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Fan Zhang

@0xfanzhang

Assistant Prof @YaleCompsci. Also @chainlinklabs @initc3org. Ex @Cornell @Cornell_Tech. Interest: secure & decentralized systems

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Google DeepMind (@googledeepmind) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think has officially achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. 🥇 It solved 5️⃣ out of 6️⃣ exceptionally difficult problems, involving algebra, combinatorics, geometry and number theory. Here’s how 🧵

An advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think has officially achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. 🥇

It solved 5️⃣ out of 6️⃣ exceptionally difficult problems, involving algebra, combinatorics, geometry and number theory. Here’s how 🧵
Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.” Satoshi wrote that 15 years ago today. It took some time, but there are hundreds of millions of people that get it now.

“If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.”

Satoshi wrote that 15 years ago today. 

It took some time, but there are hundreds of millions of people that get it now.
IC3 (@initc3org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On August 13, IC3 and the Columbia Ethereum Research Center will co-host the Ethereum Research Funding Forum - a day focused on research priorities in Ethereum.

On August 13, IC3 and the Columbia Ethereum Research Center will co-host the Ethereum Research Funding Forum - a day focused on research priorities in Ethereum.
Fan Zhang (@0xfanzhang) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to Yoar and Jay for an in-depth article on oracles. Oracles originate as systems to supply verifiable data to smart contracts, but their applications extend to digital identity, social media, and AI.

Today In Infosec (@todayininfosec) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2002: Princeton announced that a dean would be fired for unauthorized access to Yale's admissions site. He was "seeing how secure" it was. Story: usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002… But he wasn't fired - he was appointed to a new position: nytimes.com/2003/03/30/nyr…

2002: Princeton announced that a dean would be fired for unauthorized access to Yale's admissions site. He was "seeing how secure" it was.

Story: usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002…

But he wasn't fired - he was appointed to a new position: nytimes.com/2003/03/30/nyr…
EigenPhi HQ 🎯 Wisdom of DeFi (🔭, 🎙) 🦇🔊 (@eigenphi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

10 years in, Ethereum runs the world’s most composable financial OS. But behind every upgrade, every fork, every flamewar… was data—or the lack of it. 🧠 We bring together data scientists, dApps builders, and researchers to explore how data has shaped Ethereum’s past and

10 years in, Ethereum runs the world’s most composable financial OS.
But behind every upgrade, every fork, every flamewar… was data—or the lack of it.

🧠 We bring together data scientists, dApps builders, and researchers to explore how data has shaped Ethereum’s past and
Wei Dai (@_weidai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Decentralized AI is not about decentralized compute; it's actually about decentralized & proprietary data. Once AI systems exhaust existing and potential public data sources, the frontier systems will need to scale by leveraging private data (think trade secrets, proprietary

Sen Yang (@syang2ng) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Decentralization underpins permissionless blockchains, but what about geography? 🌍 Our new study explores this often-overlooked dimension of crypto. (1/n)

Decentralization underpins permissionless blockchains, but what about geography? 🌍 Our new study explores this often-overlooked dimension of crypto.  (1/n)
Ari Juels (@arijuels) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Privacy is nonnegotiable for traditional financial institutions (TradFi). Sergey Nazarov today announced that the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) incorporates private-oracle tech Town Crier and DECO—the culmination of years of research and technology maturation. Chainlink

Fan Zhang (@0xfanzhang) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At the DeFi Security Summit at ETH Devcon, Sen will present his work on unveiling smart contract bugs hidden by obfuscation. Check out the paper at arxiv.org/abs/2504.13398, and our blog post at hackingdecentralized.com/?post=1.