Max Hillebrand

Yes.
Denominating contracts in an asset is a lot easier when that asset has a stable purchasing power. There are ways to structure contracts adequately despite volatility, it just gets more complex.
So I wouldn't be surprised if it takes another couple halvings until Bitcoin is a widely used unit of account.

2024-11-15 08:32:04

Living on a bitcoin standard is so easy with proxy merchants like shopinbit.com

2024-11-14 14:08:15

TailsOS, but for phones.

2024-11-14 13:36:42

Would be cool in @nprofile…s8dt to have a default emoji with a single click, and multi emoji picker on long click.

2024-11-12 14:23:05

All talks of the 11th and final hackers congress have just been uploaded!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_88YKXiY1KDqbS38DVnCqg

2024-11-11 16:30:42

Oh wow, we're at 869866 already, ngu much!

2024-11-11 08:03:49

It would be useful if the airplane mode toggle required authentication in GrapheneOS.

2024-11-10 13:40:25

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Amazing, thanks!

2024-11-10 12:27:19

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Let's see what y'all build though.

2024-11-10 12:00:11

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Nice, will the entire stack be FOSS?

2024-11-10 09:45:37

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Information cannot be owned.

2024-11-10 09:45:17

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Yeah that's an issue, but a big chunk of it is evergreen.

2024-11-10 09:40:56

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Do you know of such an article / book?

2024-11-10 09:38:01

libsecp256k1 v0.6.0 supports musig 2!

2024-11-09 06:57:11

Thinking about doing an audio book of the graphene os documentation.
wdyt?

2024-11-02 01:14:28

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A monopoly is defined by utilizing aggression to keep new entrepreneurs from providing a service in the market.
Since bitcoin miners are anonymous, and since they only need compute power to provide a service, bitcoin mining is hardcore anti-monopoly, or in other words, a radical free market.
Whenever there is no opportunity for monopoly, new entrepreneurs can always sweep in to provide the service, even if there's only a tiny bit of profit possible. Thus the price for the good (hash price) will tend towards the marginal cost of production, so that there's very little profit opportunities, meaning if you're not incredibly efficient and provide the hash at very low cost, you are likely unprofitable and just burning your money.

2024-11-01 13:16:27

Would be cool to have a filter for the notifications in amethyst so to only see replies.

2024-11-01 00:05:02

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Basically all form of intellectual property.
https://mises.org/library/book/against-intellectual-property

2024-10-31 02:47:29

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Huge!
That's a massive milestone, and shows your insane effort to build such an important project.
Thanks to all contributors to make this happen, you're heroes!! 💚

2024-10-30 02:30:44

Switched to anonymous zaps.

2024-10-30 02:28:28

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It's all about layers of defense, and cost-benefit analysis.
It also depends on what type of work is your calling.
Starting a fresh nym is at least a fun experiment, so why not try.

2024-10-30 01:16:17

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Barefoots or gtfo

2024-10-29 09:53:58

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Both would be useful

2024-10-29 08:47:12

Is there a way to get an amethyst notification when a specific npub posts?

2024-10-29 03:40:54

I'm juggling a dozen world changing cypherpunk products in my mind.
We need moar devs to build them.
If you're bored and need ideas to build, let me know.

2024-10-28 14:03:07

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Using 40 year old tech to satisfy 15 year old bitcoin UX.
such retro.
much wow.

2024-10-28 13:59:29

slave tech
#nevent1q…yve7

2024-10-28 13:56:27

What's the opposite of freedom?
If you're not building freedom tech, what are you building?

2024-10-28 08:12:08

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Nice.

2024-10-24 14:14:45

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*large meaning literally billions of users/devices in a group.
Lots of other stuff will break before MLS

2024-10-24 13:13:52

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An ecash transaction is two pings.
A lightning transaction is a gazillion state updates in many machines.

2024-10-24 02:41:14

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@nprofile…h7h8

2024-10-24 01:45:42

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Sure, there are so many variables to tweak.

2024-10-24 00:53:35

Getting close to 100% of my software stack being free and open source.

2024-10-24 00:42:31

Shill a nostr client most people don't know about: 👇

2024-10-24 00:41:43

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You bet

2024-10-24 00:25:04

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Cashu.space
Or look for "Calle ecash" on youtube.

2024-10-23 15:53:15

Cypherpunks definitely found a glitch in the matrix.
This stuff is so damn powerful.

2024-10-23 14:15:25

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Solid!

2024-10-23 14:09:48

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No https? 🤔

2024-10-23 13:54:38

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What are you tinkering on? 👀

2024-10-23 10:27:45

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Exactly.

2024-10-23 09:31:31

Yet another tool to get the attention of devs:
Explain the problem and solution in a nostr event, set the zaps to forward to the dev, when people like the idea and zap your note, the dev gets a notification.
#nevent1q…08ga

2024-10-23 09:29:28

The concept of @nprofile…a5ma is cool!
The DVM analyzes the content of your recent posts and delivers events that are in a similar category.
The resulting feed is still quite off topic, but that might be because of too little niche activity.

2024-10-23 09:19:34

Can DVM feeds please get the same UX treatment as the main feed in @nprofile…s8dt?
I'd like to switch between the DVM feed and notifications and back easily.

2024-10-23 07:37:53

Nostr might be the only UX that doesn't blast Tor users with captchas...

2024-10-23 07:34:03

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Somewhat similar is when I orange pill someone, I'm a bit sorry for having derailed that person's life, most likely everything will change for him...
Anyhow, enjoy the adventure!

2024-10-23 04:26:09

In the early days of ecash a common narrative was that it provides "theoretically perfect anonymity", but there's more nuance to this.
It's correct that when the client presents an unblinded signed message, the mint cannot link this to any specific blinded cyphertext that it signed previously.
However, there is still three pieces of critical metadata that the client does reveal:
1. The number of inputs and outputs of the ecash transaction. Transactions with many inputs reveal that the same user got paid many times in the past. Transactions with many outputs reveal that one user is making many payments.
2. The value of each input and output. The mint uses a different key for each denomination value of the tokens. Thus a token worth 5 units is easily differentiated from a token worth 10 units. The anonymity set of a token depends on the number of tokens generated, so if a user is the only one with that specific denomination he has no privacy.
3. The IP address that connects to the mint to send the transaction api request. If the same IP address makes multiple payments, it's likely the same user, and his geolocation is also revealed.
Problems 1 and 2 can be mitigated on client side, but this adds substantial complexity in utxo management and transaction structure. If these mitigation are not specified and different clients have slightly different solutions, this opens up additional client fingerprinting attacks.
WabiSabi is designed to solve problems 1 and 2 on a protocol level. A WabiSabi transaction is required to have exactly two inputs and two outputs, and homomorphic value commitments hide the amounts of each input and output. The tradeoff is that the mint has to issue 0 value credentials, a user needs to make more transactions to prepare his desired amounts, and the proof size and creation time is larger.
Problem 3 is addressed by a client side networking anonymity layer. A VPN at least hides the actual users IP address, but if only one client uses this VPN to talk to this mint, it's still one IP per user. Tor is incredibly useful here, as it allows the creation of anonymous onion routes through the network with different exit IP addresses. A client can get a new IP for each api request! This does however increase bandwidth and latency cost.
We should assume "everyone knows what the mint knows", and so we need to be hardcore about privacy protections best baked into the protocol. If the protocol doesn't ensure the security of the user, client devs have to do an exponentially larger amount of research and development to fix the issues client side.

2024-10-23 01:42:32

Really bullish on @nprofile…t80v, a protocol for fundraising build on bitcoin and nostr to ensure secure, verifiable and reliable collaboration.
Founders know that the investor has sats available and locked up for future milestones.
Investors know that if the founder does a bad job, the future funding milestones can easily be canceled.
angor.io

2024-10-23 01:38:10

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Sharing these statistics is super useful, a strong signal for other creators to try out nostr.
Thanks!
But keep your opsec in mind.

2024-10-23 01:24:17

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A bunch of big companies like Cisco and Google are adding it to their existing products.
A nostr based implementation is in progress as well.

2024-10-22 11:31:08

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There is a rust implementation here https://github.com/openmls/openmls

2024-10-22 05:30:30

Why does MLS scale to larger groups than signal?
Because of merkle trees, obviously...
https://nostpic.com/media/b7ed68b062de6b4a12e51fd5285c1e1e0ed0e5128cda93ab11b4150b55ed32fc/c52ad6c04020080558c82d0b717757fb16317075949173f02f38a6fce7458ded.webp

2024-10-22 02:59:05

MLS improves on the signal protocol by making every group member deterministically viewable by each member. There is no chance of a hidden additional user that reads all the messages. Likewise it's not possible for someone to send messages to only a subset of group members. A very powerful protocol.

2024-10-21 14:41:21

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lol

2024-10-19 08:02:49

Do what you love, and you'll get good at it.

2024-10-19 07:48:49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-6l1-DaB3E

2024-10-19 07:17:46

You can take truth as authority, or authority as truth.

2024-10-19 00:58:09

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Yes!
He probably has 30+ books, most of them are on electrical engineering. His great Cypherpunk books are: A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, The Breaking Dawn, Production vs Plunder, The New Age of Intelligence.
Also his weekly newsletter is a joy every time.
https://freemansperspective.com/

2024-10-18 14:52:19

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That's a striking observation!
I haven't met many people as fundamentally optimistic as Paul Rosenberg, his talks and writings are an exceptional joy to read.
Checkout production vs plunder if you want more.

2024-10-18 06:43:56

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Bitcoin doesn't fix democracy.

2024-10-17 17:05:54

Is someone doing gold backed ecash yet?

2024-10-17 15:44:46

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Bullish.

2024-10-17 08:29:14

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Damn, I thought I was up to date, sorry for the unnecessary report then.
I blame you for shipping too fast!

2024-10-17 06:40:42

Where did all the post actions like zap splits and image go in @nprofile…s8dt? @nprofile…deau

2024-10-17 06:27:18

Tools for creating a shared nsec nostr microblog.
Cypherpunk future is now.
https://github.com/jooray/anonmicroblog

2024-10-17 04:58:06

W̶e̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶n̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶
We can win
Don't start slacking now

2024-10-17 04:29:41

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@nprofile…m47p for github, beautiful idea!

2024-10-17 02:01:57

So, how are we gonna deal with inheritance of nostr keys?

2024-10-17 01:56:47

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Václav Benda's writings are phenomenal, very much recommended!

2024-10-17 01:45:41

The four stages of freedom.
#nevent1q…lxpp

2024-10-17 01:23:47

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Woah, that comparison of BSD and GNU to voluntary slavery is great!
There has been a gigantic debate between Block & Rothbard about this, way longer than BSD VS GNU.

2024-10-15 08:53:31

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Wrote a signed transaction on paper, sent it on a pigeon, and waited a couple days until it was rebroadcast to my node.

2024-10-14 15:47:14

I'm seriously surprised how great @nprofile…s8dt works with all Tor settings enabled, everything loads quick enough.

2024-10-14 15:07:32

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Damn, that's cool!

2024-10-14 15:04:16

Is there any ecash mint offering gold denominated tokens?

2024-10-14 15:03:19

If you're building freedom tech and need help, let me know.

2024-10-14 14:57:06

ecash is so cool

2024-10-14 10:15:12

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yup
#nevent1q…5rjr

2024-10-14 10:10:35

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And with DLC ecash the spending condition of the ecash depends on the result signature of an oblivious oracle.

2024-10-14 10:09:00

New prediction market with lightning settlement.
But I'd guess it's custodial...
https://www.bitcoinprediction.market/

2024-10-14 07:57:43

Imagine if we could trust our computers.

2024-10-14 05:56:21

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https://freemansperspective.com/audiobook
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/531078

2024-10-13 16:35:10

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I enjoyed our conversation!

2024-10-13 09:32:40

no|where
now|here

2024-10-13 08:26:13

The Property and Freedom Society gathering is filled with excellent ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPsGN9FqHc8ERRqMyTQCwt-cbQCYplsLI

2024-10-12 09:44:54

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Thanks a lot for this kind review!
It's the first time I experiment with voice characters, and it lacks consistency across time, but it was fun.
I'm happy you enjoyed the book as much as I do!

2024-10-11 16:55:28

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Glad you enjoyed the conversation

2024-10-10 08:31:00

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Thanks!

2024-10-10 08:27:38

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Really enjoyed hanging out in person, the new show is great!

2024-10-08 06:37:16

If Bitcoin is embraced by the state, is it still Bitcoin?

2024-10-06 08:38:45