hardest problem in crypto. barely anyone focused on it, but has the biggest upside. once we manage to build a system that helps us find trust and play positive sum games we win
the biggest businesses in the world are built around escrow systems.
The State used you in secret. You helped end a world war and birthed modern computing, yet were denied full recognition in your lifetime. The State wielded its monopoly on violence to humiliate, convict, and destroy you. The State keeps killing the best.
On June 7th, my hatred for this monopoly on coercion and violence burns even deeper.
Rest in peace, Alan...
This is the most comprehensive list of privacy-focused, crypto-accepting VPS providers I've seen so far (and I've seen quite a few just today):
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XmrBazaar's hosting provider https://t.co/4HfTPnzdGz has shut down the VPS without warning due to abuse tickets we NEVER received notifications for. We had NO chance to respond.
Good news: All data is fully backed up and safe!
Worst case, XmrBazaar will migrate to a new provider.
🚨 If you use Tails, update to 7.8.1 NOW.
Tails 7.8.1 has been released as an EMERGENCY security update to fix a serious security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in the Tor client: especially relevant for anonymity and session isolation.
Historically, codemakers/codebreakers, and later cryptographers served the state. Our privacy today owes much to one who refused to join the Black Chamber: a freethinking, independent cryptographer, unbound by gov't or corporations.
Happy Birthday, Whit, the first cypherpunk!