Colin Brown
@thecolinbrown
Serial entrepreneur. Bitcoiner. Interested in human ingenuity, creativity, and collaboration. Founder: http://curiousbeast.tv
How can ONE 12-word seed phrase contain more bitcoin keys than all the stars in all the galaxies? Class is in session. The keyspace within a single BIP39 mnemonic is absolutely mind bending. Let's start at the seed and to climb the tree. The KeyMaker: "I've been expecting you."
There are more bitcoin keys in 12 words than stars in all the galaxies.
Big news from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/bus…
The new designs for the future EU banknotes are in, beautifully fitting the given assigned theme of "European culture". Which one is your favorite?
💶 Applications for the design contest for our future banknotes are now open! Are you a graphic designer residing in the EU? Submit your application by 12:00 CET on 18 August. Information about the application process can be found on our website ecb.europa.eu/ecb/jobsproc/t…
Mullvad. Signal. Proton. Tor. In the trial against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, the Government is stretching the interpretations of anti-money laundering laws to unprecedented scales. It's theory turns basic features of technology, such as websites, user interfaces and…
Roman Storm is charged with making a cryptocurrency network behave more like the dollars printed by the U.S. Treasury, an act for which he faces the possibility of more than 40 years in prison. Which is just one particularly malicious sign that if paper money were invented in…
Remember that time Sam Bankman Fried stole billions from customers in a massive fraud and gave over $70 million to democrats (and $200k to republicans) including millions for people like Rep Maxine Waters (who blew him a kiss at the hearing he was invited to), Sen Maggie Hassan…
There you have it, from the mouth of the president of the European Central Bank To reassure people about the digital euro, she cites China as a "success story" and says explicitly that EU is following China's lead on Centralized Digital Currency. Here's why this matters that…
Bitcoin or slavery is not a hyperbolic statement.
The official @TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators explanation for the removal of 9 years of in depth tutorial content that has been consumed by 16 million people.
YOUTUBE JUST BANNED ME. THANKS @TeamYouTube, I was only working on that for 9 years.
🚨 SECURITY ALERT 🚨 We're seeing reports that @CoinMarketCap's front end has been compromised and is trying to trick people into linking their wallets, presumably to drain them.
Bitcoin and digital assets are being unfairly targeted because of flawed tax rules. We need crypto revisions in reconciliation.
The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act is a critical safeguard for open-source developers and infrastructure providers building non-custodial, peer-to-peer financial tools. We are proud to join this unified call for Congress to include the BRCA in market structure legislation.
🚨NEW: In a notable display of unity, eight of the biggest crypto policy organizations in Washington D.C. have issued a joint statement calling on Congress to include the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) in market structure legislation. The groups — @fund_defi,…
It's time to cut out the middle man. The official trailer for UNBANKED. Enjoy!
BREAKING: UNITED STATES CONGRESS INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT #BITCOIN SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS FROM LEGAL ATTACKS OPEN SOURCE IS NOT A CRIME. HUGE 🔥
22 Pages of Signal. River's delivering a must-read today.
In this report, you'll learn about: - Why Bitcoin is an underestimated pillar of American dominance. - America’s lead in Bitcoin businesses, institutions, development, and policy. - Bitcoin's emergence as America’s reserve asset. blog.river.com/american-bitco…
It might make sense just to get some, in case it catches on.
4 in 5 Americans want some US gold reserves converted to bitcoin.
“With SB 282, Montana has become the first state to close the data broker loophole. This means the government may not use money to get access to information about electronic communications.” Via @EFF
This is big news! We’re excited to see Montana close the data broker loophole, which poses serious dangers to our civil liberties. We want to see Congress follow this state’s lead and protect everyone’s privacy. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
today is a good day to remember that regulation aimed at protecting people often harms them forcing companies to collect insane amounts of information on their users is a massive security liability for good actors and does little to stop bad actors who buy accounts, etc
My colleagues are not corrupt, but the institution of Congress has been corrupted just as a hard drive can be corrupted. Contamination, fragmentation, misallocation, and missing bits have made the thing unworkable.
"Computer. Spy on me 24/7. Then make fake friends to warp my mind."
These are real cars that are hand-painted to look like cartoons 👀😳🔥