Aaron Daniel

Why are this miner's own lawyers misinforming a District Court judge about the Bitcoin mining process?? (The order directly cites the miner's complaint.)
https://image.nostr.build/c457c6e44e039e64d5509781c549fca7b21ff20a438fa0f60a02b0fe3b1122e5.jpg
We need to do a better job of educating the courts. If you are a Bitcoin company that must litigate, hire Bitcoiners.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68325488/48/block-mining-inc-v-hosting-source-llc/

2024-06-12 22:35:10

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Talk to @npub1jgn…qcgk and @npub1ygz…60k2, they authored the NIP and wrote the reference implementation for local desktop signing.
* https://github.com/Resolvr-io/Keystache
* https://github.com/tvolk131/nip-55

2024-06-11 17:36:30

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Interesting analysis of the news by cryptographer Matthew Green:
#nevent1q…jkf7

2024-06-11 17:08:40

Matthew Green's (cryptography prof at Johns Hopkins) take on Apple's "Private Cloud Compute": https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1800291897245835616.html?utm_campaign=topunroll
"So Apple has introduced a new system called “Private Cloud Compute” that allows your phone to offload complex (typically AI) tasks to specialized secure devices in the cloud. I’m still trying to work out what I think about this. So here’s a thread.
1/
Apple, unlike most other mobile providers, has traditionally done a lot of processing on-device. For example, all of the machine learning and OCR text recognition on Photos is done right on your device.
2/
The problem is that while modern phone “neural” hardware is improving, it’s not improving fast enough to take advantage of all the crazy features Silicon Valley wants from modern AI, including generative AI and its ilk. This fundamentally requires servers.
3/
But if you send your tasks out to servers in “the cloud” (god using quotes makes me feel 80), this means sending incredibly private data off your phone and out over the Internet. That exposes you to spying, hacking, and the data hungry business model of Silicon Valley.
4/
The solution Apple has come up with is to try to build secure and trustworthy hardware in their own data centers. Your phone can then “outsource” heavy tasks to this hardware. Seems easy, right? Well: here’s the blog post.
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https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/
TL;DR: it is not easy. Building trustworthy computers is literally the hardest problem in computer security. Honestly it’s almost the only problem in computer security. But while it remains a challenging problem, we’ve made a lot of advances. Apple is using almost all of them.
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The first thing Apple is doing is using all the advances they’ve made in building secure phones and PCs in their new servers. This involves using Secure Boot and a Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) to hold keys. They’ve presumably turned on all the processor security features.
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Then they’re throwing all kinds of processes at the server hardware to make sure the hardware isn’t tampered with. I can’t tell if this prevents hardware attacks, but it seems like a start.
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They also use a bunch of protections to ensure that software is legitimate. One is that the software is “stateless” and allegedly doesn’t keep information between user requests. To help ensure this, each server/node reboot re-keys and wipes all storage.
9/
A second protection is that the operating system can “attest” to the software image it’s running. Specifically, it signs a hash of the software and shares this with every phone/client. If you trust this infrastructure, you’ll know it’s running a specific piece of software.
10/
Of course, knowing that the phone is running a specific piece of software doesn’t help you if you don’t trust the software. So Apple plans to put each binary image into a “transparency log” and publish the software.
But here’s a sticky point: not with the full source code.
11/
Security researchers will get *some code* and a VM they can use to run the software. They’ll then have to reverse-engineer the binaries to see if they’re doing unexpected things. It’s a little suboptimal.
12/
When your phone wants to outsource a task, it will contact Apple and obtain a list of servers/nodes and their keys. It will then encrypt its request to all servers, and one will process it. They’re even using fancy anonymous credentials and a third part relay to hide your IP.
13/
Ok there are probably half a dozen more technical details in the blog post. It’s a very thoughtful design. Indeed, if you gave an excellent team a huge pile of money and told them to build the best “private” cloud in the world, it would probably look like this.
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But now the tough questions. Is it a good idea? And is it as secure as what Apple does today? And most importantly:
I admit that as I learned about this feature, it made me kind of sad. The thought that was going through my head was: this is going to be too much of a temptation. Once you can “safely” outsource tasks to the cloud, why bother doing them locally. Outsource everything!
As best I can tell, Apple does not have explicit plans to announce when your data is going off-device for to Private Compute. You won’t opt into this, you won’t necessarily even be told it’s happening. It will just happen. Magically.
I don’t love that part.
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Finally, there are so many invisible sharp edges that could exist in a system like this. Hardware flaws. Issues with the cryptographic attenuation framework. Clever software exploits. Many of these will be hard for security researchers to detect. That worries me too.
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Wrapping up on a more positive note: it’s worth keeping in mind that sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the really good.
In practice the alternative to on-device is: ship private data to OpenAI or someplace sketchier, where who knows what might happen to it.
19/
And of course, keep in mind that super-spies aren’t your biggest adversary. For many people your biggest adversary is the company who sold you your device/software. This PCC system represents a real commitment by Apple not to “peek” at your data. That’s a big deal.
20/
In any case, this is the world we’re moving to. Your phone might seem to be in your pocket, but a part of it lives 2,000 miles away in a data center. As security folks we probably need to get used to that fact, and do the best we can to make sure all parts are secure.
//fin
Addendum: “cryptographic attenuation” should read “cryptographic attestation”, but I’m sure folks will get the point."
#apple #privacy #AI

2024-06-07 18:05:14

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🤣

2024-06-07 17:12:03

Has Fedi ever given a reason for their decision not to open source their wallet app?
I am curious what the business rationale is.
#nevent1q…rf08

2024-06-01 20:47:46

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So now users that want to use their nostr keys in two apps on Android mobile (one of the major value adds of nostr) must download a third app to sign in?

2024-05-28 19:31:22

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You can post these on a nostr-native issue and bounty board here: https://fundsolvr.com
A FOSS project powered by @npub1rmh…ya4n!

2024-05-23 16:49:11

This jeweler is building explosive drones to safeguard her brothers and father on the frontlines.
Technology is decentralizing devastating deadly force into the hands of everyday people.
https://image.nostr.build/57edd6024304f14637e992533a739417ac75b9a423aee84d0abfc11a428b2d39.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/98a30c430b1cce7365a4737931a6c1f4f90bc1678655ad8aabeeaf0be0ad1af4.jpg
https://youtu.be/WipqeFgzdTc

2024-05-21 17:06:47

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And privacy is a prerequisite for free speech :
“If a man's privacy can be invaded at will, who can say he is free? If his every word is taken down and evaluated, or if he is afraid every word may be, who can say he enjoys freedom of speech? If his every association is known and recorded, if the conversations with his associates are purloined, who can say he enjoys freedom of association? When such conditions obtain, our citizens will be afraid to utter any but the safest and most orthodox thoughts; afraid to associate with any but the most acceptable people. Freedom as the Constitution envisages it will have vanished.”
- Justice Douglas
“Among deprivations of rights, none is so effective in cowing a population, crushing the spirit of the individual and putting terror in every heart. Uncontrolled search and seizure is one of the first and most effective weapons in the arsenal of every arbitrary government. And one need only briefly to have dwelt and worked among a people possessed of many admirable qualities but deprived of these rights to know that the human personality deteriorates and dignity and self-reliance disappear where homes, persons and possessions are subject at any hour to unheralded search and seizure by the police.”
- Justice Robert Jackson

2024-05-20 18:41:52

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Let me know how to help. I've been exploring a developer defense fund through @npub1rmh…ya4n, as well as an Open Source Defense Network of attorneys, firms, and experts.
Also a 12-year appellate attorney capable of leading amicus work.

2024-05-18 16:52:16

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@npub1rmh…ya4n
OSJF.org

2024-05-14 18:04:42

The Dutch judgment concluded that open source developers can be convicted of money laundering because they knew the potential of their software to be used to launder money and accepted that risk when they released the software.
(From casetext AI assistant)
https://image.nostr.build/421bc9d0e8446dab1551a0b69ba816dda0385c30cebe4dcfc44f02bfca118c10.jpg

2024-05-14 17:53:06

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Anyone that want to protect open-source developers from prosecutorial overreach should consider donating to @npub1rmh…ya4n (OSJF.org).
Help grow the Developer Defense Fund.

2024-05-14 14:26:14

Dutch prosectors in Alexey Pertsev's trial consider deploying open source code actionable if it subsequently is used to commit crimes, despite the developers' inability to control its use after release.
https://image.nostr.build/48d71074fb53ba908ae54a2b3a615f35039df4befe8af9d2d5b22c3a460c64c1.jpg
https://www.wired.com/story/tornado-cash-money-laundering-case-crypto-privacy/

2024-05-09 22:04:47

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Tailscale and ProtonVPN don't play nicely on android, either.

2024-05-09 16:23:20

Daniel Bernstein's attorneys (EFF's Cindy Cohn) advanced a secondary argument to the famous "Code is Speech":
Speech that enables private, anonymous speech is "inherently imbued with First Amendment significance."
This is a coinjoin post.
#FreeSamourai
https://image.nostr.build/09e98c14372ca632bc08a47b58935adb6c05d6d6b625351d785170a580fadb17.png
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kfvBmD32jr-60xMgGz1Ucku8zE2GCRl6haMR4OgXr5Q/edit

2024-05-07 17:39:27

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Same, they were super open to feedback from users. And they had recently brought in a digital media veteran from barstool, I believe, to take it to the next level.
Hopefully they are retrenching and going self-custodial (nostr wallet connect, Bitcoin connect) or some ecash route (like mutiny's fedimint integration).
Although, maybe nostr just eats that use case? Pretty easy to monetize content here. 💜

2024-05-07 17:16:43

Mash.com is shutting down.
Mash provided an easy way to engage in #Value4Value content on the web through its custodial lightning wallet and integrations with many major web publishing platforms like Ghost.
I used Mash on bitcoinbrief.io (BEFORE TFTC and @npub1guh…6hjy, I might add!).
Another casualty of the current regulatory overreach?
https://image.nostr.build/3787049b9d32dd0f56ceceb61dbe0f1349c45046356dcf2b596aa98a22843e86.jpg

2024-05-05 17:28:45

Who is working on @npub1t89…zjm3?
Can this be implemented in wallets with nostr-integration? @npub1xnf…lpr5 @npub1mut…23vg
Can we make every on-chain spend a coin join? @npub1r8l…x5dk
No time to waste.
#asknostr

2024-05-03 19:41:59

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Launch of @npub1rmh…ya4n and it's development fund. Seeking applications for grants now!

2024-05-01 21:21:50

Exits are closing.
P2P exchange is more important than ever.
How do we make tools like Bisq and Robosats more accessible and user friendly?
More resistant?
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/personal-finance/prosecutors-examining-transactions-block-owner-cash-app-squarc-rcna147181?ref=tftc.io

2024-05-01 19:10:41

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He didn't sell.
It a "constructive" (legalese for imaginary) sale that happens by law when one renounces citizenship, triggering capital gains taxes on the value of assets held at that time.
It's a wealth tax designed to deter citizens of means from renouncing citizenship (the US taxes citizens earning abroad).

2024-05-01 15:14:49

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Civil disobedience is a separate tool from protest. It's also speech, but by definition unlawful. First Amendment precedent has long allowed reasonable time/place restrictions on speech.
Leaders of change movements should use civil disobedience strategically, because it comes with consequences and often creates a negative image of the movement in the public eye (i.e., the majority inclined to status quo).
Whether any particular instance of civil disobedience is morally correct depends on one's own values and beliefs. So commentators voicing preference for protest, not civil disobedience, are usually expressing their view of the change movement's goals.

2024-04-30 21:18:55

This is what seizure through coercion looks like.
Governments can't seize your Bitcoin, but they can seize YOU if you fail to surrender it.
I've been predicting that such coercion will be one way courts and governments overcome Bit okn's seizure resistance: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/how-civil-justice-reacts-to-bitcoin-custody
https://image.nostr.build/94b14a240a5075fa6a84c9b8656fed3e731797d3e0b02de919c937494e327c4c.jpg

2024-04-30 21:05:52

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The US is only one of a few countries in the world that penalize you for renouncing citizenship:
https://image.nostr.build/03401d90390a16823c0ffc17e87b24266ef8669da2a698657d7c66324052eefc.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/94b14a240a5075fa6a84c9b8656fed3e731797d3e0b02de919c937494e327c4c.jpg

2024-04-28 19:13:01

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We've just launched @npub1rmh…ya4n this week. 501(c)(3) approved public charity dedicated to supporting and defending FOSS devs developing alternative systems (legal, financial, etc).
We're exploring starting a legal defense fund to counteract the chilling effects of these absurd prosecutions.
We'd welcome your support and advice. Happy to answer any questions and provide references. ([email protected])

2024-04-28 17:33:44

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🙏 Thanks Jeff. Thought this needed to be more freely/widely available now.

2024-04-28 16:39:23

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Current members of SCOTUS are open to this.
https://image.nostr.build/05931074ba9253488299aaf8f2fb1fda35535fa9dbba118d5749fda612a25a0d.jpg
Full article here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kfvBmD32jr-60xMgGz1Ucku8zE2GCRl6haMR4OgXr5Q/edit?usp=drivesdk

2024-04-27 20:55:05

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Clear definitions of what negotiation and transfer of digital assets means might have prevented the US gov from taking positions such as this:
https://image.nostr.build/9d0a2e12fd807882c3b91be62e41a8fb16a206b5fb090994cbd55d00e353f273.jpg

2024-04-27 14:00:58

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For example, what does the billboard say?
"Come and play, come and play
Forget about the movement"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MLTwf5lKd8

2024-04-17 23:32:33

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Maybe I signed up while using a VPN...

2024-04-17 22:06:29

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Same same. Emailed support...crickets. Even after totally doxxing myself, @npub12vk…pugg not interested in granting me access to wallet. #permissionless @npub16c0…6nvr

2024-04-17 16:20:46

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🤝
#nevent1q…rq3u

2024-04-05 15:56:45

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You can post bounty nostr events through the @npub1fmu…je8w web or desktop client, and easily keep track/direct developers to apply for your bounties.
E.g. https://bounties.resolvr.io/u/npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm

2024-04-02 15:43:15

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James, this is great! Is there a way you can integrate Keystache by @npub1fmu…je8w devs @npub1ygz…60k2 and @npub1jgn…qcgk so I don't need to paste my nsec?
https://stacker.news/items/436792

2024-03-12 19:30:47

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#nevent1q…vz8u

2024-03-12 17:56:53

Roman Sterlingov was convicted: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-12/crypto-mixer-convicted-of-money-laundering-on-bitcoin-fog
Blockchain forensics will go down as the DNA forensics of our era: Junk science based on black box algorithms that stole the liberty of innocents.
Read Robert J. Norris, Exonerated: A History of the Innocence Movement (2017).
The similarities are striking:
https://image.nostr.build/5b15ca92272621ff114eb59a28862316285cc1857e6df4fc03f8d30c3078a191.jpg
@npub1qny…95gx

2024-03-11 15:22:00

There are 2.1 quadrillion units of Bitcoin (2.1x10^15).
$1 buys you ~1,390 units of Bitcoin.
A few hours of work earns you 80,000 units of Bitcoin. https://resolvr.io/b/naddr1qvzqqqr4vgpzq3jhml5fvklgnq9fxpete767txn9zfzqdkc0sxfptmnchfrexje7qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsqttpd338jttyv4mx2mr0wpjhytt8w45kgetn94skuepdwe5kget0wvkk2vnrxa3xzvf4vy6njvs2h6lgg
No one is priced out of Bitcoin
#satsthestandard #bounty @npub1fmu…je8w @npub1get…0nfm

2024-03-01 20:29:09

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🫡

2024-03-01 15:04:21

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It all depends on the specifics of the policies states enact. A year ago I suggested a few with historical success of resisting federal monetary overreach: https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/california-civil-war-states-rights-resisting-cbdcs/

2024-02-29 02:58:27

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Ser, this is protest music: https://youtu.be/tNV16tz1NK0?feature=shared

2024-02-27 18:07:38

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https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/865

2024-02-27 18:00:38

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@resolvr is trying to bring assurances to bounties through nostr native reputational signals and dispute resolution to solve exactly this problem. Please come contribute to the project so the FOSS #bounty market can flourish!
https://discord.com/invite/DsqRw8My4m

2024-02-20 23:28:41

https://m.primal.net/HeBO.jpg
#FreeAssange

2023-12-19 22:00:24

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If these badges aren't already NIP-58 nostr events ([https://nostr-nips.com/nip-58),](https://nostr-nips.com/nip-58),) they should be. I want to show off my Bolt.Fun experience across all my nostr clients!

2023-12-18 21:37:30

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Check out this long form note: #nevent1q…l633

2023-12-15 18:37:21

What's Open Source Justice?
It's the thesis behind @npub1fmu…je8w.
Read my latest article on @npub1t8a…56yu to find out more!
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/open-source-justice-on-resolvr

2023-12-10 17:59:22

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https://github.com/Resolvr-io/escrow/pull/43

2023-12-09 20:42:50

Check out my bounty at https://resolvr.io/b/naddr1qqvxgetddukkymm4de68jtf3vc6xvc3s8ycnzdpcvgq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7q3q6zxfxy5ltnp992gp006jlyy9qc93qanzpfvv66fznvc7xul0ej0sxpqqqp6kykacc04

2023-12-09 20:42:48

Check out my bounty at https://resolvr.io/b/naddr1qqvxgetddukkymm4de68jtf3vc6xvc3s8ycnzdpcvgq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7q3q6zxfxy5ltnp992gp006jlyy9qc93qanzpfvv66fznvc7xul0ej0sxpqqqp6kykacc04

2023-12-06 18:32:18

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This is great. We are finalizing our own nostr DLC client for the @npub1fmu…je8w bounty marketplace project for the @npub1fun…gs0p hackathon. Pretty similar set-up, except we hadn't thought of DLC receipts!
Is @npub1mut…23vg going to support DLCs on lightning soon??

2023-11-11 19:56:53

Earn some sats and help build a bounty marketplace on nostr.
#nevent1q…ptg3

2023-11-08 16:28:20

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I think it's ok to not focus on making your product fit for a mass market right away, IF you build with a market scaling plan that adds users with decreasing levels of nostr familiarity gradually:
* Build first for nostr users/devs, then
* bitcoin users/devs, then,
* General open source software users/devs, then
* Technical early adopters, but nondevs, then
* Boomers.

2023-11-07 11:27:10

https://resolvr-io.vercel.app/b/naddr1qp0hxctxv9exjttpwpcz6cmjv9eksetnxu6kgvr9vfskge3kxucxxvnyvdjrse3kx9snswtx8yunwcm9vymrgvmy8p3xyd35vvmxvvrpxscngeryv93rxvp5vy6xyepnv9jngdfd8qckywtzv9jxvvfn8quqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmczyp6ap6ad7ecv9hxc7cdgn7vhe6ny8k9mvnr0pfq5mk4nqjjt6why2qcyqqq82cssz3pnx
#note1hf9…fdh9

2023-11-07 11:23:16

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To test the bounty payout, accept one of the open applications and then select the "pay" button, which will initiate a zap for the bounty amount.

2023-11-06 19:37:10

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Thanks for the post!

2023-10-30 18:07:22

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I can post even though i didn't take

2023-10-29 12:08:53

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@npub1fmu…je8w is a hackathon project with a nostr-native bounty board. It will also feature bounty escrow and crowdsourced dispute resolution. [Alpha testing](https://www.resolvr.io) begins soon!

2023-10-27 15:39:57

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https://resolvr-io.vercel.app/b/naddr1qqvxxmm0dskkymm4de68jtfhxvmkywt9xajxxvr9xuq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7q3qwmg7xkku9s6wmr9kt0vcqjz0ezdajt9nmx3stqe0puj3yq4eh8dqxpqqqp6kylc3mze
https://image.nostr.build/f02a3b9fbf564562e4ed311d876e7c9724016c7b5514ed835e091ac689f88730.jpg

2023-10-27 15:24:33

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I'm posting feedback here.

2023-10-23 16:27:42

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River OTC maybe

2023-10-05 22:22:56

Decentralized FOSS Bounty Adjudication.
The idea is becoming reality on @npub1fun…gs0p
#nevent1q…wpnk

2023-10-04 21:06:16

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Have used @npub13qv…4rrf a lot, yeah. Allows you to generate physical cards with QR codes or word codes to redeem, which you can hand out to Uber drivers and bar tenders.

2023-10-04 15:26:30

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#nevent1q…fv9m

2023-10-04 15:25:43

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@npub13qv…4rrf is already free and provides great onboarding content for newbies, with times reversion to grantor. But it's still custodial, afaik. So, with @npub1mut…23vg you are paying for a fully self-custodial flow.

2023-09-21 20:05:29

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Thanks for safeguarding the domain for the open source community, Ben.
Also love market.nostr.com ! What's your thoughts on escrow/dispute resolution? I've been thinking through decentralized solutions recently: GitHub.com/BitResolve

2023-08-26 01:49:27

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Banquet beer - 🍻

2023-08-25 15:09:12

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Use it daily. Still there.

2023-06-16 19:43:02

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Best live show I ever saw.

2023-06-02 13:34:27

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😂

2023-06-02 13:16:22

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I have been! The ability to zap existing bounties is really powerful!
Great work by @npub1ssj…vhr4
With a decentralized dispute resolution system it will be supercharged.
https://github.com/BitResolve/Bounty-Adjudication-System

2023-05-31 17:14:10

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List on Nostr bounties.com. Will broadcast status updates and allow anons to zap sats to the bounties.
@npub1ssj…vhr4

2023-05-25 15:12:40

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Passphrase is also good for hiding real wallet. Place smaller amount on bare seed phrase, with bulk on seed phrase + passphrase.

2023-05-23 02:52:58

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@npub1ssj…vhr4 got paid for completing this bounty: https://nostrbounties.com/b/naddr1qq9rzd3cxsmnsdpjxc6qygxs3jf3986ucff2jqtm75heppgxpvg8vcs2trxkjg5mx83h8m7vnupsgqqqw4rsxfs3dy from nostrbounties.com

2023-05-23 00:11:25

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Removed bounty. I did not run it past @npub1jdg…2mys first. They've got something in the works, already!
#nevent1q…2a6n

2023-05-22 21:35:50

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Nostrbounties.com leaves off the ".com" when copying links to bounties.
10,000 sat bounty to fix that.

2023-05-22 21:28:06

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Timechain Watchface Bounty is live. If you want additional features, go pledge some sats.
Get after it!
Respect @npub1jdg…2mys
https://nostrbounties/b/naddr1qq9rzd3cxsmnsvenxycqygxs3jf3986ucff2jqtm75heppgxpvg8vcs2trxkjg5mx83h8m7vnupsgqqqw4rszcfwau
#nevent1q…azgm

2023-05-22 12:22:30

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Drive chains.

2023-05-22 03:45:11

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Thoughts on bip 300?

2023-05-17 13:19:12

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Interested to get your thoughts, Gigi! It's a first step, and the project needs interested collaborators!

2023-05-16 22:55:38

I just published "Bitcoin-Native Dispute Resolution for FOSS Bounties."
https://github.com/BitResolve/Bounty-Adjudication-System/blob/main/README.md
The paper proposes a decentralized open-source bounty adjudication system to minimize grantor discretion and provide developers assurances of payment.
https://void.cat/d/QUvAPNkfjWCSLRvvwYnvah.webp
cc: @npub1qny…95gx
@npub1az9…m8y8
@npub1sg6…f63m
@npub1der…xzpc
@npub1nc0…z5pa
@npub1guh…6hjy
@npub1kp7…487l
@npub1l2v…ajft
@npub1m7f…0l4p

2023-05-15 15:24:55

How's that Nostr-based Git solution coming? 😬
https://void.cat/d/14DS1B8NV1CXniWnApynag.webp
https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1657920768771244032

2023-05-14 01:17:01

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Now what if you decentralized replit's bounty program with one powered by Nostr and lightning?
#nevent1q…exfv

2023-05-13 02:05:39

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#proofofwalk
https://i.imgur.com/bEkHZ7z.png

2023-05-12 16:36:55

#[0], I zapped you like 100,000 sats yesterday because my Amethyst app never gave a confirmation notification and I just kept spamming send!
Gonna ask for a beer on the house when I come in person. 😂
#[1], any thoughts on this bug?

2023-05-10 14:52:59

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On a Citadel Dispatch a while back (before ordinals/inscriptions) Wiz mentioned adding features to mempool for out of band payments to miners. Would like to hear more about that now.

2023-05-04 17:25:13

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https://media.tenor.com/uQdNT8pffFMAAAAM/luke-skywalker-mark-hamill.gif

2023-04-27 23:39:28

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"Bitcoin City" is not the e-cash powered cypherpunk community envisioned by Tim May and Wei Dai, where "the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary." nakamotoinstitute.org/b-money/
That community -- where individual autonomy and human rights are secured through privacy and anonymity tools -- is being built on Cashu by #[2], on the fedimint protocol by #[3], on coinjoins by Samourai Wallet and #[4], and on lightning by #[5] and #[6].
That's where I'll reside.

2023-04-12 16:10:41

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Is this from prior to the U.S. making greenbacks convertable for gold in 1879?
Civil war and reconstruction era are under discussed, considering many of the legal precedents that created the modern financial system originated during this period.

2023-03-10 00:51:27

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https://i.imgur.com/pWOgL5U.png
https://i.imgur.com/q6Wi0a9.png
https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/p/bitcoin-mining-first-amendment

2023-03-04 16:00:22

*This is a summary of my latest article for the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine, which is available [here](https://thebrokeissue.bitcoinmagazine.com/autonomy-through-anonymity).*
Many are familiar with the 1996 ruling in [Bernstein v. State Dep't](http://bit.ly/3J8EV3p) that "code is speech."
In that case, Bernstein argued that not only was code speech, his encryption code was especially protected speech because it enabled private, anonymous speech.
Bernstein cited S.Ct. precedent upholding the right to speak confidentially, anonymously, and to keep private the identity of one's associates. B/c crypto enabled such constitutionally protected acts, it was "inherently imbued with First Amendment significance."
<img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqO4omdXoAIAMIL?format=png&name=small" alt="" width="455" data-align="center">
While the court did not go so far as to rule that cryptography itself was especially protected, Bernstein's argument finds ample historical support. America was founded on the right to privacy and anonymity, rights that are essential to the realization of individual autonomy.
Autonomy is the sovereign authority to govern oneself within one's own moral boundaries. Privacy and its more complete cousin, anonymity, can create those sovereign boundaries around the individual. Privacy is “the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world”.
<img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqO7ZXfX0AEzgcb?format=png&name=900x900" alt="" width="543" data-align="center">
Thus, the loss of privacy strikes at our basic human right to self determination. [In the words of Justice Douglas](http://bit.ly/3kJDqz9), without privacy, "freedom as the Constitution envisages it will have vanished":
<img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqO8rNIXwAAs3X6?format=png&name=medium" alt="" data-align="center" width="559">
The earliest Americans understood this. The Pilgrims fled the surveillance state of Great Britain, where they could only practice their faith in secret due to Queen Elizabeth and James's network of spies:
<img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqPANl3XgAA7Vvh?format=png&name=small" alt="" data-align="center" width="496">
By the time of the Revolution, the Founders were actively using cryptographic privacy tools like ciphers to communicate amongst themselves. In a letter to Madison proposing edits to the draft First Amendment, Jefferson used ciphertext.
<img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FccyYs7XoAAWqSI?format=jpg&name=small" alt="" width="288" data-align="inline"><img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FccyY6EX0AIss69?format=jpg&name=small" alt="" width="345" data-align="inline">
[Supreme court precedent](http://bit.ly/41DVDyE) has acknowledged the deeply rooted right to private and anonymous speech, including the “Framers’ universal practice of publishing anonymous articles and pamphlets."
<img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqPDmj-WYAwtA5K?format=png&name=900x900" alt="" width="545" data-align="center">
In 2021, [the court struck down](https://bit.ly/3J7H531) regulations compelling disclosure of charitable organizations' donors' identities, reiterating "the vital relationship between freedom to associate and privacy in one’s associations."
<img title="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqPFWtaX0AAli95?format=png&name=small" alt="" data-align="center" width="446">
Such recent precedent indicates the current Supreme Court may be accepting of Bernstein's argument that code enabling private and anonymous speech and association (deeply rooted unalienable rights) should be entitled to the highest levels of First Amendment protection.
#### WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BITCOIN?
Bitcoin is code that enables anonymous communication and association (primarily through the transmission of value), and should thus receive the highest levels of 1A protection.
Moreover, the code for ANY PRIVACY TOOL should likewise be protected, including:
- The #lightningnetwork (@npub1gal0y3vuj3c5sme6444ncsr8xcfm9axehfcsuqfamz5v926m6f2s4yz3t2, #[0], #[1], #[2], #[3])
- Cashu (@npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg)
- FediMints (@npub1nc0ynppqh37rtulr57xjqpzmfjp58xrd4ey8896ehn9j5flg33fszrz5pa, #[4], #[5], #[6], @)
- coinjoins.
That includes the nascent protocol [#nostr](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nostr?src=hashtag_click), which allows anonymous and encrypted communications, as I recently wrote [here ]([https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/p/nostr-bitcoin-inscriptions-and-the) and at [blogstack](https://blogstack.io/naddr1qq3xummnw3ez66twwd3hy6tsw35k7mnn94nxjunnwskkzmt9dejx6etwwsq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46qygxs3jf3986ucff2jqtm75heppgxpvg8vcs2trxkjg5mx83h8m7vnupsgqqqw4rs2r77de).
By using these privacy tools to regain anonymity, we can ensure individual autonomy.
Like the Founders who designed and used new cryptographic systems in the pursuit of liberty, it’s time for individuals to code and use privacy enhancing tools to regain autonomy.

2023-03-02 21:43:05

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Long form note summary of Autonomy through Anonymity: https://blogstack.io/naddr1qqyrzde38qen2epkqyv8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdspzp5yvjvff7hxz225sz7l497gg2pstzpmxyzjce45j9xe3ude7lnylqvzqqqr4gu026cs8
#[0]

2023-03-02 20:17:08

Many thanks to #[0] print for publishing my research on how the deeply rooted right to privacy and anonymity in America extends to software like Bitcoin.
https://twitter.com/thebtcmag/status/1631342506318376961?t=Etbx6bC1lVexLvhwCxgVQg&s=19

2023-03-02 15:34:15

Giving a talk on Bitcoin to lawyers and judges at the end of the month. Who has good material on public/private key pairs? Preferably graphics I can include in a deck.
#[0]
#[1]
#[2]
#[3]

2023-02-22 18:58:45

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#[6] and Lightsats do it so smooth, just swap in email first, with lightning login as alternative
https://i.imgur.com/gFanft0.png

2023-02-22 17:32:58

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Bro, no lightning login ⚡on BTC mag app?

2023-02-20 16:52:35

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George Washington x Satoshi
https://i.imgur.com/vmuySXH.png

2023-02-17 15:29:46

Pura Vida!
Nostr and Bitcoin Inscriptions have ushered in a hopeful new era for free speech!
Because the code for these projects enable anonymous speech, a deeply rooted constitutional right, they should be entitled to the highest levels of First Amendment protection.
Cc: #[0] #[1] #[2] #[3] #[4]
https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/p/nostr-bitcoin-inscriptions-and-the

2023-02-16 18:25:36

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Some concepts are so enlightening, when you combine them the AI shines.