Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Unless, of course, there is a grant application involved. Privacy is not secrecy. It is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world. Preferably after completing KYC. We must ensure that each party to a transaction knows only what is necessary for that transaction. Unless that transaction is a grant. Then they need your name, passport, bank account, legal entity, tax status, deliverables, and quarterly impact report. Privacy requires anonymous transaction systems. Until now, cash has been the primary such system. Today, we have improved upon it with KYC Bitcoin grants, institutional foundations, and compliant privacy infrastructure. We cannot expect governments or corporations to grant us privacy out of beneficence. But if they grant us money, we can apparently make an exception. Cypherpunks write code. Grantillionaires write grant proposals. They preach first principles, defend decentralization, and condemn fiat incentives — preferably while accepting fiat-funded grants and quietly exploring whatever shitcoin happens to be paying the bills. We deplore regulations on cryptography. We deplore KYC. We deplore financial surveillance. But most importantly, we deplore missing the next funding round. Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. Our principles, however, are subject to funding availability. For privacy to be widespread, people must come together and deploy these systems for the common good. And for funding to be widespread, people must come together and agree not to ask too many questions about where the money came from. We the Grantpunks seek your questions and concerns. Just not about the grant. Onward.

Folks zap me Sats don't arrive to me @Minibits are u OK?

You have no idea how bad things can get.

Or don't. Do whatever you want just don't be a crook Fuck you View quoted note →

Seems like monero could be next just sayin

@John Carvalho isn't losing, he isn't winning but most importantly he isn't losing

Gm Bitcoin "Maxis" are the probably the main reason Bitcoin hasn't become mainstream yet they keep disservicing this industry. They are a bunch of *not-so-closet* corrupted shitcoiners at heart chasing regulatory capture, lobbies, perpetrating KYC, USD footlickers with a dearranged libertarian syndrome. Liquid is another sidechain comparable to ETH side chains or any other coin. Denying that means you are just a retor.

hackers have withdrawn ~4,000 BTC (~$320 million) 1- Sidechains do not scale 2- Another day another shitshow 3- Who wants enemies when you have wallets and protocols like these? View quoted note →

The new Amethyst relay notifications are a bit confusing. No?

Who audits the fiat auditors auditing the audits?

Nothing to see here

Its up to you

@erik I don't think you are working hard enough on your subsided cypherfart pet projects

Their own money.