Max Hillebrand

https://towardsliberty.com

Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk

At the forefront of monetary computer science.

Public Key

npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt

NIP-05 Address

max@towardsliberty.com

NIP-57 Address

darnorb123@minibits.cash

Profile Code

nprofile1qqst0mtgkp3du662ztj3l4fgts0purksu5fgek5n4vgmg9gt2hkn9lqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgslz5s7

Publishing to

nostr.mutinywallet.com

relay.nostr.band

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt

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Last Notes

2024-09-13 16:02:12

What are books that changed your life?

2024-09-13 12:15:52

Shill other stuff nostr clients, go!

2024-09-13 12:06:56

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Why is the reinstall needed?

2024-09-11 18:40:50

Any carpenters here?

2024-09-11 10:57:09

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Exactly, sufficiently distributed encrypted backups, very powerful

2024-09-11 09:32:29

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Nice!
It's basically a password manager at this point.
Maybe consider an additional AES password encryption inside NIP44

2024-09-10 07:56:07

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Yeah, stuff is bloddy difficult...

2024-09-10 06:23:35

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Damn, it starts with a banger!
> Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance.

2024-09-10 06:22:31

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I'm sure glad I don't have to make that choice...

2024-09-10 06:21:48

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Then just imagine the power of fire on top of wheels.

2024-09-10 06:21:08

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I can very much recommend this paper
https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/usability:weis2006.pdf
It was an integral paper to Wasabi 2.0 & Wabisabi research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWEoFJnuF0

2024-09-10 06:19:41

In case you want to read some anonymity research papers:
https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/

2024-09-10 06:11:35

The nostr is bigger than the bitcoin

2024-09-10 05:56:34

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Anonymity loves company, thus privacy ought to be the default.

2024-09-09 19:15:17

Contemplating the added complexity of meatspace business over cyberspace.
It's just much harder when you can't ship an improvement to the product to all customers with the click of a button.
Meatspace is hard.

2024-09-08 06:51:43

A relay that archives posts from your web of trust.
Beautiful.
https://github.com/bitvora/wot-relay/

2024-09-08 06:49:07

What are things you'd require to have in a camper van?

2024-09-05 18:03:45

Arti is a modern implementation of the Tor protocol in rust.
It's designed as a library, so it's easy for devs to integrate it into existing applications.
Having an external app for Tor like Orbot is an acceptable hack, but a properly integrated native solution is a lot more powerful.
Consider adding Tor support to your nostr client!
https://arti.torproject.org/

2024-09-05 07:11:39

I still marvel at the concept of @nprofile…m47p
When many people know the same private key, they enjoy fully anonymous group DMs and group announcements.
People who know the key can sign and encrypt messages to it, which only the other group members can read, but even they don't know who actually signed the message. It's a refreshing change to not know the identity of a speaker, you focus on the message, not the messenger, and high quality ideas are generally promoted.
Likewise anyone in the group can sign a kind 1 and make public posts to the nostr, where again nobody knows which exact individual signed this message.
This is such a trivial solution, and it's amazing how well it actually works. Yet we can apply zero knowledge cryptography to have more secure access rights while still ensuring anonymity of the participants.

2024-09-05 06:57:18

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How about as an addition to the follower list, the follower also sends a separate note tagged to the followed for notification?

2024-09-04 07:51:44

Are we at an all time high number of cypherpunks?
https://video.nostr.build/bd7ec798ceccff105f37401363493d9f92b42d70aeffabd8a27d885aa1e8fa83.mp4
Full podcast here
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5413902?episode=25217640335

2024-09-04 07:45:58

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Does this setup an anonymous hidden service by default?
There are ways to leak your IP while hosting onion addresses.

2024-09-04 06:17:42

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If there supposed to be any UI feedback in citrine that its working?

2024-09-04 06:05:35

Technologies shape you.
Take care which tech you use.

2024-09-04 06:01:56

Is there a step by step guide on how of use citrine? @nprofile…fpck

2024-09-04 06:01:16

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BTW, you can set to only download pictures in unmetered connections, saves a lot of bandwidth on the go.

2024-08-30 14:21:56

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Yet another solid quarterly addition, keep it up bro!
It's great to see your stats here on nostr too.

2024-08-30 14:07:10

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Nice, what do you think of the book so far?

2024-08-30 11:36:58

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#nevent1q…t2jm

2024-08-30 11:16:37

At the Sovereign Individual panel at #BH2024 with @nprofile…846l @nprofile…20us @nprofile…jj0q I promised a note with book recommendations, so here you go:
A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, Paul Rosenberg
https://freemansperspective.com/audiobook-a-lodging-of-wayfaring-men/
The Second Realm, Smuggler & XYZ
https://anarplex.sirion.io/files/secondrealm/
Aristocracy of Action, Anonymous
https://anarplex.sirion.io/hosted/files/aoa.html
A Declaration of Separation, The Free and Unashamed
https://anarplex.sirion.io/hosted/files/declarationseparation.html
Alongside Night, Neil Schulman
https://anarplex.sirion.io/hosted/files/Alongside_Night_free30.pdf
Vonu - The Search for Personal Freedom, Rayo
https://vonupodcast.com/free-vonu-book/
The Big Book Of Secret Hiding Places, Jack Luger
https://archive.org/details/JackLugerTheBigBookOfSecretHidingPlaces
Extreme Privacy - What It Takes To Disappear, Michael Bazzell
https://inteltechniques.com/books.html

2024-08-30 05:15:20

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Yes, just put the lightning address of whomever you want to support into your profile.

2024-08-30 05:14:16

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I'm pretty sure there exists already an audiobook for that.

2024-08-30 05:13:11

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Nice, well said!

2024-08-29 18:21:02

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Thanks for the rip

2024-08-29 12:23:10

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Thank you for providing solid reasoning!

2024-08-29 08:10:55

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Yes, it has "theoretically perfect anonymity", meaning that each transfer could have been done by any user of the mint, the anonymity set is the size of all users.
Furthermore it's basically instant and free.
Unfortunately the person running the money warehouse can run away with your real bitcoin...

2024-08-29 06:16:55

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Very interesting!
And is dominion equal to monopoly, ie can a ruler exclude others from doing justice?

2024-08-29 06:03:04

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Yup, satellite, mesh network, bluetooth as well.

2024-08-29 06:00:00

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Ultimately, why not both?!
The beauty of division of labor is that we don't all need to have the same strategy, anyone can try out anything, and something will eventually stick.
You can for example post screenshots of the exclusive notes on twitter, highlighting how cool it is over here, and that this content isn't published directly over there.

2024-08-29 05:57:24

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Yes, it's simply an encrypted blob that contains the followers.

2024-08-28 19:30:27

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Well said, thanks!
"when one rules justly over men"
What's the definition of "rules" here? If rulership is attained by coersive means, then how could it be just?

2024-08-28 19:22:47

Copying ecash between wallets is so cool.

2024-08-28 18:06:35

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nothing

2024-08-28 17:54:16

Where we're going, you don't need jobs, jobs need you.

2024-08-28 17:19:01

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Nice
The thing is, Lurkers want to write data, specifically to keep bookmarks, so a npub read only client isn't optimal...

2024-08-28 17:16:35

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It's a very good point!
On the other hand consider the power of the merchant. If you produce a great product that people want to have, and you only accept a specific money for it, people will get their hands on that money somehow in order to pay you. The same goes for publishing information, if you broadcast only on a specific medium, then people will simply adopt that new medium in order to read your stuff.
I refused to accept fiat money for my work years ago.
And now I refuse to publish my ideas on fiat platforms.
This approach has forged many bitcoiners, and will hatch many ostriches.

2024-08-28 17:03:27

nostr actually works, lol

2024-08-28 16:53:44

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Twitter lost my voice more than a year ago, the account was just around to repost occasionally.

2024-08-28 13:09:41

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You're probably right...
But then these events are easily publishable to relays if someone ever finds them, which isn't a concern if they're encrypted.

2024-08-28 11:53:56

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Interesting, elaborate please.

2024-08-28 09:29:07

It's wild what we have achieved.
Cypheprunk future is now.

2024-08-28 09:28:01

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Not really, the idea is to still create encrypted events for all your bookmarks etc.

2024-08-28 09:01:31

We reject kings, presidents and voting.
We believe in rough consensus and running code.

2024-08-28 08:27:52

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Try it out, you might be surprised how powerful you are.

2024-08-28 08:27:19

What zapping feels like
https://image.nostr.build/ac0c8d543b719df5de3940f959e31ecfd21cc35944c5d7ef97be3a30d8d6a8f4.gif

2024-08-28 08:23:11

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I've seen @nprofile…8qkt make a new nostr client in two hours... 😉

2024-08-28 08:18:43

Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.

2024-08-28 08:11:55

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Imagine the simplicity of the UX of such a dedicated client...

2024-08-28 08:09:39

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So how do I get the contact list into citrine now?

2024-08-28 08:07:42

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Kind off, but in this case there are no bookmarks etc either.
Lurkers want to organize and remember their content as well.

2024-08-28 07:56:45

Is anyone building this yet?
90% of internet users only read and never post.
#nevent1q…6mhp

2024-08-28 07:52:16

A nomad is a wandering sheppard

2024-08-28 06:48:59

@nprofile…fpck after clicking "restore follows" in citrine, and approving in amber, citrine says "no follower list found", what's up there?

2024-08-28 06:37:43

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https://tpo.pages.torproject.net/core/arti/

2024-08-28 06:37:14

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Yes, yes please!
Checkout Arti, the new rust Tor implementation, it's designed for such integration!

2024-08-28 06:35:35

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Smells like there's a dvm for that...

2024-08-28 06:31:37

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There are intact delete request events, not all clients implement them, but most relays do, of course you have to trust that relays will stop sharing that note, and that others don't share them from local storage either.

2024-08-28 06:26:10

Why doesn't @nprofile…s8dt show a notification when someone follows you?

2024-08-28 06:23:28

And this is especially the case with Bitcoiners at conferences.
#nevent1q…kdrc

2024-08-28 06:11:38

If I know you but don't follow you yet, please leave a like.

2024-08-28 05:15:05

Don't sabotage freedom's best chance in centuries.

2024-08-27 19:54:44

Consider our past: 6,000 years filled with wars, famines, epidemics, and relentless emotional suffering. Isn’t it time we reevaluate the principles that have guided our lives?

2024-08-27 19:49:10

It takes years for the truth to sink in, best to get started now.

2024-08-27 19:34:59

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True...
It's just that an empty relay list screen is extremely overwhelming for new users, it's very unclear what should be typed here, and even what relays are available.
Tough problem, I sure don't envy nostr devs 🤣

2024-08-27 19:31:54

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I can recommend Pinus Cembra, especially for beds, they even make pillows out of the wood shavings, incredibly soothing smell.

2024-08-27 19:22:32

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How about showing those relays that the users followers recommend / use?
And not just for the general relays, but for each of the categories.

2024-08-27 19:15:17

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For the legacy mode yes, but not for the outbox model...

2024-08-27 19:12:37

Is there a nostr client that optimizes UX around setting up the outbox model relays?
Suggesting good relays to pick etc.

2024-08-27 18:59:53

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It's nice for a change, right?
I've been craving some good fiction too.

2024-08-27 18:53:27

It's not been long when we had to put bitcoin address QR codes into videos and hope someone scans it for a donation.
Now zaps are literally just a click.
Wild.

2024-08-27 18:42:18

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zk proofs are usually publically verifiable, but there are some that require a private key for verification.
There could be a proof about inclusion in a group, without revealing exactly who it is.

2024-08-27 11:07:59

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Yup, this is in the BOLT 12 spec, but I don't know which wallets implement this yet...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/offers/

2024-08-27 10:55:30

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Clothing that doesn't poison you is surprisingly difficult to find...

2024-08-27 09:55:46

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It depends on the actual application.
But one trivial example that's super exciting, is that you can write a giftwrapped message signed by an ephemeral key, and still prove to the receiver that the receiver is in fact following the sender.
This removes one of the biggest downsides of giftwrapps: spam.

2024-08-27 09:48:20

https://image.nostr.build/aab6d15bcdd0f62a7b714442ebcb5255411f1cdd712d23042d54f5c47df26e1c.jpg
Seriously, it's not that hard to have anonymous WoT in nostr, please build it.

2024-08-27 09:44:37

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This is beautiful Adam, thanks!

2024-08-27 09:39:00

If you need some merino wool fabric for making custom clothing, here you go...
https://www.naturstoff.de/s01.php?sp=en&ag=1&cur=eur#q=Merino

2024-08-27 09:16:00

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The grass is purpler on the other side.

2024-08-27 07:35:08

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Yes.
The Parallel Society Podcast is from the Author Paul Rosenberg, each episode is a gem!
He also uploaded the audiobook recording there.

2024-08-27 07:29:25

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It's the Atlas Shrugged for Cypheprunks.
Galt's Gulch is Cyberspace.

2024-08-27 07:21:16

do your work
then step back

2024-08-27 07:18:27

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A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, get the free audio book here:
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/531078

2024-08-27 07:11:08

Sometimes I wonder if I oversell A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, but then I get these kinds of feedbacks...
#nevent1q…yjp2

2024-08-27 07:09:48

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Yeah, it's a wildly inspiring book about many things.
Your note made my day, thanks!

2024-08-27 07:08:25

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Thanks @nprofile…vr09 for the fat zap!
I hope you enjoy the book

2024-08-27 07:06:04

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Amazing!
What do you think of the book?

2024-08-27 07:00:16

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Correct, no GPS installed, even when I manually dis/enable notifications it doesn't work.
Would be great to get it to work with ntfy only.
Thanks! 🖤

2024-08-27 06:52:00

Deleted Twitter account, long overdue.

2024-08-27 06:51:28

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Sure, plebs have been making these for a while, but most don't wear them, so the official conference badge would be great.

2024-08-27 06:39:02

Dear conference organizers, badges should have a nfc tag with the npub of the attendee preflashed, makes it a lot easier to follow people.