Co-founder & CEO @AptosLabs. Building the global trading engine & decentralized cloud. Ex @Meta Libra/Diem crypto techlead. Supercomputing PhD. @CFTC GMAC sub
Contrarian opinion: While the current fear of AI ending the world is top of mind for everyone, I think a more near-term problem is the scapegoating AI agents for human failures. The headlines will come:
* Drone attack kills friendlies -> AI targeting failed
* Bad options trade
Agents can already work the web we have: sites, APIs, checkout flows.
Onchain, the range widens. @AptosLabs' @AveryChing explores agents renting out idle GPU capacity, negotiating terms, and settling in stablecoins - among future use cases Aptos can support.
With @devntellxyz
Lots of exchanges out there.
How many:
* Operate at <25ms block times
* Match, execute, and settle fully onchain
* Run spot + perps from one cross-margin, multi-collateral account
* Protect order flow with an L1-native encrypted mempool
* Formally verify critical exchange and
$7B+ traded on @DecibelTrade. $1B+ of it through Builder Codes.
Different apps, one shared orderbook. Wallets, frontends, and bots plug in directly. Every order is settled onchain on Aptos, where every trade burns $APT.
Liquidity that doesn't fragment.
Confidential compliant assets with $APT is the latest in a long line of industry firsts:
* First production deployment of Block-STM
* First production L1 with <25ms block times
* First L1 with native orderless transactions using expiring nonces
* First L1-native encrypted
Confidential $APT is LIVE on Aptos mainnet.
What that means: Encrypted balances. Encrypted transfer amounts. Addresses remain visible. Fully opt-in by design.
Validators verify a transaction is valid while those amounts stay confidential.
