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Seth For Privacy
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Privacy is a human right and necessary for freedom. - VP of Operations at Cake Wallet - Privacy advocate - Host of optoutpod.com, a privacy-focused podcast

It's too long and I'm too tired to copy-paste it all here, but it's high time I finally comment on the ridiculousness of Coinkite/COLDCARD trying to pretend they are still open-source and playing word games to convince people of their abandoned ethos.

Being *actually* open-source matters for many reasons.

https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1651039483419058177

Nitter link (privacy-preserving frontend for Twitter): https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1651039483419058177

Going to stream it to Nests as well next episode!

Just didn't get the setup done in time, sadly.

This is true of any centralized coordinator, if you can't trust them not to Sybil then using the tool is pointless.

You have pointed out the only caveat, in that Samourai could do so more cheaply because they can wield non-Dojo users as Sybil attackers in a sense.

Any time there is a centralized coordinator they could easily be all other participants in a mix and de-anon your spend.

Wasabi could do the same, and could do the same only for inputs flagged by whatever chain surveillance company they fund.

It's all trust.

This is the single biggest issue with Bitcoiners not being willing to do privacy at the base layer (like Monero) and instead pushing it to the app layer - we re-introduce trust where we technically do not have to.

And no, JoinMarket is not a solution as it's easier to Sybil.

Live now on Spaces talking Breez SDK and non-custodial Lightning!

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDGLnXPndmxm

Worked perfectly, no issues at all for me Zapping from Amethyst/Zeus!

No, just get busy and usually take Sundays off so it's a bad combo lol

Setting a calendar reminder so I don't forget again! Only missed this last week, I think.

Looking forward to leading a Nostr workshop tonight here!

They're building a fantastic Bitcoiner community in Charlotte and I'm really blessed to be able to give back and share what I'm learning there tonight šŸ™‚

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Wasabi, which you agree to when enabling CJs in Trezor Suite:

No, no impact, but you hopefully aren't using Trezor Suite for managing funds, right?

If you use their software you reveal your balance/addresses to them by default.

If you're not using their software (use something like Sparrow!) it's a fine device even though I'd question their ethos now.

Fun fact, Trezor are censoring replies and questions around their recent announcement of working with Wasabi Wallet, including how it exposes their users to chain surveillance-based censorship.

https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1648727943470776320

What a time to be alive...