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2026-05-27T13:24:31Z

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2026-03-28T16:26:59Z

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„The truth lies at the edges. You just need to find a way to ...

2026-03-15T08:11:56Z

„The truth lies at the edges. You just need to find a way to come back from extremistan.”

~ anonymous

Hehe, makes me smirk a little when I catch myself trying to lower ...

2026-03-10T08:28:14Z

Hehe, makes me smirk a little when I catch myself trying to lower the volume on my phone when I perceive someone talking too loud 🤓 #quirks

so much alike and so different ...

2026-03-02T12:05:15Z

so much alike and so different

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2026-03-02T09:18:05Z

The quiet joy of witnessing a person heal ✨

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2026-02-26T16:34:17Z

Why is everything moving so fahaast? party party 🎈 ;)

It’s not even just energy loss, it’s energy sabotage. ...

2026-02-17T12:46:26Z

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It’s not even just energy *loss*, it’s energy sabotage. We’re actively degrading our own machinery through self-destructive behavior. Funny species we are 😁

Kinda crazy to think that a good chunk of humanity’s problems ...

2026-02-17T12:41:05Z

Kinda crazy to think that a good chunk of humanity’s problems could be solved with better sleep, less processed food, and nervous system regulation.

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I like how a good night’s sleep is becoming the new flex.

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2026-02-17T12:39:08Z

I like how a good night’s sleep is becoming the new flex.

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2026-01-31T09:24:36Z

First time in quite a while I listened to Bitcoin presentations and felt inspired

Energy in Africa is different

First hub for Bitcoin Circular Economies will be built in Mossel ...

2026-01-31T09:17:53Z

First hub for Bitcoin Circular Economies will be built in Mossel Bay.

Land is bought, once some admin hurdles are taken, building of the hub will start! 🏠

“Teaching people how to spend is teaching people how to save” ...

2026-01-31T09:12:13Z

“Teaching people how to spend is teaching people how to save” 💯

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2026-01-31T08:50:21Z

“The age of communities is here” 🔥

kgothatso (npub1773…esjt) 8333.mobi (npub1nv4…x0gr)

Goosebump energy at the opening of day two of Adopting Bitcoin ...

2026-01-31T08:40:40Z

Goosebump energy at the opening of day two of Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 🔥

#bitcoin #nostr #adoptingbitcoin
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zebra style 🦓 ...

2026-01-31T07:48:25Z

zebra style 🦓

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2026-01-31T05:57:09Z

There is something deeply beautiful about feminine and masculine energy when they arise from a safe, grounded place.

We’ll get back to more holiness / humanity again. Not everyone. ...

2026-01-30T20:45:36Z

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We’ll get back to more holiness / humanity again. Not everyone. But many. Ppl are craving connection

Please elaborate

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Please elaborate

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2026-01-30T08:10:45Z

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Aussie style table deco, I see I see.. 😁

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2026-01-30T07:41:31Z

Morale will improve once humanity remembers its own divinity

Do it - it’s stunning! I can’t recommend anything specific ...

2026-01-24T15:25:57Z

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Do it - it’s stunning!

I can’t recommend anything specific unfortunately, we just hiked a few days around El Chaltén/Fitz Roy, some standard tour it was.

Need to return myself some day to explore a bit further 😁

Nice shot. Which country is that?

2026-01-24T07:27:52Z

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Nice shot.
Which country is that?

Gorgeous area! Highly recommended!

2026-01-24T04:44:45Z

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Gorgeous area! Highly recommended!

I’ll be giving a technical intro session on Ark ...

2026-01-22T09:38:41Z

I’ll be giving a technical intro session on Ark AdoptingBitcoinCapeTown (npub1p0x…deeh) - hope to see many peeps there soonish! 🫡

Seems like the recent recording with Danny was even more ...

2026-01-13T13:17:39Z

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Seems like the recent recording with Danny was even more controversial than the usual Saylor takes. That even possible?

This is a very decent, non-technical overview of the core idea of ...

2026-01-11T15:20:33Z

This is a very decent, non-technical overview of the core idea of zero-knowledge proofs.

Most verification today is over-disclosure by default.

Zero-knowledge proofs decouple proof from disclosure. They let an entity prove that a statement is true (e.g. “this transaction is valid”, “a requirement is met”, “this identity got verified”) without revealing the underlying data.

ZK-KYC won't remove compliance, but it can remove unnecessary extraction, collection and storage of personal data. So, verification still happens, but no data honeypot is created.

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"In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof is a method by which one party can prove to another party that a given statement is true, without conveying any information apart from the fact that the statement is indeed true."

Goldwasser, Micali, and Rackoff^1^

Introduction

Zero-knowledge proofs represent one of the most remarkable achievements in modern cryptography: the ability to prove that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the truth of the statement itself. For privacy, this capability is transformative. Traditional verification requires disclosure; zero-knowledge verification does not.

This chapter examines how zero-knowledge proofs work, what they enable, and their limitations. The technology remains complex, but its privacy implications are straightforward: verification without surveillance becomes possible.

16.1 The Verification Dilemma

Traditional Verification Requires Disclosure

Consider common verification scenarios. To prove identity, one shows identifying documents; the verifier sees name, address, photo, document numbers, and more data than the verification requires. To prove legal age for purchasing alcohol, one shows ID; the merchant learns the exact birthdate, name, and address when all they need is confirmation of being over 21. To prove professional qualification, one shows certificates; the verifier learns issuing institution, dates, grades, and potentially other credentials on the same document. To prove creditworthiness, one shares financial statements; the verifier learns income sources, spending patterns, account balances, and transaction history.

In each case, verification reveals more information than logically necessary for the verification's purpose.

The Privacy Cost

This over-disclosure has costs. Each verification adds to databases, and over time, entities accumulate comprehensive profiles from individually minor disclosures. More data creates more targets; data breaches expose information that privacy-preserving verification would never have collected. Disclosed data enables inferences, and knowing someone's birthdate and zip code often suffices to uniquely identify them. Verifiers accumulate information while individuals cannot audit how it is used, creating systematic power imbalance.

The Fundamental Dilemma

The dilemma: verification requires information, but providing information destroys privacy. Traditional systems force a choice between participating in verification-requiring activities or maintaining privacy.

Zero-knowledge proofs resolve this dilemma by separating what is proven from what is revealed.

16.2 The ZK Concept: Proving Without Revealing

Interactive Proofs

The original zero-knowledge concept involves interactive protocols.^1^ A prover wants to convince a verifier of a statement without revealing underlying information. They engage in a protocol where the verifier poses challenges and the prover responds.

The tunnel analogy illustrates the concept. Picture a horseshoe-shaped tunnel with both ends opening onto the same clearing. Deep inside, where the two paths meet, sits a locked door. Alice claims she knows the combination. Bob stands in the clearing where he can see both tunnel exits but cannot see inside. Alice enters while Bob looks away. Bob then calls out "come out the left exit" or "come out the right exit." If Alice knows the combination, she can always comply, unlocking the door if necessary. If she does not, she is trapped on whichever side she entered and has only a 50% chance of guessing correctly. After twenty successful rounds, Bob is virtually certain Alice knows the combination, yet he never learned what it is.

This is zero-knowledge: Bob learns only that Alice knows the secret, not the secret itself.

Non-Interactive Proofs

Modern applications typically use non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs (NIZKs). Instead of a back-and-forth protocol, the prover generates a single proof that anyone can verify.

Non-interactivity enables practical applications: proofs can be attached to transactions, stored on blockchains, or verified by multiple parties without prover involvement.

Formal Properties

Zero-knowledge proof systems have three properties.^2^ Completeness means that if the statement is true, an honest prover can convince an honest verifier. Soundness means that if the statement is false, no cheating prover can convince an honest verifier except with negligible probability. Zero-knowledge means the verifier learns nothing beyond the truth of the statement; even after seeing the proof, the verifier cannot extract additional information. Soundness and zero-knowledge are in tension: strong soundness requires the proof to "contain" something about the statement; zero-knowledge requires the proof to reveal nothing. Cryptographic constructions achieve both properties through mathematical techniques that seem almost magical.

16.3 Types: SNARKs, STARKs, Bulletproofs

Different zero-knowledge proof systems make different tradeoffs. The main constructions in current use are:

SNARKs

Succinct Non-interactive Arguments of Knowledge (SNARKs) produce very small proofs (often under 300 bytes) that are fast to verify.^3^

Traditional SNARKs require a "trusted setup": generating initial parameters through a ceremony that, if compromised, would allow fake proofs. However, transparent SNARKs now exist that eliminate this requirement. Systems like Spartan and Plonky2 achieve SNARK-like properties without trusted setup, using different cryptographic techniques. The tradeoff is typically somewhat larger proofs or slower proving times compared to trusted-setup SNARKs.

All current SNARKs rely on cryptographic assumptions vulnerable to quantum computing attacks. Zcash uses SNARKs for shielded transactions.

STARKs

Scalable Transparent Arguments of Knowledge (STARKs) eliminate the trusted setup requirement.^4^ STARKs offer transparency (no trusted setup), rely on minimal cryptographic assumptions (hash functions), are quantum-resistant, and scale well to large computations. However, they produce larger proofs (tens to hundreds of kilobytes) and involve more complex verification.

StarkWare uses STARKs for Ethereum scaling solutions.

Bulletproofs

Bulletproofs are designed for range proofs and similar applications.^5^ They require no trusted setup, produce moderate proof sizes, and are efficient for range proofs (proving a value is in a range without revealing it). However, verification is slower than SNARKs, and they are not as general-purpose as SNARKs/STARKs.

Monero uses Bulletproofs for confidential transactions.

Choosing Among Constructions

The constructions differ across several dimensions. Traditional SNARKs produce tiny proofs (around 300 bytes) with fast verification but require a trusted setup and are not quantum-safe; transparent SNARKs eliminate the trusted setup at some cost to proof size or proving time. STARKs avoid the trusted setup and offer quantum resistance but generate much larger proofs (around 100 kilobytes) with moderate verification speed. Bulletproofs occupy a middle ground with medium-sized proofs (around 2 kilobytes) and no trusted setup, though verification is slower and they lack quantum resistance.

The right choice depends on application requirements. Blockchain base layers typically favor small proofs (SNARKs). Applications requiring post-quantum security favor STARKs. Range proofs in confidential transactions often use Bulletproofs.

16.4 Applications: Zcash, Rollups, Identity

Private Cryptocurrency: Zcash

Zcash implements shielded transactions using SNARKs.^6^ Users can transact with fully hidden sender, receiver, and amount. The blockchain records that a valid transaction occurred without revealing its details.

The proof demonstrates that input notes exist and are unspent, the sender possesses spending keys, input and output values balance, and no double-spending occurs. All this without revealing which notes are spent, who receives funds, or what amount transfers.

Zcash demonstrates zero-knowledge proofs deployed at scale in adversarial conditions. However, adoption of shielded transactions remains limited; most Zcash transactions are transparent, resembling ordinary Bitcoin transactions.^7^ Many exchanges require transparent addresses for deposits and withdrawals, undermining the privacy benefits. The shielding technology works, but network effects and regulatory pressure limit its use.

Zcash also illustrates both the risks of complex cryptography and the importance of ongoing maintenance. In 2019, a vulnerability was discovered in the original Sprout proving system that could have allowed undetectable inflation. The bug existed since launch; no exploitation was detected, and the Sapling upgrade (deployed in 2018) had already fixed it before the vulnerability was publicly disclosed. The Zcash team's practice of deploying cryptographic upgrades allowed the fix to precede public knowledge of the bug. The discovery demonstrated that even carefully designed systems can harbor critical bugs, making active protocol development essential. Zcash continues to undergo upgrades; the protocol is actively maintained and improved.

Blockchain Scalability: Validity Rollups

Zero-knowledge proofs enable "rollups" that scale blockchain throughput.^9^ A rollup executes many transactions off-chain, then posts a proof to the main chain that all executions were valid.

The main chain verifies only the proof, not the individual transactions. This achieves throughput scaling (many transactions compressed to one proof), security inheritance (main chain validates correctness), and data availability (transaction data can be reconstructed).

StarkNet, zkSync, and similar systems use this approach for Ethereum scaling.

Identity and Credentials

Zero-knowledge proofs enable privacy-preserving identity verification. The core insight: most verification situations require proving a property, not revealing the underlying data. A bar needs to know you are over 21, not your exact birthdate. A lender needs to know you can repay, not your complete financial history. A service needs to know you are a licensed professional, not your home address.

Traditional verification bundles necessary proof with unnecessary disclosure. Showing a driver's license to prove age reveals name, address, birthdate, driver's license number, and photo. Each of these data points creates risk: identity theft, targeted harassment, database breach exposure. The verification accomplished its purpose; the disclosure exceeded its purpose.

Zero-knowledge credentials invert this relationship. Age verification allows proving that age exceeds a threshold without revealing birthdate; the proof demonstrates "birthdate < (today - 21 years)" without exposing the birthdate itself. The verifier learns exactly what they need (legal age confirmed) and nothing more. Credential verification allows proving possession of a valid credential (degree, license, membership) without revealing identifying details; the verifier learns the credential is valid without learning who holds it. An employer can verify professional licensure without learning the candidate's home address or when they obtained the license. Selective disclosure allows proving only specific properties from a rich credential containing many attributes; from a driver's license, one can prove only "state of residence" without revealing name, address, or birthdate.

Several projects are implementing these concepts. Polygon ID (now Privado ID) enables issuance and verification of credentials where holders can generate zero-knowledge proofs demonstrating credential properties.^8^ A credential holder can prove they are a member of a group, meet an age threshold, or hold a valid license without revealing the credential itself or their identity. The system separates the credential (which contains rich data) from the proof (which reveals only what the verifier needs).

zkPass takes a different approach, enabling zero-knowledge proofs from existing Web2 documents.^9^ Users can prove properties from their driver's license, utility bills, or financial records without uploading those documents to a third party. The proof generation happens on the user's device; the verifier receives only the proof, not the underlying document. This bridges the gap between existing identity infrastructure and zero-knowledge verification.

The implications for regulatory compliance are significant. Current know-your-customer (KYC) requirements force users to surrender comprehensive identity documents to every service requiring verification. Each disclosure creates a database that can be breached, subpoenaed, or misused. Zero-knowledge KYC (ZK-KYC) offers an alternative: prove compliance without disclosure. A user could prove "identity verified by licensed institution" without revealing the identity itself to downstream services. The compliance requirement is met; the surveillance infrastructure is not created.

This remains largely speculative as deployed regulation. Regulators accustomed to comprehensive disclosure may resist verification methods they cannot inspect. But the technical capability exists to satisfy regulatory purposes while minimizing privacy invasion. Whether regulators will accept ZK-KYC depends on policy choices, not technical limitations.

The privacy implications extend beyond individual transactions. Identity verification currently creates comprehensive profiles as a side effect. Each age check, address verification, and credential presentation adds to dossiers that follow individuals across contexts. Zero-knowledge verification prevents this accumulation. Each proof reveals only what that specific verification requires; nothing aggregates across verifications because nothing is revealed to aggregate.

Not all projects in this space equally prioritize privacy. Worldcoin, for instance, uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify "unique human" status while collecting biometric iris scans centrally. The ZK proof protects subsequent verification events, but the initial biometric collection creates exactly the centralized database that privacy-preserving identity should avoid. The technology enables privacy; whether implementations actually provide privacy depends on the full system design.

Current vs. Speculative Applications

Currently deployed and working applications include Zcash shielded transactions, rollup-based scaling (StarkNet, zkSync), and Tornado Cash-style mixing. Experimental but promising applications include privacy-preserving identity systems, zero-knowledge machine learning proofs, and cross-chain verification. Highly speculative applications include universal verifiable computation replacing trust entirely, zero-knowledge voting at scale, and comprehensive privacy-preserving compliance systems.

The technology is real and deployed in important applications, but not every proposed use case is equally mature.

16.5 Economic Implications: Verification Markets

Verification as Scarce Service

Proof generation requires computational resources. Complex proofs (large computations) require substantial computation to generate, even though verification is fast.

This creates markets for proof generation. Users who need proofs but lack computational resources can pay provers to generate proofs on their behalf. The prover learns the witness (underlying data) but this can be mitigated through trusted provers (centralized but efficient), multi-party computation (no single prover learns the witness), or hardware security modules (provers cannot extract witnessed data).

Economic Efficiency Gains

Zero-knowledge systems can reduce verification costs throughout the economy. Proving regulatory compliance without exposing business details reduces the friction of regulation while maintaining its intent. Verifiable credentials that cannot be forged reduce fraud verification overhead. Proving aggregate statistics without exposing individual data enables data-driven decisions without privacy sacrifice.

These efficiency gains are speculative at current deployment scale but suggest significant economic value if zero-knowledge systems achieve broad adoption.

16.6 Limitations

Trusted Setup Requirements

Many SNARK constructions require a "trusted setup": an initial ceremony generating parameters that all future proofs and verifications use. If the ceremony is compromised (someone retains the "toxic waste" used to generate parameters), they can create fake proofs that verify correctly.

Trusted setups come in several varieties with different tradeoffs. Per-circuit setups, as used in Zcash's original Sprout system, require a new ceremony for each application or circuit change; any modification to the computation being proved requires discarding the old parameters and running a new trusted setup. Universal setups, as in systems like PLONK and Marlin, generate parameters that work for any circuit up to a certain size; one ceremony can serve many applications, though the ceremony itself remains a trust assumption. Transparent setups eliminate the requirement entirely: STARKs and some newer SNARKs like Spartan derive their parameters from public randomness, requiring no ceremony and leaving no toxic waste that could be retained.

Mitigations for systems requiring trusted setup include multi-party computation ceremonies where only one participant needs to be honest and Powers of Tau ceremonies with thousands of participants. But applications with strict trust requirements may prefer transparent constructions despite their larger proofs.

The trusted setup is a real limitation that responsible implementations take seriously.

Computational Intensity

Proof generation is computationally expensive. Simple proofs take seconds; complex proofs can take minutes or hours. This limits applications where latency matters.

Verification is fast (often milliseconds), but generation is the bottleneck. Hardware acceleration (GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs) can help but does not eliminate the fundamental computational cost.

Implementation Complexity

Zero-knowledge proof systems are mathematically sophisticated. Implementation bugs can destroy security properties. A bug might allow invalid proofs to verify (soundness failure). A bug might leak information through the proof (zero-knowledge failure). Subtle implementation errors have affected deployed systems.

Audit difficulty is high. Few people can competently review ZK implementations. This concentrates trust in small expert communities.

What ZK Proofs Cannot Solve

Chapter 13 examined what cryptography cannot solve in general: endpoint security, metadata exposure, physical coercion, key authenticity. Zero-knowledge proofs inherit these limitations and add ZK-specific constraints.

The most significant is the garbage-in-garbage-out problem, often called the oracle problem. A zero-knowledge proof verifies that a computation was performed correctly on given inputs. It says nothing about whether those inputs were true. An application that claims "this loan is collateralized" using a ZK proof has proven only that the computation was done correctly on the price data it received; if that price data was stale, manipulated, or simply wrong, the proof is meaningless. No amount of cryptographic sophistication can bridge the gap between "correctly computed" and "actually true." Proving you processed oracle data correctly does not prove the oracle provided accurate data. This limitation is fundamental: ZK proofs verify computation, not reality.

Zero-knowledge adds complexity that may be unnecessary. When the verification problem does not require hiding information, simpler cryptographic tools suffice. Adding ZK machinery where it is not needed increases attack surface and implementation difficulty without corresponding benefit.

Chapter Summary

Zero-knowledge proofs resolve the verification dilemma by enabling proof without disclosure. The formal properties of completeness, soundness, and zero-knowledge ensure that true statements can be proven, false statements cannot, and proofs reveal nothing beyond statement truth.

Different proof systems make different tradeoffs. SNARKs produce tiny proofs but require trusted setup and are vulnerable to quantum attack. STARKs eliminate trusted setup and provide quantum resistance but produce larger proofs. Bulletproofs work well for range proofs without trusted setup. Choice depends on application requirements.

Current applications include Zcash shielded transactions, validity rollups for blockchain scaling, and experimental identity systems. The technology is real and deployed, though many proposed applications remain speculative. Economic implications include markets for proof generation and potential efficiency gains from privacy-preserving verification.

Zero-knowledge proofs represent a breakthrough in privacy technology: verification without disclosure. Current deployments demonstrate the technology works. Broader adoption depends on continued development of more efficient constructions and practical implementations.

Footnotes

^1^ Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali, and Charles Rackoff, "The Knowledge Complexity of Interactive Proof Systems," SIAM Journal on Computing 18, no. 1 (1989): 186-208.

^2^ For accessible introduction to zero-knowledge proofs, see Matthew Green, "Zero Knowledge Proofs: An Illustrated Primer," A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering (2014).

^3^ Jens Groth, "On the Size of Pairing-Based Non-interactive Arguments," Advances in Cryptology - EUROCRYPT 2016 (2016): 305-326.

^4^ Eli Ben-Sasson et al., "Scalable, Transparent, and Post-Quantum Secure Computational Integrity," CRYPTO 2018 (2018).

^5^ Benedikt Bünz et al., "Bulletproofs: Short Proofs for Confidential Transactions and More," IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2018): 315-334.

^6^ Eli Ben-Sasson et al., "Zerocash: Decentralized Anonymous Payments from Bitcoin," IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2014): 459-474.

^7^ For rollup designs, see Vitalik Buterin, "An Incomplete Guide to Rollups," Ethereum Blog (2021).

^8^ Polygon ID (rebranded as Privado ID) documentation at https://docs.privado.id/. See also "Introducing Polygon ID, Zero-Knowledge Identity for Web3," Polygon Technology Blog (2022), and Identity Foundation, "Guest Blog: Polygon ID—Verifiable Credentials Meet Web3."

^9^ zkPass documentation at https://docs.zkpass.org/. zkPass uses Three-Party TLS (3P-TLS) and Multi-Party Computation to enable zero-knowledge proofs from HTTPS website data without exposing raw documents.

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😹 Not just vibe coding.

Actually, those doing the heaviest mental work are often the ones most actively suppressing emotional processing and, in turn, delaying catharsis the longest.

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A complete dissolution of what one once believed to be true.

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Between catharsis and rebirth lives the notion of bardo.

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I’m witnessing a rise in people experiencing intense personal catharsis.

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SA will be the next Bitcoin country.

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One needs to know how and where to navigate in Bali, then it ...

2025-12-14T10:37:34Z

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One needs to know how and where to navigate in Bali, then it becomes a very decent experience.

But just arriving and stumbling around leaves you with the above, ack 😁😹

Guten Morgen!

2025-12-13T07:48:36Z

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Guten Morgen!

Oh, thx for heads up

2025-11-25T18:48:35Z

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Oh, thx for heads up

Cashu just got a new .NET implementation. DotNut by ...

2025-11-25T08:35:41Z

Cashu just got a new .NET implementation.

DotNut by kukks (npub1y24…z2ad) is a full client library for interacting with cashu mints.

https://github.com/Kukks/DotNut

Super Video, well done!

2025-09-01T10:40:44Z

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Super Video, well done!

Yep, but at least the cost is moved offchain and ...

2025-06-15T15:53:06Z

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Yep, but at least the cost is moved offchain and “transformed” from capital requirement to data overhead. I’m confident they’ll manage to optimize further.

BitVM is quietly evolving: The new design, BitVM3, drastically ...

2025-06-15T14:20:44Z

BitVM is quietly evolving:

The new design, BitVM3, drastically reduces onchain costs in the case of a challenge (by ~1000x).

In earlier versions, while challenging was permissionless, the high costs meant only a few well-capitalized entities could realistically participate in the process.
BitVM3 may change that, opening the door to a broader set of challengers.

The tradeoff: garbled circuits introduce a multi-terabyte offchain setup.
Reducing this overhead is an active research area and likely to see improvements.

https://bitvm.org/bitvm3.pdf

With some back and forth, it managed 7 steps. It’s interesting ...

2025-04-27T07:15:18Z

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With some back and forth, it managed 7 steps. It’s interesting to analyze the mistakes it made on the way

What’s your stance on allowing below dust limit (ie ...

2025-04-17T07:13:22Z

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What’s your stance on allowing below dust limit (ie non-standard) txs?

https://github.com/ark-network/ark/issues/479

Spermidine, NMN

2025-03-31T17:15:52Z

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Spermidine, NMN

When’s the next ubud meetup?

2024-12-28T05:11:31Z

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When’s the next ubud meetup?

nothing to see here 👀😁 #note1qnw…necg

2024-07-18T23:30:44Z

nothing to see here 👀😁

quoting note1qnw…necg
TollGates out in the wild!

nevent1q…9927

Special thanks to it's me thefux (nprofile…x5fu) for helping me to compile secp256k1 for MIPS.

Gm ☀️😀 ...

2023-06-05T11:53:44Z

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Gm ☀️😀

Don’t just be efficient with your own resources, but also ...

2023-06-05T11:51:42Z

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Don’t just be efficient with your own resources, but also repeat the resources of others

(written with all due respect in the sense of a friendly reminder)

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=when+does+mica+come+into+effect

2023-06-05T11:51:01Z

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https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=when+does+mica+come+into+effect

https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1652753569081335808?s=20

2023-05-27T08:35:40Z

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https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1652753569081335808?s=20

It revolves rather around dark.fi

2023-05-24T04:12:44Z

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It revolves rather around dark.fi

iiuc the federation itself would act as the statechain entity ...

2023-05-18T13:01:44Z

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iiuc the federation itself would act as the statechain entity (SE) in this case.

If so, who holds the transitory key? The user itself? The user uses a federation *because* they don’t want to self-custody though.

Or would that key also be custodied by the fed? Like in any other Fedi-Setup.
If so, the fed still couldn’t move funds themselves, so safe here 👌
BUT this scenario wouldn’t protect against the fed being unresponsive/disappearing, no?

To broadcast the pre-signed, timelocked output tx, that I get as a user to protect me against the fed disappearing, the user needs its key, no?

I probably have some twist in my thinking..

Statechains + Fedimints are definitely a very interesting combination and quite some thoughts are popping up in my head.
Also need to do some more statechain digging.

An interesting feature of statechains is also that one can transfer ownership of one public key of a multisig UTXO (i.e. side of LN channel or position in DLC contract). I wonder how that could combine with federated channel factories or something alike where *users* can swap in and out.

Rather “SSP” btw: Stability Service Provider.

2023-05-17T15:56:32Z

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Rather “SSP” btw:

Stability Service Provider.

This proposal seems to be describing something similar: stability ...

2023-05-15T12:30:03Z

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This proposal seems to be describing something similar:

stability pools using spacechains

https://fiatjaf.com/569dcaa7.html

Just getting familiar with stability pools now. This is quite ...

2023-05-15T08:46:01Z

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Just getting familiar with stability pools now. This is quite brilliant actually.

Are you also already looking into integrating the stability via DLCs?

Animal moves combined with dancing. No boring reps, but fun. ...

2023-05-11T17:02:15Z

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Animal moves combined with dancing.

No boring reps, but fun.
Plus, it’s effective.

Add some hand balances and whoop!

Many try, many fail. Do it one after the other. First “clean ...

2023-05-11T16:56:01Z

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Many try, many fail.

Do it one after the other.
First “clean up”, meaning to lose fat, then build quality meat aka muscle.

Which source or idea do you refer to when you say “Jeff Snider ...

2023-05-11T05:00:04Z

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Which source or idea do you refer to when you say “Jeff Snider is correct”?

I tend to add onions and blue cheese - perfect pizza 😋

2023-05-10T08:07:15Z

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I tend to add onions and blue cheese - perfect pizza 😋

iiuc, any LSP can act as a gateway if they’re part of the ...

2023-05-09T17:36:42Z

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iiuc, any LSP can act as a gateway if they’re part of the respective mint.

Purity testing here? Yawn

2023-05-09T17:33:20Z

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Purity testing here? Yawn

That’s why clear and honest marketing is important. Some folks ...

2023-05-09T17:32:56Z

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That’s why clear and honest marketing is important.

Some folks probably now think that Lightning is expensive or partly unavailable because they’re using the lIgHtNiNg wAlLeT Muun

Never wrapped my head around why a product is being advertised as ...

2023-05-09T04:36:09Z

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Never wrapped my head around why a product is being advertised as LN wallet, while it’s actually an on-chain wallet with submarine swap support

👏👏👏

2023-05-05T11:58:21Z

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👏👏👏

It’s awesome! ✨😀

2023-04-23T09:12:00Z

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It’s awesome! ✨😀

Best take today

2023-04-01T12:14:03Z

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Best take today

That’s probably the best one so far today

2023-04-01T08:12:27Z

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That’s probably the best one so far today

Is this supposed to be funny? #april1

2023-04-01T08:11:52Z

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Is this supposed to be funny?
#april1

Two big milestones reached today! 1. BIP327: "MuSig2 for ...

2023-03-28T12:36:25Z

Two big milestones reached today!

1. BIP327: "MuSig2 for BIP340-compatible Multi-Signatures" got merged (https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1372)

2. Route Blinding has been added to the lightning spec (https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/765)

Huge respect & a big thanks to everyone involved! Great work! 💜💥

In due time, it will come..

2023-03-18T07:54:57Z

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In due time, it will come..

💜

2023-03-06T00:21:18Z

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💜

Do you even sleep at all?! 💥🪄

2023-03-05T05:15:09Z

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Do you even sleep at all?! 💥🪄

BOLT12 is on its way! #[0]

2023-03-04T08:42:23Z

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BOLT12 is on its way!

#[0]

Congrats! 💕😀

2023-03-04T00:13:30Z

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Congrats! 💕😀

I might miss something here; why is this a brave action?

2023-03-03T01:28:17Z

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I might miss something here; why is this a brave action?

Because WoS —> WoS?

2023-03-03T01:27:27Z

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Because WoS —> WoS?

Had a couple of eureka moments these days digging into scriptless ...

2023-03-01T02:02:46Z

Had a couple of eureka moments these days digging into scriptless scripts and adaptor signatures.

Why is it that there’s so little conversation about these topics?

This stuff is (cryptographic) magic 🪄

good one ;)

2023-02-26T10:25:09Z

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good one ;)

lol, I read this on my feed and was like "heard that one ...

2023-02-26T06:51:51Z

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lol, I read this on my feed and was like "heard that one before, but, wtf, does he really believe that stuff?!"
*puts kristaps into conspiracy peeps category*

then I read the initial post 🙃

Hehe, I was tempted to do the same joke. Feeling left out here as ...

2023-02-25T12:43:47Z

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Hehe, I was tempted to do the same joke.

Feeling left out here as a non-programmer 😥😉

First of all, I like “clean” dichotomies, which leads me to ...

2023-02-25T11:33:49Z

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First of all, I like “clean” dichotomies, which leads me to custodial & non-custodial, custodial & self-custodial doesn’t fulfill this as nicely.

The issue with custodial & non-custodial is that the favored option (non-custodial) is the negated form. Any negation carries a subtle negative connotation with it. Doesn’t matter for people who understood the concept, but for absolute beginners, such subtle nuances in language can make the difference on which option they’re leaning towards.

So, I would love to have a short, one-word, that describes the concept of self-custody, which we can then negate and we have the custodied option.

After some consideration, I think such term doesn’t actually exist. So, we either come up with a completely new word or .. we just stick with the current terms
🤷‍♀️

Plz someone zap 8k sats ;)

2023-02-25T11:20:37Z

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Plz someone zap 8k sats ;)

Giving trust when establishing a new relationship doesn’t mean, ...

2023-02-25T11:19:34Z

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Giving trust when establishing a new relationship doesn’t mean, you skip the verification process if that trust given is justified.

Enough esoteric relationship blah!

Have a beautiful birthday evening :)

Me too ;) And older than you are with my own wounds. Well-working ...

2023-02-25T11:17:05Z

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Me too ;)
And older than you are with my own wounds.

Well-working relationships are too precious, though, to not try and invest again and again 😌

It’s not about luck, it’s about investment. Not financially, ...

2023-02-25T11:14:49Z

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It’s not about luck, it’s about investment.
Not financially, but emotionally.

If this is how you enter new relationships, this is what you’ll ...

2023-02-25T11:14:07Z

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If this is how you enter new relationships, this is what you’ll get.

No matter how often you got burned, it might make sense to give every new relationship, be it romantic or friends, the chance to become solid.

If you don’t do that, you’ll end up lonely 100%.
If you enter new relationships going all in on trust, you might get burnt and you might end up lonely as well, but you might as well not.

It is, but I was wondering if any term exists, that doesn't ...

2023-02-25T11:10:34Z

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It is, but I was wondering if any term exists, that doesn't need the "self" prefix.

ChatGPT came up with all kinds of "self-" ideas.

What about non-anons? I’m in zapping mode.. ;)

2023-02-25T10:19:21Z

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What about non-anons?
I’m in zapping mode.. ;)

Which client are you using? Damus is super convenient. If you ...

2023-02-25T10:18:42Z

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Which client are you using?

Damus is super convenient.

If you want to get the full zapping experience, try Snort with Alby (via browser). Just add your nostr key in the Alby extension and then use the Alby public key for the snort login. Sounds confusing, but super simple. It’s worth it ⚡️

Nostr notes by Veronika

🍄 next? :)

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„The truth lies at the edges. You just need to find a way to ...

Hehe, makes me smirk a little when I catch myself trying to lower ...

so much alike and so different ...

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It’s not even just energy *loss*, it’s energy sabotage. ...

Kinda crazy to think that a good chunk of humanity’s problems ...

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First time in quite a while I listened to Bitcoin presentations ...

First hub for Bitcoin Circular Economies will be built in Mossel ...

“Teaching people how to spend is teaching people how to save” ...

“The age of communities is here” 🔥 @npub1773…esjt ...

Goosebump energy at the opening of day two of Adopting Bitcoin ...

zebra style 🦓 ...

There is something deeply beautiful about feminine and masculine ...

We’ll get back to more holiness / humanity again. Not everyone. ...

Please elaborate

Aussie style table deco, I see I see.. 😁

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Do it - it’s stunning! I can’t recommend anything specific ...

Nice shot. Which country is that?

Gorgeous area! Highly recommended!

I’ll be giving a technical intro session on Ark ...

Seems like the recent recording with Danny was even more ...

This is a very decent, non-technical overview of the core idea of ...

Introduction

16.1 The Verification Dilemma

Traditional Verification Requires Disclosure

The Privacy Cost

The Fundamental Dilemma

16.2 The ZK Concept: Proving Without Revealing

Interactive Proofs

Non-Interactive Proofs

Formal Properties

16.3 Types: SNARKs, STARKs, Bulletproofs

SNARKs

STARKs

Bulletproofs

Choosing Among Constructions

16.4 Applications: Zcash, Rollups, Identity

Private Cryptocurrency: Zcash

Blockchain Scalability: Validity Rollups

Identity and Credentials

Current vs. Speculative Applications

16.5 Economic Implications: Verification Markets

Verification as Scarce Service

Economic Efficiency Gains

16.6 Limitations

Trusted Setup Requirements

Computational Intensity

Implementation Complexity

What ZK Proofs Cannot Solve

Chapter Summary

Footnotes