Tom Howard

The Zcash resurrection has been underway for a few years. People are finally discovering it today. Follow the early movers. x.com/i/lists/197393…

@andrew4065 @jasoninthehouse Great lets build lots more nuclear power.

@jasoninthehouse I’m not anti data center. I am against adding ~34 metric tons of additional CO2 emissions (a ~50-60% increase in total Utah emissions). Data centers should be built with renewable energy sources.

Data Center in Box Elder County I am fully supportive of the data center project in Box Elder County. When I first learned of the project, I had some of the same questions you might have. I, too, worry about people, water, power, the health of the Great Salt Lake, and why it would be good for Utah. I had an opportunity to meet with the people bringing the project here and to get those questions addressed. I was impressed by their answers so I introduced them to my friend, Kevin O’Leary, who later decided to move forward with the project. I believe it is going to a be huge net positive for the State of Utah. Here’s what was shared with me and why I’m excited about it: Energy · This project is not taking anything out of the existing power grid. · The price Utahns pay for power should not go up because of this development. · More than a decade ago, a 42” pipeline from Wyoming called the Ruby Pipeline, with Natural Gas, was constructed. It’s already there - permitted and installed underground. Regulatory standards are already in place at the state and federal level. · The data center may even feed surplus power back into the grid and other renewable power sources may be deployed. Water · When the developers put the private land under contract, they agreed to paying a premium price, multiple times greater than market rate for the area. They were candid about the potential. The project uses the existing private water rights that were in use by the previous landowners. · It doesn’t need additional water beyond what already belongs to that property. · The water they’ll be using currently does not feed into the Great Salt Lake. · There might be a net increase of water going into the Great Salt Lake by using the water supply and flowing it down to the Great Salt Lake rather than being used for agriculture. · The water available to that property is currently low quality and brackish. · Water put into the Great Salt Lake would need to be higher quality and treated. Those are the concerns. But what is most exciting are the opportunities. Tax revenue · The 40,000 acres was generating roughly $250,000 annually in taxes for Box Elder County. · When fully implemented, it’s anticipated the county will receive more than $100 million annually in tax revenue from those 40,000 acres. Today the Box Elder total budget is less than $80 million. · The state, via sales tax, will receive hundreds of millions of dollars annually when fully developed. All Utahns benefit from that. This is all new revenue to the state. HAFB · The proximity of the data center makes Hill Air Force Base (HAFB) a more attractive asset for the Pentagon. · That accessibility may protect Hill from future BRAC closure threats. In a rapidly changing world, data centers in the USA are safer for Americans. Having them in Utah helps with jobs, viability long-term for Hill, and providing a national security asset. · The data center supports the mission of both HAFB and the Utah Test & Training Range (UTTR). · ”Top of Utah” is heavily dependent on Hill for a whole ecosystem of jobs and businesses. Keeping our economy vibrant in northern Utah is an imperative. That’s good for Utah jobs (thousands of new jobs in Top of Utah), our economy, and national defense. We have to be able to process data. This facility will do so with minimal disruption to the taxpayers who benefit from it. It’s off the beaten path in an area that is hard to make productive. It will also bring additional private sector companies and advanced manufacturing our state can not support because our current energy supplies are not big enough. It can be done cleanly, supporting our state with jobs, revenue, and making Utah a leading place to do business while supporting our quality of life.

I think the Chinese government realized that Indian “South Asians” had mastered American English and culture far better and they could hire lots of them to psyop social media.

@ZainabSana2622 Cities also increase local ambient temperature significantly. But it’s fine because outside is made for variable temperatures.

At this point it’s obvious the billionaires are trying to kill us. What do you mean the new AI data center in Utah will raise the state’s nightly temperature by 20+ degrees???

@Austen Apparently it’s China

@Austen Oil industry was threatened by Nuclear energy. Which industry is threatened by Data centers?

Data centers show the pushback against nuclear was never actually about safety

So China is funding data center fud via Arabella. Fascinating.

@dclange @Austen Almost all industries become more efficient and productive with more data centers. They would be incentivized to support more cheaper capacity.

@_TomHoward @Austen All of them? 🤔 If you count the actual workers as part of their respective industry.

@wongmjane Wow someone didn’t get invited

Silicon Valley went one step ahead by pampering influencers with a retreat, the group chat, and access they can’t afford to lose, so that whatever “first impression” of their portfolio companies stays favorable and whoever seizes the narrative, controls the public opinion ♟️

@CoffeeBlackMD You see squeezing toothpaste from the middle totally works. Because she has you.

I used to think squeezing the toothpaste from the middle of the tube was potential grounds for divorce. Now I know that part of her brain is broken and is never fixing. So I patiently squeeze what’s in back up to the front. Like Jesus intended. And then apply to the brush.

one of the most insane things that's ever happened to me me and my gf's family are both relatively traditional and old school and so the proper thing to do is to have a chat with the father and mother to get permission to eventually marry their daughter so I take a flight to their home city, dress up all nice, and even trim the beard (which is looking slightly like im about to commit jihad) without my gf's knowledge I even had to learn a bit of Russian for a few months so I can do it respectfully even though they can speak English anyway, it's going pretty well and I finally ask them and they say yes of course thats ok and that they weren't even expecting someone to still have the manners to ask them so to celebrate, I take out my phone and get a selfie with them that I'll later send to my gf to tell the good news while im doing that, I get a push notification from OKX that my long has been liquidated so I clear the notification and try taking the selfie again but notice that the dad is not smiling in any way anymore he goes: mert, I have changed my mind. I can not let my princess marry a moron who is not using @PhoenixTrade to lose money. shortly after, I was deported from the country

@cypherpunk In order to remain compliant with the law they need to ensure customer funds are secure. Eventually this will only be possible in the post quantum pool. They’ll get there.

On one hand, disabling transparent transactions will help us migrate to post quantum much faster. On the other hand, exchanges / institutions probably prefer the transparent pool for compliance, though they could just shield their funds and provide a view key to the government.

Should transparent ZEC transactions be phased out?

@deepcandles They will start using the post quantum pool by necessity once the internal security team demands it. T addresses will become obsolete once the full PQ roadmap is realized.

I really don't care about exchanges and instititutions. Individual first. Everyone next.

@khalkaz @cypherpunk You can choose to publish a view key from the shielded pool

@cypherpunk I vote no. I think having the ability to choose transparent and shielded is extremely valuable It's what makes ZEC institutional grade It's like choosing to use debit card vs. cash IRL

@cypherpunk Yep!

@jswihart @zodl_app Amazing! Will be much easier for the holders to make their voice heard!

We’re adding Zcash coinholder polling in @zodl_app with the first poll targeted for June. Soon, anyone using Zodl will be able to share their opinion on the direction of the Zcash protocol by voting their coins. The voting protocol will also be available for integration with other shielded ZEC wallets. The draft questions and timetable for the Zcash Network Upgrade 7 (NU7) poll are available here: forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/nu7-sentimen… Thanks to @zkDragon and his team for all their work building and helping us integrate the new voting protocol.

@dwillems42 @zodl_co @Zcash Welcome to Zcash!

Glad to announce I'm joining @zodl_co full time to work on @Zcash.

@JustDeauIt @AndBe1Traveller Did you track the share of shielded transactions vs. transparent transactions?

@AndBe1Traveller Shielded pool is up to 31% of ZEC (from 25% last September. Transactions are not up. The chart is the chart.

Zcash averaged 4.9k transactions/day over the last 90 days. That's down 40% q/q, but up 374% y/y. But the chart reveals something else: There has been no increase in users' desire to transact privately since Zcash launched in 2016. ---- Can crypto natives make normies care about privacy? Can Zcash reach 10% of BTC's valuation without anyone outside of crypto caring about privacy? We shared a full data-driven breakdown of Zcash with readers of @the_defi_report Full report in the link below 👇

wtf is happening

@CRISPR_LuCas Isn’t the point of the plasmid delivery to saturate the body with follistatin? Why do you say only 1% exposure?

WARNING: While follistatin can have this effect, the way this is given (1 × 10¹¹ vg/kg AAV9) will mean that <1% of muscle cells will actually get the treatment. It WILL make it so your body has an immune response to any similar AAV-based therapy, making them ineffective if you ever needed one in the future. This is extremely risky and I am disappointed that @cremieuxrecueil is pushing it

The Keplr team has been a pillar of the cosmos community for many years, building one of the better wallets in crypto. Zcash even used Keplr before Zashi existed! daodao.zone/dao/juno1nktru… They are solid people and not affiliated with Zaki. Also their code and product instincts are great. Excited to have more good Zcash wallets!

@dogemos @bajpaiharsh244 Hi. No disrespect, but I haven't seen you around the ecosystem before now. Jumping in out of nowhere with that association is a red flag. Happy to talk sometime to clear that up. We need great products and builders.

This is so bullish, we already have a s-tier mobile wallet ecosystem with ZODL, and now we have another desktop wallet coming up. The zcash train only accelerates from here.