March 2022 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

"Zelenskyy banned 11 opposition parties in Ukraine?
by zeynepaydogan 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

Anyone able to explain why Zelenskyy just banned 11 opposition parties in Ukraine? I mean without using the language of fascism obvs.. Lol I answer this :Being Hitler

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Ukrainian Nazi Army abused , tortured Russian civilians
by zeynepaydogan 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

We had to cover up a bit the picture. I fear after this thread the account may be restricted. But the truth it's the first goal. This is Azov Batallion Ukraine. HEY SOMEONE TOLD THIS IS ISIS! Nope this army the worst than everything https://twitter.com/youblacksoul/status/1505336543829008391?s=21

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Ukrainian Army abused , tortured Russian civilians
by zeynepaydogan 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

https://twitter.com/youblacksoul/status/1505556391368568832?s=21 https://twitter.com/youblacksoul/status/1505556699725316096?s=21

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Simultaneous revolutions in money/governance/culture catalyzed by peer to peer encryption & communication
by professor rat 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

Or ' cryptoanarchism ' for short. https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1504966014462660609 zhusu Some ppl ask if crypto is so important why is it so speculative I counter, all epochal paradigm shifts have occurred via Gartner hype cycles, what we're witnessing now are simultaneous revolutions in money/governance/culture catalyzed by peer to peer encryption and communication

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Cryptocurrency: Snowden Whines Crypto Privacy, But What Is Being DONE About It
by grarpamp 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

Yet the question stands... exactly what is the supposed global crypto community DOING to roll out privacy-capable coins, goods and services markets, exchanges, DEX, De-Fi, etc. Where are all the Free Speakers and conferences and dev teams and adopters devoted to and unafraid to cover the need for, create, push, and adopt cryptoprivacy. Else all you have is yet another worthless datamined censored digital GovCorp Fiat checking account... even less privacy and utility than a cryptodigital form of cash or gold's privacy feature set. Stop whining cryptoprivacy... go create it, adopt it, anon privacy DEX into it, and abandon all others. Snowden Discusses Bitcoin's Lack Of Privacy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/snowden-discusses-bitcoin-privacy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/ukraine-russia-resistance-needs-bitcoin… https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/BW49Ik6c/edward-snowden-talks-governme… “Bitcoin is not an anonymous ledger,” said Edward Snowden. “You get chain analysis people and whatnot who are doing fairly devious things with it,” he added, discussing companies focused on on-chain analysis. Speaking on the privacy of Bitcoin, Snowden stated that “it’s really just private to the public, but it’s public to the prominent, shall we say.” Edward Snowden, whistle-blower and president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation – a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting journalists – recently took an interview to discuss Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies, privacy, and nation-state influence. “Bitcoin is not an anonymous ledger, it is a truly public ledger, and those things are always out there,” Snowden explained as he recounted his experience with Wikileaks, in which there was a seemingly insurmountable amount of pressure from the U.S government to shut the organization and his story down. Bitcoin allowed “time and distance,” as Snowden said, which ultimately allowed him to communicate with and meet the necessary journalists that would eventually lead to his escape to Russia, as well as the release of his leak. Time and distance is an important distinction that is separate from the idea of safety. Possessing safety would assume Bitcoin was capable of hiding identity and traceability perpetually, however, Snowden knew this was not the case, nor was he taking extensive steps to be anonymous, as he explains in the interview. The mark against anonymity is not necessarily a critique, but rather a statement of fact when proper steps toward anonymity are not taken. Companies have an entire business model built on tracking Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions, through which Bitcoin Magazine has reported stories on the traceability of transactions for donation causes. Snowden explored chain analysis companies saying, “You get chain analysis people and whatnot who are doing fairly devious things with it,” including objectives like “trying to get a financial edge out of the on-chain analysis.” Snowden addressed the idea of privacy as it relates to one’s capacity to discern or obtain information when compared to public capability of discerning or obtaining that exact same information. “When you think about Bitcoin having a public ledger, well, once a dollar enters the banking system, there is a private ledger that is available to the people who are performing financial surveillance,” he explains. “So it’s really just private to the public, but it’s public to the prominent, shall we say.” When asked why cryptocurrency and financial privacy are important for whistle-blowers, Snowden responded that “there’s this question we all have to ask ourselves: What is the role of the government in a free and open society?” Snowden went on to explain that it is important to examine the roles nation-states actually play in our lives, as it relates to the philosophical question of what role they should be playing. Snowden then brings to bear the consideration that an open and free society, or one that wishes to be so, must also do everything in its power to achieve its idyllic state.

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Springtime for Crypto and Anarchy
by professor rat 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

@amandacassatt announced the news on Thursday: “Alpha leak - @serotonin_hq is producing Crypto: The Musical, the first Broadway musical funded by DAO, telling one woman's story entering web3.” In her tweet, she also mentions that the “DAO launches in June” and the project “will reward investors with profits.”

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Why has the FBI not acted against us since 2001?
by professor rat 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

Well they are bungling fucking idiots for a start - and probably also scared of their own shadows after 2003. Denver Post Online threats target Denver investigators - Anarchist says e-mails harmless; feds disagree By Jim Hughes - Denver Post Staff Writer Monday, July 07, 2003 - An anarchist using the online moniker “Professor Rat” has threatened the lives of two federal terrorism investigators in Denver, advocating that they “need killing.” The threats name an FBI agent assigned to the local multiagency Joint Terrorism Task Force and the government’s lead prosecutor of terrorism cases in Colorado. Although those who travel in the same online circles as Professor Rat say his provocations are not to be taken seriously, officials say they are concerned about the threats, which were sent to an e-mail listserv and posted on the Internet in April. “The recipients of the threats have no way to discern their validity,” said Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office. "They cause fear and they disrupt lives, and it’s for that reason that they’re taken very seriously. “It’s more than the individual targets. It’s the families and those associated with them,” he said. That is the purpose of the postings, an Australian man who admits to using the Professor Rat name and to posting these kinds of threats said in a telephone interview and a series of e-mails: To scare people out of working for the government.

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We're bringing on the singularity early
by professor rat 20 Mar '22

20 Mar '22

https://twitter.com/g_djuric/status/1504969051134697475/photo/1 See for yourself.

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Assassins Creed
by professor rat 20 Mar '22

20 Mar '22

Video Game Bundles Raise Over $12 Million For Ukraine Epic is donating two weeks of Fortnite proceeds to Ukraine relief The Verge 6 hours ago Two Huge Video Game Bundles Raise Over $12 Million For Ukraine Kotaku 17 hours ago

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Re: MiamiCoin City Wallet Tweeted: The total contribution to the Miami W...
by Gunnar Larson 20 Mar '22

20 Mar '22

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