Posts by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
(DIR) Post #9hts4h40ws6Qpb0RLE by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-04-17T08:05:51Z
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When I was a kid, you would often see fathers doing random things with an earbud stuck in one ear listening to their pocket transistor radio.They were listening to sports. I have now become that guy - but I am listening to Bitcoin podcasts instead. 😆
(DIR) Post #9mbhqOYkouBW075gEi by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-09-03T23:16:49Z
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Some say governments can force people to use their debased fiat money.As fiat and even hard assets stop functioning as reliable ways to store unseizable value, Bitcoin will increasingly become the only useful measure of personal wealth. Government workers, like everyone else, will demand a salary priced in Bitcoin.As people realize the government can't create or seize Bitcoin to pay them, they will be forced to directly exchange productive work for Bitcoin instead.
(DIR) Post #9mbrvuBHg8zr3wNXwe by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-09-05T10:41:59Z
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@Sosthene That is a fair concern, but they won't be able to steal from everyone with a single key stroke (eg. Greece). They will have to go after each person individually. Privacy/plausible deniability tech and good opsec will make it potentially very expensive. Occasional gun ownership will also help create a here immunity. 😉
(DIR) Post #9mbrzbvdTz8pc0pIUC by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-09-05T10:42:39Z
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@Sosthene That is a fair concern, but they won't be able to steal from everyone with a single key stroke (eg. Greece). They will have to go after each person individually. Privacy/plausible deniability tech and good opsec will make it potentially very expensive. Occasional gun ownership will also help create a herd immunity. 😉
(DIR) Post #9qUPwPKJTL1g2Rw5Q0 by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-12-30T11:53:42Z
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@nic keep up the good work! Better you kept quality up than hit your word count. 🙂👏
(DIR) Post #9vYJHTQ4SBOoY8EI1g by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2020-05-29T22:18:26Z
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@nvk Yubikey NEO is pretty convenient to use if your phone has NFC. Tap it to see your 2FA codes.
(DIR) Post #A39pXTfSIcyJnCPfyy by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-12T09:48:55Z
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@pete @dsmatthews Sweden didn't do lock does A) because their constitution doesn't give the government that power [what an amazing concept] and B) because health authorities had previously war-gamed it out and found it didn't ultimately helphttps://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-swedens-new-covid-lockdown-law-takes-effect/a-56185101
(DIR) Post #A39pfjIS4inCa7aXD6 by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-12T09:50:27Z
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@pete @dsmatthews Sweden didn't do lock downs A) because their constitution doesn't give the government that power [what an amazing concept] and B) because health authorities had previously war-gamed it out and found it didn't ultimately help.But *now* they've gone and changed the law anyway. Let no crisis go to waste.https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-swedens-new-covid-lockdown-law-takes-effect/a-56185101
(DIR) Post #A3BgMU1w6I2QSbWyeG by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-13T07:15:33Z
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@eiaine It's an encrypted flash drive; for ffs. For much less than $200M I'm sure he can get some hardware hackers to copy it and/or extract the private key. I believe most Bitcoin hw wallets have been shown to be vulnerable to physical attack - I'm sure some rando hard drive even more so.
(DIR) Post #A3BgYAtV4d4YaO9yee by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-13T07:17:38Z
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@eiaine @hanakookie Dammit - you made me skim that dumb article hoping to find some cryo angle mentioned.
(DIR) Post #A3CpQf543C6AdX1NKa by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-13T20:31:50Z
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@pete I'm getting flash backs to early 2000s.
(DIR) Post #A3CpSM65bMJ8L7JB0S by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-13T20:32:10Z
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@pete I'm getting flash backs to early 2000s.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_debt_crisis
(DIR) Post #A3CpoMAA2Q1sujhgiu by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-13T20:36:08Z
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@alan8325 @jb55 @pj Perhaps like a mesh network where nodes are incentivized like lightning network nodes when they relay of data?
(DIR) Post #A3I5QQFDEUMPhar4IS by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-16T09:24:36Z
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@eiaine The article only implies "guilty by association", but doesn't raise any specifc technical concerns. Also no mention of how open source code can not only be audited but also forked.I call bullshit on her conclusion:"If they ever posed a threat to the United States — and to the corporate monopoly power that calls the shots here — their funding would be pulled and they would cease to exist"
(DIR) Post #A3IAyriK6jPiVviLzM by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-16T10:26:54Z
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@eiaine The phone # as your Signal ID is a problem for sure, but bootstrapping an alternative communication network is hard. Alternatives have barely any usage. I would like to put a Signal fork in F-droid that removes the phone registration and the servers, which are a single point of failure (and maybe trust). I wonder where I send my NSA grant application to fund this effort?
(DIR) Post #A3bcI4cJ1Ml9JfASzg by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-01-25T19:32:42Z
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@eiaine @Chaotic If the CIA was involved, think it was more likely created for banal reasons like to pay bribes and funnel money to secret agents. Probably for insider graft too.Like Tor they needed a public network so covert payments could hide in a crowd. It also had to be private enough to not get tracked or stopped by current AML mechanisms.
(DIR) Post #A4VIDk6X0DETtFfcp6 by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-02-21T16:12:06Z
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@nvk I am now just blocking these clowns immediately. They are attention whoring a green authoritarianism message that doesn't deserve a response.
(DIR) Post #AEj6IxH4iMbMqaGb0i by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2021-12-24T10:44:48Z
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@bitcoinedu If Bernanke was being honest, he would have said, "we lent them $ 0.5T so they wouldn't dump their US treasuries." Which would have exposed what a con job Fed manipulation of interest rates is.
(DIR) Post #AFC2OO7WYRMlECC3ZQ by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-01-07T09:47:36Z
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@pete Reminds me of the idea behind the classic book, "Bureaucrats How To Annoy Them!" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4416489-bureaucrats-how-to-annoy-themSomeone needs to write an updated version for the current age.
(DIR) Post #AFLF1Fhkmt9tpnuP5s by PaulTroon@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-01-11T20:21:26Z
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@bitcoinmagazine Bitcoin should only be illegal.. if used properly.