2025-09-25T11:40:36Z https://nostr.now frankbraun https://nostr.now/npub1vmu8mq9fr96c5e97p5ku3ga9507sek7htl9utpddd6t99cwqjersz5hxee https://m.primal.net/LUQX.png https://m.primal.net/LUQX.png https://nostr.now/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.now/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.now/nevent1qqstmlszc7f2uw7rjsa33u4xca9g0f05hzxxw48vpfvzztss939e25czypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywhx4has In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4sp6kdyhl0lpm5glkagm42sldn955ysn7u28dmwqclx4f73zl0s4at342'>nevent1q…t342</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh the irony. 2025-11-18T13:55:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgrktdh4kpqymclcd7htk7hee2fedf20frefaf4r6qsnkfkq024fszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw9252wq Just use Cloudflare and AWS and you will not have any issues they said. 2025-11-18T13:55:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvrjuyp3tvyx6rkv8qedsewgjwfm8rfswkknuu4h2yndxnu9fuqdszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyww89twh Technology leads, politicians follow. 2025-10-08T23:02:23Z https://nostr.now/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.now/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.now/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.now/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.now/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.now/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.now/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.now/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.now/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.now/nevent1qqsr67ct2h35599zkmy0364chyhe5v7jm5lca80ycmypxuamxl0eqrqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywzkga02 The free market is a harsh mistress. 2025-08-15T14:09:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx3vgqcxf6fe9luekdejues8k8350qpxaeu8pu608k7xnwy7ddtpqzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywwln6r3 The threat model for my life is: It&#39;s complicated. 2025-08-12T21:20:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsprsx4e34eex8zuqqm2768gnukmqyah7hktsxw6rmvpgcuzfjpy5qzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywtz960m <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a8500dcc1214933074ad7f2eb614897280d2b5c7e9f50feba06ec7c9acb1023f.jpg"> 2025-08-12T21:00:16Z https://nostr.now/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.now/nevent1qqs9ktpwde2zt6s6e0jkyrwvv0arsnjtjfkz0p4tczzh6y4zqtgc8ngzypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztyw7jptgc Freedom technology invariants<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/invariants">https://frankbraun.org/invariants</a> 2025-08-10T14:29:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfjw5qmc26r7hk6vwv82fe04e52js2ct3wm72v9a7tfflqw2n5esczypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywf0uxmf My Zcash investment thesis<br/><br/><a href="https://frankbraun.org/zecbag">https://frankbraun.org/zecbag</a><br/><br/>#Zcash 2025-07-22T10:54:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0qyt54n2qmckkgucqh5u7vv95y57k08nc5t7jvfgwk8rzpp7f3fszypn0slvq4yvhtznyhcxjmj9r5k3l6rxm6a0uh3v944hfv5hpcztywwd8wd4 Just when you thought you have seen it all you come to the Interspar at Vienna Main Station on a Sunday and you&#39;ll find a supermarket divided into two separate supermarkets, with separate entries and cashiers, for no apparent reason.<br/><br/>I ended up having to buy peanuts in one shop and water in the other one.<br/><br/>Looks like the reason is that shops in train stations are only allowed to open on a Sunday if they are not larger than 80 m^2.<br/><br/>It feels great to be back in the EU 🤡 <img src="https://image.nostr.build/198146b659bbab0233237aa30c2ee7a1568bd6ef5473c4ff2c4294d27943d16b.jpg"> 2024-10-28T00:31:05Z