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sometimes a software engineer. contributing to @AbstractChain

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cygaar is a sometimes-software-engineer and full-time crypto commentator who mixes hard technical takes with courtroom-level citations for an audience of 136k+. They call out sloppy actors, celebrate legal wins for decentralization, and turn complicated on-chain mechanics into shareable how-tos. Expect a blend of legal receipts, memetic honesty, and practical tutorials.

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You’re the only person who will DM the FBI with a license citation and then tweet a one-liner about mental illness, part legal counsel, part stand-up comedian, part chaos auditor. Calm down, the block explorer isn’t your therapist.

Exposed a major flaw in a bank-backed Euro stablecoin and turned it into a viral thread (1.37M+ views), driving public scrutiny and demonstrating how centralized controls can hide catastrophic single-point failures.

To educate the crypto community and the broader public about on-chain reality: make decentralized infrastructure understandable, hold centralized power and bad actors accountable, and push the ecosystem toward technically sound, permissionless systems. Their work bridges engineering, law, and public conversation so people can trust less and verify more.

Transparency, technical literacy, and decentralization are non-negotiable; infrastructure should be permissionless and auditable. Institutions and protocols should be held to both legal and technical standards, and healthy skepticism, served with a side of blunt humor, helps improve systems.

Sharp technical literacy + legal savvy + a knack for turning complex rulings and on-chain data into punchy, viral posts. Fearless criticism that sparks conversation and drives measurable awareness.

Extreme bluntness and contrarian humor can rub people the wrong way or be misread; sometimes tweets prioritize a hot take over nuance, which risks alienating potential allies.

To grow on X, lean into repeatable formats: pinned, evergreen threads that teach how to read on-chain data; short explainer threads for every hot legal ruling; quick, quotable takes that invite replies; regular X Spaces for live explainers and AMAs; collaborate with other crypto builders and reporters to amplify reach; use clear CTAs (follow, save, subscribe) and repurpose threads into a newsletter or Substack to convert followers into loyal readers.

Fun fact: one of cygaar's viral moments was calling out the FBI for copying OpenZeppelin code without an MIT license notice, that takedown racked up nearly a million views and tens of thousands of likes. Also, they once posted a step-by-step guide to reading Etherscan that turned into a go-to resource for newcomers.

Top tweets of cygaar

Hi @FBI, I noticed that your smart contracts are in direct violation of the MIT License, and thus are subject to copyright infringement. You clearly copy pasted several of OpenZeppelin's libraries (which use the MIT License), but don't have a license on the code yourself. The MIT License states "this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software", which you clearly did not adhere to in your contracts.

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My first attempt at hacking the @BoredApeYC dookey dash game lead to this image showing up. Well done Yuga. Time to try some other methods.

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NFT project owners, tired of @steveaoki buying into your project and dropping the floor? Here's a couple lines of code you can add to your contract to prevent this from happening. With this code in place he'll never be able to hurt you or your holders.

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Last month @LayerZero_Labs announced their integration with @zksync's new zkEVM. I deployed a set of contracts that allow you to mint, send, and receive NFTs between ETH and zksync using LayerZero. Here's how you can play around with those contracts 🧵:

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Most engaged tweets of cygaar

it appears that i am #1 in "yaps" on @_kaitoai over the last 24h i still dont know how these are earned but ill take it 🤣

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Hi @FBI, I noticed that your smart contracts are in direct violation of the MIT License, and thus are subject to copyright infringement. You clearly copy pasted several of OpenZeppelin's libraries (which use the MIT License), but don't have a license on the code yourself. The MIT License states "this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software", which you clearly did not adhere to in your contracts.

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Excited to formally announce @AbstractChain to the world. We're working alongside some of the best teams in this space to build the infrastructure that will push the next wave of consumer crypto applications forward. Mass cypto adoption coming soon.

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Friendly reminder that the @AbstractChain testnet is not incentivized. Yes I noticed the 10m new transactions from the last two weeks. No, I’m not impressed that you’re just transferring ETH between wallets. Testnet exists for users to familiarize themselves with Abstract and for devs to having a staging environment for their mainnet deployments. We do not care about farmed testnet metrics that are easily gamed. Good luck and have fun.

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I spent the last 5 days trying to exploit Dookey Dash from @BoredApeYC. It took many attempts, but I finally did it. Here's video proof of me going through every obstacle type and still registering a valid run on their system (more info in the thread):

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