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Tim May's Passing Confirmed
by John Young 22 Dec '18

22 Dec '18

This confirms Tim May's passing, by long-time cpunk, Lucky Green Dear Friends, It is with sadness that news reaches me of the passing of my dear friend Tim May - Cypherpunks co-Founder, Discoverer of Radiation-Induced Single Even Upsets in Integrated Circuits, and Uncompromising Firearms Proponent: Tweet: https://twitter.com/luckygreen/status/1073925779304693760 Obit: https://www.facebook.com/lucky.green.73/posts/10155498914786706 Ad Astra, Tim! --Lucky

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Assange on WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Cypherpunks, Surveillance State
by juan 22 Dec '18

22 Dec '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbYMFUjK6fI Published on Nov 29, 2012 - 14,505 views

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how to use mobile phone GPS without a SIM card?
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

In a certain neurone's synapse firing (asking "for a friend") my, I mean my friend's mobile phone GPS ought to work without a SIM card, my friend would think. However when I try to use an app that attempts to get GPS coords, with Wifi turned on (and the app updated itself and browser working, so Internet working), the app (Waze) just remembers my previous country (Australia) location and continues to "Attempting to get GPS location" but never finds a new location in my new country location (Noo Zealand). - Android - Wifi on - GPS on - Airplane mode not enabled - no SIM card - mobile data disabled - Bluetooth off Any ideas why GPS would require a SIM card?

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Francais: gendarmerie respectfully observe Yellow Vests finish waltz to Edith Piaf before dismantling protest camp - [PEACE] [AS IN LITERALLY]
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

The title is kinda misleading - the (french military) police actually stood back (as the article body explains) whilst the #GiletsJaunes protesters waltz their last camp waltz. Piquant. Classically French. Go Yellow Vests! French spirit in motion: Yellow Vests waltz to Edith Piaf as police close down camp (VIDEO) https://www.rt.com/news/447143-yellow-vest-france-dance-police/ … When French gendarmerie – military police – arrived to clear out a group of demonstrators who had set up camp outside the town, a troupe of Yellow Vests assembled for a final feat of heart-tugging defiance. Congregating around their makeshift bonfires, the yellow-clad resistors danced arm-in-arm to the tender strains of Edith Piaf. The military police, who had been sent to evict them, looked on – respectfully waiting, it seems, for the rousing French ballad to end before beginning their unpleasant work. This brief video tells a story that goes much deeper than opposition to fuel taxes or Emmanuel Macron – the nationwide Yellow Vest movement has stirred the French soul. Don’t hold your breath waiting for Western media to broadcast such images on every TV screen, however. Increasingly, the working-class protesters are being painted as dangerous extremists who have been spurred on by Moscow. CNN, for example, has claimed https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/07/europe/who-are-gilet-jaunes-intl/index.h… that “anti-immigration populists and hard-core fascists” are among those who fill the movement’s ranks – an apparent attempt to discredit the nationwide, cross-party movement. …

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Scalia - Re: CPAP?
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 04:33:15AM +0000, jim bell wrote: > I started using a CPAP machine (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) > in 2013, to help with sleep-apnea, where my breathing stopped > during sleep. CPAP keeps the airways inflated during sleep, > stopping snoring as well. Without CPAP, a person with sleep apnea > stops breathing, in my case sometimes well over one minute. > Eventually the oxygen level drops to the point that the body > rebels, and there's a sudden gasp, and the blood's oxygen levels > are somewhat restored. At that point, I hypothesized that many > people might be saved from an early death by using a CPAP. The > low-oxygen condition might very well be hard on the body. > > A couple of years ago, when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia > died, I immediately wondered if a CPAP machine might have saved > him. I didn't see anything, immediately. But a few weeks later, a > story appeared saying that while Scalia usually used a CPAP, he did > not do so on the night he died. Here is one such article, probably > not the one I initially saw. > http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/2016/02/scalia-may-have-forgotten-hook-himsel… > Had he used that CPAP that night, he might very well have > lived. Antonin/ Anton Scalia has quite a few conspiracy theories, and almost absurd "facts" behind his death, that "failure to use CPAP machine" along with "no autopsy was orderd" (for a Supreme Court wig no less) because apparently "his family didn't want one". Please! Slip a sleeper into his drink, turn off his CPAP machine and hold a pillow over his face, and make sure (((your friends))) are in charge of security so that no cameras are recording at the time your hit man walks into Scalia's room. This stench is stronger than that surrounding Snowden. Conspiracy theories swirl around the death of Antonin Scalia https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/15/conspiracy-th… February 15, 2016 Two days after Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly in remote West Texas, a former D.C. homicide commander is raising questions about how the death was handled by local and federal authorities. “As a former homicide commander, I am stunned that no autopsy was ordered for Justice Scalia,” William O. Ritchie, former head of criminal investigations for D.C. police, wrote in a post on Facebook on Sunday. Scalia was found dead in his room at a luxury hunting resort in the state’s Big Bend region by the resort’s owner. It took hours for authorities to find a justice of the peace. When they did, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara pronounced Scalia dead of natural causes without seeing the body — which is permissible under Texas law — and without ordering an autopsy. … The manager of the El Paso funeral home that handled Scalia’s body said Scalia’s family insisted on not having an autopsy done. … “You have a Supreme Court Justice who died, not in attendance of a physician,” he wrote. “You have a non-homicide trained US Marshal tell the justice of peace that no foul play was observed. You have a justice of the peace pronounce death while not being on the scene and without any medical training opining that the justice died of a heart attack. What medical proof exists of a myocardial Infarction? Why not a cerebral hemorrhage?” … “How can the Marshal say, without a thorough post mortem, that he was not injected with an illegal substance that would simulate a heart attack…” “Did the US Marshal check for petechial hemorrhage in his eyes or under his lips that would have suggested suffocation? Did the US Marshal smell his breath for any unusual odor that might suggest poisoning? My gut tells me there is something fishy going on in Texas.” Conspiracy Theories Surround Justice Scalia’s Death https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/02/14/conspiracy-theories-surround-… … John Poindexter, the owner of the ranch, provided more bait for speculation with an awkward description of how Scalia was found: “We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled.” https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/killed-antonin-scalia-conspiracy-… … the judge was found dead on a Texas hunting ranch Saturday — just two days after the 10th anniversary of the day Cheney accidentally shot a Texas lawyer during a quail hunting expedition. "Perhaps Chaney (sic) and his crew were hunting Scalia. There's no way for Scalia to have known that he was the prey, not the animals on the big ranch he was visiting," the blogger wrote. https://heavy.com/news/2016/02/antonin-scalia-death-conspiracy-theories-pil… … Scalia found dead with pillow over head 3 days after blocking Obama's Clean Power Plan. … Alex Jones posted a video to YouTube about the issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEorgAt_Udc … The Abreu Report writes, http://www.abreureport.com/2016/02/bush-family-suspected-of-killing-scalia.… “According to a source, Justice Scalia was going to confess to involvement by the Bush family in the attacks of September the 11th. Scalia’s death marks a stunning development in the 15-year saga that has become the War on Terror, but one that will likely be buried by elements within the American military-industrial complex.” The website says Scalia “chose the wrong state to visit,” referencing the Bush family’s influence in Texas. http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/scalia-was-a-pedophile-claims-v… … [SRA (Satanic ritual abuse) victim David Shurter] writes on his blog: “Scalia liked to fuck little boys. I know this from personal experience – as he was one of my primary abusers as a child and was one of the HEADS of the cult that abused me. He was a vile man who was such an extreme sadist that I find it hard to give words to his voracious appetites. I hated this man in ways that I can’t begin to explain and he rivaled Aquino in my abuse as a child.” Gordon Duff of Veterans Today wrote the article Scalia Sleeps with the Fishes http://www.veteranstoday.com/2016/02/17/scalia-sleeps-with-the-fishes/ exposing the fact that Scalia was a pedophile and that he was killed at a rent boy ranch in Texas where the rich and famous go to indulge in pedophilia. Apparently the article was originally banned from viewing in the US, but is still active at that hyperlink at the time of writing. > Now, we hear that Tim May died, of "natural causes". Well, death due to sleep apnea would qualify as "natural causes", too. > > I encourage anyone who might have sleep apnea or snoring to obtain and use a CPAP machine. While they can be prescribed by a doctor (a sleep therapy doctor), much-cheaper CPAPs are easily available, for example on Craigslist. I use a Philips Respironics Remstar System One, and it has worked well for me for years. These models can often be found for between $100-$150, although some people sell theirs in the $200's or even $300's. While they can be used as found, it's best if they are set to a person's own pressure needs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_airway_pressure > Jim Bell

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CPAP?
by jim bell 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

I started using a CPAP machine (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) in 2013, to help with sleep-apnea, where my breathing stopped during sleep. CPAP keeps the airways inflated during sleep, stopping snoring as well. Without CPAP, a person with sleep apnea stops breathing, in my case sometimes well over one minute. Eventually the oxygen level drops to the point that the body rebels, and there's a sudden gasp, and the blood's oxygen levels are somewhat restored. At that point, I hypothesized that many people might be saved from an early death by using a CPAP. The low-oxygen condition might very well be hard on the body. A couple of years ago, when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, I immediately wondered if a CPAP machine might have saved him. I didn't see anything, immediately. But a few weeks later, a story appeared saying that while Scalia usually used a CPAP, he did not do so on the night he died. Here is one such article, probably not the one I initially saw. http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/2016/02/scalia-may-have-forgotten-hook-himsel… Had he used that CPAP that night, he might very well have lived. Now, we hear that Tim May died, of "natural causes". Well, death due to sleep apnea would qualify as "natural causes", too. I encourage anyone who might have sleep apnea or snoring to obtain and use a CPAP machine. While they can be prescribed by a doctor (a sleep therapy doctor), much-cheaper CPAPs are easily available, for example on Craigslist. I use a Philips Respironics Remstar System One, and it has worked well for me for years. These models can often be found for between $100-$150, although some people sell theirs in the $200's or even $300's. While they can be used as found, it's best if they are set to a person's own pressure needs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_airway_pressure Jim Bell

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Cryptocurrency: Annual Proof of Keys Day Jan 03 2019, HODLers and Buyers of Last Resort, Mining Networks
by grarpamp 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

https://www.proofofkeys.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNk5g_S0ZA Withdraw all coin from exchanges and third party services to local storage, expose fraudulent exchanges and services. Not your keys; Not your bitcoin. Declare Your Monetary Sovereignty. Run your own full consensus and mining nodes. https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/bitcoins-buyers-of-last-resort-920d0470a… https://noded.org/podcast/noded-0110-with-trace-mayer/ http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/422539620-noded-bitcoin-podcast-noded-01… http://www.satoshisdeposition.com/podcast/BTCK-235-2018-03-30.mp3 http://www.bitcoin.kn/ https://twitter.com/TraceMayer/status/1071452135299141632 Max Kaiser Hold Your Keys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yip8zUx8V7w https://glacierprotocol.org/ Glacier is the step-by-step protocol for storing Bitcoins in a highly secure way, offline. https://hackernoon.com/bitcoin-miners-beware-invalid-blocks-need-not-apply-…

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Last letter from Tim May
by juan 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

CoinDesk asked cypherpunk legend Timothy May, author of the “Crypto Anarchist Manifesto,” to write his thoughts on the bitcoin white paper on its 10th anniversary. https://www.coindesk.com/enough-with-the-ico-me-so-horny-get-rich-quick-lam…

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Cryptocurrency: BCH puts UTXO Set on IPFS, OpenSwap Atomic DEX, The 51%
by grarpamp 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

https://reddit.com/r/btc/comments/a7hffx/chris_pacia_the_bitcoin_cash_utxo_… https://github.com/tomasvdw/bips/blob/master/ecmh-utxo-commitment-0.mediawi… https://github.com/tomasvdw/bips/blob/master/ecmh.mediawiki https://github.com/tomasvdw/bips/blob/master/ecmh-utxo-commitment-0.mediawi… https://ipfs.io/ ipfs:QmQECm1yUgKh7oQg2syCFo5BLvhFSSH9m95fw41b3GTrXV block_height:556767 https://reddit.com/r/btc/comments/a7j45v/announcing_bchd_0130beta2_with_fas… https://medium.com/@bchd.cash/announcing-bchd-0-13-0-beta2-with-fast-sync-m… https://github.com/gcash/bchd https://github.com/gcash/bchwallet https://www.bitcoincash.org/ Cryptocurrency world realizing entire blockchain history is not really needed... massive privacy invasion, costly waste of storage also limiting dev of other DB and large tx block tech... only rolling update mechanisms for maintaining UTXO database are needed. https://reddit.com/r/btc/comments/a7giyd/openswap_v01_released_bch_btc_atom… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2m6ePNVqM https://github.com/markblundeberg/openswap https://www.crypto51.app/ https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket

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Greetings
by erikrepo 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Hello all! It's "the kid", well actually I am no longer a kid, I am almost 25. I figured I would tell my story. It all starts with my brother. Around when I turned 12 my brother began seeing strange dreams which he claimed were from the future. He told me about various events in my life, people I would meet, as well as things that would happen. When my brother told me about the cypherpunks and futuristic technologies. I started learning about encryption & the cypherpunks and I decided I wanted to become one of you. I remember when I first read various writings like the cypherpunk manifesto and it made a lot of sense to me. So I began working on an encryption program as well as a puzzles, which I hoped would impress you all enough to accept me. (I know there is no real group to be accepted into but at the time I though that was the case) The technologies my brother described really inspired me, I wanted to create something similar myself. As I wanted to impress you all, I also sent the encryption program to my brother. So that he could look it over and improve it. I was worried it would not be optimal. I created the name Satoshi Nakamoto from my laptops name Toshiba Satellite and me and my brother's last names. Then I made the GMX account satoshin(a)gmx.com with a simple password "******" I sent the program to this mailing list with an email going along the lines: "Here's an encryption program me and my brother wrote let me know what you think?" I didn't even tell my brother who what I was doing with the program or that I was sending it here. Two weeks later I got a reply which I recall going along the lines of: "Hey kid your program turned out to be a breakthrough, it became Bitcoin." After which I was asked how much do I want? So from the top of my head I said 1/20th as it seemed like a nice number. It ended up working well with 1 million for me & my brother and a 21 million cap. But I didn’t take the coins instead I trusted them with Nick and others. I am not sure why. Often I am not aware why I do some things, I go by intuition and feelings. All I know is I wanted to create something that would liberate all mankind. Though unfortunately it looks like it has created a lot of arguing, fighting, and hashwars everything I wanted to avoid. I never liked fighting as whenever my parents would fight I would end up crying and hiding in my room with my computer. In high school I had barely any friends since no one liked me and I got bullied a lot. People would call me an Asperger, autistic, and the worst ones would tell me to go kill myself. Which is partially why I have always been worried that I would not be accepted by the rest of the cypherpunks as I usually don't get accepted by any group whether it was school or social groups. As people didn't tend to like me computers and the internet became my friends. As high school was an awful experience I decided to go to university as I had been told that, people are a lot more accepting in higher education etc. So I went to university in the hopes that it would be a better experience than high school, instead of concentrating on the project. Though that was not the only reason. I also started getting increasingly worried about being exposed. Though if you want to know what scares me the most it's not the authorities or governments, but opening up to people. That’s why I hide behind a mask of anonymity and I never told anyone about myself on here. I would always dodge question regarding my whereabouts and identity. But in university I learned to open up to people. People aren't all trying to trick, bully, and make fun of me etc. I know some of you may have read the Satoshi Family Foundation book. It was actually written as a back story to my life by my friends. Though it did have some spelling errors etc. I do can write kind of sloppily sometimes lol. I know some may not have been happy regarding me going to university instead of concentrating on the project, but I think it was worth it. Being older I hope I will better be able to understand the philosophy etc. behind the cypherpunks. Maybe I will even expand on it and write my own manifesto one day, at least one can dream. University was actually quite good. I even got to experience love :) Though it was short lived as she got diagnosed with Menieres disease. Generally if something can go wrong it does go wrong in my life. Even with my brother having told me about all the mistakes I make I still end up making them. I supposed one cannot change faith. The girl I loved broke up with me because she did not want to hold me back. Though I would have loved her forever. I wish I had had the chance and the courage to say so. Her seizures, reduced hearing etc. did not matter as I loved her enough. But then I remembered a song with the lyrics: "If you love her, let her go" and so I did. She has found someone else by now, I just hope she is happy that is all that matters. Next time I will be braver and say what I truly feel like. I just recently figured out why my brother told me I needed a cabin in Alberta. I believe that is where I am meant to live together with my true love one day. Music has also always been a big part of my life. I use it to tune myself out of my surroundings. As well as to inspire myself. I enjoy matching the song to my mood, surroundings, or just to cancel noise out. I often go on long walks late at night to listen to tunes and just think. While living in Canada I would love the cold crisp air and the starry skies at night. So far everything my brother has told me about my life has come true. I hope some of the things he has told me won't happen though. My brother said he would die of a brain aneurysm in 2 years :( We have both had fairly rough lives. My parents got a divorce when we were young (I was 5-6 and my brother 8-9 years old) after the company my parents established together went bankrupt. My mom remarried a couple tough years later needing someone to help and support her, a decision she regrets to. One thing causing regret for my mom is that my step dad threw my brother out of our house to my dad's place. Though it was not fully my step dad's fault as my dad was not paying child support. The divorce impacted my brother very poorly, I have been more fortunate and resilient. My brother recently got kicked out a second time after a fight with one of my dads girlfriends. My dad did no like what he had to say about my dad girlfriend so they got in a fight. If there is one person that deserves credit from all this it is my brother. I at least got to be Satoshi for a while before leaving for university. I am not sure if he even believed me when I told him where I sent the program and who I am. But hopefully he will believe me soon. Erik Repo

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