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i am not sure what is the perfect form factor for privacy preserving decentralized technology to reach a consumer breakout moment but i know one thing i am never ever going to give up trying to find it
It's Happening!
Good news: The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act language is in the Senate Market Structure draft. This will protect open source devs from unfit licensure requirements. Getting it into the bills has been Coin Center's top priority in Congress.
I've been at a loss for words for how disingenuous the Government's arguments against Roman Storm have been for a long while now, but this one really takes the cake. In pretrial proceedings, the court clearly ruled that the terms AML and KYC had no place in the trial against…
The Government is trying to sneak in KYC testimony against Roman Storm – despite Judge Failla ruling that the terms KYC and AML had no place at his trial. Full story👇
one outcome of this trial is that more of us will learn about the abject standards the department of justice holds itself to. maybe prosecutorial misconduct is an ordinary part of how justice is rendered in this country. and maybe this is really really bad for society
Defense already knew the funds didn't go through Tornado but were unable to object to this witness because the witness _believed_ her funds went to Tornado and the government is showing her to the jury anyways for a state of mind regarding Roman's nonresponse. It's fucked up.
this. also, we will not let it happen to Roman. Even if it means pressing things to the supreme court: the notion that a developer can be guilty of criminal conspiracy because strangers use his code and website to do bad things is the single most dangerous anti-crypto policy I…
I am going to New York this week to bear witness to three days of Roman's trial. We developers should soberly reflect: if we'd had the talent and been so cypherpunk, it could be any one of us facing martyrdom too.
a system that connects value creators to capital directly without any middlemen seems like a good system
this is a great design and match how we are thinking about edge application verifiability and interoperability. you can reduce it to tracking a penumbra light client, and wow, it turns out that's the easiest thing in the world and has immense tooling support
⚙️ How it works: • Ligetron zkApp submits proof + verifier metadata • Soundness validators verify the proof off-chain • If >66% agree → on-chain attestation is recorded • Relayers push this attestation across chains No custom verifier needed per chain.
>create crypto app >use native token to bootstrap >use revenue to buyback and burn token >run out of tokens has anyone tried this
god bless @coincenter
.@coincenter remains a shining light in dark waters. God bless you guys.
This is Coin Center’s case
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US government drops appeal in Tornado Cash lawsuit.
"i will publish my work under a based license but i will die for your right to be a dweeb commie"
it’s an interesting debate that I always enjoy. I choose MIT because I truly want to relinquish all rights and allow *anything*, because that’s what”free speech” means to me, but I understand why people choose GPL and am glad it exists
it’s true. we have so much work to do
There is more low hanging fruit in blockchain design than the most optimistic VC could imagine in 100 years if he had a full time ayahuasca shaman. Once you start poking around, you start to see how much there is left to do.
i am in sf next week, and i would love to meet or hack. i have a few things queued up but very keen on meeting mutuals or make new friends. shoot me a dm, it's open!! landing on tuesday!
this is super cool. check it out! live swap executions!
We’re thrilled to release the new DEX View on Noctis - Penumbra Explorer 🌘 1. Live Swap Executions Get real-time visibility into multi-hop swaps and arb activity 2. Liquidity Positions Track open and closed LP positions in the shielded pool Explore: explorer.penumbra.zone/dex