Pieter Wuille

I’m Pieter. I do #bitcoin stuff at @ChaincodeLabs. Formerly @Blockstream, @Google, @DTAI_KULeuven. Elliptic curve point addition is not multiplication.

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Emily, no

[Bart Van Peer @Zebbedeusje]

@feedzack i have equally shocking information hidden from the fans of @starwars

[Murch @murchandamus]

As people were getting ready to get married on the beach, a brief discussion of economic incentives of cross-input signature aggregation (CISA) led to an interesting comment (H/T @n1ckler) that made me rethink my characterization of its potential cost savings. 🧵/9

[Ishaana @IshaanaMisra]

I still can’t believe that we just had the opportunity to have a fireside chat with @starkness at @TheBitcoinConf ! I’d really like to thank @murchandamus and all of the Bitcoin devs I’ve met so far for helping me learn about this space and answering my technical questions!

[Jeroen Baert @jbaert]

@elonmusk Yes, but I want to edit other people's tweets

[Elichai Turkel @Elichai2]

#cryptography twitter,
How do we judge which assumptions are "better"?
Is DL better than RSA? what about DDH? DCRA(paillier)?
if DL > RSA does that imply that DDH/CDH > RSA too?
what about LWE/LPN(lattices)? more exotic stuff?

Is a scheme based on OMDL better than based on LWE?

[Ben Adida @benadida]

9/ RLA are *not* a compromise, not a half-baked version of hand counting.

They're *better* than hand counting, because they use computers for what they're best at — speed. And they use humans for what they're best at — slow, careful, transparent verification at small scale.

[Pieter Wuille @puwiIIe]

https://t.co/c9qMIN1prD 👋

[Claire Lamman @ClaireLamman]

This year’s gingerbread!
The mirror is made with gold leaf and candy glass
#JWST

[AtriCure, Inc. @AtriCure]

Hybrid AF™ Therapy is now FDA approved as a safe and effective treatment for more than 3 million people who suffer from long-standing persistent Afib.

Safety Info: https://t.co/GTsHLkRjGk

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

For years, we’ve been answering the question: When will #NASAWebb launch? This morning, we answered that for the last time! Next up: Where is Webb? We’ve got an answer for that, too!

See where Webb is on its million mile journey to #UnfoldTheUniverse: https://t.co/EZC60K56YN

[MIT CSAIL @MIT_CSAIL]

Merry Christmas Eve to all our fellow mathematicians!

(v/@DiegoKuonen)

[Ryan McCarthy @ryrymcc]

What a time to be alive.

[Audi USA @Audi]

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[mattytay @mattytay]

Well, @RadioShack pivoting to become a DeFi app was not on my bingo card. 😵‍💫

https://t.co/6A5ts6bBdC

[Walton 🕶️ @AEHW1]

Hey guys please can we stop saying Hardware Wallet and instead say Signing Device ok thanks 🙏

#Bitcoin

[hbo max fka @streamonmax]

Follow the White Rabbit. Sign up for The Matrix Resurrections, now in theaters & on HBO Max.

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

There's an ironic selection effect where seminal papers are *more* likely to embarrass the author in later years. That's because if the work is impactful they're likely to continue working on the topic for years and their understanding will improve a lot.

[Eduardo Cominetti @ECominetti]

"Blockchains are ok. They do interesting things. They should do those interesting things as far away from elections as possible."

"Anyone promoting blockchain elections either doesn't understand blockchains, doesn't understand elections or is being dishonest."

[Bitcoin Optech @bitcoinoptech]

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange include:

- Why is it important that nonces when signing not be related? (@pwuille)
- How could a 2 byte witness program make sense? (@kallerosenbaum)
- What is the xpriv/xpub type for P2TR? (@achow101)

https://t.co/vZbgUDLTnA