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Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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Chief Baker at @tezosfoundation. GenX. Crypto/IT. Chartered IT Professional, Scientist & Mathematician. ⚾️🏋️‍♂️ 🎸 🐶 🐶. (Tweets are mine.)
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Jul 3
    June was busy. The bookshelf demanded it. 📚 With a little help from my Uncle @claudeai, I've dusted off, polished up and republished three sets of essays and theses that have been gathering digital cobwebs for decades: 🔢 Two Essays on Group Theory — my Masters thesis (1997)
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Jan 19, 2024
    ✒️I've written a report on using the #raspberrypi to run on #tezos. I tested running a node, a baker and a signer. It was briefly on the @etherlinkcom test rollup too. ✅TL;DR: most stuff works! 📋Here is the paper: chrispinnock.com/assets/rpi/rpi… 🙉Summary: chrispinnock.com/tezos/rpi/
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Jun 11, 2025
    👨‍🍳 The Chief Baker wants you! Well, he wants @tezos Bakers to run DAL nodes. 🙋 DAL is the new Data Availability Layer which will improve the throughput of Smart Rollups such as @etherlink. 🏃🏽‍♂️ If you are running a Baker, you should look at running a DAL node to help with the
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Feb 14, 2025
    🍷They've given me another night off! But this month there is an interesting twist! 🤘In December, in a weak moment, Kevin @KMehrabi agreed to install a #Tezos baker live on video without a safety net. 😄 Kevin is a prominent OG of the #Tezos community but hasn't set up a baker
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Jan 21, 2025
    #RaspberryPi 16GB running a node, dal-node and bakers on #Tezos ghostnet.
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Jan 12, 2024
    Here is a write-up about the work I do on #tezos
    Foundational Knowledge: Getting to Know Chris Pinnock, Head of IT and Chief Baker at the Tezos...
    From spotlight.tezos.com
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Nov 28, 2024
    👩🏻‍🍳Want to setup a #Tezos #Baker? ⏰Got 30 minutes to spare? 👉Watch my high-level introduction video where I installed Octez onto a £100 PC (16GB RAM, 256GB disc). 🔗youtu.be/kIlYGAFgoLo 🦃Happy #Tezos Thanksgiving!
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Feb 23, 2025
    Putting the #Tezos feelers out. Very likely I will be in Los Angeles in April. Looking at a #Tezos meet with @KMehrabi & other folks around 24/25th April. #LosAngeles Any interest? Likely to be an afternoon. (My evenings will be occupied with baseball of course.)
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Dec 2, 2024
    Managed to get to the #tezos booth at @ManUtd this weekend for a cracking game of football (4-0 against @Everton ). The hospitality team were great and really looked after us. One fan wanted a picture with the hat! So who am I to refuse!
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Dec 6, 2024
    👨‍🍳Ask @LaBoulangeTezos, @BakingBenjamins and me anything about #baking on #tezos! 📻Live on X: 12/12/2024 at 1500 UK time: 🔗x.com/i/spaces/1OyKA… 👉Submit your questions here: dory.app/events/vRaPALs… 🗳️We've put some polls there and it would great to get your feedback.
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Aug 19, 2025
    🎙️Announcing Shadownet, a new perpetual test network for Tezos. 🪚 Ghostnet is becoming untidy and has some artefacts (e.g. a TORU rollup) that aren't on mainnet. We want a near production quality test network for users and developers to test their applications. 👨‍🍳 There are 19
    TzKT - Tezos block explorer
    shadownet.tzkt.io
    TzKT Shadow - Tezos Shadownet Explorer by Baking Bad
    Tezos Explorer and API with the most comprehensive blockchain data, user-friendly interface and free open-source blockchain indexer.
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Mar 1, 2024
    🎷Here is a rough guide to setting up a Smart Rollup observer or operator on @etherlinkcom #etherlink. chrispinnock.com/2024/03/01/how… 👉You can join the test Etherlink rollup on the #Tezos ghostnet test network.
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Nov 17, 2023
    I spent the week in @LabosNomades working on this with the team. #etherlink #tezos
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    Nomadic Labs
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    Nov 17, 2023
    📣 A new version of the Etherlink rollup is now available on Tezos Ghostnet! Discover more: bit.ly/3unj43d forum.tezosagora.org/t/a-new-etherl…
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    Chris Pinnock | drchris.tez
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    Dec 13, 2024
    🍾They've given me another night off! 🍷Come and chat on X about #tezos over a glass of wine on Wednesday 18th December at 1800 UK time. 🔗 x.com/i/spaces/1Mnxn… 🪚The usual suspects @BakingBenjamins & @knayawp will be there. 💰@memforget & @KMehrabi will join us to talk
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