Sean Gilligan

Consultant/Advisor, Developer at ConsensusJ.

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

secp256k1-jdk is a modern, functional-style Java API with two implementations for Java, JDK, @graalvm, Kotlin, Scala, etc. It aims to be the standard library for secp256k1 in the greater JDK/JVM Bitcoin ecosystem.

Version 0.2 is now available for early integration testing.

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@brunoborges Brunodamus!

[Farid Zakaria @fmzakari]

What's better than #nix #nixos #nixpkgs ?
How about any derivation from #guix inside of Nix !

This was an idea I have had for a while.

Who wants to make a MetaPkgs ?

https://t.co/Ikegim2nb6

[JP Aumasson @veorq]

quantum computing possibles, in arbitrary order
🐢 steady progress, scaling works, jour-Q in the 40-50s
🐇 breakthroughs happen, QD in the 30s
🐀 research plateaus, funding dries up, non-Shor applications are enough

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@L0RINC @ProjectLoupe Reach out. You can probably get it included!

[Project Loupe @ProjectLoupe]

First batch of projects onboarded, including ██████, ████, ██████, ██████, █████, ████████ and █████.

Scanning for vulns without generating AI slop has begun. Responsible disclosures to maintainers coming soon.

[Project Loupe @ProjectLoupe]

loupe
[NOUN]

1) A small magnifying tool used by jewelers to detect imperfections in gemstones.

2) An AI-powered vulnerability scanner for open-source bitcoin projects, designed by Block and Spiral to surface flaws before attackers do.

https://t.co/u9hAPy4xjY

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

"Please proceed with caution, as disassembling your Mac mini M4 involves taking it apart."

[Matt Corallo 🟠 @TheBlueMatt]

Yet again @github decided that someone who appeared to be earnestly contributing to a repo was a bot or whatever and banned them, nuking not only their account but also their PRs which we might reasonably have wanted to merge!

Really starting to think about moving.

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@maxandersen AsciiPrez

[Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees]

Are you ready for every conversation you've ever had with AI to be leaked?

[Steve Lee @moneyball]

Useful to have another look at this in light of the question of whether OSS has value anymore in an LLM world

(answer: if a project is level 3 or beyond, certainly yes)

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@CarlHedgren @grhmc ❄️🔧⬆️ (emoji for “Nix fixes this”)

[Bernard Traversat @BTraTra]

Securing the Java platform remains our #1 priority. Java is actively preparing for the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography :-)
https://t.co/V4R0mNj6Yj
"Java for the AI world"
#Java #PQC #AI

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

Quantum attackers hate him!
This one weird trick to make your bitcoins quantum-safe!

[Avihu Levy ✨🐺 @avihu28]

Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions Without Softforks

https://t.co/1lx5waX9VV

[Bruno Borges @brunoborges]

Open Source Foundations and group-led projects are more important than ever, in times where anyone can build and publish a little tool/project/website.

Collaboration and cooperation is what will give ideas continuity, now that kick off execution is so easy and fast.

Do we really want one app, tool, web site, per individual, being published out there? How would we even keep track of things? How do we become aware of what exists? The exponential growth in number of projects is unsustainable.

As the old saying, "if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go further, go together".

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@_DavSanchez @grhmc ❄️🔧⬆️ Or you could do it with three emojis…

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@akarnokd The docs say it’s in API Level 30:

https://t.co/regsRU066z

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@tagir_valeev Or healthcare in the USA.

[Graeme Rocher @graemerocher]

Zero surprises here. AI is an incredible tool in the hands of experienced engineers with domain knowledge sufficient to drive the AI to do the right thing. For this you need a clear understanding of application architecture from end to end.

[Sean Gilligan @msgilligan]

@geerlingguy @ibuildthecloud It hasn't really changed that much:

iMac -> iMac or Mac Mini
iBook -> MacBook Air
Power Mac -> Mac Studio (or Mac Pro)
PowerBook -> MacBook Pro

So there's a headless option for consumer desktop and an (unlikely) second option for pro desktop. (yes there are more config options)