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![EliBenSasson Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::884309808274341888.png) Eli Ben-Sasson | Starknet.io [@EliBenSasson](/creator/twitter/EliBenSasson) on x 40.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-18 09:30:26 UTC

X A-Ha moments I had in crypto:

X. (The biggest A-Ha moment) 2013 Bitcoin conference, where I found out that my theory-to-practice work might have demand in crypto. A sweet surprise discovering that my theoretical work had a real-life use case out there.

X. Zcash - The first time a concrete research *I* was involved in turned into an actual company - and then into a living blockchain.

X. Uniswap’s success - that’s when I realized that smart contracts deliver something people want and can’t get in the conventional world - but they can easily get on blockchain.

That's it. The END.


XXXXX engagements

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