Kanzan

Self sovereign, off grid power, local food.
Yoga. Meditation. Discipline.

Free people make their mistakes faster.

You don't change the UoA by dividing by the USD price of Bitcoin.

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2024-11-19 12:54:24

and a bullshit "im against it but its just my legal dept and have no control over the situation" response from NVK
#nevent1q…5u05

2024-11-18 01:10:55

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followed
good for you sir

2024-11-18 01:09:15

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Well its supposed to be more better than Qubes as far as hardware compatability and UI goes.
But you can still get the same containerization and security guarantees fairly easy,
so I am told anyway.
I've never run arch before and this seems like the perfect way to start.

2024-11-17 22:28:54

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Ventoy is awesome!
I think I'm going to try Endeavor next 😮

2024-11-17 22:26:34

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+1
couldnt watch it but was happy to get the live feed here 🤣

2024-11-17 22:10:56

I'm not a big zapper
I guess its kinda fun but idc
but I have a few thousand sats in @npub1kva…tkzv to play with ecash, because why not?
and I've been screwing around with it for maybe 3 months
today I restored my wallet from seed after a few larger ecash transfers to LN were "reverted" but didnt come back to my balance.
like wtf right?
and I'm kinda anal about sats or monero hanging out there because I've never actually lost any (thanks to kayabanerve!!)
anyway, the point is that I restored and the wallet properly recovered the transfers that had disappeared.
PLUS another 3000 sats that had apparently been stuck in limbo and I had just lost track of.
so the wallet works...
but the accounting is not reliable since I'm unsure what these other sats were or why they were missing.
just zaps that didn't get delivered I guess??
obviously still beta software, which is fine.
and I still haven't lost a sat 😎

2024-11-17 15:29:18

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I like to use it on mobile but Vanadium flips me back over to Amber to manually sign every action
sometimes it doesnt work on the first click
I'm sure it's something to do with my setup but I can't figure out what

2024-11-17 12:45:49

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That's pretty scary.
just wondering if examples exist where users have had their phones remotely hacked and keys stolen,
using it as a dedicated device *without their engagement.
that is to say
if remote exploits are an actual risk for the average hodler
or its in the realm of "theoretically possible but not ever gonna happen unless maybe if you're a known target"

2024-11-17 12:24:19

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Librewolf
but do you use it on mobile too?

2024-11-17 12:23:20

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Hey
yeah, i had a "rebranding" 🤣

2024-11-17 06:53:09

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what browser do you use?

2024-11-17 06:52:27

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you don't have a monero address setup

2024-11-17 06:45:26

GM
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2024-11-17 06:27:52

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fiat trends are bullshit and you guys should know better
sorry not sorry

2024-11-17 04:51:41

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if you do cc this guy
@npub1g98…m5zx

2024-11-17 04:49:49

Alguém que fale português quer abordar os numerosos erros neste artigo de @npub1kcf…mct0 ?
Para começar, o último lançamento "Nitrogen Nebula" foi em 2020 e não "assegura a realização de transações de forma anônima."

2024-11-17 04:43:14

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There are several tests that psycologists use to measure personality
NVK has an extremely low "Agreeability" score and is probably borderline sociopathic
so he dgaf what anyone thinks and chases his own agenda without concern for other people
iow a complete asshole

2024-11-17 02:14:12

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Vejo que foi publicado recentemente. Mas a informação nele não é recente.

2024-11-17 01:55:17

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yeah
@npub1kcf…mct0 your article is bullshit sorry

2024-11-17 01:47:41

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like I said
tradeoffs
You can have an immutable chain that's virtually unfuckwithable,
if the energy is somewhat centralized.

2024-11-17 01:44:51

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Cool 👍
Isso é um artigo extremamente desatualizado e impreciso. Ou o software de tradução que estou usando é terrível ou o autor não tem uma ideia clara de como o Monero funciona.
mas basicamente não há mais hardforks regulares no Monero. Ainda HAVERÁ hardforks quando a comunidade concordar com novas funcionalidades a serem implementadas. Há um próximo para substituir as "Ring Signatures" que são a parte mais fraca da privacidade do Monero. Além disso, é verdade que existem tradeoffs com a decisão de buscar resistência a ASIC. Vimos o hashrate do Bitcoin disparar e há muita energia investida em proteger a rede. Isso não é verdade com o Monero. E claro, CPUs são muito mais fáceis de encontrar do que ASICs. Isso significa que o Monero é mais vulnerável a um ataque de 51%. MAS, o hashrate do Bitcoin se tornou concentrado em grandes centros de mineração KYCed que dependem dos governos para permitir que funcionem. Em larga escala, a mineração com CPU é claramente mais descentralizada. Tudo são tradeoffs. Também vejo 283 colaboradores na página do Github do Monero. Embora seja verdade que há um grupo central que mantém o projeto (assim como há com o Bitcoin) e que é um grupo menor (por ser um projeto menor), é impreciso sugerir que há um risco sério de um rugpull. A comunidade Monero é, ao lado do Bitcoin, o grupo mais sério de criptoanarquistas no espaço e você tem que ser seriamente retardado para pensar que eles vão decidir enganar todo mundo e conseguir fazer isso sem que ninguém saiba. Além disso, por que fariam isso, já que são alguns dos maiores detentores de Monero?
Só o básico. Espero que isso esteja bem comunicado, falo japonês, mas não português lol

2024-11-17 01:27:28

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felizmente, temos ferramentas de tradução convenientes disponíveis

2024-11-17 01:23:56

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See
you have to reply with emojis because you don't have any ideas worth expressing

2024-11-17 01:19:27

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I haven't done a deep dive into most shitcoins.
But afaict there is only Bitcoin and Monero.
Maybe there will be a truly decentralized defi network at some point
but for now I think we can just concentrate on getting digital money right.

2024-11-17 01:16:58

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Bitcoin is better than Monero because there is a HUGE amount of energy invested in protecting the network and ensuring that blocks are produced according to the consensus rules.
The amount of energy invested in Monero is a drop in the bucket in comparison. Not to mention the ready availability of mining hardware.
Playing devils advocate here
but there are *always* tradeoffs.

2024-11-17 01:05:27

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it's awesome
how Mike looks at him and is like "you know the toad?" and the guy just rolls with it
cause it mfking Mike Tyson
🤣

2024-11-17 00:22:06

tbh this is my favorite Tyson moment of the last 5 years.
the man turned out to be pretty vulnerable and relatable. actually a good role model as someone who was successful and didn't find satisfaction in that success.
Mike is alright
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jYcnaYEzX7Y

2024-11-17 00:06:59

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Id just have a dedicated Graphene phone with a strong passphrase and Stack Duo .
but maybe your threat model is different.

2024-11-16 23:56:25

speaking of ossification and custodians!
new pod from Seth with @npub17u5…t4tp about the Bitcoin protocol and if it's prematurely prevented from being changed.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1790481/episodes/16100781-bitcoin-and-ossification-w-jameson-lopp.mp3

2024-11-16 20:52:47

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Makes sense to me.
generally i feel like if you're likely to be targeted in that way
you probably need a multisig setup anyway
but why would your average single sig hodler need the additional complexity of a HWW?

2024-11-16 20:43:25

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agreed 👍

2024-11-16 20:25:44

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Im fine if we dont call it "cold storage". i dont particularly care if we call it that or not.
ill also close by pointing out you have not indicated any security vulnerabilities in my suggestion.
although i agree with your point its more vulnerable to 1 in a million type attacks that average plebs are extremely unlikely to be targets for.

2024-11-16 20:05:45

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I literally said it in the 1st post you replied to
and what Im saying is EXTREME clear-cut.
so far all youve said is
"hww more secure against theoretical attacks nobody has ever heard of"
which is true.
just saying for your average pleb it doesnt matter.
#nevent1q…gh0z

2024-11-16 19:50:20

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And nobody's talking about taking your signing device to a hacking convention
come on man
"someone could theoretically gain access" is hand waving
We're talking about a random person having a dedicated phone in their home under their personal control
And *maybe* they turn it on occasionally to sign a transaction
You have not indicated ANY practical way to compromise such a device
Just "insecure because scary reasons"
I can agree that maybe this isn't advice that you want the general newbie to hear
But you're not indicating any actual problems with the advice itself

2024-11-16 19:45:46

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Yeah it's all technically possible
But it's never happened
And the people that we're talking about here (signal sig plebs) are unlikely to fall under targeted attack
This is just "internet professional thinks that Internet Security is Lacking because theoretical technical reasons"

2024-11-16 19:41:38

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thanks for the reply

2024-11-16 19:40:23

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So you're claiming that an adversary can:
One identify that Bitcoin exists on the device
two figure out when the device is active
three remotely connect to the device
four exploit the device to extract the secure Keys
without user interaction
that is an extremely heavy lift and verges on magical thinking

2024-11-16 19:36:53

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Because a dedicated device doesn't access email
And your example depends on accessing email

2024-11-16 19:36:20

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If you're just going to strawman the conversation I have no interest in continuing it

2024-11-16 19:35:13

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And you're just completely ignoring the fact that I was talking about a dedicated device

2024-11-16 19:16:53

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I'm very interested though if you know of any,
and it will certainly change my ideas on the subject

2024-11-16 19:15:15

Can anybody think of a time when a dedicated Graphene OS phone user lost their Bitcoin through a remote exploit?
To my knowledge its never happened,
unsure its even happened on stock Android... 🤔
#nevent1q…hm48

2024-11-16 19:08:59

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I'm not trying to put you in the position of trying to prove a negative here
I'm just pointing out that
in the space that we're talking about here ( Graphene OS, trusted FOSS wallet software)
there have been none of those variety of exploits (that I'm aware of of course)

2024-11-16 19:01:26

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also,
if you can sign transactions
it's not cold storage

2024-11-16 19:00:30

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Yeah those kind of exploits exist but show me how they're relevant to the conversation that we're having
I.e that the tools I'm suggesting are vulnerable to them.
It is true that theoretically a vulnerability *could* exist
There just isn't anything you can point to that shows that there is one.

2024-11-16 18:44:10

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i didnt say they were.
and as an security guru
im sure you know that virtually all security breaches come from the user installing compromised software.
not becasue hackers can magically compromise any random device through the internet
so I repeat
if you're a random pleb
protecting your non-KYC utxos in a single sig setup
your DO NOT need a hww.
hell
you could just have a watch only wallet and your seed on steel.
but nobody is going to identify your old Pixel as a signing device (or be able to access it even if they have it physically)
and no hacker is going to magically steal your corn if you connect to sign a tx.

2024-11-16 18:37:21

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in short if your threat model is that single sig is good enough
you don't need a HWW
(in theory anyway, obv YMMV)
if you're a known hodler (influencer or whatever. you worry about a targeted attack)
then you need multisig anyway
and hww makes sense.

2024-11-16 18:24:28

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i agree with that, technically anyway.
but nowhere have i said that hww can be equated with smartphones.
what I'm AM saying is that having a *dedicated* Graphene phone (ie with ONLY trusted and confirmed wallet software installed) as cold storage is good enough for most people.

2024-11-16 17:45:11

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I have no idea about his personal priorities
but he is accurately expressing a phenomenon i have also noticed

2024-11-16 17:44:18

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what I said was
"the attack surface isnt 'virtually infinite'
it is very small"

2024-11-16 16:47:28

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this guy said it best on twitter
https://xcancel.com/NotASithLord/status/1857208794851483991

2024-11-16 14:43:43

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its not "virtually infinite"
if you have a dedicated pixel
running Graphene OS
that is only used for storing private keys
ie, only trusted wallet software is installed ,
then the attack surface is TINY
and there's virtually no way to get those keys off the device
hackers arent sorcerers who can just magically steal stuff.
there are reasons to maybe have a CC
but its NOT because you cant securely store keys on a phone

2024-11-15 18:56:14

Do i not accurately remember the flow of using a CC?
Ive never actually owned one
just watched tutorials
"easier than a phone wallet" is not how I remember it
#nevent1q…kw3v

2024-11-15 17:50:16

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so basically you think that
its easier to teach an average nocoiner to use a CC
than to use a new app on a smartphone (which they are probably already used to using)
weird take but ok

2024-11-15 15:38:35

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I mean
you can flash Graphene in 15 minutes from the web browser on your computer
its' dead simple
and install your favorite wallet on it
and you have a convenient signing device with a familiar interface in like an hour
with very little "learning to use" anything
i suppose you also need a strong password on the phone.
but its sure seems like an easier flow for more people than any HWW.
cheaper too.
But you know your mom better than I (not trying to say anything lol)
so your mileage may vary of course,
but it's not shitty advice.

2024-11-15 05:49:02

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we put the *free* in FOSS
because intellectual property is a legal fiction.
he has to get a fucking helmet and quit sucking statist cock to give him an advantage
excuse my profanity

2024-11-15 05:26:28

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its just more of @npub1az9…m8y8 and coinkite being statist asshats
and the community giving them a pass because @npub1qny…95gx and the influencoors continue to endorse them

2024-11-14 01:53:18

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under a US dollar UoA
what does "valuing in sats" look like?

2024-11-14 01:49:06

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def keep stacking.
there's a lot of confusion about what UoA actually is and isn't.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with bitcoin (not here anyway ;)
Just that there's something wrong with Bitcoiners 🤣

2024-11-14 01:02:45

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pretty sure I agree with this note
but it was too long and I didnt read it.

2024-11-13 22:21:36

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UoA IS NOT the medium of exchange between two parties.
UoA IS the base currency prices are denominated in.
people are consistently confusing those two things
and the difference matters.
It's a step in the right direction for people to use a different Medium of Exchange,
but it does not effect the underlying unit of account.
People can transact in bales of cotton or barrels of oil
But as long as the *amount of cotton or the *amount of oil is decided by the USD equivalent value of those things,
then the unit of account is still USD.

2024-11-13 20:24:51

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I totally agree
just saying that
until then
its not changing the UoA

2024-11-13 20:12:34

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yeah i get it
and those prices are denominated in USD
which is why usd is STILL the UoA
that doesnt stop until we have circular economies that don't touch fiat

2024-11-13 20:03:21

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sigh
it isnt XMR denominated when you take the USD value and divide by the USD price of Monero.
Thats still a USD UoA.
Thats the whole point of what Im saying.

2024-11-13 12:57:33

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Owning or doing anything incurs opportunity cost
There is no other human activity or asset where we call simply owning and doing nothing with it "Using"
Owning a stock or a commodity or a piece of land somewhere
and doing nothing with it is a speculative investment (ie it restricts the supply!)
its not a use of the thing.
*Particularly* since Bitcoin has security needs
( Which is the only reason it's valuable anyway )
but the holder doesn't contribute to those.
Nowhere else would we refer to this as "use"

2024-11-13 02:09:27

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its that incentive for capture increases in proportion to institutional adoption
the bankers and the rent seekers arent going to go peacefully
and they have leverage over what the legislation is and how its implemented

2024-11-13 02:01:33

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nah
I think the chances of regulatory capture increase with the government acquiring a strategic reserve and supposed "pro Bitcoin" legislation.
where we are going
laws arent going to help

2024-11-13 01:38:19

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and all houses should be made of transparent material
to prevent people from doing anything "wrong"
because privacy only encourages "bad" behavior

2024-11-13 01:16:53

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bitcoin maxis : fiat is fake money that enslaves mankind
also bitcoin maxis : OMG LOOK HOW VALUABLE MY BITCOIN IS TODAY!!

2024-11-13 00:56:58

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To me it means
I hodl a small amount of a finite asset and outsource the security of the network to those who are so poor they have to spend.

2024-11-13 00:54:55

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You are very nice person to type all of that out 🙏

2024-11-13 00:51:34

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Well
the first thing is that my USD transactions arent visible to anyone with a block explorer
but sure
if central banks just give up running the world and go away peacefully (lol) the world would be better on a bitcoin standard.
in actual fact however,
self-custody would be criminalized and we would be using paper bitcoin. only the elites would actually touch the chain and nothing would be very different.
except everyone could easily see if you moved a UTXO of course.

2024-11-12 23:44:57

I'm not gonna say this guys takes are ALL bad
but its pretty close to 50/50 😒
#nevent1q…zvke

2024-11-12 23:36:17

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explain how you know this please.
in fact
please explain how ANY end user can evaluate the privacy guarantees they achieve in a specific LN txs
I'll wait.
because you cant and your statement isnt based on anything but a theoretical
"an L2 could *maybe* be more private because of no on-chain footprint"

2024-11-12 23:12:54

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that is assuming a lot
considering we're in the middle of a pump driven by absolutely nothing but Cantillionaire speculation

2024-11-12 22:22:08

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nah bro
that just becomes "all viewpoints are equally valid"
and our brains leak out our ears and we never actually take a stand anywhere

2024-11-12 22:18:53

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we can at least try for intellectual consistency
"i like Bitcoin but not censorship resistance" is an untenable position.

2024-11-12 21:47:48

because one of the tenets of Anarcho-capitalism is that people should use a transparent money system to prevent them from doing "shameful" things
#nevent1q…ulx3

2024-11-12 19:36:01

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you dont know what Keynesian economics is
admit it

2024-11-12 17:06:43

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lol that's hilarious
They could just say "fuck you"
but I guess that doesn't dress it up in intellectualism

2024-11-12 16:58:25

"everybody who disagrees with is a Keynesian"
because reasons
🤡
#nevent1q…4fh5

2024-11-12 16:23:59

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If you're 30yrs old and dont have a regular meditation practice
you're behind the curve

2024-11-12 16:21:08

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like gold became worthless and was never adopted as money because of supply inflation ?
oh wait

2024-11-12 12:54:45

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😘

2024-11-12 04:56:12

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sorry not RingCT
just Confidential Transactions
Liquid has them implementated (as does Monero) so theyre a good source
https://blog.liquid.net/guide-to-confidential-transactions/

2024-11-12 04:51:02

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thats a nice belief
and i hope it is correct.
I am concerned that a transparent chain which courts institutional investors is begging for regulatory capture and will fail as a result.
beliefs aren't facts and nothing is inevitable.

2024-11-12 04:41:41

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RingCT to at least hide amounts?
its seriously battle tested and weird that any bitcoiner would consider it too radical.
everyone is already trusting cryptographic primitives more edgy anyway...

2024-11-12 04:29:14

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super smart dude

2024-11-12 04:17:18

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something something trojan horse

2024-11-12 03:41:02

oh look
he did the thing
another confused fiat maxi who thinks they're a bitcoiner
#nevent1q…glsh

2024-11-12 03:39:40

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totally obsessed with fiat equiv value ain't ya 🤣
its a sad state of affairs in bitcoin these days.
chatter on all day about how worthless fiat is,
then whip out fiat charts...
and Satoshi wept 😬

2024-11-12 03:32:26

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you know
when you're not a maxi zealot retard
you can acknowledge the tradeoffs other chains make
and make intelligent decisions.
you have to give up being a self righteous asshole though,
i suggest you try it.

2024-11-12 03:31:04

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🤣
#nevent1q…hhr4

2024-11-12 03:28:47

its a funny thing that when you take maxis to school,
for some reason
they assume you dont own any bitcoin...
like bro
your obsession with fiat is telling on you
#nevent1q…l626

2024-11-12 03:25:00

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sorry bro
i know the truth hurts
"i dont actually care about privacy, i just want fiat gainz"
another "bitcoiner"

2024-11-12 03:23:29

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Andreas was talking about this sort of thing years ago
it seems unlikely to be valuable to create a walled garden within the network
but regulatory capture is a real thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSv0J4bfBCc

2024-11-12 03:17:17

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the fact that monero has like 10000x the usage aside,
liquid hides tx amounts
monero hides tx amount
and senders inputs
and destination address
so yeah
you would think monero is much better vis a vis privacy

2024-11-12 03:00:32

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ELI5 how incentivizing institutional adoption results in "infecting the system and making it eat itself from the inside out"
(whatever that means)
and NOT regulatory capture of the network and de facto criminalization of sovereign usage.

2024-11-12 02:47:49

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go back to your echo chamber
you're too fragile for the real world

2024-11-12 02:30:09

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theyre gonna get that bullshit where the car bitches at you if you're speeding too