September 2023 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Summit aims to reinvigorate the ethos of cypherpunks – instigators of the blockchain revolution.
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

This village-idiots-convention is off to a bad start by implying cypherpunks are picking winners in the cryptocurrency market. So long as some non-POW coins ( like Avax & Eth ) play a role, they support a growing economic pie, that, in turn, supports cryptoanarchism. So punks must be platform agnostic in the blockchain arena. This is so obvious I feel stupid even mentioning it! Claiming Phil Zimmerman as cypherpunk compounds the huge, gaping category error these morons started with. Even if this publically non-cypherpunk activist has changed his mind about us, I've yet to see him play any meaningful role. He squibbed the chance to link Blackphone to anarchy. Fortunately! So fail. Fail again. Introduce a walking abortion " professional cypherpunk". Three strikes and you're out. Eurotrash morons; go fuck yourselves.

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Enough Semich bad-faith and bullshit!
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

" . . . I'm saying something that doesn't make sense here. I'm warning you because you asked for rational expressions long ago.. . . " Pure projection since you're the one whose said quite firmly this list needs crypto while I routinely stress its about ( occasionally irrational) anarchism. " . . . To me it seems the cypherpunks here are gone, and we are still trying to influence them, when they are not here.. . " The ones who thought the focus needed to be more on crypto left us for Perry. The cryptography list. You may want to influence them. I say to Hell with those Nerds. " . . This makes us the punks in question, where the utility is the situation of channeling influence: what do we do with it? We verify instead of trust. Claims about indescribable phenomena cant be verified. You're on the wrong list, mate. Happy trails.

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The Zimmerman cometh
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

I'm so old I remember Phil disassociating himself from cypherpunks. It was around about that time Halfin said he wasn't a libertarian. As for any " professional cypherpunk " they do not inspire confidence. Quite the contrary actually. Its like " military-grade encryption " And quite brazenly oxymoronic. Feh! " . . . Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out on themselves. Whoever survives the country wins. That would be much simpler and more than just this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting . . ” ― Enrich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

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Undescribed horrific abuse as opaque as they come
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Endlessly undescribed anything lends itself to opacity, obfuscation and obscurantism. The tree that falls in a forest where no one hears may as well not exist. Karl Semich may as well not exist in any multi-year state of indescribable whatever. Always remembering abusers often turn out to have been abused. But what about rationing your contributions? Do you have enough insight to fit in? Fasting helps rats live longer - so let us help you, K. This list isn't about you. It isn't even about me. This is about punk utilty. And speaking of that. . . https://finbold.com/the-bitcoin-twitter-account-causes-uproar-celebrating-l… Reposts not damming evidence of Big God hubris

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Summit aims to reinvigorate the ethos of cypherpunks – instigators of the blockchain revolution.
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

" . . . The ETC Cooperative and Litecoin Foundation have joined forces to bring the first ‘Proof-of-Work Summit’ to life in Prague, Czech Republic, from 25-27th September 2023. It seemed fitting that the first Proof-of-Work (POW) Summit be hosted in Prague – birthplace of the world’s first Bitcoin mining pool, hardware wallet and Bitcoin cafe. A city with a rich history and affinity for proof-of-work cryptocurrencies. . . . " FROM https://www.cryptopolitan.com/headline-speakers-announced-for-inaugural-pro… Reposts not benighted believers in the one true Dog

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Cypherpunk ethics suffers undescribed horrific abuse
by professor rat 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Oh you have a moral problem? Thank fuck its not a REAL problem! Alleged " Undescribed horrific abuse "? Don’t trust. Verify. ASSERTIONS without evidence may be dismissed without examination.

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A final solution to the Semich spam-harassment problem?
by professor rat 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

" . . . Currently some of the team’s research is exploring hate and harassment online with the goal of substantially reducing it. And we’re just getting started. . . . " FROM https://medium.com/jigsaw/google-ideas-becomes-jigsaw-bcb5bd08c423#:~:text=…'s%20mission%20is%20to,serve%20as%20CEO%20of%20Jigsaw. Reposts not measures falling far short of quick, bloody assassination of serial-pest, Karl Semich

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The Eunuch as scientist ( Matt Greeds zero knowledge of anarchy )
by professor rat 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

" . . . Now, we’re releasing new talks from the latest summer 2023 program & cohort. The initial drop included talks from a16z crypto research partners Joe Bonneau on distributed randomness beacons and Lera Nikolaenko on distributed data storage; as well as talks from Matt Green (Johns Hopkins) on “going beyond zero knowledge: next steps for compliance and constrained encryption on blockchains”; Sarah Meiklejohn (University College London, Google) on distributed key generation; and Ittai Abraham (Intel Labs, former VMWare; also Decentralized Thoughts blog) on “it’s all about trust”. The second drop, themed “cryptography week”, features talks from Dan Boneh (Stanford, a16z crypto); Elaine Shu (CMU); Foteini Baldimitsi (GMU); and Ron Rothblum (Technion), here. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified about the next drops as we will be releasing these talks regularly there. . . . " FROM https://a16zcrypto.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Reposts not corporate garbage from known bad-actors rejected from latest remake of " Beau Geste "

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Information wants to run wild, naked and freely over the sundappled uplands of cryptoanarchy
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 10 Sep '23

10 Sep '23

"... Mr Assange agreed that some level of privacy was necessary for the successful operation of the military ..." http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/assange-i-can-rule-from-… JULIAN " ‘[The military] protects the sovereignty of Australia. It protects the independence of Australia.' ASSANGE July, 2013 Julian Assange · LRB 6 March 2014 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n05/andrew-ohagan/ Mar 6, 2014 - I wouldn't say this publicly, but Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison..." Assange discussing Hitler's Mein Kampf: ''When people have been put in prison who might never have had time to write, the thing they write can be galvanising and amazing. I wouldn't say this publicly but Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison." Jul 20, 2015 - Julian Assange: To be honest, I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent..." JULIAN " “People with strong principles don’t survive for long ” ASSANGE quoted in " Risk" released in 2017.

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Fiends in high places
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 10 Sep '23

10 Sep '23

A few years ago, I microblogged, Cypherpunks are all about privacy for the poor and transparency for the powerful. A week or two later, Mange picked up on it. And now . . .book chapter headings! https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003220534/cypherpunk-e… Speak into the punk microphone. Say it in here and it comes out there.

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