# Samuel Shadrach newsletter issued 2026-09-01 Hi everyone ## If you are new to this newsletter, I strongly recommend starting from the following posts - [Video: I am looking for a cofounder to leak information about the US govt and US AI companies, obtained via cyberattacks, OSINT or other methods](../../video_html/main/I_am_looking_for_a_cofounder_20260715.html) - I will pay you $1000 if you refer me to such a person - [Discussion forums for risks from artificial superintelligence](../my_research/discussion_forums_for_ai_extinction_risk.md) - [List of signed petitions on risks from artificial superintelligence](../my_research/list_of_signed_petitions_on_risks_from_artificial_superintelligence.md) - [Reading list on persuasion for anti-ASI movement](../my_research/reading_list_on_persuasion_for_anti_asi_movement.md) - [How to support the movement against risks from superintelligence](../my_research/support_the_movement.md) - You can also browse through my website and figure out what appeals most to you ## Main work I did over the last month - Studying smart contract security - End goal is probably to build an ethereum smart contract and an oracle, to anonymously and trustlessly pay leakers for leaking information - [Script: Improved UX for foundry debug](../my_research/script_improved_ux_for_foundry_debug.md) - I did not like the UX of a famous ethereum opcode-level analysis tool, so I built an improvement - [Ethereum DeFi hack databases](../my_research/ethereum_defi_hack_databases.md) - Most lists are not exhaustive but their intersection has good coverage - Writings on blockchain platform to pay for leaks - [Signed web crawls might help solve the blockchain oracle problem](../my_research/signed_web_crawls_might_help_solve_the_blockchain_oracle_problem.md) - Ask a proof-of-stake DAO to attest to merkle roots of CommonCrawl monthly archives. Use ZK proofs of AI inference on top of any webpage in the archive. You now have a censorship-resistant trust-minimised oracle for the entire internet. - [What is the bottleneck for ZK proof systems for ethereum smart contracts for frontier AI models?](../my_research/what_is_the_bottleneck_for_zk_proof_systems_for_ethereum_smart_contracts_for_frontier_ai_models.md) - (Disclaimer - this method uses AI, but I am also okay with if there exists an AI ban restrictive enough to block this app from being built) - [Ethereum smart contracts cannot trustlessly verify authenticity of web data (by verifying TLS and CA chain of trust) or emails (by verifying DKIM headers)](../my_research/ethereum_smart_contracts_cannot_trustlessly_verify_authenticity_of_web_data_by_verifying_tls_and_ca_chain_of_trust_or_emails_by_verifying_dkim_headers.md) - failed dead end - [Wikipedia publishes free public archives. Reuters and Associated Press do not](../my_research/wikipedia_publishes_free_public_archives_reuters_and_associated_press_do_not.md) - my oracle design needs merkle roots of fact-checked archives - [To maximise censorship-resistance, blockchain oracles should vote on a few broad questions, not many specific ones](../my_research/to_maximise_censorship_resistance_blockchain_oracles_should_vote_on_a_few_broad_questions_not_many_specific_questions.md) ## Some additional posts in the last month Important - On violent solutions on ASI risk - (Disclaimer - I am not currently working on this myself.) - [How to plan a terrorist bombing](../my_research/how_to_plan_a_terrorist_bombing.md) - DYOR - [Bombing of TSMC will be more legendary than any action movie](../my_research/bombing_of_tsmc_will_be_more_legendary_than_any_action_movie.md) - [Should I promise to attempt an assassination or sabotage as a hail mary strategy against ASI?](../my_research/should_I_promise_to_attempt_an_assassination_or_sabotage_as_a_hail_mary_strategy_against_asi.md) - Also on ASI risk - [Why you should consider not befriending or dating people working at frontier AI companies in the US](../my_research/why_you_should_consider_not_befriending_or_dating_people_working_at_frontier_ai_companies_in_the_us.md) - The reason is to preserve your independence and sanity. The reason is not to persuade them - [Why my P(doom) is lower than Yudkowsky](../my_research/why_my_pdoom_is_less_than_yudkowsky.md) - I claim I have better political intuitions than Yudkowsky, despite being a noob at politics myself - [If I was a US citizen, I would consider carrying weapons to anti-ASI protests](../my_research/if_I_was_a_us_citizen_I_would_consider_carrying_weapons_to_anti_asi_protests.md) - in jurisdictions where this is legal (i.e. not california) - [I am okay deceiving my enemies using alts but not using main](../my_research/I_am_okay_deceiving_my_enemies_using_alts_but_not_using_main.md) - My guess for my current moral line for social engineering and other deceptive strategies - On censorship-resistance - [Review of censorship-resistant storage solutions](../my_research/review_of_censorship_resistant_storage_solutions.md) - blockchain, torrent, IPFS, eastern european VPS, etc - [Long list of nodes for ethereum, bitcoin, Tor, Anna's archive, etc](../my_research/long_list_of_nodes_for_ethereum_bitcoin_tor_annas_archive_etc.md) - [Am I legally liable if I crosspost child porn from bitcoin blockchain to ethereum blobdata?](../my_research/am_I_legally_liable_if_I_crosspost_child_porn_from_bitcoin_blockchain_to_ethereum_blobdata.md) Not as important, miscellaneous - [Apple iOS lockin is painful](../my_research/apple_ios_lockin_is_painful.md) - I now like GrapheneOS - [CommonMark can consider adding these features I use on my website](../my_research/commonmark_can_consider_adding_these_features_I_use_on_my_website.md)