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Cryptocurrency: Action - Help Stop The Crypto Kill, DontKillCrypto, End WarOnCash and SpyVeillance Regime
by grarpamp 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

DON’T KILL CRYPTO https://dontkillcrypto.com/ https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop-the-senate-from-sneaking-thr… https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-congress-to-protect-human-rights-i… https://decrypt.co/78530/irs-wont-go-after-bitcoin-miners-regardless-broker… https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/cryptocurrency-surveillance-provision… https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-lummis-toomey-amendment… https://twitter.com/rokhanna/status/1423760775131418627 https://decrypt.co/78387/anna-eshoo-pelosi-letter-crypto-tax-bill https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1424845416697323522 A poorly written provision in the must-pass infrastructure bill would effectively crush the cryptocurrency ecosystem, expand surveillance, and endanger human rights. But Congress can fix it. Check the scorecard to see where your reps stand & tweet them! We've already driven and . Here’s the plan to get lawmakers on the record opposing the bad cryptocurrency provisions in the infrastructure bill TL;DR: The House is scheduled to vote on the infrastructure bill this Thursday 9/30. This is a crucial opportunity to get as many lawmakers on the record in support of a #DontKillCrypto fix as possible. Contact your reps via the scoreboard below. This Thursday, September 30, is when the House plans to vote on an infrastructure package the Senate already passed. Buried inside the package are unworkable cryptocurrency provisions that threaten the rights of software developers and undermine human rights and free expression. This harmful provision led to major political action in the decentralized tech community, driving unprecedented numbers of calls to lawmakers that resulted in a heroic, bipartisan effort to get it fixed. Despite overwhelming support, the Amendment failed at the last minute, basically due to a process technicality related to obscure Senate rules. But now, we have a huge opportunity to get more lawmakers on the record in support of policies protecting cryptocurrency innovation, privacy, and human rights. At this point we are unlikely to affect the outcome of the broader infrastructure package vote, but the good news is that both Democrats and Republicans in the House have already said they want to take common sense action similar to the Wyden amendment to fix the provision. So, we need to demand that everyone voting on the infrastructure bill also publicly commits to helping fix the crypto provision. They can do so by issuing a statement, tweeting #DontKillCrypto like Rep Khanna, or signing a letter like the one from Rep Eshoo or from Reps Emmer, Soto, Schweikert, and Foster. Here’s what to do: EVERYONE: Use our scoreboard below to see if your rep has made a public commitment. If they haven’t, use our easy tools to contact your rep now. If they reply to you, help us keep the scorecard current by emailing Team(a)FightForTheFuture.org. Then, make sure your friends and collaborators do the same by the morning of September 30. IF YOU RUN A PROJECT, CHANNEL, OR SOCIAL ACCOUNT WITH REACH: Drive traffic to DontKillCrypto.com — ask your audience to take 5 minutes to find their representative on the scoreboard and contact them before the vote. Activate mailing lists, go live, and ask that in this crucial moment the crypto community makes their voices heard. This is a golden opportunity to get our reps on the record. Once they join the momentum for a bipartisan fix, our reps are committed to moving that fix forward either through a future budget bill, or standalone legislation. The crypto coalition can grow, and that’s what we need for a decentralized future. Where do your reps stand? Green = supports crypto; Red = against crypto; Grey = unknown About This Campaign The #DontKillCrypto campaign formed in opposition to a cryptocurrency provision in the must-pass infrastructure package that mandates mass surveillance of the crypto-economy in the name of reducing tax avoidance. This puts many fundamental cryptocurrency participants in an impossible position: to either collect information that they structurally cannot get access to, or to operate outside the US. Either way, mass surveillance of everyone in the cryptocurrency ecosystem is a massive blow to human rights. Cryptocurrencies are both a testing ground and a foundational investment in the move to decentralization. The issues at hand aren’t simply about taxes—they’re about the United States’ ability to participate in cryptocurrencies and a decentralized future that puts the rights of people above the exploitative and manipulative business models of Big Tech.

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Cryptocurrency: Crypto Industry Royally Screwed Privacy, Privacy Finance
by grarpamp 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

It all started when Satoshi left TLS transport and coin privacy out of BTC. While that may have been excusable, the subsequent bitcoin development group is fully aware that they missing, and have done nothing to add TLS or any other over the wire secure transport or any coin privacy, not even any pluggable wallet privacy modules to use known swap join fusion protocols etc. They don't even really talk about privacy. Is that not apparently guilty of perpetuating weakness to help spyveillance and the State. And lately the BTC fanboi crowd is claiming Taproot and things gave more privacy to average everyday users when they do nothing of the sort. Guilty of propaganda. And real privacy still isn't even on BTC's roadmap. https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-crypto-industry-royally-screwed-up-priva… The crypto industry royally screwed up privacy Sadly, there are several reasons why the blockchain community has fallen short in making privacy a tier-one priority, and that must be changed. Privacy is a complicated topic. Few would argue that privacy is not important. It’s generally more interesting to talk about things that are disputable. So, the limited arguments against privacy actually make it somewhat boring to discuss and easy to take for granted. As Edward Snowden famously said: “Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like arguing that you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” However, what if your privacy is not a priority? What if your privacy is not guaranteed? What if everything you do is under constant surveillance? You might fight back. Unfortunately, this actually is the state of the cryptocurrency industry, and not enough people are in the fight to defend privacy. Transparency vs. privacy When I first read the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper in 2011, I fell in love with the vision for a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Most societies have physical cash — legal tender — so, in a digital society, what is the physical cash equivalent? Satoshi Nakamoto seemed to come up with an elegant answer to that question, and a multi-trillion dollar market has emerged around it. Sadly, Satoshi’s original idea has fallen short in at least one area, and that’s privacy. Legal tender is private. When someone exchanges coins or banknotes (aka “bills” in the U.S. and Canada) for a good or service, that transaction is only known to the two parties involved. Identification is requested if the good or service is restricted to certain age groups (beer runs aren't for everyone). Further, if you hand a $10 bill to the lady at the local farmer's market, she can't look up how much you have left in your bank account. However, transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain are radically transparent. This means transaction amounts, frequency and balances are all open for the entire public to see. The Bitcoin white paper only dedicates a half-page to the topic of privacy with suggested workarounds that don’t always work as intended, especially for second generation account-based blockchains such as Ethereum. There are user guides on how to achieve more privacy using Bitcoin, but they are extremely complicated and generally recommend using tools that can be dangerous for users. There are also a few blockchain networks that have been designed with privacy as the default, but most do not support more complex programmability such as smart contracts, which enable new use cases involving business logic in decentralized finance (DeFi). Related: DPN vs. VPN: The dawn of decentralized web privacy Leaving privacy behind Why has the blockchain community fallen short in making privacy a tier-one priority? For one, privacy has taken a back seat to three other priorities: security, decentralization and scalability. Nobody will argue that these three components aren’t important either. But do they have to be mutually exclusive to privacy? Another reason privacy has not been prioritized is that it’s very hard to guarantee. Historically, privacy tools such as zero-knowledge proofs have been slow and inefficient, and making them more scalable is hard work. But, just because privacy is hard, does that mean it should not be a priority? The last reason is probably the most concerning. There’s a myth in the media that crypto transactions are completely anonymous. They are not. This means that many people have been actively using crypto under the fallacy that their transactions are private. As blockchain network analysis tools become more sophisticated, the lack of anonymity increases. So, when does privacy become important enough to make it a priority? Related: Bitcoin can't be viewed as an untraceable 'crime coin' anymore Privacy Finance A friend of mine who has worked in the crypto industry full-time since 2015 recently asked me, “WTF is PriFi?” PriFi, or “Privacy Finance,” is the crypto industry’s admission that we royally screwed up with privacy. We screwed up so badly that, 12 years into this industry’s evolution, we are just now getting to the point where privacy is important enough to have its own hashtag. So, where do we go from here to build more privacy that protects everyday crypto users and achieves the digital privacy equivalent of cash? The first step is more education. As society becomes increasingly digital, privacy is becoming harder to achieve. This starts with educating the media on the differences between secrecy and privacy. Secrecy is not wanting anyone to know something. Privacy is not wanting the whole world to know something. Secrecy is a privilege. Privacy is a right. The next step is to make privacy simpler. Achieving privacy in crypto should not require clunky workarounds, shady tools or a deep expertise of complex cryptography. Blockchain networks, including smart contract platforms, should support optional privacy that works as easily as clicking a button. The final step is to defend privacy. Privacy is a timely issue. The recent U.S. infrastructure bill includes a clause to extend section 6050I of the tax code, which requires individual counterparties to collect personal information on each other for cash transactions over $10,000, and applies it to cryptocurrencies. Coin Center, a pro-crypto nonprofit advocacy and research group, is preparing to challenge the constitutionality of this change for crypto. You can too, here. Armed with proper education, an intuitive user experience, and motivation to make privacy a priority for crypto, we can defend our rights without being reckless and maintain sensible privacy on our own terms. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed here are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. Warren Paul Anderson is vice president of product at Discreet Labs, which is developing Findora, a public blockchain with programmable privacy. Previously, Warren led product at Ripple for 4.5 years, working on the XRP Ledger, Interledger, & PayString protocols; the RippleX platform; and RippleNet's On-Demand Liquidity enterprise product. Prior to Ripple, in 2014, Warren co-founded Hedgy, one of the first DeFi platforms for derivatives using programmable, escrowed smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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Re: TOR internal logs
by zeynepaydogan 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

The question is, what is a guy like you doing here. There's no place for nationalists here Sent from ProtonMail for iOS Açık Pzt, Eki 18, 2021 08:01, Ed Carp <n7ekg(a)protonmail.com> yazdı: > I never said that. Fuck off, asshole. > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at 11:56 PM, zeynepaydogan <zeynepaydogan(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > >> yes, you can work for the tor and work on Google in the moment. it's yours to have that hypocrisy >> >> Sent from ProtonMail for iOS >> >> Açık Pzt, Eki 18, 2021 01:23, Ed Carp <n7ekg(a)protonmail.com> yazdı: >> >>> Considering that Google has moved 180 degrees from it's "Do no evil" founding to giving the Government search logs upon request (no court order needed), I'd say that your question answers itself, so no need to even bother asking. >>> >>> But that actually wasn't my question, was it? I didn't ask if it was OK, I asked if it wasn't against Google's NDA to work for Tor. >>> >>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email. >>> >>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >>> On Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at 5:06 PM, zeynepaydogan <zeynepaydogan(a)protonmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Do you think it’ ok? Is everything all right? >>>> >>>> Sent from ProtonMail for iOS >>>> >>>> Açık Pzt, Eki 18, 2021 01:03, Ed Carp <n7ekg(a)protonmail.com> yazdı: >>>> >>>>> Isn't the Google NDA incompatible with working at Tor? >>>>> >>>>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email. >>>>> >>>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >>>>> On Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at 4:56 PM, zeynepaydogan <zeynepaydogan(a)protonmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yup. >>>>>> >>>>>> It was never the end. The question we need to ask is how much @torproject getting paid for it. They criticized Google's privacy policy. Ironically, a software developer working in Tor is currently working at Google. what position does he/she’s work in? “Privacy Lead” >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from ProtonMail for iOS >>>>>> >>>>>> Açık Pzt, Eki 18, 2021 00:48, Ed Carp <n7ekg(a)protonmail.com> yazdı: >>>>>> >>>>>>> This has been out there a *long* time: https://destructiveresearch.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/tor-internal-log-ex-ci… >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.

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Die like the Carp
by professor rat 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

I was here before you were born. I was here, living in the Bay Area and having dinner with Tim May, when this whole list started. I met Eric Hughes and John Young in person..." So you failed to warn Mong off the junk-food then want to be remembered like Chickenshit Eric and Infowars Johnny? Jesus Fucking Christie

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Dick move (was Re: TOR internal logs)
by Xander Samurai 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

> By the way, responding to a private email to a public list, outing > someone's private email address, is generally considered to be a dick > move, especially when it's done deliberately. Dear Ed, This list is not what it used to be years ago. It's FULL of dicks! With no dignity, no basic ethics, but with mind full of endless propaganda, indoctrination and denial of all that is possible. So they (and this one) won't even understand your claim. *It's out of their perception!* I'm sorry for you (no sarcasm). Next time be a little bit more careful and write from one of your alias emails. Xander.

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Making revolutions half-way
by professor rat 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-crypto-industry-royally-screwed-up-priva…

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Our anarchy and theirs
by professor rat 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

BATTLE of Portland - police say a group of about 100 anarchists caused more than $500,000 in damage to businesses and government buildings in downtown Portland Tuesday night. KGW reported the violence broke out at the end of a memorial gathering to mark the 2-year anniversary of the killing of self-proclaimed anarchist Sean Kealiher. But you're a natural-rights anarchist? Okidoke then. . . https://www.google.com/search?q=Jeff+Tucker+anarchapulco&client=opera&hs=AC…

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Eugene Volokh needs killing ( My 200$ )
by professor rat 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Once is accident - twice is coincidence - three times and its ENEMY ACTION! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(magazine) With attacks on cypherpunks traced back to the Empire State building in NYC and two cities where REASON magazine is domiciled - Washington DC and San Francisco - nuclear strikes are thus authorized against these three shithole cities. Fuck with the bull and you get the horn. ADD Boston and Los Angeles to that list - Judgement Day

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Re: TOR internal logs
by zeynepaydogan 17 Oct '21

17 Oct '21

Do you think it’ ok? Is everything all right? Sent from ProtonMail for iOS Açık Pzt, Eki 18, 2021 01:03, Ed Carp <n7ekg(a)protonmail.com> yazdı: > Isn't the Google NDA incompatible with working at Tor? > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at 4:56 PM, zeynepaydogan <zeynepaydogan(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > >> Yup. >> >> It was never the end. The question we need to ask is how much @torproject getting paid for it. They criticized Google's privacy policy. Ironically, a software developer working in Tor is currently working at Google. what position does he/she’s work in? “Privacy Lead” >> >> Sent from ProtonMail for iOS >> >> Açık Pzt, Eki 18, 2021 00:48, Ed Carp <n7ekg(a)protonmail.com> yazdı: >> >>> This has been out there a *long* time: https://destructiveresearch.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/tor-internal-log-ex-ci… >>> >>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.

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Re: TOR internal logs
by zeynepaydogan 17 Oct '21

17 Oct '21

Yup. It was never the end. The question we need to ask is how much @torproject getting paid for it. They criticized Google's privacy policy. Ironically, a software developer working in Tor is currently working at Google. what position does he/she’s work in? “Privacy Lead” Sent from ProtonMail for iOS Açık Pzt, Eki 18, 2021 00:48, Ed Carp <n7ekg(a)protonmail.com> yazdı: > This has been out there a *long* time: https://destructiveresearch.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/tor-internal-log-ex-ci… > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.

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