Max

Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk

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npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt

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nprofile1qqst0mtgkp3du662ztj3l4fgts0purksu5fgek5n4vgmg9gt2hkn9lqpremhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuar0washyernd35kyetjw3ujucm0d5q3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv9a85ctdduhxuet5c5e4nz

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relay.towardsliberty.com

relay.azzamo.net

relay.damus.io

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Last Notes

2026-05-05 18:00:33 CEST

Marmot community call starting now!
meet.fulmo.org/marmot
#nevent1q…42s6

2026-05-04 11:23:43 CEST

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lol

2026-05-04 11:23:29 CEST

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To be fair, I'd you only read one book of Rothbard, it's Man Economy and State.

2026-05-01 20:07:57 CEST

Murray Rothbard produced more rigorous, integrated work across more domains than any other libertarian thinker of the 20th century. His books span monetary theory, political philosophy, revisionist history, and economic thought, and they hold together because they all flow from the same foundational axioms. This guide maps a reading order through his major works, from the accessible entry points through to the advanced systematic treatises, with a summary of each book's argument and what it adds to the whole.
#nevent1q…guk8

2026-05-01 11:42:59 CEST

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Yes that would be huge.
But the operator can still destroy the money by pulling the plug on the computer.

2026-05-01 10:04:04 CEST

Another non-nostr app on @nprofile…gsu4 !
https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qqtxxmmd9eek7mrpwf5h5ety9enxjun9v3hhwmsprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9uju7npwpehgmmjv5hxgetkqgstd4g3dmu93dcxnzu5rs6p5k7xtvjdvknc3ncwd0zxamr3vwgm5fsrqsqqqlst20nge2
@nprofile…x9ly

2026-05-01 09:19:05 CEST

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Thats true that key compromise is the same.

2026-05-01 09:18:43 CEST

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Long form articles are replaceable / addressable events in the spec, so not acknowledging the edits is just wrong...

2026-05-01 07:54:26 CEST

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Makes sense, worth the extra effort.

2026-04-30 18:48:08 CEST

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I've been editing my old articles and giving them more consistent hashtags.
This seems to have surfaced a bug in a bunch of clients that sort articles by created_at timestamp (which is the last edited time) when in fact they should sort by published_at (which is the original first time seen date)

2026-04-30 09:38:44 CEST

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I got countless mp3s that are not labeled to tagged at all, which forces me to just play shuffle through all of them, and I kinda enjoy that chaos.

2026-04-30 07:46:15 CEST

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Got you bro
https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qq2xxmmd9ejxgvmzda5zumm4w3jhyar4dejszxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eaxzurnw3hhyefwv3jhvq3q0r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7sxpqqqplqkem7fvm

2026-04-29 18:42:42 CEST

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It's quite common, and deserved for some implementations.
Many also think its a single point of failure with catastrophe breach possibility.

2026-04-29 18:41:54 CEST

Started to record the audio book of The Praxeology of Privacy, it's a great opportunity for a final edit before it goes to print!

2026-04-29 12:33:53 CEST

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Yes, patience improves privacy substantially

2026-04-29 08:59:42 CEST

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Iris by @nprofile…ptz7 does too I think.
Marmot soon.

2026-04-29 08:52:29 CEST

Check out @nprofile…mnef, a non-nostr app published on @nprofile…gsu4

2026-04-28 17:19:26 CEST

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Looking forward to see you there.

2026-04-28 14:12:08 CEST

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With regular banks you need, well, banks, and that sucks...
P2P bills are great for bootstrapping a financial economy where none exists, and since there are no bitcoin native banks, I expect something like this to do the initial work.
Bills also get a lot more useful if you do have discont houses which buy bills and issue currency ontop.

2026-04-28 14:08:44 CEST

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What's the repo for the client?

2026-04-28 11:15:58 CEST

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There's a weird naming between published and created at, published is the original date, created is the last edit.
Super confusing.
I think I created those events correct (tell me if not) so maybe its a bug on your client.

2026-04-28 10:22:09 CEST

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Yes, great library!

2026-04-28 10:18:51 CEST

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And why do they show up in the notes view at all? These are all nip23s

2026-04-28 10:18:23 CEST

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ngit fixes this :)

2026-04-28 10:17:25 CEST

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Yes.
These are all edits to the articles, I would have expected that it doesnt show edits in the feed...

2026-04-28 09:44:22 CEST

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And tell me if I fucked up with incorrect edit workflow...

2026-04-28 09:43:30 CEST

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Sorry for breaking your stuff and you're welcome, I guess?

2026-04-28 09:41:50 CEST

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did it spam you?
Should only be edits to existing ones without coming back up in the time line.

2026-04-28 09:41:27 CEST

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Yes adding hashtags

2026-04-28 09:41:08 CEST

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Yours had a bunch that I didnt know about. added to my existing list here. Thanks!
#nevent1q…e8fx

2026-04-28 09:40:38 CEST

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Consolidated all those suggestions in the comments with the other ones I know about, now we got an impressive list.
#nevent1q…zlcv

2026-04-27 21:34:33 CEST

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Thats a cool site!

2026-04-27 21:32:44 CEST

Definitely give Tamers of Entropy a read, we don't have nearly enough cypherpunk fiction, and this is a great one!
#nevent1q…xryg

2026-04-27 21:31:37 CEST

Made some improvements to towardsliberty.com.
All pictures get pulled from local blossom server and search is fuzzy now.

2026-04-27 21:15:57 CEST

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Nice!
When FOSS tho?

2026-04-27 21:14:14 CEST

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I guess you had to given your profile pic...

2026-04-27 21:12:55 CEST

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"Where Bitcoin lives, is with the living." 🔥

2026-04-27 21:10:00 CEST

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Useful!

2026-04-27 21:05:19 CEST

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These are legally binding contracts, so you should be able to show them at customs.

2026-04-27 20:11:19 CEST

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Ui, nice!

2026-04-27 20:02:10 CEST

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Well, we can try...

2026-04-27 19:09:48 CEST

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Yeah, but its not complete either.

2026-04-27 19:09:18 CEST

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Its definitely not complete, many missing.

2026-04-27 17:29:27 CEST

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Apps can include themselves in the client tag of any note. Many do that, but not all...

2026-04-27 17:21:55 CEST

What's the most complete list of nostr apps?

2026-04-27 15:26:43 CEST

After several posts analyzing what bills of exchange did, how governments killed them in 1914, what the parallel economy lacks without them, and what the engineering template for reconstruction looks like, it is time to name the project building it. Bitcredit runs electronic bills of exchange on Bitcoin, with a Chaumian ecash mint layer, a guarantee asset, and Nostr transport. This post maps the architecture. The series that follows will work through each component in detail.
#nevent1q…n6nk

2026-04-27 11:57:58 CEST

We need more Nostr speakers for @nprofile…2za5
Apply now and shill your stuff!
https://freedomtechsummit.com/

2026-04-26 11:28:35 CEST

Anyone interested in a serious review of v3 of my book The Praxeology of Privacy before it goes to print?

2026-04-26 10:08:06 CEST

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It would indirectly kyc your main chain coin.

2026-04-25 20:56:21 CEST

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lol, when I initially wrote steamroller I started to get confused with wtf that even is

2026-04-25 20:55:35 CEST

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Yes, at least similar, cross fork decoy selection doesnt seem trivial at all.

2026-04-25 20:36:43 CEST

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Thanks!
Oh and individual audio tracks for each participant is important.

2026-04-25 19:00:56 CEST

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So good, thanks for doing this!

2026-04-25 19:00:36 CEST

Massive improvement, try it out!
The best way to anonymously ship your vibed apps.
#nevent1q…3jwd

2026-04-25 18:39:21 CEST

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Yes, same issue with consolidation.

2026-04-25 17:39:27 CEST

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Send them one by one with multiple days in between for reduced timing attacks.

2026-04-25 17:39:01 CEST

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Let's say you use @nprofile…gldk and have 10 private utxos nobody knows they are yours.
Now you go to the forked chain and send all 10 coins to the exchange in a single transaction, now everyone knows that the 10 unspent coins on bitcoin belong to the same person. Wasabi can't even know this and still assumes these coins are private when they actually are not.

2026-04-25 17:18:49 CEST

Remember, when you move utxos on a forked chain you link common coin ownership on the parent chain.
Don't fuck up your privacy for picking up pennies in front of the train.

2026-04-25 14:09:00 CEST

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It does. Not historically, but for the last update.

2026-04-25 09:27:18 CEST

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Big mute button, raise hand, seeing who is in the call, no google play services, great recording quality.
Stability is more important than other features.
Fat zap if you make it work!

2026-04-24 18:20:12 CEST

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I'm a simple man.
I see a fridge full of meat, I follow the npub.

2026-04-24 18:18:34 CEST

Can someone please make riverside obsolete?
Nostr login, MOQ audio/video calls, local recording and streamed to a blossom server for each participant.

2026-04-24 18:16:07 CEST

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Sending text mainly.

2026-04-24 18:14:27 CEST

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To quote @nprofile…6htm:
"though technically true, this only applies to the ipv6 shim, which forces a 1280 minimum MTU + FIPS overhead.
When using the FIPS native API, that number will be much lower."

2026-04-24 18:13:09 CEST

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Tell that to @nprofile…2lxp, lol

2026-04-24 11:24:34 CEST

Two projects aim at the same goal of unstoppable networks for human beings, and they arrive at radically different solutions. Reticulum strips addressing and ports from the protocol entirely and optimizes for radio links so slow that five bits per second counts as usable bandwidth, then builds its own parallel universe of applications on top. @npub1y0g…00ly takes the opposite bet, keeping IPv6 semantics alive through a TUN adapter so that unmodified SSH and curl can cross a mesh of Nostr identities. This post walks both stacks from the wire up, then shows where their design choices force different tradeoffs.
#naddr1qq…gwgh

2026-04-23 14:29:46 CEST

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Thats a good idea actually @nprofile…ympz

2026-04-23 13:02:19 CEST

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Yeah, but who's gonna trust GitHub for app distribution...

2026-04-23 13:00:54 CEST

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Awesome!

2026-04-23 12:14:25 CEST

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Woah, why?

2026-04-23 12:13:13 CEST

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The reminder worked...

2026-04-23 08:28:58 CEST

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I'm curious, how did you find @nprofile…gsu4?
Were you a nostrich before already, or are you new to the space?

2026-04-23 08:26:19 CEST

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Honestly, it's the only app store that just works, especially for devs.

2026-04-23 07:55:33 CEST

I see more and more non-nostr apps publishing on @nprofile…gsu4!
Like @nprofile…8teg, a climbing app, which recommends zapstore as best place to get the app, and use nostr DMs for feedback.
https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qq2kxmmd9e3hyatcvdhkzcmg9eskuerjda5kgqgcwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh85ctswd6x7un99ejx2aszyrn45xzuqxwsjpyatl9su2dzejdl6qtwcrmd3yhunrm0lcqcrfyq6qcyqqq8uzch789f5

2026-04-23 07:45:00 CEST

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Basically, a group of people create a public key, such that only if a complex program returns valid does someone get the private key.
It's really a powerful building block.

2026-04-22 20:31:38 CEST

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It's edible... Once...

2026-04-22 18:15:34 CEST

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I see that makes sense, thanks for working on this!

2026-04-22 16:13:44 CEST

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Honestly, LLMs are shockingly good at rewriting in a different language, especially when there is good test coverage.
Oh, and does Jam work ontop of the new implementation?

2026-04-22 12:39:44 CEST

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Theft.

2026-04-22 12:14:55 CEST

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btw, zaps to you are failing.

2026-04-22 12:11:28 CEST

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Thank you for your service sir!
Joinmarket was pioneering in so many ways, you are an inspiration, and I learned so much from you!
I hope the project continues to be maintained and used.
Curious tho, why is it written in Python again?

2026-04-22 11:58:29 CEST

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We might add it.
But aren't you promoting your investment right now? 🙃

2026-04-22 10:26:12 CEST

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Your relay list is messed up btw.

2026-04-22 10:22:54 CEST

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That's a cool idea.

2026-04-22 10:17:34 CEST

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Lightning sender privacy is great, and just use Wasabi for onchain payments.

2026-04-21 14:50:56 CEST

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By the way, Appendix A in this edition is my favorite history of religion, very interesting framing.

2026-04-21 14:31:47 CEST

The usual covenant debate on Bitcoin starts with Script and soft forks. PIPEs v2 starts somewhere stranger: it asks whether a spend condition can be enforced by making the signing key itself unavailable until a proof exists. That move shifts the burden away from on-chain verification and into witness encryption, committee setup, a huge off-chain artifact, and the engineering needed to bind them together.
The result is one of the most interesting proposals in current Bitcoin research because it enlarges the design space without asking Bitcoin consensus to change.
#naddr1qq…ce4x

2026-04-21 08:35:47 CEST

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Wise words

2026-04-20 16:09:14 CEST

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Yes that one goes even further, wild.

2026-04-20 16:08:52 CEST

We're building a little something...
#nevent1q…kfz3

2026-04-20 16:08:29 CEST

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Excited to get this launched!

2026-04-20 15:01:16 CEST

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Yes, use TEEs for AI inference for now.

2026-04-20 15:00:45 CEST

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Yes.
Might be my #1 book recommendation for cypherpunks.

2026-04-20 15:00:04 CEST

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Awesome, a rare find!
That looks to be the very first print edition, check if its the same text as this initial online edition. https://anarplex.sirion.io/hosted/files/A_Lodging_of_Wayfaring_Men.pdf

2026-04-20 07:21:25 CEST

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Yeah, we're fat from running llms through homomorphic encryption.
You can now do wallet queries which is already impressive. Eventually I'd love to use it for nostr event queries, but that's also still far away.

2026-04-19 16:25:53 CEST

Three architectural families have broken an assumption that was treated as a law of cloud architecture for two decades: that the machine running a computation must see the data the computation runs on. Homomorphic encryption operates on ciphertexts, secure multi-party computation distributes the work across non-colluding participants, and trusted execution environments isolate the work inside a hardware enclave opaque to the machine's owner. The privacy architecture of the next decade will be built on their compositions.
#naddr1qq…wja5

2026-04-17 08:39:39 CEST

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In theory yes, but in practice the code is all mangled with nostr deeply, specifically would be great to also support FIPS.
Here's some thoughts on the new architecture.
https://github.com/marmot-protocol/whitenoise-meta/blob/c387af9d1ad0d543112a9569ab04cac5fa188358/Engineering/marmot-architecture/target-architecture.md

2026-04-16 16:22:57 CEST

Working on making marmot transport layer agnostic.

2026-04-15 11:53:47 CEST

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Persistence is a different parameter to template OS choice, you can have a minimal fedora machine that is a standalone VM with full persistence.
Minimals are a clean OS without Thunderbird & Firefox etc installed. Saves you on storage and reduces attack surface drastically.

2026-04-15 11:52:01 CEST

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That was the original idea of the nostr doctor actually!