# Top stories on Kiwi News, week 19 2023

Mon 8 to Sun 14 May 2023
Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/weekly/2023-W19

The 20 top stories on Kiwi News from Mon 8 to Sun 14 May 2023, ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 0 comments in total. Most-shared sources: youtube.com, github.com, youtu.be.

Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article.

## 1. ethOS Nouns Proposal passed!

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ethOS-Nouns-Proposal-passed?index=0x645a620415d7a8e15a764be530155b3480c6a706a4aac3dce160177e75485aae1722aee7
- Source: https://twitter.com/EthereumPhone/status/1655431658403688450?s=20
- Submitted by 0x2a80...6C03, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## 2. a16z crypto: Principles for growing a protocol w/ Dan Romero

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/a16z-crypto-Principles-for-growing-a-protocol-w-Dan-Romero?index=0x645f549eec92ead04878fdc3c47e85e362885e944b817ae7c16554e568094bafb3d1351f
- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0-M_UokzM
- Submitted by chrsmaral.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

Dan Romero, cofounder of Farcaster, shares lessons from growing Farcaster, a protocol for building decentralized social networks, including advice he would give himself at the start of his journey. The talk covers best practices for growing protocols that developers want to build on, from thinking like a user to welcoming more builders. The description only summarizes the talk's topics and does not state specific findings or figures.

## 3. Semaphore: a zero-knowledge protocol to cast a signal without revealing identity

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Semaphore-a-zero-knowledge-protocol-to-cast-a-signal-without-revealing-identity?index=0x645b51e11043f032ccab291f0746f8c7bc9a3620fa4f904f2056f1fe497767f2e5a4b90b
- Source: https://semaphore.appliedzkp.org
- Submitted by freeatnet.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

Semaphore is a zero-knowledge protocol that lets a user cast a message, such as a vote or endorsement, as a provable group member without revealing their identity. It also includes a mechanism to prevent double-signaling, so the protocol can confirm a user has joined the group and has not already cast a message with their nullifier. Semaphore pairs on-chain Solidity contracts with off-chain JavaScript libraries, and it is described as a privacy layer for Ethereum dApps. The secure parameters were generated in a Trusted Setup Ceremony completed with over 400 participants on 13 July 2024, and the project lists audits of versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 by PSE and Veridise.

## 4. Solidity 0.8.20 Release Announcement

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Solidity-0820-Release-Announcement?index=0x645e1b29bf7fb76ef1d8d3782d85c72743ea583b42e038debab4689dc19204548f061287
- Source: https://blog.soliditylang.org/2023/05/10/solidity-0.8.20-release-announcement
- Submitted by chrsmaral.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

Solidity v0.8.20 has been released, adding support for the Shanghai hard fork and making Shanghai the default target EVM version, so generated bytecode now includes PUSH0 opcodes. Developers deploying to chains that do not yet support PUSH0, such as some L2 chains, must select an appropriate EVM version or their deployments will fail. The release also adds experimental support for importing JSON ASTs via Standard JSON, which the team strongly advises against using in production pipelines. Other changes include NatSpec support for enums and structs, improvements to the via-IR pipeline, and an upgrade guide pointing to the documentation.

## 5. Memetic Tribes

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Memetic-Tribes?index=0x645e144d0575134ed23eb3eb5618ec512f257552df6accd1ea36cd5450dc738bc138be6c
- Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Ov1Y1xM-LCeYSSBYZ7yPXJah2ldgFX4oIlDtdd7-Qw/edit#gid=0
- Submitted by tim, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

This page catalogs 34 online groups it calls memetic tribes, listing each one's stated goal, opponents, platforms, key figures and associated terms. Examples include SJAs (Social Justice Activists), whose stated aim is to end social oppression, and Antifa, whose aim is to end fascism. Others include the Alt-Right, which seeks a White ethno-state, and the Tea Party, which aims to reduce national debt and government spending. Further entries cover groups such as Optimists, Neoreactionaries, Incels and the Rationalist Diaspora.

## 6. Announcing Durin: a New Mobile App for the IPFS Network

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Announcing-Durin-a-New-Mobile-App-for-the-IPFS-Network?index=0x645f5037fe291b9d249a152de63a441b93e181097e543ce3cc6e3fb205ddb7e27312dfbf
- Source: https://blog.ipfs.tech/announcing-durin
- Submitted by tim, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

Durin is a new native mobile app for iOS and Android that lets users read, share, and access content on the IPFS network from a phone, and it also serves as a sandbox for the Browsers & Platforms team to experiment with IPFS on mobile. The app connects to IPFS through multiple HTTP gateways, pinging a list of public gateways on launch and choosing the most reliable and fastest one. It registers as an ipfs scheme handler, and on iOS Safari, ipfs:// links redirect to Durin. For uploads, Durin relies on the web3.storage pinning service, which the announcement says is not ideal because users don't hold the keys.

## 7. Ink: React for interactive command-line apps

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Ink-React-for-interactive-command-line-apps?index=0x645a1e0473df7a07d10668e50941301843a35e988e142c64d335ce5ae8dc06920e3d6ea0
- Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35863837
- Submitted by freeatnet.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## 8. ConnectKit — a powerful React library for connecting a wallet to your app

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ConnectKit-a-powerful-React-library-for-connecting-a-wallet-to-your-app?index=0x6458eb2d2950ff47b9add1d966580e6c136a4a84eb61b990e2968c4532469e85cb06afeb
- Source: https://github.com/family/connectkit
- Submitted by pugson.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

ConnectKit is a React component library for connecting a wallet to a dApp, supporting popular connectors and chains out of the box. It is presented as TypeScript-ready, built on standard libraries such as wagmi, and offering predesigned themes or full customization. The README lists Quick Start and documentation links, runnable Next.js and Vite examples, and local setup steps that involve cloning the repository and running yarn install.

## 9. The Masterplan: Decentralizing AI 

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-Masterplan-Decentralizing-AI?index=0x645e6385c6544b0cea4f34ca06b199e38397f77fec0969ddd110a978b94df6a0575adaab
- Source: https://mercuryprotocol.substack.com/p/the-masterplan
- Submitted by @lajos, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

Mercury Protocol argues that decentralizing access to data and computing power is the way to reduce the risks of advanced AI controlled by a few corporations. The article says that Phase 1 will open large amounts of real-life data to anyone who needs it, with data owners compensated and privacy protected through cryptography and secure hardware. Phase 2 will connect existing operator nodes in a decentralized P2P network, so data buyers can distribute training across many GPUs, with the number of operators capped only by how many are online.

## 10. Indexer — multichain NFT indexing platform

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Indexer-multichain-NFT-indexing-platform?index=0x645a790800c0f9f79d7057fd9502c13fe4e392f0891d72563a82f4652c1e8134836fe351
- Source: https://indexer.xyz
- Submitted by pugson.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

TradePort offers a developer toolkit for accessing NFT data and adding NFT trading to apps, with data aggregated from all major marketplaces. Its NFT Data API is a GraphQL interface that returns uniformly formatted NFT data across chains, while its TypeScript NFT Trading SDK lets developers add liquidity across every marketplace and orderbook with a few lines of code. The SDK is currently supported on Sui. Listed features include aggregated bids, bulk listing, historical floors, and royalty calculation, with use cases for marketplaces, wallets and analytics tools.

## 11. Small Applications, Growing Protocols

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Small-Applications-Growing-Protocols?index=0x645e5dd406b0df791c82a47a53fc989c009b75f5ac826fc8c1276a6d3197ccbe0b134de4
- Source: https://www.notboring.co/p/small-applications-growing-protocols
- Submitted by rsquare.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

Small Apps are getting easier to build but harder to sustain, and the author proposes that they team up with durable protocols to capture value that they otherwise cannot. The argument draws on Sam Lessin's comparison of social apps to consumable fashion, and on Lensa, which fell from over $2.5 million in net revenue per day in December to $206k per day by early January. The author describes Small Apps as supernovae that burn brightly and fade, and suggests protocols such as Farcaster, Lens, and Ceramic Network could act as "Dyson Spheres" that capture their energy, updating Joel Monegro's Fat Protocols, Thin Applications framework with a time dimension.

## 12. Sign Everything — The Future of Content Authentication in the Age of AI

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Sign-Everything-The-Future-of-Content-Authentication-in-the-Age-of-AI?index=0x6458ec1999cd057d55af719c81318ab09f19a80f2ff9c0a4fbde0e19363277e0e58acaa5
- Source: https://avc.mirror.xyz/JpTblGUpDMA7SMS6HYdoYgbQE9H_a_wYq330pit_aRU
- Submitted by pugson.eth, 6 upvotes, 0 comments

## 13. A brief History of rare pepes

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-brief-History-of-rare-pepes?index=0x645d0aac2f2277fc33c285ea2775e296102df76292fdd9d5b25f4add2d0cb6fab2e835e4
- Source: https://mlo.art/news/blog-posts/a-brief-history-of-rare-pepes
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 4 upvotes, 0 comments

Rare Pepes, collectible digital trading cards based on the cartoon frog Pepe, pioneered crypto art, but their success was overshadowed by the character's far-right association until Pepe was reclaimed. Mike created the first three blockchain-based Rare Pepe cards on the Counterparty protocol in September 2016, and Joe Looney's Rare Pepe Wallet later let anyone submit designs. A "Homer Pepe" card by the anonymous artist ICQ sold for USD 39,000 at the Rare Art Fest in New York in January 2018, and a single-issuance Rare Pepe card closed at USD 3.65 million in Sotheby's inaugural NFT auction in October 2021.

## 14. A look at what’s next for AI and Google Search | Google I/O 2023

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-look-at-whats-next-for-AI-and-Google-Search-or-Google-IO-2023?index=0x645bebefd5fcc989d9c82cdf169407076957bec041df1a1781f93981bdc719468aa9dd6b
- Source: https://youtu.be/dVsiusLQy5Q
- Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## 15. Noggles News Theme on Kiwistand available

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Noggles-News-Theme-on-Kiwistand-available?index=0x645a7642c7b18cdd9b26b53b38195a6ca68056034c47cddfaa9a481e18a02d2752cf5e6c
- Source: https://warpcast.com/iammatthias/0x75de0a
- Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## 16. Local LLM (GPT4All)

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Local-LLM-GPT4All?index=0x645a61e246c2a10f4f837b5e1c994be81c476f614fdc9deef1fc4c50e517b5e0ab783ae9
- Source: https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all
- Submitted by 0x2a80...6C03, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

GPT4All is a project that lets users run large language models privately on everyday desktops and laptops, without API calls or GPUs, by downloading an application. The download page lists installers for Windows, Windows ARM, macOS and Ubuntu, with the Windows and Linux builds requiring Intel Core i3 2nd Gen or AMD Bulldozer or better, and the macOS build requiring Monterey 12.6 or newer. A Python client built around llama.cpp implementations is also available, and the release history lists V3.0.0 on July 2nd, 2024, with a redesigned chat UI and expanded model support.

## 17. Best AI generated Song (Fake Jamiroquai)

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Best-AI-generated-Song-Fake-Jamiroquai?index=0x645a62326f05c032cbc0652e462cf56163dba73ea8cc9e6a97b480e43cd420aae8172170
- Source: https://youtu.be/zd4oGwPXJqQ
- Submitted by 0x2a80...6C03, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

## 18. What Bluesky Tells Us About the Future of Social Media

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/What-Bluesky-Tells-Us-About-the-Future-of-Social-Media?index=0x645fdcb1641f22392842557d1d45b12e23e44c13f80ada691d59bd2e199eb1e05c32121b
- Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-bluesky-tells-us-about-the-future-of-social-media
- Submitted by dbdogan.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

Bluesky, a new Twitter alternative, is built on a decentralized vision that its backers say would give users control over moderation and algorithms, but the article argues that for now the platform remains largely theoretical. Bluesky runs on one central server, with no immediate timeline for switching to its federated AT Protocol model, and its "What's Hot" feed is curated from simple popularity rather than user-built algorithms. The author says the early community has been shaped by harassment fights, a viral "hellthread" of nudes and a heavy white, liberal tilt, and argues that its main appeal so far is that it is not owned by Elon Musk.

## 19. Trust as a Service (TaaS): A Vision for Twitter

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Trust-as-a-Service-TaaS-A-Vision-for-Twitter?index=0x645bb836f615f629ad7efd9f5aa0b8af99888df0f5b56c56b16cab4c0e30191709cee036
- Source: https://therabbithole84.substack.com/p/trust-as-a-service-taas-a-vision
- Submitted by tednotlasso.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

Twitter must act as a defiant force against pressure to stifle conversations and empower citizen journalism to succeed as "Trust as a Service" (TaaS), according to this essay. It cites Gallup data showing American trust in mass media has fallen across political demographics, with Democrats as the sole exception, and argues that Legacy Media outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post are losing ground to Twitter's real-time, direct-source reporting. The piece proposes fixes including resolving an appeals bug, removing permanent suspensions or requiring human review for them, and adding safeguards against mass reporting campaigns. It also credits Elon Musk with releasing the Twitter Files, which it presents as setting new transparency standards.

## 20. Apocalyptic A.I. - A New Religion?

- Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Apocalyptic-AI-A-New-Religion?index=0x645da95bc1bd349be3fe362611cfcb5af3ea8ecadbb2b79c856d475b5100522b16b0e297
- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk2aUz00_AY
- Submitted by seanhart.eth, 2 upvotes, 0 comments