What is Conspiracy? The official definition, according to the Oxford English Dictionary: "An agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot." The revisionist definition: "A term used to discredit anyone who notices a pattern in real-time, effectively distinguishing them from historians, who are paid to notice the same pattern fifty years later."

My main interest has always been research and analysis to learn from history, and to understand the present to anticipate the future: Sci-Facts ChatGPT was publicly launched on November 30, 2022. I published this article more than a year before AI became widely known. The Carrot And The Stick (Oct 11, 2021) Read it here (5' read): https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-carrot-and-the-stick-28d82c070fad

I've said it a thousand times: my goal isn't to convince anyone. My purpose is to educate by promoting critical thinking. I don't make a living as an analyst or writer, publishing articles or my book. I'm not driven by money on social media. My game is different. I present my research, cross-reference hard and verifiable data, and put my analysis on the table to anticipate what's coming, to make you think. I'm interested in freedom in every sense. Freedom and privacy will be a luxury for a few in the world to come. I'm not selling revealed truths or looking for followers; I'm simply sharing signals amidst the noise. Take the data, ignore the rest. In this jungle of notifications, stress is optional, and I choose to opt out. You won't see me wasting energy on endless threads. My rule is simple: a two-reply debate, then I move on. Time is the scarcest asset. I present my research, cross-reference hard and verifiable data, and put my analysis on the table to anticipate what's coming, to make you think. The current drama between #Monero and #Zcash is high-octane fuel for the crowd, but I keep my pulse low. While others scream, I observe the background, the hidden structure of incentives, and the logic of the system. Understanding the "why" gives you an edge that fanaticism takes away. It’s not personal; it’s purely market and privacy analysis. I fully support the Monero philosophy as a privacy tool, but I am not a blind XMR soldier. I have pointed out criticisms on various topics and have earned "maxis" blocks for daring to think outside the dogma. Let's be clear: I am not married to a ticker or a community. I'm a maximalist only of freedom.

ZCASH: THE TROJAN HORSE OF THE NEW TECHNOCRACY #Zcash is not the cypherpunk refuge they sell you; it is the Trojan horse of modern #technocracy. Read my analysis and then draw your own conclusions. The toxic alliance between tech oligarchs and politicians is not about financial freedom; it's about shaping society. Do you think it is an escape tool? It is a well-funded trap. They have two weapons for deception: money as bait and Cypherpunk privacy marketing The bait is classic but effective: Venture Capital (VC) money pouring in to pump the price. The unsuspecting see green candles and enter, blinded by greed, without seeing what's behind. They use financial speculation, so you ignore that you are buying disguised surveillance. Then there's all the hype about cypherpunk privacy, like those who sell "Che Guevara" t-shirts, and most people don't know who this Argentinian was, but it's trendy. Let's understand the deep game: technocracy is based on social engineering. For central planners to "optimize" the herd, they need constant inputs. That input is your information. Without mass surveillance and access to your data, their capacity for control crumbles. In this scheme, there are two major obstacles the system needs to demolish: absolute privacy and critical thinking. The sovereign individual, the one who questions and hides, is a bug in the state Matrix. They need docile users distracted by price, not free citizens. Regulators know they cannot impose a total panopticon without resistance. They need to dissimulate. Zcash is functional to this lie: it gives you the illusion of privacy, but it is designed to be permeable when the State orders it. It is the "privacy" the system tolerates because it holds the keys. Pay attention to the coming years. Regulations on Zcash will make evident what it is: "privacy with permission." The VC business model needs compliance to survive. And if you have to ask for permission to be private, you don't have rights, you have revocable concessions. Don't confuse tools of freedom with assets inflated by corporate marketing. Technocracy advances when you lower your guard chasing the pump. True resistance is code that doesn't sell out to VCs. Open your eyes: either you are sovereign, or you are a source of liquidity for the oligarchs. Always DYOR

INTELLECTUAL HONESTY IS NOT FOR SALE It's valid to defend your interests and your own money. It's valid to debate to show your point of view to your interlocutor, always with respect. But what is the limit of that defense? Intellectual honesty, necessary for critical thinking. When your interests are bought, and your job consists of promoting a system, a cryptocurrency, or another service, it ceases to be intellectual honesty and becomes professional lobbying. That's what an influencer is, a professional lobbyist. Even if they're not convinced of what they're defending, they'll do it anyway because they're paid. The money they earn from their promotions diminishes their honesty. Look for them on social media; they're everywhere. You may or may not be interested in what I post, in my articles, or in my book; you may agree or disagree, but no one can ever say that I lack intellectual honesty, and that goes far beyond being right. I defend Monero, but I've also criticized it and pointed out vulnerabilities based on my analysis. Visit my website liberlion.com and you will see my personal Manifesto. Maximalist only of freedom.

It's unfortunate to see how some members of the Zcash community attack #Monero. As privacy coins, they should be on the same side, right? If you're looking for #privacy, you want to have alternatives. Unless you see it as an investment business, in which case other coins in your segment are competition and not an ecosystem of freedom. In my opinion, I see Zcash as a Trojan horse for the banking establishment and regulators, as a direct consequence. It is a honeypot in the crypto privacy ecosystem.

The debate between left and right, communism and capitalism, Democrats and Republicans, dictatorship and democracy, is a strategy to keep you within the system. The real discussion is between anarchism and statism.

The white market sees obstacles; the black market sees opportunities. ─SEK3

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Tool allows stealthy tracking of Signal and WhatsApp users through delivery receipts

A new tool named Device Activity Tracker exposes a privacy flaw in WhatsApp and Signal that lets attackers covertly monitor user activity.

💥Breaking news! After years of chain analysis and of the funds in the blockchain attributed to him, the narrative style in the white paper and on BitcoinTalk, and the tracking of intellectual property... THE IDENTITY OF SATOSHI NAKAMOTO HAS FINALLY BEEN CONFIRMED! Decentralization was just the testing phase. The narrative falls apart. .| .| .| .V The real CEO of Bitcoin. Welcome to institutional adoption.

In a noisy world, your silence is the only data that tech oligarchs cannot process: it is the only encryption they cannot crack. Do not reveal confidential personal information. Measure your words; the wind carries them away, but the algorithm of centralized apps captures them.

The dogma of the first part of the century was: 'Not your keys, not your coins.' In the coming decade, the mantra will be: 'Not your thoughts, not your mind.' Welcome to the Neuralink era. Transhumanist vibes.

ANALOG REBELS IN DIGITAL TIMES. THEY WERE BORN TOO SOON. If Lysander Spooner, Henry David Thoreau, and Samuel Edward Konkin III were alive in 2025, they wouldn't use banks or touch Bitcoin. They would laugh at KYC and embrace a single tool. For them, privacy wasn't a “feature,” it was the only form of resistance. Let's see why they would choose $XMR. -Lysander Spooner: The Enemy of the State. For him, the government was literally a band of robbers. He challenged the postal monopoly to prove that the state was unnecessary. Today: He would use Monero not for business, but to nullify monetary authority. If the state controls your money, it owns you. Monero takes that power away. His logic: “The constitution has no authority.” $XMR is anarchy in code. -Henry David Thoreau: The Fiscal Ghost. He was imprisoned for not financing the state with his taxes. Today: I wouldn't just go to a booth, but I would be walking the streets with a non-custodial wallet. Cash is devalued, and banks are snitches for the state. For Thoreau, modern civil disobedience is financial. His “Walden” today would be a Monero seed phrase: unreachable and invisible. -Samuel Konkin III (SEK3): The Shadow Architect. The father of Agorism and counter-economics. Today: He would consider Bitcoin and its public ledger to be the IRS's wet dream. Doing counter-economics on a transparent blockchain? No way. Konkin would choose Monero because it is the only technology that fulfills the agorist promise: undetectable commerce and zero accountability. These guys dreamed of tools that didn't exist in their time. We are lucky to have them at our fingertips. Spooner, Thoreau, and Konkin wouldn't ask for permission. They would use $XMR and let the system do the talking. Freedom is not asked for; it is exercised.

Spooner vs. Thoreau: Two sides of the same coin. Lysander Spooner (the lawyer) stayed in the city, using cold "legal logic" to try and declare the State unconstitutional. Henry David Thoreau (the philosopher) retreated to the woods, appealing to "moral conscience" to reject the State.

Most people think of cryptocurrencies as the price of tokens. I think of money, which is why I think of XMR.

In DeFi, you measure your wealth in dollars. In Monero, you measure it in degrees of freedom. ᴸᵉᵗ ᵀʰᵉʳᵉ ᴮᵉ ᴰᵃʳᵏ🏴a³ Lunarpunk🌒 That's why #Monero #agorist #monerist #SovereignIndividual

The goal of investing in cryptocurrencies is to accumulate more fiat money. Monero's goal is to eliminate the need for it. ᴸᵉᵗ ᵀʰᵉʳᵉ ᴮᵉ ᴰᵃʳᵏ🏴a³ Lunarpunk🌒 That's why #Monero #agorist #monerist #SovereignIndividual

MINIMALISM AS A WEAPON: WHY MONERO IS THE ONLY BLOCKCHAIN THAT UNDERSTANDS THE COMING WAR The crypto market is a neon casino. Noise, empty promises, and monkey JPEGs. We were sold the lie that "innovation" means adding complexity. We were wrong. In security, complexity is the enemy. Here is why Monero ($XMR) is the ultimate triumph of radical minimalism. We live in the era of "bloatware." Blockchains that try to be banks, art galleries, and courthouses all at once. The result? Daily exploits, million-dollar hacks, and centralized censorship. Monero chose a different path. It chose the old-school engineering ethos: UNIX, KISS, and YAGNI. The UNIX Philosophy: "Do one thing and do it well." Ethereum is a Swiss Army Knife: it does everything, but it’s clumsy, heavy, and you might cut yourself. Monero is a scalpel. Its only function: Private value transfer. No ornaments. No distractions. Lethal efficiency. KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid): Every extra line of code is a backdoor for a hacker or a regulator. Most "Web3" projects are unauditable houses of cards. Monero keeps its Layer 1 boring on purpose. Because "boring" is the only thing that survives in a hostile environment. Simplicity is robustness. While other chains halt, crash, or need a CEO to restart them, Monero operates in silence. No complex smart contracts on the base layer to break the network. Just pure mathematics protecting your wealth. YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It): The art of saying NO. Native DeFi tokens? NO. Optional transparency for "compliance"? NO. If a feature puts fungibility or neutrality at risk, Monero discards it. Monero does not negotiate with surveillance. By applying YAGNI, Monero avoids becoming a panopticon. Transparent blockchains (Bitcoin, ETH) are an intelligence agency's wet dream. By accumulating unnecessary data, they give away your privacy. Monero practices data minimization by default. Think of the Digital Nomad. To be free, you must travel light. Your life fits in a backpack. Your financial freedom should be the same. You don't need to carry the weight of transaction histories, absurd gas fees, or NFT validations. You need liquidity and anonymity. Minimalism isn't poverty; it is sovereignty. It means eliminating dependency on third parties. It means shrinking the attack surface so neither the State nor criminals can find a way in. In a world obsessed with "more," the most powerful tool is the one that does "less." Money no one can see. Money no one can touch. Less noise. More signal. That's why #Monero

#everydayprivacy Freedom is not asked for; it is built. Privacy is not a destination; it is a daily journey. A series of tips for you to practice. Tip #4 Zero trace on the internet: Reject cookies when you log in and delete your data when you log out, or delegate the cleaning to browsers such as Brave or LibreWolf that automate blocking and deletion by design. liberlion.com/privacy

Crypto humor: The personalities of BTC, XMR, and ZEC 1. The Concept of "Privacy" (Or lack thereof) -Bitcoin (BTC): The nudist at the beach. He thinks he's free, but everyone can see exactly what he has, where he came from, and where he's going. His idea of "anonymity" is putting on a pair of sunglasses and hoping the IRS doesn't recognize him. It is a glorified public ledger where your transactions are as private as a viral tweet. -Monero (XMR): The invisible man wearing latex gloves. He walks into the party, does his thing, and leaves without anyone noticing. He's like that neighbor nobody knows the name of, nobody knows what he does for a living, or when he leaves the house. If Bitcoin is an Instagram selfie, Monero is a conversation in a dark basement with no phones allowed. Its wallet is a black hole: what goes in there ceases to exist for the outside world. -Zcash (ZEC): The shy guy with glass curtains. He has the technology to be private, but by default, he leaves the curtains open because he has anxiety about offending the neighbors. It's "opt-in" privacy, which means almost nobody uses it because it requires extra effort that the average user is too lazy to make. 2. Relationship with Authority (The "Kissing the Ring") -Bitcoin (BTC): The ex-rebel who sold out to the system. Started out screaming "death to the banks" and is now having dinner with BlackRock and begging the SEC to approve an ETF. It has become the "digital gold" that millionaires keep in guarded vaults, exactly the opposite of what Satoshi wanted. -Monero (XMR): Public Enemy Number One. Exchanges are so afraid of it that they delist it just so regulators don't shut down their shop. It is the only currency that fulfills the promise of "unconfiscable money," and that's why the system treats it like it has the bubonic plague. -Zcash (ZEC): The corporate lawyer. Tries to convince the government that he's a "good guy" and that he has a "backdoor" (or viewing keys) in case the police need to take a look. He wants to be cyberpunk, but he also wants to be invited to Davos. 3. The Community (The Fandom) -Bitcoin (BTC): The "Laser Eyes." A cult that repeats "HODL" and "To The Moon" while watching transaction fees rise higher than the inflation of a banana republic. They'll tell you Bitcoin cures cancer and fixes climate change if you give them five minutes. -Monero (XMR): The bunker paranoids. People who use Linux, compile their own software, and probably have enough canned tuna to survive 10 years. If you ask them a simple question, they answer with a 40-page opsec tutorial. -Zcash (ZEC): The academics. Three guys with PhDs in cryptography arguing about zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs) in an empty room. They have the best technology on paper, but nobody invites them to dance. 4. Fungibility (Is your bill worth the same as mine?) -Bitcoin (BTC): The blood-stained bill. Because everything is traceable, if you receive a BTC that went through a hack 5 years ago, your account gets frozen. A "virgin" Bitcoin (freshly mined) is worth more than a used one. The exact opposite definition of real money. -Monero (XMR): Molten gold. Every unit is identical to the other. It doesn't matter if it was used to buy a coffee or an illegal tank; once it reaches your hand, it is simply Monero. Indistinguishable, as money should be. -Zcash (ZEC): The bipolar bill. It has two faces: a transparent one (t-addr) that is just as bad as Bitcoin, and a private one (z-addr) that is great but suspicious. If you use the private part, exchanges look at you funny, so you end up using the transparent one and defeating the purpose of the coin. 5. The Future (The Hypothesis) -Bitcoin (BTC): Will end up being a museum asset. It will move so slowly and be so expensive to use that only central banks will touch it. It will be the bronze statue in the town square: everyone respects it, but nobody interacts with it. -Monero (XMR): Will continue operating in the shadows. It will probably be illegal in 150 countries, and that will only make its price go up. It will be the official currency of the parallel economy when CBDCs control even the calories we eat. -Zcash (ZEC): Will keep updating its scientific roadmap. It will have the most elegant cryptography in the universe, but will die of irrelevance because they couldn't decide if they wanted to be rebels or employees of the month.