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waxwing 11 months ago
I get the impression Saylor is not aware that ZK proof of assets/reserves exists already; for example both an implementation of the basic idea (clunky and rough around the edges, but still) in my based on curve trees + bulletproofs and halseth's output-zero: which doesn't directly do this job but has the machinery to do it (and hooks interestingly into utreexo btw). Liabilities proofs are different but existing ZK techniques already help there. The science basically already exists. (Note: here I mean cryptoccy liabilities, i.e. user account balances; the whole fiat side is separate) I don't think companies should be doing what Binance does, posting an Excel spreadsheet with all of their addresses exposed to the public. It's security 101 that this kind of privacy and metadata leak is an attack surface, no matter which way you slice it. We have the technology!

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kpr797 11 months ago
Zero knowledge proofs have a tendency of confusing the shit out of most people.
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waxwing 11 months ago
A fair guess. But i would think some people on that side of the industry (e.g. Coinbase Custody) at least pay *some* attention to these things.
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waxwing 11 months ago
About coibase custody? Fair enough, I'm guessing based on very little priors.
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a1denvalu3 10 months ago
He doesn't care. Saylor is a fiat villain.