the people who’ve never done the thing are usually the loudest, giving advice about how to do the thing the people actually doing the thing are just doing it ™️

still using em dashes cause i’m a contrarian

BE BORING. That was our message on the main stage at Accelerate. Shift left, outlast the hype, and build the right systems so you can ship and NOT die. Our week at Solana Breakpoint 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi Dec 11-13 echoed that mindset: measured moves, quiet wins, and a sense of purpose. Here’s how we showed up →

we still doing this, huh?

Being high integrity in crypto is an arb Too many people optimize for value extraction or clout chasing Focus on building real value with people who genuinely care about the future

DoubleZero Testnet Early Adopter Spotlight #002: asymmetric research Over the past few months, we’ve been working closely with Asymmetric Research to explore how high-performance infrastructure can open new doors for decentralized networks. They were also among the first external

Boredom > Beauty: Why Code Quality Is Code Security by John Saigle Some of the most devastating vulnerabilities stem from complexity, inconsistency, and chaos. This post explains why predictable, well-formed code is the foundation of security. blog.asymmetric.re/boredom-over-b…

ICF and ICL with asymmetric research, Security Alliance, Regen Network, and Binary Builders published a joint report on a former malicious contributor to Cosmos repositories. The report confirmed that there are no immediate or future risks to the Cosmos stack. medium.com/the-interchain…

New blog post: Behind the Scenes of a Blocked Phishing Attempt by John Bottoms An attacker posing as a well-known web3 founder messaged one of our engineers. We broke down the payload to demonstrate how even basic phishing tactics carry real risk. blog.asymmetric.re/threat-contain…

Live: Asymmetric Research x @DoubleZero Co-Branded Validator on Solana We believe in a globally distributed network. DoubleZero’s Delegation Program gives operators in underrepresented regions the infra and support they need to be competitive, and we’re proud to be part of it.

little is talked about this but good marketing/pr is also having nice people on your team. your employees talk to dozens of people a day. that’s your brand. rude people create enemies you’ll never see. kind people create advocates you didn’t ask for. hire decent humans!

Threat Contained: marginfi Flash Loan Vulnerability by Felix Wilhelm A new instruction broke the flash loan logic, creating a way to borrow without repaying and putting $160M at risk. We explain the vulnerability, potential impact, and how it was fixed. Full post below ↓

Unfollow people who only post negative takes. They will poison your worldview. Optimists always win over a long time horizon.

Haseeb ＞|＜ devastated that the machines stole the em dash from us who write professionally it's a really effective punctuation mark.

New post: Relay’s contracts trusted Ed25519 verification without validating offsets, opening the door to forged allocator signatures and potential double-spends. Felix Wilhelm details the bug, the risks it posed to cross-chain liquidity, and how the issue was addressed.

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Celebrating the launch of DoubleZero IBRL/acc's mainnet. A step toward improved performance, reduced latency, and a faster, more efficient Solana. Why it matters ↓

Proud to help host the new Anchor bounty program with the Solana Foundation. Focused on strengthening Anchor and supporting a more secure Solana ecosystem.

A record number of open jobs in Solana's ecosystem. Apply now to 513 positions, spanning engineering, product, marketing, socials, and more: 🔗 solana.com/jobs

Super proud of the team we've built over the last 2 years at asymmetric research. We are always hiring smart security engineers and researchers. If you're good at breaking Rust, Go, C, or Solidity code, we'd love to talk to you (no blockchain experience required).