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web3privacy.info @web3privacy.info · 09/09/2026

Long-lasting privacy tech is expensive. And implementation of the latest cryptography primitives could take ages. Discover what kind of neo-cypherpunk life you can live by listening to @juanbenet talk from @protocollabs.bsky.social at our Congress in Buenos Aires: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B08I...

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"How to be cypherpunk" by Juan Benet // ECC#2 - Buenos Aires 2025

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There's a shift coming to empirical science: from AI helping run the experiment, to AI designing the ML research itself. @adammarblestone.bsky.social on what that could mean for the bio and chemistry world. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/X0B_GWTuEFo

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@adammarblestone.bsky.social uses quantum computing as a model for what a healthy field looks like, and shares the ingredients that get you there. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/X0B_GWTuEFo

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@adammarblestone.bsky.social says mapping a whole mouse brain once looked like about a $10B, 15-year project. He argues that's now down to $100–200M and a few years, with a focused effort — and lays out why. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/X0B_GWTuEFo

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Adam Marblestone on a neuroscience gap: structure and function are rarely measured comprehensively on the same brain. His take: the connectome could be neuroscience's genome — a comprehensive reference of each brain. On the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast: youtu.be/X0B_GWTuEFo

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“We couldn't have predicted that the fly brain ring attractor is an actual ring without looking at those neurons.” On the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast, Adam Marblestone explores how mapping brain wiring could inform AI, from continual learning to memory. >>> youtu.be/X0B_GWTuEFo

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We Are Massively Underinvesting in the Human Brain. Episode 7 of the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast with Dr. Adam Marblestone is out! Full episode.👇

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We Are Massively Underinvesting in the Human Brain | Dr. Adam Marblestone

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

@bsky.app is scaling open social. 40M+ users. 270K+ self-verifying via domains. 2,000+ community-run servers. Two-way account migration. Verification and decentralization are moving from principles to practice.

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Bluesky Grew from 25M to 40M+ Users as Open Social Scales in Practice

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Science Corp @science.xyz · 04/08/2026

Every wafer that leaves Science Foundry must pass our engineers' inspection.

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Science Corp @science.xyz · 12/08/2026

Everything about this room exists to protect the flexible substrate at the heart of our Biohybrid neural probes.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

@allisondman.bsky.social on how timelines could become irrelevant with cryopreservation — a possible path to surviving diseases untreatable today. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/knM7yHFH67o

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@allisondman.bsky.social on brain emulation as an interpretable window into the mind — and the precise interventions it could enable, restorative, but also augmentative. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/knM7yHFH67o

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"I don’t think we have an amazing track record at identifying life that demands our moral consideration." @allisondman.bsky.social on why now might be the time to stop assuming AI is just a tool. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/knM7yHFH67o

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"They mind meld to share a lifetime in what looks like seconds.” One of the most exciting things @allisondman.bsky.social imagines for the future: emulated minds, per Greg Egan's Permutation City, who "have known each other for eons." More on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> youtu.be/knM7yHFH67o

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

@allisondman.bsky.social runs the Foresight Institute, which backs frontier technology for the flourishing of life. In Ep 6 of the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast, she makes the case for existential hope and picturing the futures we want so we actually build them. Full episode: youtu.be/knM7yHFH67o

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Why We Don't Have to Die: Cryonics, Uploading, and Existential Hope | Allison Duettmann

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A team at @aria-research.bsky.social is testing a gene therapy that lets neurons recognize the early signs of a seizure and quiet themselves down. The brain regulates the brake on its own. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> youtu.be/YpqVcD6tc5U

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

“We get to levels of self-knowledge, interaction, communication and positivity that we couldn't do before.” Tom Oxley argues BCIs could become a new tool for human expression. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/0gvHqRv8gTg

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Recording from 100 neurons at once used to be heroic. Now one device reads thousands, and that number doubles every six years. Catch the full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Artificial neurons sum their inputs to produce an output. Real neurons are considerably more complicated. Full conversation with Konrad Kording (@kordinglab.bsky.social) on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"From evolution's perspective, we're clearly breaking out of the sandbox." Konrad Kording’s question: If humans escaped evolution’s objectives, should we worry about AI escaping ours? Full conversation with @kordinglab.bsky.social on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“Our simulations are barely worth the papers we print them on.” @kordinglab.bsky.social on the tiny worm with just 300 neurons that scientists still can't simulate — even with every connection mapped. Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

great 2h discussion on neuroscience and simulation -- very introductory.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Konrad Kording argues that the best way to understand the brain may be to read its wiring directly rather than infer it from the outside. @kordinglab.bsky.social joins @juanbenet.bsky.social for Ep 5 of the Juan Benet Podcast. Full episode: youtu.be/FHQfmJEpRmU

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The Power of a Single Neuron and a Path to Simulating the Brain | Dr. Konrad Kording

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Treating a stroke has long meant dissolving a clot and hoping for the best. Until we learned how to grab the clot and pull it out. "If you do that within a few hours, it's the most incredible thing you'll see in medicine." Tom Oxley on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/0gvHqRv8gTg

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Synchron has built a brain-computer interface that reaches the motor cortex through a blood vessel, borrowing the techniques that brought stents and pacemakers to the heart. Founder Tom Oxley joins @juanbenet.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast. Full episode: youtu.be/0gvHqRv8gTg

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Reading the Brain Without Opening the Skull | Tom Oxley, Synchron

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

DBS has been FDA-approved for 25 years and is covered by most insurance. But only ~ 0.1% of Parkinson's patients receive it. Jacques Carolan at @aria-research.bsky.social is working to close the gap. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> youtu.be/YpqVcD6tc5U

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Sonalis is testing whether the acoustoelectric effect can read and write electrical signals anywhere in the brain, without opening the skull. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49q8mup

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juanbenet @juanbenet.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ep 3 of the podcast is out. My guest: @jacquescarolan.bsky.social, a founding Program Director at @aria-research.bsky.social. He directs two neurotech programs developing tools and systems to interface, at scale, with the human brain. Hope you enjoy! youtu.be/RAmigpsKCQY

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Jacques Carolan — The Mission to Get Breakthrough Brain Treatments to Everyone

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David A. Markowitz @davidamarkowitz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Consumer neurotechnology is coming. We need to talk about it 👇

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

1/ Neurotechnology is at a turning point. For decades, the focus has been clinical—restoring movement, speech, and mental health. That work is the foundation. People already spend $500B+ a year trying to control their brain states (relaxation, focus, sleep).

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Every brain runs the same grammar but different words and accents. ML helps BCIs translate, turning your neural code into the control signals you want. Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49puuoC

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Science Corp @science.xyz · 15/05/2026

What key principles should govern the rights of BCI patients? Our Chief Legal Officer Alex Feerst wrote about it here science.xyz/news/bci-pri.... Today he is joined by Science's Director of BCI Research Emma Zhou at The Cognitive Frontier in San Francisco to discuss.

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Brain-Computer Interfaces and Patients' Rights: Some Key Principles | Science Corporation

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

For decades, neuroscience chased the action potential — the one-millisecond spike of an individual neuron — by penetrating the cortex with microelectrodes. Precision Neuro made another bet. Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast: bit.ly/49puuoC

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Precision Neuroscience @precisionneuro.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Genomics didn't just improve medicine, it turned biology into a computer science problem. Precision Neuroscience's Dr. Benjamin Rapoport thinks that's what's starting to happen with the brain. The data is starting to prove him right.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“What the technology allows us to do… is to decouple the invasiveness of the surgery from the total amount of information that you can exchange with the brain.” Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49puuoC

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Sequencing the first human genome cost millions and rewrote medicine. Once the code was readable, computer science reshaped biology in new ways. Neuroscience is at a similar edge. Full conversation with Ben Rapoport of @precisionneuro.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/49puuoC

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juanbenet @juanbenet.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Ep 2 of my new podcast is out today! My guest is Ben Rapoport, co-founder and CSO of @precisionneuro.bsky.social, which has built Layer 7, an innovative BCI that reads from the cortex surface without penetrating it. Hope you enjoy the conversation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-9...

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Ben Rapoport — Treating Paralysis and Digitizing Brain Data

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juanbenet @juanbenet.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I recently launched a podcast on the future of neurotech, computing, & intelligence First guest: @maxhodak.bsky.social, founder & CEO of @science.xyz building PRIMA, a retinal prosthetic restoring meaningful vision for patients with age-related macular degeneration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24CM...

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Max Hodak — Restoring Sight, Growing Neurons on Silicon, and Expanding Human Intelligence

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Biohybrid BCIs will redefine how we interface with the brain. The future won't just restore function — it'll expand it. Full conversation with @maxhodak.bsky.social on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/4siB7Qp

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

PRIMA is a retinal implant from @science.xyz that's already restoring real vision. This is how @maxhodak.bsky.social, founder and CEO of Science, is working to improve lives in meaningful ways. Full conversation on the Juan Benet Podcast >>> bit.ly/4siB7Qp

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web3privacy.info @web3privacy.info · 08/04/2026

Neo-cypherpunk spirit is activated through ecosystem: @juanbenet.bsky.social x @protocollabs.bsky.social joins our Berlin Summit. Juan is the inventor of the @ipfs.tech & @filecoin.io. He makes pro-cypherpunk future practical via events like cypherpunk.camp 14 June: s26ber.web3privacy.info

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juanbenet @juanbenet.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Excited to launch a new podcast on the future of neurotech, computing, intelligence, and more. First guest: @maxhodak.bsky.social founder & CEO of @science.xyz building PRIMA, a retinal prosthetic restoring meaningful vision for patients with AMD. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24CM...

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Max Hodak — Restoring Sight, Growing Neurons on Silicon, and Expanding Human Intelligence

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

PL network team @privyio.bsky.social had a breakout 2025, scaling from 30M to 120M accounts, raising funding, and joining Stripe. Expanding from crypto-native apps to mainstream fintech, Privy is partnering with teams like Klarna to make onchain tools easier to use at global scale.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

1/ Neurotechnology is bottlenecked by systems, not science. Cochlear implants, deep brain stimulation, and neurostimulators have restored function for hundreds of thousands of patients and have collectively generated billions in annual reimbursements.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

1/ Neurotechnology is one of the defining opportunities of this century. We’re already seeing the potential to restore function, treat disease, and eventually expand human capability.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

@bsky.app's Series B marks a new phase for open social infrastructure. Not just an “X alternative”—it’s building toward portable identity, user-controlled algorithms, and a modular ecosystem. 43M+ users. The shift to user-owned networks is underway.

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Bluesky's 2025 $100M Series B Lays Foundation for Open Social Web - Bluesky

In April 2025, Bluesky raised $100 million in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Crypto. Since our Series A, we've grown from 13 million to over 43 million global users.

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Atmosphere Community @atmosphere.community · 20/03/2026

We are welcoming @protocollabs.bsky.social as our final #AtmosphereConf sponsor to be announced Protocol Labs is the original creator of IPFS and continues to grow an innovation network around driving breakthroughs in computing.

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AtmosphereConf Sponsor: Protocol Labs - ATmosphereConf News

Protocol Labs is a sponsor of AtmosphereConf, supporting lunch for the Founders & Funders Workshop

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