Harsh Dev Pathak

SoB'25 @fedimint || Software Developer || Blockchain Developer || Open Source Contributor #freedom #bitcoiner

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

Do you have a GitHub profile?
I'd love to connect with more developers!

Drop your GitHub profile link. Will connect there
Mine - https://t.co/u7mvkhnt2k

[GG @UnruggableGG]

India just gave the whole internet a free lesson on the power of FOSS (Free and open-source software).

The Home Ministry's cybercrime unit ordered GitHub to delete BitChat. Three hour deadline. Comply or face legal action.

Here's the problem with that plan.

BitChat runs on pure Bluetooth mesh. No internet. No SIM. No phone number. No central server. Protesters started using it precisely because the government kept shutting the internet off, and it just kept working.

You cannot delete an app that's already living on people's phones and passing messages device to device.

And the source code? Open source. Within hours it was mirrored to a decentralized platform. Every person who copies it becomes another node the order can't reach.

This is the whole point of self custody thinking, applied to communication instead of money.

You can serve a takedown to a company. There's a CEO, an office, a legal team, a single point of pressure.

You cannot serve a takedown to a network that nobody owns.

India didn't kill BitChat. It ran a live demo of why unkillable infrastructure exists.

#FOSS #PrivacyIsNotACrime

[calle @callebtc]

Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can't get privacy unless we all do, we're going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it.

Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don't much care if you don't approve of the software we write. We know that software can't be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can't be shut down.

- A Cypherpunk's Manifesto by Eric Hughes

[yanús @yahn00sh]

introducing chascuro, a new @fedimint wallet

it also contains a wip chat integration with marmot protocol (infra behind @whitenoisechat)

goal is to build a sexy, simple ecash wallet with messaging

you can see the code here: https://t.co/mVjGHyqPar

[Justin @m1sterc001guy]

Fun Ecash App feature that I'm working on: NFC plus Bluetooth low energy transfer of ecash notes

Originally @EricSirion's idea, essentially the app uses NFC to exchange public keys, encrypts the notes and broadcasts them Bitchat style via bluetooth

[Schmidt @schmidt1024]

Use two browsers

One for daily use, one for research you don’t want linked to your identity

Never cross-contaminate

[Radar.Chat @RadarChat]

Your messages. Your Bitcoin. Together, at last.

Radar brings private messaging and self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning together in one seamless experience, and because it's built on Signal's incredible network - the people you already talk to come with you.

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

Paper note designs aren't hardcoded.

Each template lives in a Git repository and is described using metadata that defines things like:
👉 QR placement
👉 Safe print regions
👉 Layout rules
👉 Optional creator donation address

Anyone can contribute new note designs through a PR.

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

As a @bitshala_org fellow, have build a PaperEcash, a web based paper ecash issuance system built on top of @fedimint

The goal is to make issuing printable ecash notes as easy as generating a PDF.

https://t.co/TKCgjZ6o0i

The flow is as:
#ecash #bitcoin #developer #designer

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

Paper Ecash lets you reopen an issuance session, verify the redemption status of every note against the federation, and reclaim(for 24 hour window) only the notes that remain unspent.

[Fedi @fedibtc]

Talking privacy and power on the @PubKey podcast.

[elsirion 🔅 @EricSirion]

Working with uncensored models, even when less capable than frontier ones, is so freeing 😌

GLM 5.2 is already a step up from GPT and Opus, but truly uncensored feels even better. No dancing around what I want the model to do, no preaching about why it would be unethical to help me find exploits etc.

If we want AI to be a freedom technology it has to be open, uncensored models running locally or at least in trusted computing environments (TEE) so inference providers can't spy.

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

Want the full walkthrough?
Here's the full demo video: https://t.co/jFdHOmoIKh

#bitcoin #nostr #marketplaces

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

I've been working on potential escrow module for @fedimint that enables:
👉 Buyer/Seller escrow contracts
👉 Federation enforces contract rules and signature verification
👉 Arbiter assisted dispute resolution
👉 Trust-minimized fund custody through federations

how it works: ...

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

If a dispute occurs:
👉 Funds remain locked
👉 Evidence is reviewed off-chain
👉 The designated arbiter decides the outcome
👉 The federation verifies the arbiter's signature and enforces the result

The federation enforces the contract but never knows the participants identities

[₿𝔢𝔫 ∞/2.1Psat ⚡️💊🧠📚🌍🌏Ⓐ🏴🌹 @Ben_deWaal]

@mechanakamoto Stop thinking of Bitcoin as an 'investment'. Bitcoin isn't a tool for getting rich. It's a tool for freedom. Freedom isn't always easy.
But on the plus side, the less people thinking of it as an 'investment', the less volatility there'll be. So the problem fixes itself in time.

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

Celebrate your bitcoin pizza day with PaperEcash notes https://t.co/TKCgjZ6o0i

@fedimint @bitshala_org
#bitcoin #developer

[Harsh Dev Pathak @Harsh_dev098]

I have been working on PaperEcash, a @fedimint based physical ecash issuance system, as a @bitshala_org fellow
Month 1: UX research, core user flows (federation → template → funding → print), and initial landing + app shell live.
GitHub: https://t.co/8lnwNwXKVF
#bitcoin

[Bitshala @bitshala_org]

A powerful reminder from @PastorEvanLive and @gladstein at @TheBitcoinConf:

The modern world runs on open-source software maintained by people most will never know.

From privacy tools to Bitcoin infrastructure, freedom survives because builders keep showing up quietly, day after day.

Respect to every FOSS contributor keeping the signal alive. 🙇🧡