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Ali Sherief
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Protect privacy at all costs... even if you have to sacrifice yourself for it.

Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Wouldn't using a variable IV in the encryption handshake scramble the ciphertext and mitigate analysis though?

I mean, that quote is not really relevant in the context of dog murdering. Even the more dimwitted of Americans are absolutely pissed about this, because they love dogs.

Coordinators are NOT the solution to the privacy problem

The number of public coordinators being ran is far too low (so far, 1 AFAIK).

Unless you are planning to run your own instance of a privacy solution, stop bashing people who recommend them.

You're not supposed to be storing Bitcoin in those in the first place.

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Somehow this almost feels true 🤣

It’s a direct violation of our 13th Amendment rights causing Economic Servitude for millions of Americans.

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution unequivocally states:

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Involuntary servitude, as defined by the United States Government, includes any condition where individuals are compelled to labor against their will due to coercion, duress, or constraints.

Specific Violations:

1. Devaluation of Savings: Through inflation, the government has directly undermined the value of citizens' savings, compelling them to labor more for less real return.

2. Debt Enslavement: The promotion of debt as a means of economic survival has led to widespread financial bondage, where individuals must work not to improve their lives, but to repay escalating debts.

3. Economic Coercion: The centralized control over the financial system has coerced individuals into economic conditions against their will, violating their right to economic autonomy and security.

The current financial system has created conditions that violate the 13th Amendment's protections against involuntary servitude. We must hold the government accountable and demand immediate action to rectify these violations and to adopt a decentralized financial system that upholds our constitutional rights and ensures true economic freedom for all Americans. (Bitcoin)

Spot on!

This also puts into perspective why the government agencies have been soft-attacking Bitcoin infrastructure recently.

This is why testnet needs to remove the difficulty quirk before instantiating testnet4 https://blog.lopp.net/griefing-bitcoin-testnet/

To elaborate on my previous comment, the *only* way you can successfully create a resilient coinjoin service is by incentivising hundreds of people to run a copy of it. This is similar to how bitcoin encouraged people to run a node in order to mine a block in the early days.

Small financial incentives are the way, the total coinjoin capacity may be small but it has the potential for onboarding more runners.

Now you know why UTXO blacklisting was never going to work. Law enforcement is never satisfied with technological deterrents, they want the whole thing down.