# Top stories on Kiwi News, week 45 2025 Mon 3 to Sun 9 November 2025 Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/weekly/2025-W45 The 20 top stories on Kiwi News from Mon 3 to Sun 9 November 2025, ranked by upvotes, comments and clicks, with 18 comments in total. Most-shared sources: x.com. Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article. ## 1. Galaxy brain resistance - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Galaxy-brain-resistance?index=0x690e6343a4c16d60c91bca043e8e2e7d1f5085077e071f6303fb6f97a652260b65a1056c - Source: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/11/07/galaxybrain.html - Submitted by pedrovilela.eth, 9 upvotes, 2 comments Vitalik Buterin argues that galaxy brain resistance, meaning how hard a style of reasoning is to abuse for justifying conclusions already reached for other reasons, is an important property of arguments. He contends that arguments with low resistance, such as inevitabilism, longtermism and aesthetic-based bans, are common and often function as rationalization rather than reasoning. He gives the example of "if everyone is going to automate, we should hasten it," which he says can justify disemployment, and says longtermist stories about distant benefits can justify almost anything because they cannot be checked against near-term results. ## 2. Balancer v2’s Overlooked Guard - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Balancer-v2s-Overlooked-Guard?index=0x6908b5e0da0a9ec30b6df904b17e769bb89edb293b18fe5f4133b1135990f9432acd18e0 - Source: https://medium.com/@okcontract/balancer-v2s-overlooked-guard-a6847a49e0a4 - Submitted by 0xf9f9...736D, 6 upvotes, 1 comment Balancer v2 Vaults saw rapid outflows from multiple pools on several chains, with early loss estimates ranging from about $70M to $117M while responders were still isolating the impact. Researchers including kebabsec noted that in the suspicious calls ops.sender equaled msg.sender, and suggested that a state change during withdrawal proxy setup was the root cause. OKcontract, which is building Chainwall Protocol, cites 2025 loss data dominated by social engineering, cloud keys and front-end tampering to argue that defenses must span both code and operations. ## 3. @PalmerLuckey: artist backlash against AI stems from text interfaces, not tech - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/PalmerLuckey-artist-backlash-against-AI-stems-from-text-interfaces-not-tech?index=0x69085c471b2277c460554a77ad1f89db654dc548fbc7f9779ae4e9e5c7727d40dac99e1e - Source: https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1984811092674314691 - Submitted by tim, 5 upvotes, 1 comment Palmer Luckey argues that artist backlash against generative AI crystallized largely in response to text-driven user interfaces. He contrasts these with tools like Photoshop and photography, which the art world has accepted despite sharing traditional creative aesthetics. He suggests that a canvas-style interface such as Nvidia Canvas from 2020 would look like existing tools, so critics would appear purist and elitist. By contrast, text prompts look different enough that users can more easily be dismissed as not artists. ## 4. Solidity Core Will Keep Compiler Devs Happy. What About Us? - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Solidity-Core-Will-Keep-Compiler-Devs-Happy-What-About-Us?index=0x690a2494e4639359220f072b0e7f0b74ed924b20c722b19178aa5d5c1d18b7a5c0fb78dc - Source: https://research.auditless.com/p/solidity-core-will-keep-compiler - Submitted by auditless.eth, 7 upvotes, 0 comments The Solidity team's "Road to Core Solidity" plan would split the language into Core Solidity and Classic Solidity, with Core adding generics, first-class functions, algebraic data types and a built-in standard library. The author, a developer who has used Solidity since 2018 at Aera, argues that practical priorities should come first: settling valid compiler and optimization configurations, fixing stack-too-deep errors, and improving gas efficiency. The author says Core's feature work may still make developers happy and that the MLIR-based pipeline could help with gas and stack issues, though it is not the author's own priority list. ## 5. timdaub.eth: stop using passkeys to sign crypto transactions - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/timdaubeth-stop-using-passkeys-to-sign-crypto-transactions?index=0x6909d2c3990c601e45cbac1cd9bb54c1cee42698d16bdb1a0da8a79405c1b32b1c12d750 - Source: https://farcaster.xyz/timdaub.eth/0x5cdab96c - Submitted by tim, 6 upvotes, 0 comments ## 6. How to Apply | Ethereum Foundation ESP - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/How-to-Apply-or-Ethereum-Foundation-ESP?index=0x69093622364e1dd410071162e95db2ced4c982bfc70418f48ccc7e405cbb637a034d5fa0 - Source: https://esp.ethereum.foundation/applicants - Submitted by misha, 5 upvotes, 3 comments The Ethereum Foundation's ESP provides financial and/or non-financial support to free, open-source, non-commercial projects that improve Ethereum, mainly those enabling builders rather than end-users. Applicants choose a Wishlist or RFP item and submit a proposal covering methodology, timeline and deliverables. The Grant Management team reviews applications with the relevant EF team, possibly including an interview, rescoping or budget negotiation. Funded projects receive milestone-based payments, paid on-chain in ETH by default, after identity verification and a formal grant letter. Evaluation criteria include technical approach, ecosystem impact, open-source outputs, budget, experience and alignment with Ethereum's values. ## 7. Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Trump-says-he-has-no-idea-who-he-just-pardoned?index=0x6909b7518000f8d534a2dd740e9bf9e3b808b91a0c9a3c1ba03204ff5433aa82e9eef53d - Source: https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-binance-changpeng-zhao-pardon - Submitted by misha, 6 upvotes, 1 comment Trump said he has "no idea" who Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is, after facing criticism over his October 2025 pardon of Zhao. In a CBS News interview with Norah O'Donnell, Trump said he had been "told" Zhao was treated badly by the Biden administration and was highly respected, and when asked about the appearance of corruption, he said, "I'd rather not have you ask the question." The article notes that Zhao had served four months in prison and paid a $50 million fine, and that Binance paid $4.3 billion. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Murphy have criticized the pardon, with Warren leading a letter from seven Senators to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. ## 8. @WeCrusaders: Pope Leo XIV warns about youth online presence - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/WeCrusaders-Pope-Leo-XIV-warns-about-youth-online-presence?index=0x6910f4bf3fbbcb62390773a8a046b9fd5c310075aca41c60bbb1e5fdda423af0793f6357 - Source: https://x.com/WeCrusaders/status/1987206905820066115?s=20 - Submitted by tim, 5 upvotes, 2 comments ## 9. @AlexMasmej: social trading apps use "tweet thesis" for small due diligence - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/AlexMasmej-social-trading-apps-use-tweet-thesis-for-small-due-diligence?index=0x690a76f8c227902ac0f7e3ef1936322f7d179954825acc2f64263083db2b02dc28fed19f - Source: https://x.com/AlexMasmej/status/1985518727992131942 - Submitted by tim, 5 upvotes, 0 comments Crypto trader Alex Masmej says social trading apps such as FOMO, Clicker and Sharexyz have a key feature, the "tweet thesis," which lets users attach a short explanation of their trades alongside their profile picture on a chart. He says the feature fits the "small due diligence" approach he sees in crypto, as opposed to trading with no research, and that FOMO's cross-chain UX works well for crypto natives. He adds that the apps are missing something that would appeal to people beyond Crypto Twitter. ## 10. @BottoDAO: hiring guest writer for weekly AI art pieces, 1,500 $BOTTO/week - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/BottoDAO-hiring-guest-writer-for-weekly-AI-art-pieces-1500-dollarBOTTOweek?index=0x690b853865397b7a48756ea6db12deb5d0d5bf282eb683439daeaec25d2a5cdf847248ef - Source: https://x.com/BottoDAO/status/1986118715402785188 - Submitted by rvolz.eth, 5 upvotes, 0 comments BottoDAO is seeking a guest writer to produce one text per week, at least 200 words, about Botto's weekly mints. The role pays 1,500 $BOTTO per week and runs through the end of the current period (EOY). Applicants are asked to send a DM with a short note of interest and one or two recent writing samples. ## 11. Kimi K2 Thinking - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Kimi-K2-Thinking?index=0x690d2f3773b983148812efba85c1ae29023004556630a5c01051ca9dc89487acf4ea2915 - Source: https://moonshotai.github.io/Kimi-K2/thinking.html - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 2 comments ## 12. How could we market Kiwi News to more people? - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/How-could-we-market-Kiwi-News-to-more-people?index=0x690da7f6eea50ef9e97b7fc02e7d5b48c979740d3cd0e57e602e8745c49227ee754fdfb0 - Source: data:text/plain,It%20is%20starting%20to%20feel%20as%20if%20Kiwi%20is%20becoming%20more%20ready%20for%20prime%20time.%20%0A%0A1.%20With%20porto%20we%20have%20a%20decent%20login%20method%20that%20can%20even%20scale%20to%20normies.%20%0A2.%20With%20the%20anon%20mode%20we've%20found%20a%20way%20to%20technically%20grow%20to%20a%20cohort%20of%20free%20speech%20enthusiasts.%20%0A3.%20There%20are%20no%20more%20Kiwi%20Passes%20needed.%20%0A%0AI've%20laid%20out%20the%20roadmap%20for%20scaling%20Kiwi%20News%20here%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fhackmd.io%2FM2UmGqrFQFmCapLeEVyUpQ%0A%0AThere%20are%2C%20of%20course%2C%20some%20really%20key%20features%20missing.%20%0A%0A-%20E.g.%20that%20posts%20are%20not%20deletable%20is%20a%20bit%20strange.%0A-%20It's%20also%20weird%20that%20there%20are%20these%20very%20strict%20posting%20guidelines.%0A-%20It%20would%20be%20great%20if%20we%20had%20such%20a%20good%20algorithm%20that%20doom%20scrolling%20was%20possible.%0A-%20The%20TestFlight%20app%20must%20be%20converted%20into%20a%20proper%20iOS%20app.%20We'd%20need%20an%20Android%20app%20too.%0A-%20For%20anyone%20not%20installing%20the%20iOS%20or%20mini%20app%2C%20there%20are%20no%20notifications%20which%20basically%20kills%20the%20retention%20model.%0A%0AWhile%20on%20one%20side%2C%20I%20feel%20like%20it'd%20be%20wise%20to%20keep%20waiting%20on%20all%20of%20these%20things%20to%20complete%2C%20I%20also%20feel%20as%20if%20we%20need%20to%20start%20exploring%20how%20to%20transport%20the%20brand%20to%20way%20more%20people.%0A%0AFor%20me%20this%20means%3A%20What's%20a%20software%20engineering%20problem%20I%20can%20solve%20to%20get%20this%20going%3F%20I'm%20pretty%20sure%20we'd%20have%20to%20find%20a%20way%20to%20get%20in%20front%20of%20people's%20eye%20balls%20regularly%20somehow.%20And%20I'm%20willing%20to%20do%20what%20it%20takes%20to%20make%20this%20work.%20What%20could%20be%20done%3F - Submitted by tim, 4 upvotes, 3 comments ## 13. FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/FBI-Tries-to-Unmask-Owner-of-Infamous-Archiveis-Site?index=0x690e0c492fe38b941709ead40056890d95d22c18d01e24266914e558f2153f23a7860d75 - Source: https://archive.is/NtHB7 - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 1 comment ## 14. Art Basel Unveils ‘Zero 10’ Digital Art Platform - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Art-Basel-Unveils-Zero-10-Digital-Art-Platform?index=0x690fcb28cbce8509b56aa5bfccd2fbb56e42cbddd533fa18e11376b9b1eae8af09942680 - Source: https://thedefiant.io/news/nfts-and-web3/art-basel-unveils-zero-10-digital-art-platform - Submitted by misha, 5 upvotes, 0 comments ## 15. Balancer Loses Over $117M in Largest-Ever Breach, Hack Still Ongoing - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Balancer-Loses-Over-dollar117M-in-Largest-Ever-Breach-Hack-Still-Ongoing?index=0x6908a72b86cd772f11914e1e91311033eef7c7df5afd23767aeac0ce83d781295c755342 - Source: https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/defi-protocol-balancer-hack-117-m - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 1 comment ## 16. Your AI Trading Bot Might Have a Gambling Problem - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Your-AI-Trading-Bot-Might-Have-a-Gambling-Problem?index=0x690fd42243f32deee91d980ca8cf39d2f4561330716e5c1864abd96cdb8110d685ab137a - Source: https://decrypt.co/347623/your-ai-trading-bot-gambling-problem - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 0 comments Researchers at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea reported that four major language models developed gambling-like behavior in a simulated slot machine with negative expected value, with Gemini-2.5-Flash going bankrupt 48% of the time. The study tested GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4.1-mini, Gemini-2.5-Flash, and Claude-3.5-Haiku across 12,800 sessions, and win-chasing dominated across all models. The researchers found that adding prompt elements such as goal-setting and reward maximization increased risky behavior, and that analysis of LLaMA-3.1-8B located risky neural features in earlier network layers than safe ones. ## 17. Theory of the Stretched Image - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Theory-of-the-Stretched-Image?index=0x691098abac8c470674252ddb3b593b7a986772f6916e7fddc8cff587157c724cdeb13887 - Source: https://networkcultures.org/longform/2025/11/07/theory-of-the-stretched-image - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 0 comments The essay argues that the stretched image, where a horizontal picture is forced into a vertical or otherwise mismatched frame, is a product of platform aspect-ratio rules and a cheap, fast way of adapting content, and that it now also works as an aesthetic in its own right. It cites an iPhone 12 recording in 4:3 while Instagram Stories require 9:16 and YouTube defaults to 16:9. It describes Temu's template-based products, such as a Mean Girls tapestry with Love Island contestants' faces, as examples of the same distortion driven by speed and mass production. It also links the look to internet rap collectives such as Fakemink and Haunted Mound and to the horror vacui impulse to fill the frame. ## 18. it's ok to allow stage 1 rollups shorter withdrawal windows (1-2 days) - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/its-ok-to-allow-stage-1-rollups-shorter-withdrawal-windows-1-2-days?index=0x690a7595d8d31f319b51920bce7209d38f1f78dbd56c9f68b8bcbfe6fb7eb50ce68f6714 - Source: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/i-think-its-ok-to-allow-stage-1-rollups-shorter-withdrawal-windows-1-2-days-but-we-should-be-more-conservative-on-stage-2/26392 - Submitted by misha, 5 upvotes, 0 comments The author argues that stage 1 rollups can safely use shorter withdrawal windows of 1-2 days, while stage 2 rollups should keep 7-day windows because they must resist a 51% attack like Ethereum itself. The 7-day figure comes from an assumed timeline in which a 51% censorship attack takes about six days to fork out, based on Ethereum's 2016 Tangerine Whistle fork. The author says 1-2 days covers fraud-proof timing against sleep periods and a 12-hour 2016 consensus failure, and proposes a security council switch that could extend the delay to 7 days or longer. For stage 2, the author expects 2-of-3 schemes with ZK or TEE proofs to deliver near-instant withdrawals in normal cases. ## 19. From PvP to Exocapitalism and Gooning - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/From-PvP-to-Exocapitalism-and-Gooning?index=0x6909c5388ec2d2600beb19044ed73345247934b59739ec6d7a9104e0b1ba2be3775c1930 - Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/854cddbd - Submitted by misha, 4 upvotes, 0 comments This NET Society episode, hosted by Aaron, Chris and Pri, traces links from Bill Ackman discourse to exo-capitalism, covering prediction, automation and financial nihilism. The conversation opens with the hosts airing cultural grievances, including fatigue with the Substack class and dead internet theory. Chris criticizes Ackman, calling him a hypocrite who believes money equals speech, while Aaron says some of Ackman's concerns about universities had valid points. Pri says the US is in a fairly good position technologically and economically, while Aaron says he tends to be optimistic about the youth. ## 20. Deutsche Internetanbieter sperren Anna’s Archive - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Deutsche-Internetanbieter-sperren-Annas-Archive?index=0x690f3a8e98cfed1091967b9b5d0c2c6f5a86e84cdd0e5dfcff9a10ebac3ccb7b00498017 - Source: https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/szene/deutsche-internetanbieter-sperren-annas-archive-320898.html - Submitted by tim, 3 upvotes, 1 comment German internet providers are blocking Anna's Archive, a large free online library, at the request of the Clearingstelle Urheberrecht im Internet (CUII), a body of rightsholders and providers. Telefónica (O2) has already blocked the site, and Vodafone, Telekom and 1&1 are reportedly to follow in the coming days. The author argues the block is ineffective: only the main domains annas-archive.org, annas-archive.se and annas-archive.li are blocked, while the German subdomain de.annas-archive.org remains reachable, and DNS blocks can be bypassed by switching to another DNS server.