2025-09-25T11:40:36Z https://nostr.ae frankbraun https://nostr.ae/npub1vmu8mq9fr96c5e97p5ku3ga9507sek7htl9utpddd6t99cwqjersz5hxee https://m.primal.net/LUQX.png https://m.primal.net/LUQX.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx0f0hk69246n0scl7xyzhuu3pcx0r7463lv8w8d0z8gzx6uzjqnczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywfrmgx2 Living in the early phase of the exponential is both exhilarating and exhausting, while the masses still seem completely unaware of the tsunami that is about to hit them. 2026-03-25T00:39:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5wg389z4m4z4adqjdgw22gutg35jpahhg7p2lnktgl9wc2q048szypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw3wcv4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2h287v4tvtznw52dqw767qymjxctec483vn2jf977n9a7kf997cpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgnwug64'>nevent1q…ug64</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sounds like a plan, let’s go! 2025-12-25T10:08:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5rmqg6gskj643gg6eg5kgwccsz7zat553mlsdk7yuuvyr65ey9gzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywxsuv5z For every important person in your life there will be a day when you will see them for the last time.<br/><br/>Just remember that the next time you&#39;ll see them. 2025-12-25T10:08:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstmlszc7f2uw7rjsa33u4xca9g0f05hzxxw48vpfvzztss939e25czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywhx4has In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4sp6kdyhl0lpm5glkagm42sldn955ysn7u28dmwqclx4f73zl0s4at342'>nevent1q…t342</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh the irony. 2025-11-18T13:55:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgrktdh4kpqymclcd7htk7hee2fedf20frefaf4r6qsnkfkq024fszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw9252wq Just use Cloudflare and AWS and you will not have any issues they said. 2025-11-18T13:55:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvrjuyp3tvyx6rkv8qedsewgjwfm8rfswkknuu4h2yndxnu9fuqdszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyww89twh Technology leads, politicians follow. 2025-10-08T23:02:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9dka9ef8hpkz85net6ek54jkr2fke8eytvuxdqg0y46khel008czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw8lqttq It&#39;s hilarious that the concept Homo economicus models humans as consistently rational, when it&#39;s actually quite the opposite. 2025-10-04T07:58:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsga0yyp3un7v8fz2v3599ht0m8dhyas264c8pqnhq9gqtnd7xd2pqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw8sxqrs What I like about the Zcash community:<br/><br/>Nobody asked me if want to join a Telegram group yet —the standard in most of crypto.<br/><br/>Only Signal groups.<br/><br/>They get it. 2025-10-01T12:17:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgewxd0arnysznuhc76nq0p3sk64grvp7rv7r4p03kwca2283uxkqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw5gjz09 <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/7f3f5ed62effe8fb26397e7556d38bdd9c063f8a3607c2646d2e1e419433e8b7.png"> 2025-10-01T09:49:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspjlxuaz3hl8rx7kych93z5zda22z9p8jr7rj20ssu5jpnpa6h00qzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw8q9f2d Zcash is getting repriced in real time. 2025-10-01T07:56:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0tfzv9ekwcwfkhgzu4enfywmv3xg38km9l6wafaur0z0m2m57zaqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywc90tz8 Being a Zcasher is easy compared to being a gold bug in the 1980s. 2025-09-30T17:20:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0fhrkzzq62ehwp04ahfvmnrxgaflzy6xqyfz6dac29jm6aln9nwczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywv7nsxz Was there ever a U.S. government shutdown where the debt ceiling wasn&#39;t raised?<br/><br/>&#34;No, we are not going to eat the cookies!&#34;<br/><br/>*dancing around*<br/><br/>&#34;Lets eat the cookies!&#34; 2025-09-30T17:08:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs96t95jpaz2ysdre553rs3mhuv4jw69vltth3kkq9yvq76thh93aqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywmuzrtc Long: BTC, ZEC, XAU<br/><br/>Short: USD, EUR, CHF 2025-09-30T16:57:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgmsnmqp6daff2cm7tvrvnxx7zd6lpqmp2zeuhke3hp9ev5h5t99czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywj73agv Time for plan Z. 2025-09-30T16:36:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr9gfl0s7zfthprgpvj9dcv5zvjq0sdk2vgc06entyp7fx37swj6szypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywshap3f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2c35fmhfw9mp67gnxzsulfl5snk4ytq7y6r96rdussq8kk5m6zmcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgyq7cqu'>nevent1q…7cqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That’s how ZIP 234 would change Zcash inflation:<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/dc95b88e97ffab5f648868e3c6c0b13d6ef82940adc552298fa799027a17ad8c.png"> 2025-09-30T16:31:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2c35fmhfw9mp67gnxzsulfl5snk4ytq7y6r96rdussq8kk5m6zmczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywhste0z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrn29e548mn9yq5t23maw3m9mrgkkvxjytn4ntn2nwpc8ktlqfnscpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgp454pd'>nevent1q…54pd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More details over at Shielded Labs:<br/><br/><a href="https://shieldedlabs.net/nsm/">https://shieldedlabs.net/nsm/</a> 2025-09-30T16:28:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrn29e548mn9yq5t23maw3m9mrgkkvxjytn4ntn2nwpc8ktlqfnsczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywlw9f5y NSM in Zcash<br/><br/>- problem: future security budget (tx fees not enough?)<br/>- constraint: 21M cap<br/>- proposal: Network Sustainability Mechanism<br/>- ZIP 233: establish voluntary burn mechanism<br/>- ZIP 234: smooths the issuance curve (adds burned coins)<br/>- ZIP 235: burn 60% of transaction fees 2025-09-30T16:27:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv5egr84q2dn4j2de6eepvqat2nmg44vsf2eykst3k4z49zsxahaszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywkgvhza In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjmfd9gfursktu70hs8u5j8czur55mlra606899zjr445vw2utaqpupmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhj2v3swaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxumm5daeks6fwwa5kute9xgc8wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9ujnyvrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekjctdwd68ytnrdakj7ffjxpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6te9xgc8wumn8ghj7mnxwfjkccte9eshqup0y5erqamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7tjwvhxumm5daeks6fwwa5kute9xgc8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwv4u8getj0ghxxmmd9ujnyvrhwden5te0vejkuunfwgkhxtnwda6x7umgdyh8w6twhcwjus'>nevent1q…wjus</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>See forum discussion:<br/><br/><a href="https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/crosslink-early-tokenomics-design/52154">https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/crosslink-early-tokenomics-design/52154</a> 2025-09-30T15:27:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstjmfd9gfursktu70hs8u5j8czur55mlra606899zjr445vw2utaqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywr3a25p Crosslink proposal<br/><br/>- adds assured finality to Zcash by introducing PoS finalizers<br/>- hybrid PoS/PoW (&#34;defence in depth&#34;)<br/>- rooster of 100 stake weighted finalizers (they take fee)<br/>- yield for stakers (40% stakers, 40% miners, 20% dev fund)<br/>- staking from Orchard pool<br/>- 21M cap 2025-09-30T15:27:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyjpara7w4yzxjtzg3j0pdxq2p7jzdqvh8qmxjd7l60ycprz5mpjczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywe8mxc9 ZSAs (Zcash Shielded Assets)<br/><br/>- Orchard extension enabling the creation, transfer, and burn of custom assets (like ERC-20)<br/>- also allows for NFTs<br/>- assets can be wrapped assets (with bridging)<br/>- same anonymity as shielded ZEC transactions, sharing the pool<br/>- no freeze function 2025-09-30T12:17:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2cdg54cw3q9g05drnmlun9cr8pt83d2sk38hnjye8ufqks74wuwszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywk4xu4r Levels of wealth:<br/><br/>- debt<br/>- no debt<br/>- debt 2025-09-29T15:22:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ungx8j7zmjd7sskkztllp96qzvmm0530jcka3n090quujfpay2czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywltsc4f My largest holdings in order of size:<br/><br/>BTC<br/>ZEC<br/>XAU 2025-09-29T13:23:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9kyya45lh6r35ctxjz4qgqcn9pagck4j5tx2w30u9tyqvmwdwmsgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw8e4kcg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs25jgkef5ary3jt4rc8qwu2g7dfslx0nxw8as8cq44g7a8yee94tgfr40sp'>nevent1q…40sp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not really. My guess would be: easier to integrate technically, better relationship management with exchanges, and less “shady” reputation. 2025-09-29T12:11:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstu024hcz8gp7e357j9et483f53y5sd9gxnpymd3k50uy8dqen8eszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw8ax9pd Zcash must be the only crypto project where being late (joining almost 9 years in) feels being early.<br/><br/>It&#39;s like the early days of Bitcoin, buying coins for under $100, exciting to read up on all the tech, etc.<br/><br/>Just this time with privacy and a workable scalability roadmap. 2025-09-29T11:27:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqwezutrmx2zl0uqsncrrfgkchrxw0hfmduqethfjvpy4pgq0wnegzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywnj3sh2 𝛂?<br/><br/>- total global assets (TGA): $1,000T<br/>- market cap gold: $22T (2.2% TGA)<br/>- market cap BTC: $2T (~10% gold, 0.2% TGA)<br/>- undeclared offshore wealth: $10T+ (1%+ TGA)<br/>- privacy coins: $8B (&lt;0.1% offshore wealth, 0.4% BTC)<br/>- ZEC: ~$0.97B (12% privacy coins, 0.01% offshore wealth) 2025-09-28T19:20:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv7vh0g4vuuwqcrdvkwj2f74c2eaxfgt5ymclmq5p6h82rum2wgzqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywehug30 POV: You are in a country with transfer tax, high VAT, and high taxes in general:<br/><br/>“Cash or card?”<br/><br/>“Cash.”<br/><br/>“Nice!” 2025-09-28T13:10:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxkq9ytavf4wh4ey26fvajte0sze9t7pv3mqszaj6e0rfugn4sj3gzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywmr6nn3 Optimists buy gold, pessimists buy cans. 2025-09-27T12:28:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9cye3tc3hsq7fq3ejsvnff0ke65rfqtu97de73wkxk2xgudp6gqqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywj6szgp Using Zcash as a mixer doesn&#39;t work — transactions going in and out can be correlated by time and value.<br/><br/>The only way to break this link is to use it as a store of value.<br/><br/>If the market demands more financial privacy and understands this dynamic, value will accrue to Zcash. 2025-09-26T22:33:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspezlnkmwp09c3wcjlhu246ernrzaleam7u5peteup4uwd5v2z4aqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywc7uppd Money is technology — technology evolves. 2025-09-26T22:11:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8qk62zle86nkessdt68mtj40gv5c6lsx8ktnf680yg9r4g6gfrdszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywk8egh7 The future is private. 2025-09-25T11:41:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs88qwnuhvgttlhvflznmz93fc4czycqftqlyqg94zq6hvwt0kz8kczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywlckqdq Get worse to get better. 2025-09-19T17:17:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswmjnus4l4qcxxv9532f9eh72up0pxrvh0n6uzk4fxt2pjphpecmczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywl8k4gk The claim that you lost your coins in a boating accident is more credible if those coins cannot be traced. 2025-09-02T20:30:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgxcr3343avhpypskqnzmd8qh9zhjvw3sur9z6jycxuere3n873pqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywa0mlr9 Who would have thought that we weren&#39;t shitposting on Reddit 10 years ago but were training superintelligence. 2025-09-02T16:05:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9uywzgajezxq0uz42w8sq7mzl703rz735shdd2k3a4cjxamwmz9czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywmyhp4k You can define an encoding that maps any blob of data to a single number.<br/><br/>To censor certain data, you&#39;d have to censor certain numbers.<br/><br/>But under a different encoding, those numbers would be different.<br/><br/>So: censor all numbers. 2025-09-01T08:54:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq7p8njjc76h8l6mq63hr452jvzfjxkvsphtnqtv2s6pek673p3lqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywxw0336 Just finished &#34;Zero World Problems: New Standards of Living for the Post-Materialist Economy&#34; by Aaron Clarey, great read.<br/><br/>Should be mandatory reading for the crypto twitter crowd that thinks trading meme coins from mom&#39;s basement is the best way to financial independence. 2025-08-31T08:27:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp0jged02c92unl2stwq3hypaa0nd0y5qk9v0vdkf2nenyqg697dszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw6ql7xa If it’s OK to filter transactions with “too much” OP_RETURN data, wouldn’t it be also OK by the same logic to filter CoinJoin transactions with too many inputs and outputs?<br/><br/>After all, what useful purpose do they serve?<br/><br/>They are not transferring value. 2025-08-26T14:39:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8kv4w7vrdanj7msz2kg0rn422s8hhwamqupmx5vv2xmzyztzrzszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywkmlhf9 Seems like we have now reached the “but it just feels better” stage of privacy tech.<br/><br/>For many communism also feels better than capitalism.<br/><br/>How did that work out so far? 2025-08-23T22:25:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx52sln7ze6dcly5956znqg43knsj34a66ym3qakyums64k09jwqgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywzhee8r Your threat model should include sophisticated technical attackers.<br/><br/>But don&#39;t forget to include the unsophisticated non-technical religious mob. 2025-08-21T13:21:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrxpv9qckhkqxjt8w6qqq7sk8actkt9ha4aznvrtaq6397yrr5g4qzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw30xd7g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxmtrz4xnt0kr74ufqwdhe0wtpj79a2u7huslauq2czeyz7xv6aqrf53rg'>nevent1q…53rg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With multiple assets in the same shielded pool miners can also not censor based on asset type.<br/><br/>And issuers cannot freeze accounts.<br/><br/>And there can be no risk scoring.<br/><br/>Just a free fee market.<br/><br/>Gasp. 2025-08-21T12:42:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswxmtrz4xnt0kr74ufqwdhe0wtpj79a2u7huslauq2czeyz7xv6aqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywg4mtaw Having shielded transactions does not only make coins more fungible, it also makes transactions more censorship resistant.<br/><br/>You cannot censor selectively what you cannot differentiate.<br/><br/>Lesson in there. 2025-08-21T12:30:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp7wefn72k5dl79gsttk6n3w2z27lle9jx96tqjur7jwsa5uty30gzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywtpadhs Bitcoiners: The network is censorship resistant.<br/><br/>Somehow also Bitcoiners: Let’s figure out how we can best filter “undesirable transactions”. 2025-08-21T12:21:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstp4a0vdt0vrgwgufd7aacewg8xcd3lxlmugc3rjz5ut8ysngjq3qzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw7gslee I think there are usually no big reasons for short term price movements.<br/><br/>The Monero drama had a short term price impact and now that seems to be reverting. But generally it&#39;s more people are buying than selling that makes number go up and vice versa.<br/><br/>Both Monero and Zcash are down about 20% in USD term compared to one month ago while Bitcoin is mostly flat in that time frame.<br/><br/>And one month is still a rather short time frame.<br/><br/>The question that interest me much more than the infighting: Why are privacy coins in general underperforming at the moment?<br/><br/>Is it because we are still pretty early in the bull part of the cycle and privacy coins come later in the cycle?<br/><br/>Right now ETH is picking up, but SOL is still not really pumping. So from that perspective it might still be early &#34;alt season&#34;.<br/><br/>Does the market simply not value privacy and we just have to accept it?<br/><br/>Or is it a communication problem that can be solved with better education and marketing?<br/><br/>Or is it something else entirely? 2025-08-18T19:04:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8k03r2lsgrepxl7ru8evsh97w8xjqv79k5m8texevt4qw6qdlpxqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywxrp7xs While Solana celebrated a new record of 92,628 tx/s the dominating &#34;problem&#34; in Bitcoin seems to be how to best filter &#34;spam&#34; transactions while the mempool sits mostly empty.<br/><br/>Sad. 2025-08-17T23:29:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd38cj3vsgp38y8f0mqgn24869rrpen04e9zsruaep9hlxkqlswngzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywvn424e &#34;The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.&#34;<br/><br/>— Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr, The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1975) 2025-08-16T17:56:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr67ct2h35599zkmy0364chyhe5v7jm5lca80ycmypxuamxl0eqrqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywzkga02 The free market is a harsh mistress. 2025-08-15T14:09:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx3vgqcxf6fe9luekdejues8k8350qpxaeu8pu608k7xnwy7ddtpqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywwln6r3 The threat model for my life is: It&#39;s complicated. 2025-08-12T21:20:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsprsx4e34eex8zuqqm2768gnukmqyah7hktsxw6rmvpgcuzfjpy5qzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywtz960m <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a8500dcc1214933074ad7f2eb614897280d2b5c7e9f50feba06ec7c9acb1023f.jpg"> 2025-08-12T21:00:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0td7hrpzchdx06nkwz4egftucvsuuqy54xwl9d6kqu5rn53dqlfgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw8j0guu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqn8wpzgsdevck2plseelxrx2qh399q6acavtk874u62kvm2acvrqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduysvury'>nevent1q…vury</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t think so, here is my full argument:<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/layer1/">https://frankbraun.org/layer1/</a> 2025-08-12T13:13:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsva3p75y8uf4hglkfetu672g6j8rzy5xl2ulzffmwq94xh7vphdtczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywehlqy9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0c5yhcg605y4cj48svzctnz7uvm86qaykxyf73euus43px4pldqqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgeddxfh'>nevent1q…dxfh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, I haven’t looked into that. 2025-08-12T11:45:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdppej5wxfqg8ppzkh36m0xxc9ugmyunwq2jgpq7gfrwdn4d7smnszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywqdwd49 Less ego leads to more success.<br/><br/>It allows you to learn and adapt.<br/><br/>The real cost is not making a mistake, it&#39;s defending it. 2025-08-12T11:44:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs06qhyce8rwrfch03l859r6r4kv2g9kqfcjjttnqevunmy3myu2wgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywnxtg4v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8ag5u94aunyxcmkzw9lrfhejxv0z4y35vfue029x470rc5lcmggpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgetmht7'>nevent1q…mht7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/benjaminpirus/2019/09/30/mcafee-explains-rationale-for-why-he-still-sees-1-million-bitcoin-by-2020/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/benjaminpirus/2019/09/30/mcafee-explains-rationale-for-why-he-still-sees-1-million-bitcoin-by-2020/</a> 2025-08-12T11:34:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf8ag5u94aunyxcmkzw9lrfhejxv0z4y35vfue029x470rc5lcmggzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywzhn5ge “What if a plumber came and fixed your sink and you paid him $40? He went into the bank and he goes, ‘I’d like to cash this check. Mr. McAfee wrote it to me and I’d like my $40, and, while you’re there, would you please tell me what his balance is, and, from now on, forever, would you please inform me every time he has an incoming wire or deposit, and every check that he writes, and to whom?’”<br/><br/>“That’s what bitcoin is,” McAfee said. “Would you be happy if your bank did that?” He added, “Please, you know you wouldn’t. We know, if anybody has any sense, and if you understand human nature, then privacy coins will be the winner.”<br/><br/>Privacy coins, also sometimes referred to as anonymous coins, are cryptocurrencies such as monero (XMR) and zcash (ZEC) that tout capabilities to hide transactions and other activities.<br/><br/>(from a John McAfee interview with Forbes in 2019) 2025-08-12T11:33:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs83e4kncs4dagggmemvg3c9p0nrqq7a2k0jkctqvgh77c46g6q99szypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywlt0dsq <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/f554dcfa9a647877277e96adff42e7e5e4ab4a10791b51c7c8ef49dd203f71a8.jpg"> 2025-08-11T11:49:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2wkmswy6cfty4n6w25zqv8x3t9ndk6dn3cwzut950e4dlj6065eczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywul23cg Buying one Bitcoin today is the equivalent of a boomer buying a house in the 1980s.<br/><br/>You buy it, do nothing, and you&#39;ll get rich.<br/><br/>And the world will go to shit and the next generation will hate you.<br/><br/>Or how are we going to separate money and state with a transparent ledger? 2025-08-11T11:31:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg3lac9pnjlqa9aastf9h5v3fl58p47e507yzan02jhp6lrtxq0ggzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw99x20k Some cryptocurrency tribes build bridges and trade with other tribes.<br/><br/>Others go to war and isolate themselves.<br/><br/>Which strategy is more likely to succeed in the long run? 2025-08-10T15:05:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9ktpwde2zt6s6e0jkyrwvv0arsnjtjfkz0p4tczzh6y4zqtgc8ngzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw7jptgc Freedom technology invariants<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/invariants">https://frankbraun.org/invariants</a> 2025-08-10T14:29:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrq2xk4apg3t6wkpw07hg6f8thlefaqufgjld2gktl4033qr89emgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywmlsr0f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsft44g503cpkdd7kradk6mn964qdas3wlersvsp64z532av6uvnfcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg37tunf'>nevent1q…tunf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Weaponize autism, reclaim the internet ✊ 2025-08-10T12:54:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsft44g503cpkdd7kradk6mn964qdas3wlersvsp64z532av6uvnfczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywsnx9gu I have this theory that a lot of social media is dominated by psychopaths, narcissists, and autists.<br/><br/>Psychopaths don&#39;t give a shit if people like them or not. Narcissists feed on any form of attention. And autists are so obsessed with a topic that they can ignore the hate. 2025-08-10T12:54:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq9wtu40tg9gzuwfxkgy5nkegs2njrwmjds2lcexc4p82zmfj420gzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywzjkxn4 If you want to have an impact there will be haters, it&#39;s just the law of the universe. 2025-08-10T12:44:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpef043ayras688vm6h4xwx02shrqzyfjwm7h5gmyd2p4zaqjeygzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywqsa9fg I just finished my first rewrite in Rust.<br/><br/>Does that complete my initiation? 2025-08-09T11:27:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw2y3vzevd9kq294cg46a3vtyr804jfy3e2zpv2ner368tnlw7kjgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywxztmhl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz04z9qu7m8rajrwttlsxf7andys8t3u796jldnu852kndatz94gqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdus6uejg'>nevent1q…uejg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t think life will ever be fair, but I would like a freer world. 2025-08-08T11:32:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvz5rd380e4nlcrtdqfu46cpmldjpghjz6sk8klkuacwnm99hhtyszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywywlhtm So many layers in this picture.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/dd6e496471197592eba6b215487f39b3940e0085e7b05650366761b7f4cb82e2.jpg"> 2025-08-08T10:46:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspsrymumfhy3mhwe66cz5a925np3nmna0ecxkeqv9pxazx0ljg6rgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw7klr6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwplmrtan64u9xr240szw0tyaww4f2s7x29xlm7lpzz85x6k63wspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg6ta7gs'>nevent1q…a7gs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly. At most they will tell you that the inflation rate is 2-3%. 2025-08-08T09:20:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2k4phc8hsn7m53r8jzpwvkazku9sz2jm6z5ae29n6r6j3pe8rm9szypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywx2qd58 Long degeneracy, short common sense.<br/> 2025-08-08T09:03:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9qa803j8nmn3penn2c825uvtx60g74x3wduhka4ca4kyf7w5u5qgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywv7rex7 I talked to a banker in rural Bavaria yesterday and he told me how people were taking out 100k EUR in cash when they had negative interest rates and stored it in a barn.<br/><br/>And then put it back in their normal bank account when they were back at 0% interest.<br/><br/>Normies are so cooked. 2025-08-08T09:02:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg3ztd3rz78r846j3ntr4hhylkn2arzazu8q5hftmp02gz37rnlaqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywkj0cva In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0hkd94c2j5cj5jl62c9m24f56cqjyxpswdfxh0c839h9eh2m9n0spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgaphjhm'>nevent1q…hjhm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>David Heinemeier Hansson 2025-08-06T11:47:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfudvqzjn3q40a8zw6a8rr2kn7qdtfhqsvgutjv3pmgz763w74pvqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywxk6dpj I&#39;m not sure if the Linux community realizes how big of a deal it is that DHH took an interest in the Linux desktop experience.<br/><br/>This is going to cost Apple billions of dollars in revenue. And rightly so. 2025-08-06T07:49:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2292fqympqvxvtqfkyxx580j0ulp5h9txgrwutsa8lvqsryeh5lczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywfxsvhj OK, maybe I was wrong on Rust, it&#39;s growing on me. 2025-08-05T21:37:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy820c2nvd9uu2s8nkk6pmmeaearyvc5dmrsuqrdx0zyuaqvyp4yqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywpfypp8 Great intro on Zcash and how its privacy compares to Monero from Arjun Khemani:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.scifi.money/">https://www.scifi.money/</a> 2025-08-05T21:28:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspg3mzsqp9gr833tn4hpup8ykkd7m0ufcn8n8urq2fadmevapgytszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywryqcnf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswcsxxr6lqynp5746fd8eajmkljuv60xq9u5vd2wg3gmegxpuyddgpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mgc87jud'>nevent1q…7jud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think cancellations have been cancelled. 2025-08-04T19:02:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz0fjz84x0v4wfk50y8x6gw0vk03m34k077vmf26pvemme7f89s4czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywf8taau I just added Litecoin (MWEB) to my donation page.<br/><br/>Not because somebody asked for it, but as a testament to the upgradability of old protocols. 2025-08-04T18:42:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw04hs27p6zawdncxj75cutdmchja5jnlmt98082c3hue7vrdp82czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywh5xjll Becoming a verb is a sign of the highest level of adoption: to google, to venmo, to tweet (dang!)<br/><br/>When &#34;to zashi&#34; is commonplace (&#34;zashi me the money&#34;, &#34;just zashi it&#34;, etc.) Zashi app and financial privacy will have won.<br/><br/>Internet, do your thing 😉 2025-08-04T18:21:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx4kk2z8gpzr4fypsayrnk9kwv0au8vvrtffll34hd382yxc57e2qzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw5s2lg4 I just tried to figure out how to best announce updates to my blog and settled on an Atom feed and a Signal group.<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/#subscribe">https://frankbraun.org/#subscribe</a><br/><br/>I didn&#39;t want to deal with the complexities and privacy issues of an email list or a Substack and keep the website purely static for now.<br/><br/>Signal has a group size limit of 1000, but as the famous Kevin Kelly says, 1000 True Fans is all you really need anyways 😉<br/><br/><a href="https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/">https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/</a> 2025-08-04T15:18:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd5a06geyj0e4x86wr29z27klg0lp6l5xn58lpp0z6yl2cj4udw0czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywwkssgc Pair programming is the new default modus operandi. 2025-08-03T11:16:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs89g0vcyzc66625h54lkaaa60548ca4tg3ghyn0zr6r3p50hgx6pgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywtgtppr Never trust a politician you haven&#39;t compromised yourself. 2025-08-02T13:22:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswfdu8nc533j02p2q5u6v8j5t5zmnukcjwtzdu8h59nrulh72faeczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw74hx28 You cannot be both a Bitcoin Maxi and Monero Maxi at the same time.<br/><br/>If you join a religion, you have to decide. 2025-08-02T11:30:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgrs9jasq0vkcx7g6eqk77jujhtx7eyulgl89qr2ktrqccw5522xszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywfwxgd7 Running Zebrad, fully synced 🦓 2025-08-02T10:30:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ue7np4rhwck8gtu9wf2ajm0atuc8yzyspc5wsuzejst5xj6mpdszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywecw06s You cannot be a successful solopreneur without being a successful shitposter.<br/><br/>Shitposting is as important as coding. 2025-08-02T09:41:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8qqlf2a9lyqeq92hv6dj2h57dqhjq3yf3kldlcl3uw3h6uncg2uczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw63kzuj Is the Bitcoin country going off the rails?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/1/el-salvador-approves-indefinite-presidential-re-election">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/1/el-salvador-approves-indefinite-presidential-re-election</a> 2025-08-01T10:52:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd4ych8dgwthar2rgtrg08azkdfws25g29vmz2dr7yz2vg9xc34qgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw2q2q77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs987qv6l6tgmqgsnt4ampx6mfc5k0hptwh5xsp3qfdyy2sacf84pcnnt4zy'>nevent1q…t4zy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, it&#39;s a scary realization that there are people out there who genuinely don&#39;t care about other people or, maybe even worse, actually lack the ability to care.<br/><br/>And for some reason we still have this inhibition to expose them, even if we have proof. 2025-08-01T09:12:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw7lp8a7qex7j8n05lygk77wzkzz67r4l65thcssnq6tj8lm5chuqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywspn9am After over two decades of C and over one of Go it&#39;s about time to really learn Rust. I attempted it before and wrote some code in it, but never to the level that it really stuck in my brain. Digesting &#34;the book&#34; right now. 2025-07-31T15:40:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx5vg98vcywz5sw5r2z3aw27chgjm5qflg62eq54ntgyntglmttwszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywdf8wdc That feeling when you only have two administrative tasks to do and then you can code all day, but you have a hard time getting yourself to do them. 2025-07-31T09:42:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9rpau6tswks3tqessasz49dpu5xdfl5aflgktk03nq2rtdvg8lpqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw2q3yvd Privacy is a human right.<br/><br/>But it&#39;s not granted, it has to be taken. 2025-07-31T00:47:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy8v4du8n39v05dr6dmv3585pe8l35gteyhq59pfgmfl9h3shwkgszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywtp44uz We now have billionaire tech founders themselves code decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operate over bluetooth mesh networks.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure the censorship bureaucracy knows what they are up against. 2025-07-30T23:40:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyg0k37a3ulx9vrqzl58lnnfk26c7z4e47w23cx5r5mfzck4uknmszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywn2vkgt Mandatory age verification which requires attested applications attacks the very base layer of freedom technology — secure devices.<br/><br/>Think about that for a second. 2025-07-30T21:53:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2zcpmct35djp2xk29nqa8pqwdnymt50pkkafexu9hs5emwfz4nqczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywr4337m Everybody is shopping, but not everybody wants to be free. 2025-07-30T21:52:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9vl85l5menlv834v5tgalmyktuxxmwppckazaa9jr20xku77a3cszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywasy47c What if programming is art?<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/art">https://frankbraun.org/art</a> 2025-07-30T19:34:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ge7f9lknvvdtycskc8z3apmlyqg8udnvk3ru6aaac39r52lv09szypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw8xxm4k This privacy stuff is getting out of control, I cannot tell if my patrons are famous OGs or random plebs. 2025-07-30T09:06:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgk8645ejjqzd66hkv8s2agy9t6jgv4ywwww2mqw9y7y7k23wvmmszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywaecuvn Privacy needs to be baked into L1<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/layer1/">https://frankbraun.org/layer1/</a> 2025-07-28T19:48:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdxvgec05cd0029peag537j3nksu32dypn46f375g38udh0xle4qqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw4ec7gm I find it interesting how my entire mindset shifted around fiat.<br/><br/>Normie friends tell me they need fiat in a &#34;savings account&#34; to feel safe.<br/><br/>I cannot sleep well if I have a lot of fiat sitting somewhere.<br/><br/>How can you sleep if you are sitting on a melting ice cube?<br/><br/>I only feel safe if I&#39;m short fiat. 2025-07-27T10:18:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspghct58dhey68pzq9fcv7trmfsft6r88mkxvdhaj9jsxffsaencgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywkqj7su Saving is not only necessary for capital accumulation, it&#39;s also a necessity for monetary privacy. 2025-07-26T17:10:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0sylu8nguc4ysm4q576xn7a90m4c23nr5egxg9prpt4xsx74kkjgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywtunq3n With the rapid improvements of AI technology it&#39;s best to assume that any information that can be derived, will be derived. 2025-07-26T17:06:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg0czvjdgjxys4u73wt0tdk9yz68qhvkgwkmnkddf79mrl7lhhxzszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywj8pxz5 I just installed a tool which I wrote in Go almost 10 years ago.<br/><br/>No sudden compiler errors. No standard library incompatibilites. And no fricking incompatible source-level changes (👋 Python, Ruby, Perl, Swift, PHP, and Scala).<br/><br/>It just worked.<br/><br/>That way I can focus on the actual problem, not the tooling.<br/><br/>There is enough complexity in the problem domains, we don&#39;t need more complexity in the programming languages.<br/><br/>Boring is good, boring is productive.<br/><br/>All hail the Go compatibility guarantee from the 1.0 release:<br/><br/><a href="https://go.dev/doc/go1compat">https://go.dev/doc/go1compat</a><br/><br/>And they are still not planning to break it:<br/><br/><a href="https://go.dev/blog/compat">https://go.dev/blog/compat</a><br/><br/>Respect 🫡 2025-07-26T15:34:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8f67vmnrgd5qsknyadd6jdmmuw7xwzkn8amep85850up0nvc2fcqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywtt4cdv I added an Atom feed to my blog.<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org">https://frankbraun.org</a> 2025-07-26T11:35:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9s4s6ry5lu78d67ucm7wvx8hvvcdgryv04v95wchdhy8whzqwf6czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywhcq28j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqw02tx9ur3g9l2fm0e3v5uwguwfzd70wdyhxtc3myu5wupwvu57cpramhxue69uhkummnw3ezuetfde6kuer6wasku7nfvuh8xurpvdjsw6jxad'>nevent1q…jxad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What am I missing? 2025-07-25T18:51:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq0a7hhd4pj4qcdfspwvsjua8da5r6w3yctw2qtx43z7yujm76tjgzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw25ju8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqq4gns59nk3dw0tppd2t7xjdp0xk3pm4206eyjz2aa2zlnrph2rg3jm4nu'>nevent1q…m4nu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The miners don’t have additional information compared to the data in the blockchain. The only information a miner could possibly gain is where a transaction originated, but that can be obfuscated with Tor or a mixnet like Nym. 2025-07-23T23:26:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq3p6958mv23z2lzmv77mu9m6euhamvltgm2nhztndt8y0jeqyl5gzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw4vu9g8 Keystone hardware wallet test with shielded Zcash<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/keystone">https://frankbraun.org/keystone</a><br/><br/>#Zcash 2025-07-23T21:55:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdn38r9m80ylwhnrltpsvlvajjyelm77pcxfv2y6y7pl7r4dch2nqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywkaggth In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs02eaxj2593pntqztuemd0ff5j2wj4dyvp9umsrupngsnwhtjxj0qpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mg4zvfvf'>nevent1q…vfvf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m usually only concerned with user privacy and not miner privacy. For user privacy the infrastructure requirements don’t matter.<br/><br/>Monero’s PoW algorithm is deliberately hard to accelerate on ASIC/FPGA. Zcash’s PoW algorithm was designed to be GPU-friendly, but is now mainly mined on ASICs.<br/><br/>So currently for miner anonymity Monero has the lead.<br/><br/>However, Zcash is planning to move to a hybrid PoW/PoS algorithm and that might change the situation.<br/><br/>Are you concerned with miner privacy? 2025-07-23T17:37:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zwdsuzpr7pd06a3tz645gu2phzqtjwlzmghf2mz638hvmg7lmcqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw5jc6zy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst750pscq7p0ekt6v54840cn4u6ln5nshyggax3cgruxf0rvxd3jcpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuv34xe4nztnyv4mqqsvenf'>nevent1q…venf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are currently three different shielded pools (basically three iterations of the zero-knowledge proof tech) and only the first one had a possible inflation bug.<br/><br/>You cannot audit the inside of a shielded pool, that’s not compatible with the privacy guarantees.<br/><br/>However, each pool has a so called turnstile mechanism which ensures that there are never more coins leaving the pool than coins that have entered it.<br/><br/>The bug in the first pool was fixed in 2018 and given how long ago that was and how little coins still remain in the pool it is very unlikely that the bug has ever been exploited. There is additional evidence that it hasn’t, which I’m sure you can easily find.<br/><br/>The latest iteration (the Orchard pool) also doesn’t have a trusted setup anymore. 2025-07-22T20:43:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstufgwhcg702wgpe39hnvvclfe9pjq2hnm7ce5z9an8sah9ufax6szypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywc6j5hx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsde579qkt2lycrhpxuk98c6de2nspj0y2g43ah2srsvccs8fpewycpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mgw2m0v0'>nevent1q…m0v0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t understand your question. IRL = in real life, right? 2025-07-22T20:33:42Z