@YugaLabs Co-Founder / @BoredApeYC Dev — Spent all my money on first presses and pét-nat. All statements and opinions are my own.

Joined June 2021
I’m beyond excited for Mike Seavers to succeed me as CTO at Yuga Labs. I have complete confidence in Mike and believe he is the right person to scale the Yuga engineering org to deliver on our ever-growing ambitions as a company. It has been an immense privilege to watch Yuga grow from the four person team that it once was into the Web3 juggernaut that it is today, and I cannot wait to see where we go from here 🍅
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
Felt the need to set the record straight on all this bullshit once and for all. I’ll be off Twitter for a while to focus on my heart condition. Love you all. ❤️
EXCLUSIVE: @yugalabs co-founder @GordonGoner penned a letter touching on his recent diagnosis of heart failure and responding to conspiracy theories about @BoredApeYC. "I’m never going to be able to let this go and heal until I set the record straight." trib.al/bKBsIG4
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
How ya digging that In Engine peak into the otherside ;-) told ya we have been building 💪
The Otherside is waking up.
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
The Otherside is waking up.
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I told ya you weren’t guessing this shit 🔑🍑
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Jimmy faces the ultimate trial. Stay tuned to MDvMM.xyz for what comes next.
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You all are good at guessing but I can guarantee you ain’t guessing this shit
Happy Thanksgiving, Apes. The Trial begins this Christmas.
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
Today, we are excited to welcome the @wenewlabs and @10ktfshop team to the Yugaverse. Together we will push the boundaries of where the metaverse meets reality through creative storytelling and immersive experiences. Read more about the news here: news.yuga.com/yuga-labs-acqu…
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
It hasn’t affected us. We never used FTX.com though some of our partners did. We had some money on FTX.us but we moved it out earlier in the week. Heart goes out to anyone who has been hurt by this insanity.
Replying to @CryptoGarga
@CryptoGarga @GordonGoner how badly has the FTX debacle hit the @yugalabs ecosystem? Any comments?
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
We’re excited to announce news.yuga.com. This is the new home for all official press releases, blogs, events, and drops. Follow the thread below for a breakdown of the site's new security features. 🧵
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In the model we’re proposing, creators can add any smart contract address to the allowlist that they choose, including addresses for lending protocols, vaults, etc.
yeah reading through it again and getting thoughts from people much smarter than me this would impact a core component of NFTs and slow down innovation
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It's a footnote in the blog post, but we also propose allowlisting code hashes for common implementations of things like smart contract wallets — this could also apply to things like escrow contracts and other tools
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This actually enhances security, since compatibility will be limited to contracts that are known to be secure / battle tested
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Under this model, creators have full control over which contracts are added to their allowlists. They can choose to use an allowlist maintained by a DAO or some other governing body, one that is entirely their own, or a combination of both.
This is really dangerous imo. It would create a gatekeeping governing body which would eventually be riddled with internal politics and stifle innovation on the marketplace front as a result. Imo governance is still unsolved so converting this to a gov problem is a regression.
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The central, "governed" allowlist would serve as a trusted set of contracts that creators can use as the jumping off point for their own allowlists.
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
Some thoughts on creator royalties gordongoner.substack.com/p/o…
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
Something weird going on with the @OthersideMeta twitter account. Insane that I have to say this, but don't trust anything coming from that account for the time being.
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Today makes it a full year at Yuga for me ❤️🦍 Forever grateful to the founders and this community for the opportunity to build in the swamp with everyone. Year 2 Insane.
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EmperorTomatoKetchup (Kerem Atalay) retweeted
Thrilled to announce that I am joining @YugaLabs as their first Chief Gaming Officer. Let’s get to building. LFG @GordonGoner @cryptogarga @vstrangeyuga @sassBAYC @TomatoBAYC. 🎮
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