Making mistakes. Learning as I go... @dotsetxyz
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Grateful to be one of the rewarded builders in Deep Funding.
Thanks to @VitalikButerin , @ethereumfndn & @JoinPond for the support and special thanks to @devanshmehta for the constant support and guidance.
Wishing continued success to the Deep Funding journey!
we just finished calculating rewards in the deep funding trial run!
$30k in total to the AI/ML community, many thanks to @ethereumfndn for supporting & @JoinPond for hosting
think we're finally ready to start distributing money to projects thru these winning models 🔜
Day 2 of RustBridge with @dotsetxyz
Finished my first MerchantDesk brief: who it’s for, what users need to do, what’s outside the scope, and what a working demo should show.
Week 1 of RustBridge with @dotset.
Read the MerchantDesk brief today. We’re building a way for merchants to inspect sample payment events and keep duplicates from confusing support.
My first task is to understand the user’s problem and define what the first version needs to do.
Refactored my Rust backend into cleaner modules today 🦀
• handlers moved into routes/
• server setup moved into startup.rs
• app + DB settings now load from YAML using config + serde
• no more hardcoded port
I just applied for the Solana Rust bootcamp with @dev3pack x @solana 🦀
dev3pack.xyz/apply?program=s…
I’m going to Devcon India! 🇮🇳
Huge thanks to @MonkeyPath and @dotsetxyz for giving me one of their Devcon tickets. Really grateful for all the support and opportunities from this community ❤️
Thanks to @candufaz for making these tickets possible!
Excited to meet builders and connect with the Ethereum community.
See you at @EFDevcon!
Joseph retweeted
MUMBAI. WE'RE COMING. 🇮🇳
@dotsetxyz is heading to Biggest Ethereum builder conference on Earth @EFDevcon 8 - Nov 3–6.
We've been following Devcon's journey to Mumbai for almost a year now.
And it hits different knowing that some of our own community members are already going there as volunteers.
Now it's time for the rest of us.
If you're close to Web3, curious about Ethereum, or simply want to learn, build and experience the ecosystem in the room - don’t miss this one.
Why be there?
🔹Meet @VitalikButerin + core devs + top researchers in person
🔹100+ technical sessions & workshops
🔹Network with 10k+ global Ethereum builders
🔹India's largest crypto developer talent pool
🔹First-ever Devcon in India
🔹Best place for collabs, jobs & grants
🔹And ofc Goodies🧢swags
Devcon tickets are $499, but
We've got a limited perk for the Dotset community, thanks to @candufaz.
If you're coming with us, DM and we'll get you the code.
The internet is where you discover things.
The room is where things happen.
See you in Mumbai dots. devcon.org
@EFDevcon
Joseph retweeted
This is our first market extending the deep funding gadget beyond fund allocation towards decison making more broadly
traders need to figure out which of the options below is going to receive the most votes in the ongoing NU7 poll. The top rated one converts to 1 while all others become worth zilch
If you have an edge, trade before market closes & results get revealed
Joseph retweeted
Top traders are making real money trading on these funding rounds.
This is recorded across:
• DeepFunding (all 3 rounds)
• Octant Epoch 12
• Zcash Coinholder Retrofunding
• Zcash NU7 Upgrade Vote
This is what prediction markets do when they're pointed at real decisions, and we'll likely keep opening more of these markets for funding rounds in collaboration with more projects.
High rankers will eat well.
Joseph retweeted
the ZEC prediction market on their retroactive funding program continues one of the rare breakthroughs in the public goods world,
> start a prediction market for any funding round that resolves once results are announced
this time we used a superforecaster AI to set base rates, so that
1. less liquidity is lost to price discovery since initial odds are close enough to final results
2. the numbers are useful to the team even if insufficient traders participate
37 projects applied for retroactive funding this time, with token voting determining approval
our market is a live oracle that can be consulted to gauge the probability of approval
how is it looking at the moment? at the highest end there is 97% approval chance for the $750k bonus to @DefuseSec for the unlimited minting bug in the orchard pool
@zooko felt this was too little for the impact of the discovery & proposed an additional $750k reward, which the market currently assesses at 91% approval
on the lower end, the market assesses low odds of approval for ZecBooks (16%) or zallet (18%)
if the scale of ZECs retroactive program keeps increasing, such markets could become the only way of shortlisting while still being decentralized. something like "only consider applications that the market assesses as having >50% odds of approval"
if you see any mispricing, earn some money by correcting odds before voting period commences on 17th september
Zcash Markets are Live!
Zcash's Q3 2026 coinholder grants now have a price before the vote, with one market per proposal on whether coinholders approve it.
This is a forecast priced across the review window (through Sep 16), then measured against the coinholder poll (Sep 17–29) when it resolves.
If you're a voter, consult the market for its estimates
If you're a trader, correct the market for a profit
Been heads-down connecting my Rust backend to Postgres. Schema migrations done, tables created, next up: wiring the actual insert so signups persist for real. 🦀
Leveled up my test setup today. 🦀
Problem: hardcoded port 8000 = tests fail if it's taken, or if multiple tests run in parallel.
Fix: bind to port 0 (OS picks a free one), grab it via TcpListener, pass the listener itself into the server so there's no re-bind race condition.
Spent today untangling why Rust splits code into "binary" vs "library" crates, worth sharing.
Why it matters: integration tests in Rust compile as separate programs. They can only reach your app's code through an import, and you can only import from a library, never a binary.
Zero To Production in Rust by Luca Palmieri
If you're learning Rust and want to go beyond syntax into building real backend systems, this is one of the best resources out there.
Joseph retweeted
Seer is moving from a general Prediction Market to base-layer decision infrastructure.
We’re now building the foundational layer that other applications can be built on top of, and to mark this shift, we’re running a Seer Rebrand Contest to collaborate with our community on establishing this new identity!
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