👎), but hung on the money-laundering and North Korea sanctions counts, which can carry a 20+ year prison sentence (👍.) The ruling unfortunately shows prosecutors are still willing to prosecute devs despite mixed signals from the Trump administration leadership on the matter (👎.) Speaking of privacy, check out the Payy card, an “undoxxable non-custodial card using ZK for privacy.”
Quick Hits.
Vitalik drops wisdom on the ETH treasury company trend.
Business is just bundling and unbundling, as the news of Disney+ plus Hulu reminds us.
The UK goes all in on “Think Before You Post.”
This website maps the companies behind global surveillance and spyware technology.
Fuego. Duolingo stock up bigly on its earnings report.
Microsoft x Crocs, idk.
Also Instagram Maps 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
I can’t think of a worse feature than “Maps” that Instagram could have released.
— Kevín (@KevOnStage)
2:36 PM • Aug 7, 2025
Guy in front of me at the DMV has never heard of "tap" or "insert" card as a payment method. He keeps laughing and telling the clerk "I'm a sliding guy"
— 𝖇𝖊𝖉𝖇𝖚𝖌 (band) (@bedbugOFFICIAL)
10:24 PM • Jul 30, 2025
at the doctor’s office booing all the names being called that aren’t mine
— barrel rolls (@barrel_rolls)
8:36 PM • Jul 29, 2025
I love single sign on because you only have to sign on once, 8 times a day
— Barry McCardel (@barrald)
7:07 PM • Jul 29, 2025
The future we’ve been waiting for.
— Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz)
8:50 PM • Jul 29, 2025
u guys have no idea how hard it is to be oat milk presenting and then have to ask for whole milk in my iced lattes
— shannon ♡︎ (@shannymaemurray)
2:05 AM • Aug 5, 2025
📢 Aubrey Strobel and Elena Nisonoff launch crypto comms agency, Halcyon.
🛐 Reggie James talks spirituality and hardware on Dirt’s Tasteland pod.
🛬 Sterling is organizing a DevConnect retreat for women.
🌹 Laura is writing a book about grief.
🌲 Voices Onchain at FWB Fest!