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Physicist turned bitcoin developer aka "shadowy super-coder", author of Bitcoin: A Work In Progress
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Interesting to observe that Schnorr's protocol for proving knowledge of discrete log (which for the TLDR people is kind of the "primitive" behind the Schnorr signature) is really actually a tweak on a pre-existing idea from a paper by Chaum, Evertse and van de Graaf in '87.

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/3-540-39118-5_13.pdf

Specifically the construction `s = k + ex` is already present in that work. The main tweak is that Schnorr proposes the variable `e` being a "full" random group element, whereas that paper proposes iterations with `e` being only a bit. It's the same basic thing.

Schnorr actually references it in his original paper on "Efficient Identification and Signatures for Smart Cards", and he also develops the idea more than that, so I'm not accusing of plagiarism or something; just pointing out yet another reason why having a patent on this is so stupid.

(I mean patent aside, it's also of historical interest. Yet another example of Chaum being "the GOAT" as the kids say).

Of course that begs the question what came before Chaum :-)

Well that's an improvement. Unfortunately they already opened Pandora's Box and inspires the EU and other pro-mass-surveilance regimes to mandate it anyway.

> “We decided to not proceed with the proposal for a hybrid client-server approach to CSAM detection for iCloud Photos from a few years ago,” Neuenschwander wrote to Heat Initiative. “We concluded it was not practically possible to implement without ultimately imperiling the security and privacy of our users.”

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https://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-scanning-heat-initiative-letter/

"the total economic cost of car accidents in the United States each year is estimated at around $242 billion" - en da's dus alleen de VS. Dat geld had ook naar malaria gekund. Sowieso een kul vergelijking. https://www.cooneyconway.com/blog/economic-and-societal-impact-car-accidents-new-study

On a serious note: Alexy Pertsev was locked up for nine months in pre-trial in a country where he doesn't speak the language. It was near impossible to prepare a proper defense. In contrast this douchebag was released with bail to his rich parents house and then decided to use his time initimating witnesses. I feel no sympathy, even though of course everyone deserves the best lawyer to get them out of these US torture chambers.

Not sure if you're referring to Drivechains here, but is there a custom signet running that yet? Along with some actual working defi examples.

Those who the algorithm marks as acting out of line. With no human staff to correct mistakes. In other words: an unreliable source of income.