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fragmentwitch · 4 years

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Im not tagging this post bc it is an unpopular(?) opinion but I dont think lambda is part of satoko at all... I definitely am not trying to downplay what satoko went through (her brother, teppei and her aunt, the syndrome prpbably damaging her brain, being forced to witness her childhood friend's disemboweled corpse or being tortured by shion, etc) but it... just doesnt match up with the way lambdadelta describes her own logic error. It's so terrible she won't explicitly specify other than there was what seemed to be total isolation and eternal silence according to her.

That might well be the case for Frederica who could only watch fragments play out for when she was featured in the manga (idk how the VN covered this and it probably is irrelevant to understanding Retconathon GOU) but we have no idra what the higurashi logic error even is still. Or maybe im stupid and Ryukishi just needs to spell it out OR admit he can't do it without having to forcibly retcon a shitton of stuff because Umineko came after Higurashi, and probably didn't start sprinkling in Umineko references in Higurashi material until the console arcs n stuff added new content (I'm guessing, but that's what I think usually happens for writers that want to tie in separate stories within the same metaverse but didnt initially introduce it to seem that way)

Idk... it's funny now but when I first heard of Gou I got so excited to see if we'd get a prequel metafilled Umineko-Higurashi crossover thing where we'd pretty much see Bernkastel explicitly originate... but with the way Gou has been going and no 2nd season confirmation (convenient to find rumors of it right when we're about 5 episodes away from the end) I'm perfectly content if we just don't see any explicit Umineko cameos/Meta Logic stuff at all now? Haha it's really weird my thinking changed.

There's a saying that goes around for horror where the mind is capable of interpreting the unseen monster (i.e. the creature from Bird Box that makes you commit sudoku if you see it) as something MUCH scarier than anything the creator would reveal to you. It's fun to read different interpretations, and provided no hard evidence disproves them, all are perfectly valid and really creative if the person theorizing crafts an excellent forgery.

So when the 'solution' is given to you, inevitably it's going to disappoint some people that it isn't up to par vs a more plausible/favorable explanation offered via interpretation. An old rokkenjima forum post I read a while ago had a pretty valid concern: perhaps it's better not to try and explain Higurashi as a gameboard because if Ryukishi is not extremely careful, the struggles and individual stories of each character may feel cheapened and devalue Higurashi's story by untroducing an element where it was the doing of witches all along.

Honestly I'm hoping Satoko and Lambdadelta aren't part of each other the way Bern and Rika are... I feel like it would cheapen how enigmatic she is, and it cheapens by a LOT if Lambda's supposed logic hell started when Satoko... wasn't thriving in an academic environment. And even if Rika goes full Bernkastel and says something really heartless to Satoko, would it really justify pushing her to murder Rika and handwaving it like "it's not out of character because Satoko still has hinamizawa syndrome"? I'm really not sure. Shion's reason for what happened was a pile of issues that you gotta unpack, it wasnt just because she was a yandere for satoshi (and no, Shion isnt a yandere)

If you ask me, Lambdadelta isn't part of Takano or Satoko at all. This is entirely subjective but I got the impression Lambdadelta has been a witch far longer than Bern has. She even said she'd "maybe understand Bern's feelings a little better" in one line... meaning Bern is also an enigma to her and perhaps her goal of trapping Bern in an eternal stalemate is to get past that last wall Bern put up around herself and her trauma. (I call it a brand of flirting only traumatized magical girls would think is cute... and it is... but it's tragic). I'm a LambdaBern stan who doesn't believe they're actually unironic yandere with each other. I think they're both witches that came from unique circumstances and found solace in that. Their logic hells were so traumatic to them that their only comfort is to watch people go through a hell of their own. Sure they say really violent stuff to each other but again I think it's them both putting up an act. Neither of them would ever show weakness or vulnerability in front of pieces, much less other witches. Maybe not even each other, and that's why they are glad to play a game of cat and mouse with each other forever.

I have a lot of complicated feelings in the way I try to explore their dynamic that can't quite be put into words. Umineko is very layered but my favorite pastime is figuring out why they're drawn to each other while simultaneously playfully in constant opposition. And maybe Im a little fearful that Gou could ruin the fun of guessing for me + devalue Satoko and Rika...

#fair warning i havent slept much so it's literally me rambling abt my love hate relatiomship with gou #spoilery stuff abound j guess idk

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spyder-m · 5 years

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Love Games

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Summary: On a particularly grueling trip through Mementos, the Phantom Thieves play a few rounds of "Never Have I Ever" to fend off boredom. In doing so, they learn more about their leader and advisor than they had anticipated. Shumako.

Ann's eyes carefully scanned the bleak expanse that was Mementos, low-level shadows scurrying away from the blare of headlights.

Blue irises strained as they adjusted to the darkness of the subway, not wanting the target to disappear from her sight.

"I spy with my little eye… something that's brown and grey-"

"Railroad tracks," Futaba answered, not even bothering to look up from her laptop.

"Wow, Oracle. You got it on the first try! How did you know?"

"Are you for real?!" Ryuji exclaimed; the outburst startling a quietly sketching Yusuke beside him. "There's only like three things down here you coulda possibly been lookin' at. Urgh! This game sucks!

Delving this far into the depths made for a long and arduous trip.

Though Morgana's bus form was fairly spacious, with the seven of them packed in together; and a lack of proper air-conditioning; it was becoming a little stifling.

Some of the more fiery members of the group were beginning to get on each other's nerves.

Beyond the occasional pit-stop to stretch their legs, fighting off shadows and scouring out the different nooks of Mementos for treasures or potential targets, served as their only reprieve.

Even Makoto couldn't find too much of a distraction in the drive. Each level was beginning to look eerily similar, and Futaba's persona could usually map out a clear path through to the next exit. Save for swerving to avoid the odd shadow, it didn't require much concentration. Her muscles were already settling unconsciously into a rhythm.

Still, she had been able to find comfort in the silent form of Joker beside her. It was remarkable how well he could read her and ease the tension she felt with a gentle smile or supporting touch of his hand. The calm washing over her like a healing spell.

He was measured in the affectionate gestures, not wanting to attract the attention of their passengers; currently seeking out other ways to pass the time.

"Alright, fine. Let's hear you suggest something then, Skull." Ann huffed, her eyes narrowing as she folded her arms.

Blinking, the blond scratched his head in thought; not having expected her to turn to him for a suggestion.

"Well, uh... there's that game Westerners always play in movies." He offered. "Y'know, the one where they hold up their fingers and say something they've never done before."

"Isn't that a drinking game?" Makoto's glare lifted, catching the others in the rear-view mirror. "I'll remind you we're all underage and in a car."

"It don't have to be." Ryuji waved his arms, not wanting to incur the wrath of the team's advisor. "Come on! It'll be fun!"

Despite some initial skepticism, the crew supposed that Ryuji's suggestion might not actually be such a bad idea.

The founding members of the Phantom Thieves had been together for several months now and felt pretty tightly knit. The exposure to one another's pasts, their most guarded secrets and inner selves only helped to shift their relationship towards something much more intimate.

Still, between time in the Metaverse, strategy meetings, studying for exams, and part-time jobs, they didn't get many opportunities to spend time together as friends.

They were still a lot of things they didn't know about each other as people.

Haru was their newest member and didn't seem to have many friends outside of their immediate circle. Futaba was still coming out of her shell and sharing secrets among friends could help to continue building her social skills. Yusuke… Well, Yusuke was an enigma. For as long as they'd known him, there was still a lot they hadn't quite figured out.

Even Makoto; though having acclimated well with the team and into her advisory role; was still striving to more learn about her peers.

These were the kind of games kids their age would normally play at parties; a luxury their unique extra-curricular activities as the Phantom Thieves often deprived them of.

It could be a great opportunity for them to get to know each other better.

"Ooo, I'll start!" Futaba called, her hand shooting up. "Never have I ever… gone on a trip to Hawaii!"

"Wha- Oracle! That's not fair!"

"Mwehehehe…" The youngest member cackled. "Well, I had to get one up on you guys. Never underestimate the original Medjed."

"Well, alright. That's one finger down for... Everyone except Oracle. Alright, Noir. It's your turn."

"Oh. Well, let me see." Haru pondered. "Never have I ever... Tried the 6,000 yen Dark Ivory coffee at the Wilton Hotel."

The engine rumbled amidst the dip in conversation, the teens looking between one another with blank expressions.

"Uh, Noir?" Ann eventually broke the silence. "Clearly none of us have done that before. Now you have to lower a finger. You're supposed try to try and get us out."

"Oh, I could never do that. You're all my friends."

"But that's the point of the game!" Ryuji's voice rose again. "You're gonna lose at this rate!"

"Moving on." Ren interrupted, his lips sliding into a smirk. "Never have I ever eaten so much fatty tuna that I made myself sick."

"What?!" The Mona-bus vibrated as an indignant mewl reverberated throughout. "Why are you singling me out, Joker? I'm not playing. I don't even have fingers!"

"We can keep track. That's one down for Mona."

"Hmph. Fine, but I'm going next."

"Whatever. Do your worst."

"Never have I ever… called a Maid Service before."

"You damn cat!" Ryuji exclaimed, thumping the side of the car. "I thought we agreed to keep quiet about that."

"You called a Maid Service?" Ann side-eyed Ryuji, a shudder crawling up the base of his spine.

"Well, uh…" Anxious, Ryuji glance darted around the inside of the car, desperate for a lifeline. "Hey! I- I'm not the only one who's guilty here. Right, leader?"

Swallowing, Ren begrudgingly lowered a finger.

"What?!"

"A maid's services? Hmm, how fascinating. I wonder if they would be willing to serve as the model for my next piece?"

"Dude, it's 5,000 yen a visit. Like you'd be able to afford that."

"Also, I thought you agreed; no more nude paintings!"

"Anyway! Uh… Panther; you're up next."

"Oh, me? Hm, well... Never have I ever… dated before."

To the surprise of no one in the group, Ryuji, Yusuke, and Futaba each kept the fingers up, while Haru lowered a finger. However, given the circumstances surrounding her and her fiancé, the Thieves were happy not to ask for any more details. What piqued their curiosity more so, was when Makoto and Ren both each lowered a finger.

"Wait… What?!"

"Dude! You mean you were out scorin' hotties and didn't think to tell me?!"

"Well, Joker has had an entire life outside of Tokyo that we are not privy to…"

"Plus, his charm stats are like… maxed out."

"Right. Still, I really wasn't expecting that from you, Queen."

"W- well, there is someone… That I'm seeing."

The car jolted, almost swerving off of the tracks and into the station's wall, as Ann pulled herself over the front seat.

"What?!"

"Panther, please! Stay in your seat."

"Oops. Sorry!" Ann flushed, returning to her spot in the middle row. "I just can't believe you'd keep something like that from me."

"W- well, we both agreed to keep things... discreet."

"Perhaps we should move on from this topic for the time being," Yusuke suggested. "It seems to be getting Panther rather excited."

"Right." Joker nodded. "Well, Queen; it's your turn."

Makoto paused, one hand slipping from the steering wheel to touch her chin.

There was much she had not experienced before finding the Phantom Thieves, things that many would see as a normal part of life for a typical, Japanese teenager. If she were being tactical, there were likely several answers she could give that would get most of the others out.

Still, recently she had been fortunate to gain friends who brought more of simple pleasures into her life. In particular, it was thanks to the young man seated across from her that she had been able to broaden her horizons.

Though, thinking on it; as she caught Joker in her peripheral vision; Makoto realised, with a flush, there were still things she wished to learn.

"Never have I ever... kissed someone before."

"Woah, woah, wait a minute." Ryuji interjected. "You're with a guy but you haven't even swapped spit yet?"

"Skull." Ann sighed, her nose wrinkling at the boy's crude description.

"N- no, it's fine, really." Makoto countered, lifting her hands from the wheel briefly. "It's all still very new to me. I think he's just been holding back on my account. I just wish there was a way I could let him know that I want it as much as I think he does."

"Aw, don't worry, Queen!" Futaba encouraged. "I'm sure he'll come to his senses."

"Yeah! Any guy would be lucky to be with you."

"Anyway, looks like Joker and Noir are the only ones who lowered their fingers. No surprises there."

"Actually," Joker cleared his throat, and raised his hand, showing that his total was still at seven.

"Okay, now I'm confused."

"What else is new?"

A pained meow rang from the car as Ryuji's bat struck the inside wall.

Makoto flushed as she felt Joker's gaze cover her; the stark white of his mask accentuating his eyes, drawing her to them. She bit her lip, readjusting her grip on the steering wheel.

"I suppose you could say I was... holding back."

"I- is that, so?" Makoto answered, trying to keep her eyes focused ahead, away from Ren's longing stare.

She had hoped that in keeping her answers curt and concentrating on the road ahead the conversation would shift, the rest of the Thieves carrying on with their game. Yet, their interest had seemingly turned towards their leader, as he watched her with a fond smile.

"Queen, pull over here." Joker instructed abruptly; his tone sharp.

Makoto slowed the vehicle to stop, suspecting that Joker had spotted a target.

She immediately ripped off her seatbelt and moved to open the door, more than willing to steer the focus away from their conversation.

However, at the flash of red covering her own gloved hand and ceasing her movement, she turned, catching Joker's mask with a puzzled expression.

Having readied herself for battle, Makoto's normally sharp reflexes had been prepared to react the moment something grasped at her. Though, her guard slipped as Joker's fingers caught her the jaw.

Their masks clinked together as he pulled her face towards his own; the breath that ripped involuntarily from her throat was caught by the soft pressure of his lips.

Her first kiss.

The scent of coffee still lingered on his breath, likely remnants from his breakfast at Leblanc. The bitter taste warmed her chest, striking and familiar.

Now unimpeded by her seatbelt, Makoto fell deeper into Ren's embrace, her hands lifting to catch in the thick clumps of his hair.

It was surprisingly soft.

Spurred on by the sensation of Makoto kissing back, Ren trailed his hands down to the swell of her hips, appreciating how her suit clung to them. Makoto's eyes bulged in surprise as she was pulled into Joker's lap, though she didn't break from his lips, her arms surrounding him.

With that daring gesture, it struck her that she was sharing her first kiss not with Ren, but Joker; an experience distinct from what she had anticipated. It hadn't been a shy, chaste caress that had caught her; a moment their relationship had steadily being building towards; but something bolder, more extravagant.

The gesture, in a sense, reflected how they had entered each other's lives, how they had awoken to their true selves in the Metaverse; abruptly and explosively. How everything strange and otherworldly suddenly began to make sense, as if it had been there, waiting, all along.

There was something captivating about the suave, cocky persona Ren assumed in the Metaverse. Seeing those soft, shy smiles of his break into confident grins; his dark, mysterious eyes, shining and proud. The way he remained strong and collected for the rest of his team, even during their most tense battles.

That he was forward enough to make the first move; where in the real world he may have hesitated; closing the distance between them like this, his lips flickering into a familiar smirk as they caressed against her own.

It was... sexy.

The magic dissipated as Makoto became conscious of the eyes boring into her, sliding up her spine like cold digits as she recalled, abruptly, that they weren't alone. Gasping, Makoto slipped from Joker's arms, glancing mortified, towards their friends.

Ann's hands had lifted to cover her mouth, barely containing the bright smile lighting her features. There was a sheen in her wide, starry eyes. Haru had moved up beside her, hands similarly cradled together.

"Oh, how romantic."

With a smirk, Futaba had, reflexively, pulled out her smartphone; a pout settling across her features when she remembered the camera function was useless in the Metaverse.

Beside her, Yusuke was rifling through the back of the car, eventually producing a canvas and a selection of brushes, frantically setting them up.

"You two, hold your positions! I must capture this!"

"Inari!? When did you bring that with you? And also, why?"

Ryuji watched on in curious silence, his brow furrowed as he scratched the back of his head.

"Huh? Skull? What's up?"

"So, like... Do they have to drop a finger now, or what?"

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hwisprian-blog · 5 years

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( for akira: ) Exploring was a loose term for what he was doing. His partner had warned against doing too much. They might run into The Phantom Thieves after all. He's not concerned. This is SMALL TIME for them. A Palace of an underground leader in various terrible thing, Yomaura Kinuye; she thinks of herself as the biggest in the prefecture. She wasn't too juicy a target. There's no way he'd run into them with how fast he's moving... Right?

small time──it’s exactly that. not worth their time. not worth the effort. hell, it’s barely worth speculation. weeding the garden, you might call it. reckless vigilantism would be a better phrase. offhand comments is all it takes to spark interest. haphazard guesses, stuck on a message board and expected no follow up.

he follows his gut.

he sticks his nose where it doesn’t belong. it wouldn’t be the first time, and it would be far from the last. that headstrong nature of his is what had him appointed as their leader. and his intuition hadn’t led him astray just yet. but it was to be nothing short of covering all bases─a brief investigation. a quick look-see, and no more. one thing would lead to another, and he would soon find himself entangled in a new web. this… ‘ obsidian empress ‘, as she was called. the pinnacle of an underground crime ring. an enigma.

a ‘ small ‘ job, indeed. this yomaura kinyune was easily overlooked. she was… a nobody working finance. charismatic where it counts, but lacking all ambition for something more. the perfect, picturesque image of a blue-collar working woman. an irreplaceable brick in the company’s infrastructure. and it was almost as if she thrived on that knowledge. had it not been for the curious nature of the obsidian empress, akira might not have pressed forward on the investigation. had he given up, he would have been spared his long nights. a hunch was all he had, and a palace is what he got.

a temple, rather, fitting not an empress but something greater. a goddess, he muses. a false deity, to whom damned souls would proffer all they owned to her. and she─on her throne, atop this fabergé bastardization of the sky tower, no doubt. the sound of pleas for her forgiveness & proclamations of loyalty in her name rattle akira to his core. it evokes something primal within. the burning reminder, lain at the tip of a devil’s forked tongue. ( this is causation for your rebellion; this is what you seek to tear down! ) it drives him through this labyrinthine hell. it spurs him on, to tear from the throne that which does not belong.

and he isn’t the only one with this in mind, he finds. no, of course he isn’t the only one who wishes to cast the empress out. how else would they have gotten the keywords, much less, their target? there were others, naturally. he would be a fool to believe the phantom thieves got this far by pure luck. what does that say about the others, though? the ones who left their vague little tips on the phansite, what is their connection? prayers begging to be answered, he supposes. yet as the path winds further up the palace, perhaps there was more to it than they were fed. too few a shadow to stand in their way. to little a blockade in their path. they carve through too easily for comfort.

so rises a proposed idea, now lain out in his mind as they ascend the tower. an ill memory, bubbling to the surface to present a new perspective to their situation. the foreboding reminder of another who used the metaverse as easily as they─to that end, playing the balancing force in this game of theirs. a black mask, donned to obscure identity. at this user’s hand, death. this thought becomes the centerfold between urgency and their task. something to spur them all the sooner to their goal.

suspicion is all he has to work with. it’s all he needs. all it takes is a dark figure darting by─that brief glimpse. stark black on gilded floors, the mind takes flight from there. impulse takes charge. his team, left behind in an instant. he sprints after the other without a thought, as fast as his legs could carry him after the figure.

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his gut rarely led him astray.

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February 5, 2022

Discussion with Alison McDowell on the Metaverse and the big picture.

Some key words that serve as prime examples of doublespeak in this context:

1. Self-Sovereignty 2. Disruptive Tech 3. Decentralization 4. Sustainable development 5. Stakeholder Economy 6. Social Nudges

Important information and links:

1. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v8n_VJ0fk4TVxi9txMgEAZrfGhW_EBRuMobvskr2FWw/edit?usp=sharing from Alison’s discussion with Jason Bosch https://youtu.be/J_2sBImR9-A “Opportunity Youth: An in-depth follow-up to questioning the Greater Reset III.” 2. Steven T Newcomb “Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Discovery.” 3. https://www.media.mit.edu/research/?filter=everything&tag=politics 4. Every Student Succeeds Act: https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn & https://www.everystudentsucceedsact.org/ 5. Melanie Swan, founder of Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies http://book.itep.ru/depository/blockchain/blockchain-by-melanie-swan.pdf & https://www.blockchainstudies.org/index.html 6. Smart Toilets Data Collection https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/04/smart-toilet-monitors-for-signs-of-disease.html 7. Disruptive Technology https://www.christenseninstitute.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuvOPBhDXARIsAKzLQ8GJHO0GGQiqH4yutrNboSq0t75-9LiuGPf7JH4xsdNSCnuscFV-fegaAnnDEALw_wcB 8. Blockchain Founders Fund https://blockchainff.com/ 9. Shaun Conway of ixo, system of credits, South Africa, https://www.ixo.world/collaborate 10. Enigma Protocols https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/enigma/overview/ 11. Patrick Wood https://muckrack.com/patrick-wood-7 author of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation 12. West Virginia Gov offers prizes for compliance last Spring https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2021/Pages/COVID-19-UPDATE-Gov.-Justice-West-Virginia-offering-100-savings-bond-to-residents-age-16-to-35-who-get-vaccinated.aspx 13. Alison’s latest presentation, a wealth of information which can be found at this link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v8n_VJ0fk4TVxi9txMgEAZrfGhW_EBRuMobvskr2FWw/edit#slide=id.p

Timestamps for YouTube:

00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 Welcome Alison, basic agenda for discussion 00:07:41 Joe Rogan Clip with Ben Shapiro on Metaverse Fair Use 00:10:00 Joe’s Point 00:10:48 Alison’s thoughts on linking Facebook to the Meta and renaming it, beta testing 00:11:30 Difference between virtual reality and mixed reality. How will people respond? 00:12:00 VR Headsets, tech growing smaller such as headsets as small as contact lenses 00:12:31 How would mixed reality look to the average person. Digital world and physical world have integrated censors. 00:14:15 Smart toilets, censors, data collection and subsequent permissions or restrictions based on your data and ‘threat level.’ Digital IDs. 00:15:50 Digital Education and Blockchain credentials, the Learning Economy Foundation, Skills Badges, partnerships such as Lego and MIT. Targeting kids for the training of AI. 00:20:17 NFTs, choice, and augmented reality. Another aspect of the two-tier society. 00:23:03 Social Capital, how Alison’s Research Began. Read about Shaun Conway and “The tokenized impact economy, metadata, social capital https://www.ixo.world/collaborate 00:27:00 Tokens minted, splinterland, Blockchain Founders Fund, Health Hero, NFT that represents your well-being. Example: West Virginia teachers have devices to count their steps and this determines fines on insurance. And gathers personal data. 00:32:00 Interoperability and Digital ID. Capitalizing on our wellbeing of lack of wellbeing. 00:34:40 Air sensors to detect virus in air? https://www.uml.edu/News/stories/2021/Pagsuyoin-Trinity-Challenge-Award.aspx 00:36:05 Jailbreaking the Code of Life. The education and Health Space-the Gateway. Melanie Swan, nano machines, the hive mind. 00:44:58 E-Government and AI assistants/digital twins. “Radical Democracy.” All linked to the Build Back Better agenda, the infrastructure agenda, and creating neural networks. 00:58:00 Some of the key players carrying the agenda out. 01:04:00 Cognitive Dissonance. The future of computing, AI, energy consumption, and where do people think all this energy is going to come from? Will they have to earn credits? 01:08:00 Dispossessed people, social impact markets, ESSA, Pay for Success, ESL, E-Learning and machine learning 01:13:00 Japan’s Moonshot, timeline is 2050 for the goal of living without physical body. 01:18:57 Digital labor, dual-use, is crypto really a silent revolution. 01:26:50 Self-Sovereignty contracts with Blockchain technology 01:28:17 Augmented reality, the narrative that its about empowerment, freedom. The Enigma Protocols from MIT negates those concepts. Compliance data, IoT sensors to control movements, self-policing 01:22:26 Mormon Transhumanism conference in Utah. Libertarian context. 01:45:00 Judith Rodin, pay for success, circular economy is the circuit. Pay as you go. Patrick Wood on Technocracy 01:53:13 Social Nudges, how to draw people into system through incentives and punishment. Example is WV Gov with vaccine prizes https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2021/Pages/COVID-19-UPDATE-Gov.-Justice-West-Virginia-offering-100-savings-bond-to-residents-age-16-to-35-who-get-vaccinated.aspx 02:03:00 Freedom or reciprocity? 02:06:51 How would Alison introduce the reality of the Metaverse to a classroom of high school students? 02:24:16 The testing regime 02:29:40 Two-Tier Society, we’re all waiting on the Heroes, the Leaders, to lead us but are the leaders of the resistance really leaders? Steve Kirsch promoting SSRIs and a regimen of “early treatment.” What’s to gain? Are his intentions altruistic? 02:39:00 Operation Collective Strength, then financial war games, happened in December so what comes next? 02:41:28 Wrap up: IoT, IoB, Meta, Spatial Web, Digital Twinning 02:46:25 What progress does Alison foresee this year for the establishment? We can beat this challenge. 02:53:47 The system wants violence. Inspired by India farmer Protests\ 03:00:00 Positive, resolved, we cannot fracture under the pressure of whatever they throw our way.

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Annotated edition for latest Week in Ethereum News

So last week I mentioned the annotated editions and then...didn’t do one. Just got too busy. So we’ll see how this one goes.

One thing to note: Edcon and EthParis both got cancelled.

Original Week in Ethereum News issue.

Eth1

Geth v1.9.11. DNS peer discovery, EIP2464 implementation, faster Geth console

Latest core devs call. Notes. Lots of next fork planning. EVM subroutines likely happening pending Solidity benchmarks, ProgPoW back on the agenda, lots of eip1962 precompile talk

Draft spec for block witnesses

Stateless Eth1 update

draft EIP to add BLS12-381 precompiles to the EVM

Implementing account abstraction via new PAYGAS opcode

Rich transaction compile draft EIP. allow transactions from EOAs to bytcode directly

Literally nobody:

A few people on core devs call: ProgPoW!

I don’t really get it. The reason ProgPoW keeps being so controversial is that core devs don’t publicize it much, and then they suddenly announce that it’s going in a hard fork. Add to that the fact that every time miners advocate for ProgPoW, they show themselves to be outside of the Ethereum community, and you can understand why it produces such strong reactions.

Add to this the fact that one ProgPoW proponent (though oddly he sometimes says he isn’t) has told me explicitly that he doesn’t think the community can evaluate ProgPoW so he doesn’t even try to convince the larger ecosystem.

I go back to what I wrote a few weeks ago:

at some point there is going to be (another) fight over ProgPoW. It’s an odd beast where both sides are convinced that they have already won - meaning that anger and disgruntled ragequits are almost guaranteed.

It only gets worse when you just announce forks and don’t try to set a process and make sure people are heard.

I have more thoughts on governance, but that’s it for now.

Meanwhile, lots of very interesting work going on for stateless Eth1, which is currently necessary to turn off proof of work (though I don’t think it should be)

Eth2

Latest what’s new in Eth2

Update on fuzzing the beacon chain clients. Finding bugs, expanding capabilities

A short history and a way forward for phase 2

Automated detection of dynamic state access

Casey Detrio’s simple protocol for cross-shard transfers

Quick demo on getting an eth2 EE up and running using Quilt’s SEE tool

Lots of phase2 stuff this week. An overview is that we’re still not particularly close to phase2 as there are plenty of research and design decisions to be made even before all the nitty gritty of engineering tradeoffs.

The flipside that I don’t think many people understand is that once we get data availability on phase1, then we have all the scalability we need for years and years. 64 shards which can each process 3000 rollup transactions per second, means we get to 200,000 transactions per second. and 3000 is probably low, as we can further reduce the gas cost of opcodes used by rollup, and add a few more shards too if we need to. [Caveat: we still don’t have a rollup chain live, but....soon™. Check out Daniel Goldman’s state of optimistic rollup below]

Furthermore, when we have phase1, we can turn off PoW which will cut issuance way down and stop wasting so much electricity.

tldr: phase2 is hard and not near, but phase0 is imminent and phase1 has a spec for review.

Required reading: Casey Detrio’s phase1 and done, which was the first writing of this.

Layer2

Daniel Goldman: the state of optimistic rollup

Celer working on optimistic rollup using its State Guardian Network as block producer

Replay protection in rollups by including networkID

Cheaper zkrollups by using generic snark circuits for state maintenance

Channelizing an Eth app using an API

Rollups are all the rage right now, as indicated above, but state channels are still happening. They’re hard as we’ve found out over the years from attempts on Bitcoin and Ethereum - doing channels is easy but channel networks are hard.

Stuff for developers

dEth node: claims to be 60% faster than Ganache

Security considerations around flash loan patterns

Austin Griffith video on flash loans

Patterns for computing/accumulating interest

Samczsun and Mudit Gupta find Nexus Mutual bugs

Email notifications in dapps

Solidity unit testing using Remix tests, part 2

Loredana’s ChainLens contract searcher is available as a Remix plugin

A video intro to studio.ethereum.org IDE

Revert comments in Brownie

Embark v5.2 – proxy contract support and scripts execution

Math in Solidity series: Numbers and Overflow

Realtime websocket integrations via API, aimed at devs new to Eth

composable Airscript v0.7

Eth2 things you can hack on at hackathons

This week’s issue was pretty late. One thing I often do is roughly group things by subtopic under a header. This week that didn’t happen, things just got thrown into “stuff for devs” with no rhyme or reason to placement.

I’m very interested to see if people check out the eth2 list for ETHLondon.

That Sam Sun is a machine!

Ecosystem

Ethereum Foundation’s wishlist for ecosystem support

EthDenver finalists

Waku spec v0.4

Last week I mentioned annotated versions of Week in Ethereum News and then…got too busy to do one. It’ll happen this week.

Etherscan’s 2019 year in review charts

The DAObacle of EthDenver judging means the submissions got put together today, so they will be in next week’s issue, along with here. I don’t think anyone was shocked that the DAO judging didn’t work, but if you never have a few failures, you aren’t taking enough risks. Cheers to John Paller and all the EthDenver stewards for making the American Devcon a great event year after year.

Check out EF’s wishlist and see if EF wants to fund something you want to work on.

Enterprise

4 key things PegaSys Orchestrate fixes for enterprise blockchains

Using Eth mainnet, CargoX approved as bill of lading provider by shipping reinsurers

Utility Settlement Coin to work with Adhara on commercial bank money as alternative to central bank digital currencies

Enterprise on mainnet means that the line between enterprise and app layer is blurring. I should probably move this section.

Governance, DAOs, and standards

Submit your startup to TheLAO for funding

MolochDAOs on Aragon (Dandelion orgs) are live on mainnet

ProgPoW returned as a debate topic this week, as core devs scheduled a separate hard fork for just ProgPoW. Meanwhile my Twitter feed is decidedly against ProgPoW, eg here

ERC2520: Multiple contenthash records for ENS

ERC2525: ENS login

It’s fairly well known that I was a skeptic of TheDAO in q2 2016, but I’m very interested to see how these reincarnations of TheDAO go.

bZx hacks

bZx hack using flashloans was the topic of the week after two attacks, here is bZx’s post-mortem of the first attack. Meanwhile here is Peckshield’s analysis: within one transaction, get a 10k eth flash loan from dydx, use as collateral on Compound to borrow wBTC, shorts on bZx which uses Kyber’s liquidity and inflates the price, sell the wBTC at that inflated price, repay the 10k flashloan for ~1300 ETH profit

Here’s that analysis in graphic form from Kerman Kohli

Check out the transaction in Tenderly

Peckshield’s analysis of the second hack, netting ~2400 ETH

Palkeo’s analysis of both hacks, with a little more code. The first hack had a price check get bypassed, whereas in the second hack the price checks functioned

1inch says they found a bZx bug months ago and apparently did not get paid for it

Nexus Mutual pays out the first claims for smart contract cover for bZx

This section took a surprisingly long time to put together, but it’s definitely what people in the community were talking about all week.

I’d say it’s bullish for NexusMutual to pay out, especially because the mutual members first denied the claim but then paid out the claim when the facts of the matter became clear. It’s also bullish for Opyn - NexusMutual and Opyn aren’t competitors exactly, they have different tradeoffs for people looking to hedge or protect themselves from risks.

Application layer

Decentraland’s Metaverse launches, build on your land in a GUI or by SDK, as well as a marketplace, and a DAO that governs it all

Enjin Platform to create and manage game assets is live on mainnet

Compound hits 200m in assets

Melon as asset management automator

Synthetix’s Achernar release is live, adding ETH as collateral

the tech stack for Status v1

1x.ag – an automated leverage aggregator

Uniflash: a decentralized flash loans protocol, live on Goerli testnet. Remco Bloemen, Austin Williams and Stephane Gosselin also have some flashmint contracts out there

Dharma now has fee-free debit card fiat<>Dai deposits and withdrawals

Maker changes: activates 24 hour time delay on any governance changes, DSR spread to 0, Dai ceiling to 150m

Meanwhile the flashloans made Maker’s holders decide to add the time delay to prevent any flashloan governance attack.

Compound hit a big number and now they’re decentralizing their governance, which means that the value accrual will probably be voted on by its token holders. Fascinating stuff.

Cheers to Decentraland and Enjin for going live, and Synthetix adding ETH as collateral should be big for them.

Tokens/Business/Regulation

Enigma settles with SEC for unregistered securities offering

Personal gratitude tokens: social money (or “challenge coins”) issued on a bonding curve

Forking Gardens: conditional tokens can change gaming

Enigma wasn’t necessarily who I thought the SEC would go after next.

Simon’s personal gratitude tokens are very interesting to me. It’s like challenge coins but with intrinsic value.

General

Break RSA assumptions: bounties for solving the adaptive root problem

More PLONK benchmarks: 5x faster than Groth16 on Pedersen Hashes

Trustless Groups of Unknown Order with Hyperelliptic Curve

Barry Whitehat zk ideas: private social network search and private order matching

WebAssembly/eWASM explainer

How Nym improves on traditional mixnets

Andreas’ Mastering Ethereum is looking for translations; uses Creative Commons license

The general section is becoming the cryptography section.

One odd thing about Mastering Ethereum is that Ethereum is still under construction. Writing that book ensures lots of future work for it to be kept up to date. Or a second volume. But in the meantime, let’s get it translated!

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