# Top stories on Kiwi News, week 40 2024 Mon 30 September to Sun 6 October 2024 Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/weekly/2024-W40 The 20 top stories on Kiwi News from Mon 30 September to Sun 6 October 2024, ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 46 comments in total. Most-shared sources: x.com, warpcast.com. Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article. ## 1. Subscribe to @kiwi_reads on Telegram - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Subscribe-to-kiwireads-on-Telegram?index=0x6702c1692ea82886e5efca9a0f78133c10d4e05941617d05c8136b8b3efedf8317f7174b - Source: https://t.me/kiwi_reads - Submitted by tim, 10 upvotes, 8 comments ## 2. Gnosis announces new brand identity - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Gnosis-announces-new-brand-identity?index=0x66fc076277585f41c49454af2e500731e7c2bb92398323b5a204bef333b9a76be97cc52e - Source: https://x.com/GnosisDAO/status/1841118685584654351 - Submitted by tim, 9 upvotes, 0 comments ## 3. Memecoin super cycle - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Memecoin-super-cycle?index=0x66ff9b52ae323eaf27d46d13cf18ad11e898abc7b1abf4f8d8f24adca4dcabf49ff1b5f4 - Source: https://x.com/0xgoku_/status/1841906790377955373 - Submitted by naomiii.eth, 7 upvotes, 4 comments ## 4. You should spend more time on the bird app: a review of rotki - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/You-should-spend-more-time-on-the-bird-app-a-review-of-rotki?index=0x66fbf707fd7d0d5a3086892f4104ce262af378e945f8fcdd4fd2e268d342fd65128fac95 - Source: https://cerv.one/essays/rotki_review.html - Submitted by cerv1.eth, 6 upvotes, 2 comments Carl Cervone reviews rotki, an open source, local-first portfolio tracker, accounting and analytics tool for crypto, and gives it four out of five stars. He says rotki solved a complex crypto accounting problem for him in about 45 minutes on a Saturday night, after a self-built set of scripts had got him only about 80% of the way. He praises its simple UI, easy account and token management, and configurable RPC node and country-specific tax settings, and says he paid for the premium version to view a longer history. Listed drawbacks include wanting more fields in CSV exports, richer transaction tagging, and support for Coinbase Prime. ## 5. DEGEN comes to Coinbase - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/DEGEN-comes-to-Coinbase?index=0x66fcec7f48066b1f2021e27816df3a791b60b681a0323f6fec6b85fb4b6f6b2ada36a3bb - Source: https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1841189770623664640?s=19&t=ubZkQSu2LNfL4OO61GUDmg - Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 9 upvotes, 0 comments ## 6. AMA polynya - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/AMA-polynya?index=0x66fe5d088acfebd39c08bd96bebcf14be82beda78f098bfb89ae5d9a4979dca6fe893ac4 - Source: https://warpcast.com/polynya/0x2d3201be - Submitted by misha, 7 upvotes, 0 comments ## 7. OP looks for guest voters - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/OP-looks-for-guest-voters?index=0x66fe4abde0d7a494ad53db69f2284fa23b4ab8cae52b2feebff79eaf514f1f0292b6650d - Source: https://x.com/OptimismGov/status/1841501804749816183?s=19&t=J8EmHJog2sZngaf5JeNOdQ - Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 9 upvotes, 0 comments ## 8. Exploring Apps on the New Shape L2 - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Exploring-Apps-on-the-New-Shape-L2?index=0x66fce672f4e95f9a1fe90d8287940cb340dd12b1eaf76f41412530613c844ca0171f2625 - Source: https://www.bankless.com/exploring-shape-l2-apps - Submitted by rvolz.eth, 4 upvotes, 8 comments Shape, an art-focused Ethereum Layer 2 built by the team behind the Deca NFT curation platform, has gone live with its first apps. The network is part of Optimism's Superchain and features a Gasback program where artists and apps can claim 80% of the sequencer fees generated by users of their smart contracts. Users can bridge ETH through Superbridge or Relay, with Relay offering faster withdrawals than the roughly 7-day native bridging system. The article also recommends minting a free Stack NFT, which costs less than a cent in gas, and lists apps such as Passport, Deca, Highlight and White Walls. ## 9. Why can’t I request to join a channel? - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Why-cant-I-request-to-join-a-channel?index=0x6701dc47ab5595b85584950f90643052e1d60805751ab26dc77158d06c4f28a3c6bf923a - Source: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x7aa4c4ae - Submitted by misha, 6 upvotes, 2 comments ## 10. Uniswap v4 is the Sanctum of Restaking - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Uniswap-v4-is-the-Sanctum-of-Restaking?index=0x66fc26d7d12a055c6a7c37ac823d1bd95168318cb943f1b8532deb0b93276d72f8f4f7d3 - Source: https://research.auditless.com/p/al-78-uniswap-v4-is-the-sanctum-of - Submitted by auditless.eth, 5 upvotes, 4 comments Uniswap v4 hooks could let Ethereum restaking tokens share a liquidity hub modeled on Sanctum's Solana design, according to the author's argument. The article notes that Lido stETH dominates Curve's LST volume because of its ETH liquidity, while Sanctum's Infinity pool combines 40+ LSTs into one LP token, enabled by Solana's lack of slashing and 2-3 day withdrawals. The author proposes an LP token, a master liquidity contract, and LRT/ETH hooks with fixed fees, noting that slashing would later require a slashing-aware StableSwap hook. ## 11. Full Bangkok Guide During Your Time at Devcon - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Full-Bangkok-Guide-During-Your-Time-at-Devcon?index=0x66fc07c897b36f4948ec9d9bd46679c003f545f9917b05699ae9f22924dcc17af8fc32f1 - Source: https://x.com/paramonoww/status/1840411515054367072 - Submitted by 0x1E92...C2d4, 5 upvotes, 0 comments The author, a six-month Bangkok resident, offers a practical guide for attendees of Devcon, mainly recommending Airbnb condos in districts such as Phaya Thai, Bang Sue, Chatuchak, Din Daeng, Ratchathewi and Dusit at about $30-60 per night, and bike taxis, which the post says cost $1-2 per ride and arrive within 1-2 minutes. It advises using Bolt or Grab for rides, Foodpanda for delivery, carrying cash because cards are accepted only above 200 baht (about $6.18), and buying travel insurance after a hospital visit that cost $300 and a CT scan that cost $3000. ## 12. introduction to latest version of Warpcast Channels - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/introduction-to-latest-version-of-Warpcast-Channels?index=0x670121872123a482f84dadb8ba8fbd913e7a5df0d08131695c4c9f60145a28dad4a435c9 - Source: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x322a6163 - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 5 comments ## 13. Reducing the power of the pivotal voter (Kiwi design proposal) - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Reducing-the-power-of-the-pivotal-voter-Kiwi-design-proposal?index=0x66fac617b8f6791412603ef0e3d90e95e025b86c7b496e1126f465fd405a2f2ed57dccdf - Source: https://hackmd.io/@TimDaub/SkJvSNOAC - Submitted by tim, 6 upvotes, 0 comments The author, Tim Daub, proposes a pragmatic scheme to reduce the power of "pivotal voters" in a future Kiwi writers contest, after a prior contest's prize places 3 and 4 were separated by only two upvotes. The proposal has Tim and Mac secretly pick a contest end time, publish a keccak256 hash of it with a random salt, announce only a rough end window, and reveal the input afterward so participants can verify the commitment. The article admits this fails the insider attack test, since Tim and Mac could still vote pivotally right before the secret end time. A possible future improvement would tie the end to a public condition neither organizers nor writers control, such as the first Ethereum L1 block whose hash ends in 00. ## 14. Yesterday, I watched “Vitalik: An Ethereum Story” with my non-crypto friends... - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Yesterday-I-watched-Vitalik-An-Ethereum-Story-with-my-non-crypto-friends?index=0x66fafae299c4dbc3e2380c7cdf2b71dc0ba7428aef76a05fd720327a0c9f53511e10f1eb - Source: https://x.com/MacBudkowski/status/1840834206131233105 - Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 4 upvotes, 2 comments The author watched "Vitalik: An Ethereum Story" with non-crypto friends and concludes that the film is an interesting portrait of Vitalik for crypto enthusiasts but is not a standalone introduction to Ethereum for general audiences. Friends said they still did not understand what Ethereum is, found the Merge explanation confusing, and were left unclear on why Ethereum was built rather than using Bitcoin. The author suggests a longer format such as a TV series, and praises the production quality and Vitalik's character arc while noting gaps in his backstory. ## 15. Privy Blog | New look, same Privy - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Privy-Blog-or-New-look-same-Privy?index=0x66fc51fcc16277f975b37153222ef08a797929ae2c8f16b30af780c26b4496bf58ce674a - Source: https://privy.io/blog/new-look-same-privy - Submitted by naomiii.eth, 5 upvotes, 1 comment Privy has unveiled an evolved brand meant to reflect its core purpose of crafting secure, flexible libraries that let developers build products their users deserve, announced by Jackie Randell on October 1, 2024. The milestone behind the update is over 20 million users onboarded to crypto rails across hundreds of production apps, with more than 2,000 developers building on Privy's APIs. The new look includes a simplified logo, called Blobby internally, which keeps the blob motif, along with an expanded color palette and illustration style. Privy thanked Landscape for partnering on the redesign. ## 16. Launchcaster joins Orange DAO - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Launchcaster-joins-Orange-DAO?index=0x66ffdd82f431ecb95e5b187d4c345a0fc2b0138920e99753e0774e4ca7430aa4ad508bd6 - Source: https://blog.jaymehoffman.com/launchcaster-orange-dao - Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 5 upvotes, 1 comment ## 17. Biggest Changes Coming in Ethereum’s Super-Sized Pectra Upgrade - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Biggest-Changes-Coming-in-Ethereums-Super-Sized-Pectra-Upgrade?index=0x66fa4fe9f1987f00bbd2eb6e71b6718a9cef99ea1973418bc2c1ce933102a0d142dac9f4 - Source: https://ipfs.decrypt.co/ipfs/QmVDywTm126eaMXRvUVefE5Wos5DVLFmyMzbx1jEcHafN9 - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 1 comment ## 18. TON: Too Big To Ignore - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/TON-Too-Big-To-Ignore?index=0x66ffcadbbdb180bd739cd7d13c529aa66aee17cceacf11e7cf8a95776b67008bbb2bf7a5 - Source: https://4pillars.io/en/articles/ton-too-big-to-ignore - Submitted by tim, 4 upvotes, 3 comments ## 19. Announcing the Paragraph Mini App on Farcaster - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Announcing-the-Paragraph-Mini-App-on-Farcaster?index=0x66fc753dc3a42b9f5243f119e062a7af99990027288566e78bb7b66e5364e2621c7dcb7f - Source: https://paragraph.xyz/@blog/paragraph-mini-app-on-farcaster - Submitted by misha, 7 upvotes, 5 comments Paragraph has launched a mini app on Farcaster that lets users read Paragraph posts shared on Farcaster without leaving the app. When a Paragraph post is shared on Farcaster, it becomes an instant-loading article, which the announcement says helps writers reach a wider audience. The company says it is working on improvements to help writers grow subscribers and monetize more effectively while keeping the reading experience seamless. ## 20. On solo staking, local block building and blobs - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/On-solo-staking-local-block-building-and-blobs?index=0x66fe4957f80ecbccba2ef6fb6cf14d077a3b90e3989d518c383fa563cbe9d02499f6804b - Source: https://ethresear.ch/t/on-solo-staking-local-block-building-and-blobs/20540 - Submitted by macbudkowski.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments Ethereum reorg data from October 2023 to October 2024 suggests solo stakers and local block builders are reorged more often than professional operators and MEV-Boost builders, which bears on whether to raise blob throughput in Pectra. The article reports that about 0.2% of blocks are reorged on average, with professional node operators such as Lido, Kiln, Figment and EtherFi below that average and solo stakers and Rocketpool operators above it. Local builders had a reorg rate of about 1.02%, roughly five times the 0.20% rate for MEV-Boost builders. The author notes that the reorg rate has trended down since the Dencun hardfork for solo stakers and MEV-Boost users, but not for local builders, and that solo stakers are the largest group among local builders.