The EU's Chat control is evil.
It also makes the European Union a totalitarian regime.
The moto is always : "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”
That line appears wherever privacy is discussed, and it works
because it smuggles in a false definition before the argument even
begins.2
It redefines privacy as concealment. Once that move
succeeds, resistance to surveillance can be painted as suspicious
from the start.
The right response is not embarrassment, nor the weak claim that
everyone has private shame he would prefer to keep off display. The
right response is definitional: privacy is not the hiding of guilt but
control over
Privacy is control over disclosure, not concealment, the power to
selectively reveal oneself. That definition separates privacy from two
adjacent concepts. Secrecy is narrower, and anonymity concerns attribution.
The “nothing to hide” argument works only by collapsing
these three into one; once they are held apart, it loses its force.
The political dimension is more direct. Surveillance enables
control independent of prosecution. The opposition that can be
monitored can be neutralized: donors identified and pressured,
organizers tracked and harassed, plans discovered and preempted.
Totalitarian regimes require surveillance not because all citizens are
criminals but because surveillance enables control.
“Nothing to hide” ignores that the watching itself is the threat.
Above text from Max Hillebrand's "The Praxeology of Privacy"
The people using that phrase are either naïve
(and therefor the enemy of progress) or evil.
Saying hello to my friend in 2027 in Europe be like:
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The Belgian bitcoin community is one of the most sad, morose, loser-mentality propagating, cheap-ass, lazy, scared, spineless bunch of gutless b*tch*s you can ever imagine*.
there, I said it. :=)
* not the 5 good people :)
The number of people running a full Bitcoin node in your environment, entourage and immediate surroundings... Had it gone up or down or stayed the same past 6 months?
With me: down.
Proof of Stake networks have a lot of Proof of Work people.
but
Thé Proof of Work network also has a lot of Proof of Stake people.
Episode AVB 172 released...
Now on Spotify
(and betwen 20 and 72 hours it probably will maybe show up on nostr on Fountain app if they sync their stuff 😉
Value 4 Value
Allesvoorbitcoin.be/donate
Bitcoin makes me more and more depressed.
The perfection if the math and the system, is clashing more and more with.... People.
Hardware can break, is expensive, has possible supply chain issues, and makes you run dodgy Middleware most of the time.
AvbForge.com takes all the good stuff (own entropy, freedom, szlf-cuztody, offline use, encrypted keys...) and leaves out the only bad part of hardware wallets: the hardware.
Want to self custody, without the supply chain problems, without the cost and without spying Middleware tools and the 'unknown' entropy?
We've ditched the only bad part about hardware wallets: the hardware.
Try avbforge.com
Value4Value development , open source and focussed on a no-install non-hardware prone stance on self custody.
Where we're going, we don't need hardware wallets.
avbforge.com
So building +25 sovereign tools for the bitcoin community brought me about 7000 sats in donations so far.
Nice to see so many, many people deeply caring about standalone software without a central party and value the work through V4V 😉
Yeah, I keep telling it, because some ppl in art, code, business in bitcoin see the exact same grifter mentality, and see the same happen to their efforts. Unfortunately not many can openly tell it like it is, b/c they fear losing customers or goodwill from the few people that do care (there are some good people that actually appreciate stuff and Value it accordingly).
I don't have that disadvantage however. And it's important to point problems out in this community.
I can say that a big % of the bitcoiners who act like real tough sovereign, strong individuals to the outside, are actually acting like cheapskate scared little hippies that rather would donate to Peter Shiff or "stack sats" than to support real bitcoin projects. Or they find excuses to play philosopher while doing absolutely nothing, but expect their bags to pump.
And maybe that's what's wrong in this environment.
Maybe "price can't pump" of a large chunk of the ones that should keep it alive are turning into bitcoin hippies?
Who knows.
Just my insight.
Who knows.
I keep building. And we'll see who's better of in the end.
The builders or the armchair philosopher types.
The incident with Sparrow on MACos is an unfortunate example of the power of all these "app" stores... Apple, F-droid, Google,... they're all gatekeepers of "our tools".
Free yourself.
I've created an offline/online open-source, standalone toolbox, where you don't depend on app stores at all... it's all NO-install, non-KYC, non-corporate.
(it's Value-4-Value ... appreciate it? donate
Amulet Arsenal · AVBforge
Amulet Arsenal — free, open-source Bitcoin & encryption tools
A free, open-source, air-gap-friendly Bitcoin self-custody toolbox. Single-file HTML you can read, verify and run offline.
AVBforge now has signed PGP commits.
1B356516AFFCCEFE
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m70GNQMBCAeIfgQYFgoAJhYhBIeBV9Qdn7m82ZsfgRs1ZRav/M7+BQJqOUt1AhsM
BQkFpKgrAAoJEBs1ZRav/M7+GpIA/2k3OR04WKYWRZgwdkA1hvBwiKBKuEkNlPKh
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Double-checked and both the LN as zaps work fine now.
thank you for the support for avbforge all, you know who you are.
thanks for the 200 sats whoever bothered to open the AVBforge.com and look at the months of work in there.
😉
Did you try avbforge.com yet?
Build for the Sovereign.
Each Bitcoin function has 1 html file you can use standalone, offline, secure.
#value4value #bitcoinwallet
The race is on.
Sooner or later, you won't be allowed to get some apps from anywhere, or some countries will even "block" (or attempt to block) anything to do with bitcoin.
We tool all good stuff from hardware wallets and bitcoin wallets, and silent payments and put it pure local, digital and open-source.
Amulet Arsenal · AVBforge
Amulet Arsenal — free, open-source Bitcoin & encryption tools
A free, open-source, air-gap-friendly Bitcoin self-custody toolbox. Single-file HTML you can read, verify and run offline.
my Mr21
Amulet Arsenal: an offline, single-file Bitcoin self-custody suite.
I have been building a family of Bitcoin self-custody tools called Amulet.
Last week I've released the teaser : the Amulet Silent payment wallet, today the full suite is open to try.
Today it lives at avbforge.com, with the full source on Codeberg and an MIT licence on every file.
The idea:
Every Amulet tool is one self-contained HTML file. All code, all wordlists, all cryptography is inlined.
No content delivery network, no web fonts, no analytics, no telemetry. You save the file to disk, you compare its SHA-256 against the hash file published next to it, then you open it in a browser.
Air-gapped if you want, one click.
The expected workflow is always: download, verify the hash, run offline. I am not asking anyone to trust the build because I shipped it. The hash check is the trust step. Every tool ships next to its hash_*.txt for exactly that reason.
The first door.
The piece I would point a careful Bitcoiner at first is the Amulet Wallet Generator. It rolls a fresh BIP-39 seed from secure randomness, with optional dice, cards, or keystroke entropy mixed in if you want belt-and-braces. It exports a plain text seed report, a PDF report, or an Amulet-encrypted .enc file that the rest of the suite can read. Every wallet gets a colour-bar fingerprint (a quick visual identifier for the seed, eight colour-blind-safe colours, 60 bits of state) and an optional Standard SeedQR drawn into the PDF that scans straight into SeedSigner or Sparrow. All offline, all auditable in one HTML file.
The rest of the suite.
After the Generator you can try the other tools like:
Amulet Vault, an encrypted keeper for seed wallets, time-locked redeem scripts, and pubkey-only entries. Argon2id at rest. It makes you have a blob of encrypted data that makes your "hardware wallet" just a transferrable block of code if you like. It's heavily encrypted, post quantum ready and pure digital.
Amulet Picker, a master-passphrase generator drawing from a 10,000-word pool.
Amulet Timelock, builds Bitcoin time-locked redeem scripts.
Amulet Transaction Creator, builds and signs transactions offline. Build and sign in one file.
Amulet Shamir Shared Split, splits a vault into T-of-N shares or reassembles them.
Silent Amulet, a BIP-352 silent-payments wallet.
Amulet Scryer, a watch-only balance viewer (the online companion).
Amulet Broadcaster, pushes a signed transaction.
Amulet Relic, a small Python script of last resort for emergency .enc recovery.
A launcher ties them together. The landing page is at avbforge.com
MIT licence, fork friendly, no accounts to create.
This is ALL my personal gift to the bitcoin community. As I strongly belief we'll lose access to most of our tools, centralized services and open-source repositories at one point. We'll need to be even more self-reliant.
And a single html file, ran on an offline laptop,... is pretty cool I think.
greetings,
Mr21
The wait is over.
After months...
"Amulet Arsenal" is live:
a family of single-file, offline Bitcoin self-custody tools.
MIT, no telemetry. Every tool ships next to its SHA-256. Download, verify, run offline.
Start with the Wallet Generator. The Vault, Picker, Timelock, TX Creator, Shamir, Scryer, Broadcaster, Silent Amulet and Relic complete the suite.
avbforge.codeberg.page
#bitcoin #selfcustody
Amulet Arsenal · AVBforge
Amulet Arsenal — free, open-source Bitcoin & encryption tools
A free, open-source, air-gap-friendly Bitcoin self-custody toolbox. Single-file HTML you can read, verify and run offline.
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