Thinking more about this man who does not like bitcoin, Sam I am. I wonder if he can even see what others see here — the inference from 'I don't need it, I'm doing fine' to 'no one needs it'. That inference is basically the very definition of privilege!
@super_testnet@callebtc I guess I’m assuming users would rather get rugged than kyc themselves to get their funds back. Given privacy is major benefit of ecash systems
BREAKING: Bitcoin up 5% today following news of self-hosted servers unaffected by global closed source centralized tech infrastructure outages.
"Our nodes and hashers are running a full capacity, showcasing rock solid foundations for our global expansion plans" - Bitcoin CEO
I think ecash is really cool. I don't like the way that some people are trying to redefine custody to hide the tradeoffs of ecash systems.
It's notable that people like @callebtc are *completely* clear about what ecash is and is not.
1/ My brain is completely exploding with the possibilities that this Concurrently Secure Blind Schnorr signatures paper combined with FROST will give to Bitcoin. The fact that the authors have introduced predicate blind signatures has literally blew my brain apart.