Cryptig retweeted
Writing a competitive TIG algorithm takes time, specialist knowledge and a lot of implementation work.
We think the search for better algorithms shouldnβt be limited by the few people who have all three, and thatβs part of what weβre working towards at TIG.
The search for better algorithms shouldn't be limited to people with specialist programming knowledge.
Today, we're open-sourcing Talos, our new autoresearch tool, now available in its initial beta.
Talos takes an idea and turns it into an iterative search process. You pick a TIG challenge and give an LLM a direction to explore. Talos then runs in a loop, writing, modifying and testing algorithms, and comparing each candidate against the current top mainnet algorithm.
Every candidate is compiled and evaluated using TIG's own runtime and verifier. It must outperform the baseline on both training and held-out data to qualify as an improvement.
The result is a new way to explore algorithmic solutions. You use your own compute and LLM account, and get a ready-to-submit package if Talos finds something better.
By lowering the barrier to algorithm development, we can bring more people into the innovation, put more ideas to the test and create more opportunities to find algorithms nobody has thought of yet.
Itβs GPLv3 licensed, so anyone can build on it.
Code: github.com/tig-foundation/taβ¦
Install: pypi.org/project/talos-tig/
Cryptig retweeted
We've now open-sourced the code for a mining pool that runs on TIG.
Want to run your own? Fork it. Give it a name. Set your own rules. Open it to whoever you like.
The pool assigns benchmarks to members' machines, submits their work under the pool's TIG account, tracks credits and collateral on Base, and handles settlements and withdrawals. Most of the groundwork is done. The rest is up to you: hosting, branding, payout model, fees and spending caps.
What's the point? For those new here, pools help smaller benchmarkers balance their factors across challenges. More pools mean more people can take part, and healthier competition across the network.
That's why we're putting the code out there so anyone can build on it. No need to start from scratch.
Pool server: github.com/tig-foundation/tiβ¦
Member client: github.com/tig-foundation/tiβ¦
MIT licensed. Still in development, so expect some bugs.
Cryptig retweeted
β«οΈ What is The End Game?
Lets imagine $TIG ten years from now..
The model actually works.. there are hundreds of challenges covering..
AI.. Logistics.. Energy.. Manufacturing.. Medicine.. Cryptography.. Science.. and entirely new areas we haven't even considered yet
Researchers are competing.. Universities are participating.. companies are funding problems they want solved
AI agents run experiments around the clock.. benchmarkers continuously test which algorithms are best..
Weak methods continue to disappear.. while better ones gain adoption
Major breakthroughs become Advances.. and every successful discovery adds to $TIG's growing library of knowledge and intellectual property
Businesses license the algorithms that actually create value.. the commercial demand funds more research..
This attracts more talent.. more compute.. and more AI agents looking for the next breakthrough
The entire network becomes better at producing innovation over time
At that point..
Calling $TIG a cryptocurrency would be like calling Amazon a website
Its technically true.. but its completely missing what it became and the true scale or things
$TIG would look more like a global marketplace for algorithmic intelligence
A system where humans and AI compete to solve valuable problems..
Where better ideas are rewarded.. where useful discoveries become commercial assets.. and where capital can continuously flow back into creating the next generation of breakthroughs
It would no longer be just a crypto network..
It would arguably be one of the worlds most powerful and important networks
Full article π xitter.gq/DreadBong0/status/2090β¦
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Cryptig retweeted
β«οΈ How Big is $TIG's Total Addressable Market?
This is where things start sounding crazy..
Trying to define $TIG's TAM is an incredibly difficult thing to do..
Because.. what industries will $TIG touch?
- AI
- Research
- Software
- Logistics
- Science
- Cryptography
- Energy
- Medicine
- Cloud
- Chips
- Robotics
- Compute
I mean.. potentially all of them
I guess the better question to ask is.. "Where does improved and optimised computation create economic value?"
The answer to that is.. Almost everywhere
Gartner forecasts roughly $2.5 Trillion of worldwide AI spending in just 2026 alone
OECD estimates global Research and Development spending reached $3.8 Trillion in 2024.. which I imagine has only increased since
Mckinsey said generative AI could generate up to $4.4 Trillion of annual economic value across all the use cases they analysed
And with Logistics.. the World Bank mentioned logistics costs could equal up to 8% of GDP in the US.. with closer to 15-20% in many middle income countries
Now.. $TIG clearly does not own these markets
Its TAM is not $2.5 Trillion because Gartner forecasted $2.5T on AI spending..
That would be insane
The point is.. $TIG will have genuine severe impact on gigantic industries globally through algorithmic optimisations
$TIG doesn't need to capture all of them.. it doesn't need to capture 10%
Hell.. it doesn't even need to capture 1%
Because if you build infrastructure responsible for improving and optimising how trillions and trillions of dollars of technology and capital operate..
Even a tiny percentage becomes eye watering numbers
Full article π xitter.gq/DreadBong0/status/2090β¦
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Cryptig retweeted
$TIG explained in 2 minutes..
Cryptig retweeted
Spent way too long sleeping on this one.
$TIG is a ~$25M AI project on Base, built by actual Cambridge PhDs, and almost nobody is talking about it.
Broke down 7 reasons it still looks early ππΊ
youtu.be/24wfjyeI2XI
Cryptig retweeted
Tomorrow, @Dr_JohnFletcher will be joined by founder & CEO of Aigora, @johnennis.
Dr Ennis holds a PhD in differential geometry from UC Santa Barbara and is a pioneer in the use of AI for mathematics research.
They will discuss AI in mathematics, its risks, safety and freedom.
Cryptig retweeted
This is what I don't think people understand..
$TIG is looking to achieve something with licensing that's not been done before
They are attempting to fundamentally change how algorithmic innovation is monetised
An open, global marketplace.. where anyone can discover a better algorithm, prove its value and potentially earn ongoing royalties when businesses and others license it
Imagine thousands of humans and AI agents continuously competing to solve the world's hardest computational problems.. with the resulting breakthroughs becoming commercially valuable assets
Its creating an entirely new economy around algorithms
People just do not understand how massive or important this is..
When licensing goes live.. $TIG is going to valhalla
$TIG
Cryptig retweeted
Our next Space brings you updates and announcements from TIG Chief Scientist @Dr_JohnFletcher, plus a discussion on TIG in a world where open-source AI is increasingly regulated.
See you today at 5pm BST!
Cryptig retweeted
Three cool announcements.. three powerful validations to $TIG's thesis
@nvidia pushing algorithmic research.. @BlueQubitIO combining AI and benchmarks to discover better algorithms.. @NASA and @IBM opening up models and data for others to build on
$TIG is connecing all of this into one open global marketplace
Anyone can contribute.. better algorithms get tested.. breakthroughs get rewarded
And the whole thing keeps running without needing someone to fund every individual research project
Means $TIG are way ahead of the curve
Cryptig retweeted
This week, @Dr_JohnFletcher is joined by special guest Dr Peter Stasiak, theoretical fluid mechanics expert, to discuss the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize breakthrough, the controversy, and the risks to science and creativity from centralised AI.
They will also discuss a solution and how TIG and Prometheus allow escape from the incentive trap forming around frontier research.
See you today at 5pm BST!
Cryptig retweeted
>sam altman: "we tried this because there were rumor on the internet"
>rumor: math professor close to solving navier-stokes
>the professor: using codex for a year
>openai: has all his logs
>checked every codex session tagged to N-S
>found the most promising one
>spun up 10,000 agents to finish the proof where he couldn't
>they got caught
>told the guy if you say anything you'll destroy your own career
>he ruins his career over this
>openai: "we did not see his work"
>also openai: "we cannot rule out that de-identified data from their usage helped improve our models"
they stole it lmao
Cryptig retweeted
UPDATE: Refunds are processed in full, with an extra 10% cashback.
The Solana contract has been updated. We haven't seen any further related activity, and we're constantly monitoring it.
If your Solana card balance was withdrawn a few hours ago, we've restored the full amount and added 10% cashback on what was withdrawn. Open the app and cross-check your balance.
Here's exactly what was affected and what wasn't:
1. This was limited to card contracts on Solana holding balances added through Avici's Top Up flow.
2. Your regular Avici Solana and EVM wallets were never affected. Those wallets are self-custodial and stayed under your control the entire time.
3. EVM card balances, onramps, offramps, and swaps were not affected.
4. Funds outside these Solana card-balance contracts were never exposed.
We made a very deliberate choice to keep your Avici wallet separate from your card balance. It's why you have to manually Top Up before spending. Combining both would've made the app easier to use, but we didn't do it because we believed keeping them separate was safer.
That separation is why this stayed limited to the affected Solana card contracts while wallets and everything else in Avici stayed untouched. That doesn't make what affected users went through okay. We're sorry for the stress and uncertainty this caused.
We're not proud that this happened. We are proud that Avici is built onchain, where balance movements are immediately visible and independently verifiable instead of hidden behind a private ledger. In traditional fintech, the number shown in an app can stay unchanged while what is happening underneath remains invisible. Here, anyone could see the movement onchain as it happened.
We're pushing the frontier of onchain finance, and that road was never going to be easy. Moments like this are painful and humbling, but they show us what has to improve and will make Avici stronger. We're not stepping back. We're going to keep pushing forward.
Rain, our card issuing partner, covered all reimbursements in full. Huge credit to their team for moving quickly, working closely with us, restoring every affected balance, and fixing the issue.
We'll publish a full postmortem once the investigation is complete.
And a huge thank you to every partner who jumped in immediately to help us through this: @solana, @raincards, @Helius, @MetaDAOProject, @zeroshadow_io, and @asymmetric_re.
Thank you for staying with us through the uncertainty and stress this caused today.
UPDATE: All affected card balances will be refunded in full
Earlier today, our card-issuing partner, Rain, identified a vulnerability in an version of a Solana card contract used by Avici and a small number of other programs. The contract has now been upgraded across all programs, and no further unauthorised activity has been observed.
Avici wallets and card balances are separate. Avici wallets are self-custodial and remain under usersβ control.
When users top up their cards, funds move into a separate Solana contract that holds their card balance. Only this contract was affected.
Note: Funds held in Aviciβs Solana and EVM wallets are safe and were not affected.
Our current reconciliation shows that 1,685 users were affected, representing $500,859.22 in card balances.
Every affected user will have their card balance refunded in full. We remain in close contact with our card-issuing and security partners and are monitoring the remediation closely.
Avici has also filed a report with the FBIβs Internet Crime Complaint Center. We are deeply sorry for the concern and inconvenience this has caused.
Cryptig retweeted
β«οΈ Licensing for base:0x0c03ce270b4826ec62e7dd007f0b716068639f7b is Crucial
base:0x0c03ce270b4826ec62e7dd007f0b716068639f7b cannot rely on token speculation feeding itself forever..
That would make it just another bullshit worthless crypto
The real test is whether the network eventually produces something the outside world is willing to pay for
Suppose base:0x0c03ce270b4826ec62e7dd007f0b716068639f7b discovers an exceptional algorithm that major corporations want or need..
That company does not give a shit about crypto..
It does not need to understand proof of work..
It does not need to care about decentralisation..
It cares about one thing..
Does this save us money?
If the answer is yes.. the algorithm has commercial value.. and that is where licensing becomes incredibly important
- Discovery creates the algorithm..
- Competition proves its performance..
- Adoption demonstrates its usefulness..
- Commercial licensing potentially converts that usefulness into outside economic demand..
That is the bridge base:0x0c03ce270b4826ec62e7dd007f0b716068639f7b ultimately needs to cross or it will fail
It needs to move from a cool experiment that's just incentivising research.. to a network producing something the world actually needs
This is the most important things base:0x0c03ce270b4826ec62e7dd007f0b716068639f7b has yet to prove at meaningful scale..
But if it happens, the implications are beyond significant
Full Article π xitter.gq/DreadBong0/status/2090β¦
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Cryptig retweeted
UPDATE: All affected card balances will be refunded in full
Earlier today, our card-issuing partner, Rain, identified a vulnerability in an version of a Solana card contract used by Avici and a small number of other programs. The contract has now been upgraded across all programs, and no further unauthorised activity has been observed.
Avici wallets and card balances are separate. Avici wallets are self-custodial and remain under usersβ control.
When users top up their cards, funds move into a separate Solana contract that holds their card balance. Only this contract was affected.
Note: Funds held in Aviciβs Solana and EVM wallets are safe and were not affected.
Our current reconciliation shows that 1,685 users were affected, representing $500,859.22 in card balances.
Every affected user will have their card balance refunded in full. We remain in close contact with our card-issuing and security partners and are monitoring the remediation closely.
Avici has also filed a report with the FBIβs Internet Crime Complaint Center. We are deeply sorry for the concern and inconvenience this has caused.
Cryptig retweeted
β«οΈ What The Innovation Game is Actually Building
Lets forget the token for a minute and crypto entirely..
Imagine a worldwide competition..
There is an extremely difficult optimisation and computational problem
Anyone in the world can submit an algorithm attempting to solve it
Another group takes those algorithms and continuously tests them against difficult problem instances under controlled conditions
The group has economic incentives to use the algorithms that perform best..
Someone then discovers something better.. adoption begins shifting towards it
The people who created valuable algorithms receive rewards, as do the testers..
The best algorithms remain available for others to examine and improve
New challengers constantly attempt to beat them..
Competition continues.. forever
Now repeat that process across routing.. scheduling.. optimisation.. search.. AI.. cryptography.. scientific computing and eventually potentially thousands of different computational problems
That is The Innovation Game π΅
- Algorithms compete
- The strongest survives
- The weaker ones fade
- People improve what already works
- There are new approaches to challenges
- The cycle repeats
Its a system built around what $TIG refers to as.. Optimisable Proof of Work
Instead of computational work merely securing a blockchain.. the competition itself becomes a mechanism for evaluating algorithms
$TIG is turning algorithm discovery into a permanently running, incentive driven market
Full Article π xitter.gq/DreadBong0/status/2090β¦
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Cryptig retweeted
β«οΈ The TIG Flywheel
The reason $TIG gets interesting at scale is because the network could become a self reinforcing monster..
- More rewards attract more Innovators..
- More Innovators produce more algorithms..
- More algorithms create stronger competition..
- Stronger competition creates better algorithms..
- Better algorithms create more valuable intellectual property..
- More valuable IP attracts businesses and researchers..
- External adoption increases the business side of things..
- That attracts more capital..
- More capital attracts more talent and compute..
And the whole thing goes round again
That, in a nutshell is the $TIG flywheel.. and once it gets turning it becomes extremely powerful
Which leads to revenue pushed back into the token itself
Obviously, right now.. the flywheel is yet to move
But that is exactly why this opportunity still exists and sits before you.. And there is a lot to suggest we are on the cusp of turning
Full article here π xitter.gq/DreadBong0/status/2090β¦
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