In the future, we want to improve the design and make Watcher a permissionless entity that anyone can run, but are incentivized to be an honest actor.
We have a couple of designs in mind, so stay tuned anon for a thread in the future โก๏ธ
We are on it, anon.
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When I started talking with the team, I immediately knew that there was something special about it.
While talked about the state of affairs in bridging and the opportunity with Nomad, underlined the challenges that the team is tackling.
Honesty โ
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But it's not only about honesty. It's also about pragmatism.
You can't go where you want, if you don't know where you **are**.
Realizing a vision is like a vector, the direction is equally important to speed.
gave me confidence that we will get there.
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Then, I started reading about the protocol and I found the same characteristics.
While extremely early, the team has ensured that the documentation serves as a true source of truth for the state of the protocol.
It's not about benefits, but tradeoffs.
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There are BILLION dollar projects that use marketing-speak in the dev docs, omitting questionable design decisions and real-life data.
But, Nomad is different.
We don't need to hide anything.
We trust our design decisions and our ability to tackle their challenges.
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In Nomad I will be initially helping at the protocol level, formalizing the protocol, and (obviously) porting our test suite to Foundry.
At the same time, I plan on familiarizing myself with the codebase of the Rust Agents, enabling me to contribute there as well.
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Apart from that, one of my goals is to maintain a "state of affairs".
An accurate 1-pit stop for developers and users that want to know about our protocol.
Where we excel, where we suck, and what we want to improve.
I want Nomad to be an example to follow.
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Ah, did I mention that Nomad just raised ๐ฒ22M to build the protocol for a cross-domain future?
Yup, it did.
twitter.com/nomadxyz_/stat
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gm! Weโre excited to announce that weโve closed our $22M seed round led by @polychain, and with participation from @1kxnetwork, @etherealvc, @hack_vc, and many other amazing funds and angels!
blog.nomad.xyz/nomad-raises-2
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A great talk about bridges and the tradeoffs with an Optimistic design, by
youtube.com/watch?v=ZQJWMi
You can read more about the Optimistic design in this great post by
blog.connext.network/optimistic-bri
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