John

“If we can’t crack encryption, then people are walking around with a Swiss bank account in their pocket.” - Barack Obama Zcash.

@aarnott zips.z.cash/zip-0318

@aarnott > you can't create new Orchard notes Actually you can, you just have to prove ownership of them (you can't send to someone elses address). I recommend you give ZIP 318 a read, but tldr: 1 - split notes to rand values 2 - send each to Ironwood at rand times

It just occurred to me: in the Zcash Ironwood migration, you can't necessarily do it piecemeal. If you have 10 ZEC in just 1 note, you have to send it all to Ironwood at once, since you can't create new Orchard notes. So your ZEC balance amount will leak. That's all that will leak -- no name, no address. But the public can see that 10 ZEC migrated in one transaction between pools. Zcash usually shields the amount, but moving between pools like this leaks that information. It can't be tied to you, unless the lightwallet server you use captures your IP address when you send (or read) the transaction. Ideally then, our wallets would allow breaking up notes into random amounts before Ironwood hits. Kinda late for that now though. :( Short of that, like @zooko said in his excellent right up x.com/zooko/status/2…, be sure you use an anonymizing VPN when you migrate.

@KeystoneWallet @zodl_support s/o to @czarcas7ic for putting in the late night hours to make this happen 🛡️💪🦓

@zodl_support Thanks for doing this, team! We are Ironwood ready 🤝🤩

🔄 @KeystoneWallet users, update your firmware! Firmware version v3.0.2 (Cypherpunk) is now available and is required for compatibility with Zcash's Ironwood upgrade on Tuesday. Firmware download: keyst.one/firmware Upgrade instructions: support.zodl.com/article/49-upg…

I build for my children... so the freedom I inherited is still there when they inherit it.

@valkenburgh Join the resistance 💪

I've a pixel 10 fold. This Tunick prosecution (us citizen charged with destruction of property to prevent seizure after warrantless search at border fails bc of Graphene OS security features) has me thinking I'm long overdue to switch to graphene.

Get a warrant. Learn to spell. You took an oath, be better.

Surveillance changes how people vote. Fighting for privacy is fighting for democracy.

@tuw888 Read it again. On Bitcoin their interests conflict. Wall Street wants surveillance-friendly rails, cypherpunks want freedom money. On Zcash they want the same thing: functional privacy. A shielded pool works better with both of them in it. Alignment of incentives != allegiance.

@nullc0py Yes we know you are allies with the wall street bankers

On Bitcoin, Wall Street and cryptoanarchists are at war. On Zcash, they are allies.

@JackRhysider I'd love your thoughts on @zodl

If you're building a privacy tool, I wanna be your friend.

When software was expensive - thin, horizontal, best-of-breed software stacks extracted rents across every business. Now that software is cheap - value moves to vertically integrated businesses that deliver opinionated end-to-end experiences.

@colludingnode I used to love the "Bitcoin is for enemies" trope, but I never hear it anymore.

“Money for enemies” goes so hard

@soloyopee @SoloSatoshi What fluid do you use?

@SoloSatoshi If you understand what this is, you are allowed to follow me 😉

If you're mining Bitcoin at home, we want to follow you!

@jack I've tried loads of alternative chat platforms, and the death knell is always the "we need a shared channel with a partner that uses Slack". Can Buzz solve that problem without me having to convince partners to switch to Buzz?

we're launching BUZZ! a new groupchat platform for teams of people and agents of all sizes, built to reduce our dependency on slack and github. model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign, and open source. 🐝 buzz.xyz

This is shocking. Even the least sophisticated Bitcoin wallets try to avoid address re-use... and yet this 🫠 Is the takeaway that 90% of people will use the least private option available to them?

@dwillems42 We are winning!

4 days later. I'm even more confident now that we will make it. We will make it.

@SirChadonis @cypherpunk Ironwood upgrade activates in 8 days

@cypherpunk 8 days?

Eight days before history is made.

@zodl_app @txds_ @near_intents Unstoppable private money!

Our focus is making Zcash as usable as it is private. Dan Sequeira (@txds_) on how @near_intents is helping make encrypted cash ubiquitous:

@zodl_app 👀

Most wallets don't give you a choice.