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Cambridge PQ 2026 opening talk by @drakefjustin
🛡️ ⏩ (defensive accelerationism)
link to full playlist in next post 👇
Will Corcoran retweeted
We think pqai27, as we call it, can be a catalyst for Ethereum protocol development to align behind ambitious goals and continue to improve the security of our network, so that Ethereum’s apps and users may continue to enjoy its value.
In short: We think Ethereum should double down on its unique value proposition of being the most secure place to issue, hold and use the world’s assets, and achieve its post-quantum and post-AI transition over the next year.
This comes on the heels of massive, AI-accelerated progress behind the pieces required to move forward with this transition. Getting there will take work, and we at Ethlabs are committed to seeing it through.
There are no free lunches. Reprioritising post-quantum and post-AI security means deprioritising proposals that are dear to us, such as quick slots. The silver lining is that the work behind pq continues to add utility to the network, such as with new, pq-ready accounts leveraging Frame transactions.
and hey,
ethereum:native will be a pqai store of value btw :)
pqai27: Our view on post-quantum and post-AI timelines.
We shared this on Ethereum Magicians as input into the Ethereum governance process.
ethereum-magicians.org/t/pqa…
Emile: I would say no one predicted correctly how fast AI would come. And so I think it's a fact that technology is accelerating extremely fast currently. And the safe bet is not to bet on long timelines for quantum computers, and instead to be very cautious and to essentially switch to post-quantum cryptography as soon as possible, meaning very soon.
Interviewer: And how optimistic are you that Ethereum will solve that problem before the day comes?
Emile: Absolutely optimistic and confident.
Interviewer: Why?
Emile: Because it's kind of solved, I would say. Like, we have everything we need. We have hash-based STARKs aggregating hash-based signatures. Everything works nicely. Relies on the security of traditional hash functions. Extremely secure, scalable. We just need to put it in place and its done.
pqai27: Our view on post-quantum and post-AI timelines.
We shared this on Ethereum Magicians as input into the Ethereum governance process.
ethereum-magicians.org/t/pqa…
Will Corcoran retweeted
Join ACDT with questions/concerns and make them heard.
Ethereum is special and so is its government process.
App devs and core devs must be able to have a respectful discussion without letting emotions take over or falling back on stereotypes.
Glamsterdam + 8037/8 Update
Thanks to everyone who has spoken up and submitted.
Goal: audit reprorts before ACDT on Nov 16.
No decision on spec changes or Hoodi yet, keep the input coming
Nov 16 ACDT: findings, open Q&A. App devs welcome.
More: blog.ethereum.org/2026/11/06…
Will Corcoran retweeted
Ethereum gets stronger when its people ask hard questions.
Glamsterdam, the next upgrade, can increase Ethereum’s capacity by over 3x, but developers have raised important concerns about some of the proposed changes.
We’ve spent the past week working with the EF, auditors, core developers and community members to investigate them.
Here’s where we believe things stand, and how we can move forward together.
ethlabs.org/writings/trackin…
Hickman ( @shagbark_hick ) is just a wonderful follow. A wise voice from a world
I know, but rarely get to visit any longer.
It is amazing how cheap real estate is the ultimate precursor to dreaming.
In a high-cost environment, nothing is possible without debt, and debt forces the cortisol level up. You have to compromise with market forces in order to pay the bills.
But when costs are low, there is no bankman leering over you. What the market "wants" is irrelevant. You're 100% free to experiment, try anything, do it your way. An entire world of things that are impossible in a high-cost area open up to you immediately...
The character of a place, then, is really a function of its cheapness. Once a place becomes expensive, whatever made it interesting to begin with swiftly dies and is replaced by a simulacrum of the long-gone original.
Debt homogenizes everything it touches. Its machinery shapes men in extremely specific ways wherever it goes. If you want to dream, if you want to try something new, etc, you cannot do it in a high-cost environment unless your "dream" was already sanctioned by the market forces in that environment. And who can dream within such strict and colorless parameters? Of what value are such "dreams"?
This is why Upstate NY, Louisiana, MS Delta, rural NM, deep desert areas, WV, and so on are the last American places with any character. Such places continue to have character mostly because they are cheap. Wherever the money goes, the personality of a place and its people simply dies back; "Commercial Boulevard" takes over.
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Will Corcoran retweeted
“Step one of winning is surviving..”
Well put.
"Step one of winning is surviving… then the next step is getting Ethereum actually used at a much higher scale." - @VitalikButerin
Vitalik says @ethereum is making sure it is fully secure against quantum computers and AI, so it can scale into prediction markets, decentralized social, identity and DAOs.
He also says private transactions that cost more than 300,000 gas today will get much cheaper and become quantum safe.
I asked him about the next decade of Ethereum.
> What used to be hard or expensive on Ethereum that will become easy and cheap in the next 18 to 24 months?
> What becomes newly practical for users and builders over the next 3 to 5 years of lean Ethereum?
> What does winning look like for Ethereum in the next decade, and what early signals would show it?
> How does Ethereum's edge with institutions compound as more assets move on-chain?
Full Q&A👇
so, if this extrapolation holds, by the time we ship Hegotá the next generation of AI will be built ~90% without humans in the loop. 🫠
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Hegotá: scoped in one world, shipping into another.
The intelligence curve had already changed slope by the time the fork was scoped. By mainnet it’s off the chart.
This is going to be a wild fork to look back on in a couple of years.
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Hegotá: scoped in one world, shipping into another.
The intelligence curve had already changed slope by the time the fork was scoped. By mainnet it’s off the chart.
This is going to be a wild fork to look back on in a couple of years.
i was told maybe like. there months ago. that internal models have never been so far ahead of public releases.
i personally think this has less to do with safety and more to do with competition (rsi)
either way it’s a truly horrendous situation for the underclass as those sand rich oligarchs are building a lasting advantage over you. please don’t kid yourself that you won’t be in the underclass because unless you’re using these models of the future now — you are doomed.
i’ve used some of these models and they’re easily five months ahead of opus 5.5. just think about the jump you would expect to see of the models almost half a year away. that’s the competition.
there needs to be more scrutiny on these labs holding back this level of intelligence. if not for personal use then for areas like healthcare etc. we must act my valiant brothers.
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Will Corcoran retweeted
Hegotá: scoped in one world, shipping into another.
The intelligence curve had already changed slope by the time the fork was scoped. By mainnet it’s off the chart.
This is going to be a wild fork to look back on in a couple of years.
Cambridge Fast Finality & Decoupled Consensus Workshop 2026 playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Will Corcoran retweeted
So happy to present our work at @efdevcon today! 🫶
Honey, I Shrunk the Test Run 🧪🔬
Ethereum execution client system tests: 122 h → 2.7 h, 45x faster, by leaning into protocol mechanisms and client strengths.
45x what? how? 🧵
Will Corcoran retweeted
all developers on ethereum please take a look
PSA: Please verify that your contracts are still working after Glamsterdam! We created a repository with Invariants that will be broken after the fork, so you can verify for yourself.
blog.ethereum.org/2026/11/06…