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@Zac_Aztec

Co-founder of Aztec Network. Building the Private World Computer. Cryptographer, software engineer, ex-particle physicist. Plonk co-author. Huff inventor.

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Galactica.com@GalacticaNet·
This is exactly why privacy-preserving identity matters. Institutions don’t need unlimited access to raw personal data. They need proofs, permissions, and verifiable compliance.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal

🇬🇧 NHS England quietly gave Palantir staff unlimited access to identifiable patient data before it was anonymized. Palantir holds a £330 million contract to build an AI platform integrating NHS health datasets. The problem: internal NHS documents acknowledged the "considerable public interest and concern" about how much access Palantir staff actually have, and patients were never consulted on the change. Palantir says it's a "data processor" and that using the data for anything beyond its mandate would be "technically impossible." That’s corporate jargon for “trust me, bro.” Source: The Guardian

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harshbajpai@bajpaiharsh244·
With all respect, by this logic every public blockchain is also private ( but just way far away on the spectrum, pseudo-anonymity ….? ) Starknet’s solution are confidentiality solutions and not privacy! There is no real privacy for the user. Near also has similar offering! But they crystal clear call it confidential and not private on the app :)
Eli Ben-Sasson | Starknet.io@EliBenSasson

@ameensol I've always said privacy is a spectrum and there are a lot of trade-offs there. Privacy can also live with viewing keys of various sorts. There are: 1. Different users 2. Different use cases 3. Different modes of privacy All good.

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harshbajpai
harshbajpai@bajpaiharsh244·
Great work, trying to categorize privacy projects, but here are a few things that I think aren't accurate, or places where it can be improved: - No column for client side proving Without client side proving, one doesn't have real privacy, the proving right now for STRK-20 seems to be happening on a remote server { this is such a big big trust assumption, the wallet provider even if running a TEE has a big attack vector to compromise or be compromised } - Selective Disclosure I don't think the disclosure in STRK-20 guarantees to be selective, the notes are encrypted to a third party, even if we have some MPC like gurantees, it doesn't stands against hardcore encryption. If for things like note tagging, shielding times, we have seperate superscript, then we should highlight that as well with a superscript ( already exists for the column on monero ). - Secretless (no per-note keys) Even STRK-20 isn't secretless, your secret is the starknet private key, and similary for an aztec, or zcash user, the secret is the seed phrase, and rest all can be auto-derived by wallets. So, from a real UX perspective, I don't see how it translates, this seems more like a protocol level difference. - Programmable privacy This one, I am curious for, how does it work for STRK-20, how can I write custom private code with the framework, that runs private and composes with it. I still think that no real client side proving is a big issue, you are technically trusting the wallet operator by a big factor even if it is a TEE. ps: I would never use TEE for my main accounts, I would rather do agentic accounts or bridge specific accounts with it, but would never make it the default for the user.
StarkWare 🥷@StarkWareLtd

@odin_free the details privacygrid.dev

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Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️
Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️@rstormsf·
🚨 This is not a drill. Real case. Real prison time. Real story. Software engineers, founders, privacy tech builders, non-custodial builders, immutable software praisers — listen up. You CAN be prosecuted for your software. ⚖️ It doesn't matter if you can't stop it. Doesn't matter if you can't trace it. Doesn't matter how decentralized it is. Doesn't matter how much geoblocking or address filtering you put in place — they'll call it "window dressing" and move on. 🪟 You will get prosecuted. You will spend years in court fighting to prove your intentions (even though the burden is supposed to be on them). You will face a relentless stream of lies and an illogical machine weaponized against you. 🔁 If your plan is to stay silent — to pretend this doesn't affect you because "it's decentralized" "there's nothing I can do," etc. — that's fine. I followed the same logic. Then it happened. A SWAT team in your home, AR-15s pointed at your face💭➡️💥 📖 Read this: therage.co/blanche-vegas/ More details to come. 🧵 We have to win this fight and set the right precedent. There are critical UNanswered questions: ❓ 🛑 When should I have stopped developing? 🤝 What does "helping and knowing" actually mean — where is the line? 🧾 Does publishing an immutable frontend for an unstoppable smart contract make you a money transmitter despite what FinCEN guidance says? The answers will define the next decade of open-source development. 🛠️🔓 Donate to help with legal bills if you can - FreeRomanStorm.com
The Rage@theragetech

🔗Full story: therage.co/blanche-vegas/

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Andre Omietanski
Andre Omietanski@punk6052·
🎯 "We have to win this fight and set the right precedent. There are critical UNanswered questions: ❓ 🛑 When should I have stopped developing? 🤝 What does "helping and knowing" actually mean — where is the line? 🧾 Does publishing an immutable frontend for an unstoppable smart contract make you a money transmitter despite what FinCEN guidance says?"
Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️@rstormsf

🚨 This is not a drill. Real case. Real prison time. Real story. Software engineers, founders, privacy tech builders, non-custodial builders, immutable software praisers — listen up. You CAN be prosecuted for your software. ⚖️ It doesn't matter if you can't stop it. Doesn't matter if you can't trace it. Doesn't matter how decentralized it is. Doesn't matter how much geoblocking or address filtering you put in place — they'll call it "window dressing" and move on. 🪟 You will get prosecuted. You will spend years in court fighting to prove your intentions (even though the burden is supposed to be on them). You will face a relentless stream of lies and an illogical machine weaponized against you. 🔁 If your plan is to stay silent — to pretend this doesn't affect you because "it's decentralized" "there's nothing I can do," etc. — that's fine. I followed the same logic. Then it happened. A SWAT team in your home, AR-15s pointed at your face💭➡️💥 📖 Read this: therage.co/blanche-vegas/ More details to come. 🧵 We have to win this fight and set the right precedent. There are critical UNanswered questions: ❓ 🛑 When should I have stopped developing? 🤝 What does "helping and knowing" actually mean — where is the line? 🧾 Does publishing an immutable frontend for an unstoppable smart contract make you a money transmitter despite what FinCEN guidance says? The answers will define the next decade of open-source development. 🛠️🔓 Donate to help with legal bills if you can - FreeRomanStorm.com

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Andrej Karpathy
Andrej Karpathy@karpathy·
It's like we dug up a powerful alien artifact and society is humping it while taking selfies
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Galactica.com@GalacticaNet·
Claude when I throw hard problems at it
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David Steinrueck
David Steinrueck@0xdavid·
Literally nobody is arguing you shouldn’t have auditability. You just need a better design that allows for privacy + auditability without compromising on decentralization/trustlessness
Eric Kang@exk200

The biggest criticism I’m seeing re: @tempo zones is that it’s not true privacy bc the operator can see all tx details ie it’s not fully trustless. Fair, it’s not going to be a catch all for all use cases Our target customers are Enterprises and Banks. You’re out of your mind if you think those types of users will want a solution without auditability. Gotta be pragmatic about meeting your users where they are

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Zatoshi@Zac_Aztec·
I’m very excited by this news and to welcome @CiaraNightingal to the foundation. Her ability to break down and disseminate complex topics is unparalleled. A huge boon to everyone who wants to build the next generation of privacy preserving applications on Aztec 🚀
Ciara Nightingale@CiaraNightingal

I have an exciting announcement: I have officially joined @aztecnetwork as part of the @aztecFND as a Technical Educator 🩷 At Aztec, I will be doing exactly what I have been doing up until now: making it as easy and fun as possible to be a developer. Only now, I will be focussing on helping developers build apps with programmable privacy on Aztec For blockchains to get mainstream adoption, we need decentralisation and privacy. With Aztec this is now finally possible. I want to do my bit to make sure all the smartest people can get inspired to build on Aztec and hopefully have a fab experience while doing so. So, I will be creating content, supporting the ecosystem, working on the devex and more🤍 I am both sad to be leaving @cyfrin and excited for this next chapter. I feel so lucky to have been able to work with such an awesome team and want to say thank you to everyone I have worked with at Cyfrin - I can’t wait to see what you guys all do next 🫶🏼 so much love to you. Thank you @PatrickAlphaC for being the best mentor 🩵 I also just wanted to say a big thank you to @Arnaudschenk and @alejoamiras for this opportunity. I feel so lucky to be able to work on such an awesome project with such talented people. gAztec and lmk if you wanna build some privacy dapps 🔥 let’s get it party people

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Ciara Nightingale
Ciara Nightingale@CiaraNightingal·
I have an exciting announcement: I have officially joined @aztecnetwork as part of the @aztecFND as a Technical Educator 🩷 At Aztec, I will be doing exactly what I have been doing up until now: making it as easy and fun as possible to be a developer. Only now, I will be focussing on helping developers build apps with programmable privacy on Aztec For blockchains to get mainstream adoption, we need decentralisation and privacy. With Aztec this is now finally possible. I want to do my bit to make sure all the smartest people can get inspired to build on Aztec and hopefully have a fab experience while doing so. So, I will be creating content, supporting the ecosystem, working on the devex and more🤍 I am both sad to be leaving @cyfrin and excited for this next chapter. I feel so lucky to have been able to work with such an awesome team and want to say thank you to everyone I have worked with at Cyfrin - I can’t wait to see what you guys all do next 🫶🏼 so much love to you. Thank you @PatrickAlphaC for being the best mentor 🩵 I also just wanted to say a big thank you to @Arnaudschenk and @alejoamiras for this opportunity. I feel so lucky to be able to work on such an awesome project with such talented people. gAztec and lmk if you wanna build some privacy dapps 🔥 let’s get it party people
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Aztec_Dev
Aztec_Dev@Aztec_Dev·
We've got a great one in @CiaraNightingal! She's an incredible resource and technical translator, taking complex topics and breaking them down in a fun and informative way. Ciara's tutorials (+ our docs) are your first stop when starting to build on Aztec! 🪿
Ciara Nightingale@CiaraNightingal

I have an exciting announcement: I have officially joined @aztecnetwork as part of the @aztecFND as a Technical Educator 🩷 At Aztec, I will be doing exactly what I have been doing up until now: making it as easy and fun as possible to be a developer. Only now, I will be focussing on helping developers build apps with programmable privacy on Aztec For blockchains to get mainstream adoption, we need decentralisation and privacy. With Aztec this is now finally possible. I want to do my bit to make sure all the smartest people can get inspired to build on Aztec and hopefully have a fab experience while doing so. So, I will be creating content, supporting the ecosystem, working on the devex and more🤍 I am both sad to be leaving @cyfrin and excited for this next chapter. I feel so lucky to have been able to work with such an awesome team and want to say thank you to everyone I have worked with at Cyfrin - I can’t wait to see what you guys all do next 🫶🏼 so much love to you. Thank you @PatrickAlphaC for being the best mentor 🩵 I also just wanted to say a big thank you to @Arnaudschenk and @alejoamiras for this opportunity. I feel so lucky to be able to work on such an awesome project with such talented people. gAztec and lmk if you wanna build some privacy dapps 🔥 let’s get it party people

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Mitchell Tracy
Mitchell Tracy@mitchellftracy·
1/ v4.2.0 of Aztec Labs' smart contract framework for building on Aztec is out. Big changes: - kernelless simulations by default - `.send()` estimates gas for you - offchain messages + custom handlers - iframe wallets SDK + `cli-wallet` More below 🧵
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Aztec
Aztec@aztecnetwork·
Today, we crossed 15,000 blocks on Alpha Network. Private transactions are flowing on Aztec, and fully private apps are in development. What will you build on Alpha? 🪿
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Lukas Helminger
Lukas Helminger@luhelminger·
I want to hear the argument for how the internet could have grown to today’s share of global GDP without encryption. I haven’t heard a single person make that case. Yet somehow many still think blockchains don’t need encryption or privacy.
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The Rage
The Rage@theragetech·
🚨 TODAY, THE FUTURE OF FREE SOFTWARE WILL BE DECIDED. AT 10am THURGOOD MARSHALL COURTHOUSE, A JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHETHER ROMAN STORM'S CONVICTION WILL STAND. If so, "the Government would criminalize the publication of decentralized software in violation of the first amendment." Read all about Roman Storm's motion for acquittal at the link below. Code is speech. Privacy is not a crime. FREE ROMAN STORM therage.co/roman-storm-ac…
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Galactica.com@GalacticaNet·
Galactica users when an app asks for KYC
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