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@kwsantiago@readmorebooks__ I also mostly like Monero and ZCash, and there are various features or aspects of other coins that I consider interesting or valuable. But due to the popular hatred for trust minimization, the vast majority of what is out there is garbage and that's why Bitcoin is still king.
What is the nature of the grants these firms have received from Treasury and Homeland Security to trace privacy coins? Did they deliver on the contract, or did they exaggerate what they developed and merely recycle prior research? We need hearings and inquiries on this.
As we enter the new Congress I hope that @FinancialCmte @RepTomEmmer give some attention to work by @chainalysis and @elliptic. They do some good work. But they also operate in the dark and serious questions are emerging. A 🧵
How can these blockchain analytics companies be certain that their models are generating false positives in exchange compliance and end up de-platforming innocent users? Are they setting the stage for Operation Chokepoint 2.0?
Best crypto copy-pasta of the year?
Some memorable ones:
1. If you are rocking a PFP under $100k please don't @ me…
2. By my hand $DAI will die.
3. A friend I have known for more than ten years…is convinced crypto will shortly experience a systemic risk.
4. 1) What