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Sure, we are not a blockchain. But traceability doesn't require a blockchain.
In fact, it is better for those tracing us that the information is not on-chain so that they can have something to sell.
But I digressed. If you want zaps for social signals, you need them public. If they are public, people can trace... by IP, by npub, by time, by relay queries, by blossom usage, by NWC breadcrumbs, by lightning channel closures, by buying data from your ISP provider, etc, etc, etc.
If you think you are untraceable in say.. Nostr lightning zaps.. you are not understanding the attack surface yet.
On nostr, it does. Everything is traceable here.
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Are you implying that I "ad hominem attacked" someone? Where?
Please let me know so I can rectify the situation. I'm serious.
This is so exactly the opposite of what is true, lmao. 1984
> Do nothing: If you don’t move the money, everyone will see how much money you have to your name, as was promptly demonstrated by “wrenchstr”, rich list, and other vibe-coded projects. You might not even know about the money, but by using your nsec to sign messages (read: you simply using nostr, logging in to something, or pressing a like button here and there) proves without a shadow of a doubt that you are still in control of your keys, i.e. the keys that can move the money. Bad for users. Fantastic for criminals. A wet dream for prying eyes.
> A more realistic example would be someone sending money to you as well as to one (or multiple) addresses on the OFAC list, suggesting to law enforcement that you are part of a criminal network.
https://dergigi.com/2026/05/20/careful-icarus/
@nprofile…9ccm getting dressed for a podcast??
Seems I'm doing it wrong right now 😂
Thank you for the kind words 🙏
Yep. I read your stuff before as well and I agree with most of it.
The difference between our points is that I am not trying to make a public chain private.
And after trying to use and in some cases even help develop all the "private" stuff out there, I ended up realizing it's all just smoke and mirrors.
You guys are saying onchain is retarded. Well for us, everything is retarded. We are just picking the least retarded stack for our specific use case.
If you're not having fun in the bitcoin space you're doing it wrong.
- @npub1der…xzpc
#BitcoinTwitter
https://bitcointwitter.web.app/images/233.png
As the "Bitcoin is Time" guy I'm all for a reliable source of time, but I'm very much against strongly tying identity to onchain transactions irreversibly.
I trust that you've read my lengthy argument against and that you will end up doing the right thing. https://dergigi.com/2026/05/20/careful-icarus/
Yep, the interesting point is that now we can easily analyze balance and not just zap flow in web of trust systems.
Maybe it can even help with key rotation schemes since now we have a reliable source of time.
I asked ChatGPT to summarize my essay and it came back with this image #nevent1q…v58w
If you know LNURL and LUD-06 it’s ez.
I'm glad it was useful! 🫂
Like, seriously. https://blossom.primal.net/2bc501aed53a751d13bf85236ffb1ae9ead795c922a1620cda1721d515386ba3.png
Not the government, just a grumpy old man yelling at Claude (who is partly responsible for this mess).
https://dergigi.com/2026/05/20/careful-icarus/
I wonder if the best route is to live in fear of things that might happen and not try new things, or to move forward and find ways to solve these problems? Boltz to lightning, peg in to liquid, Nostr based mixers like @nprofile…ye3s could break the chain.
First recorded drafts for Hybrid Theory by Socrates
Nostr to Nostr it's no problem. It's only a problem Nostr to world or world to Nostr
I'll publish parts of it today (if I can manage)
aLL yOuR zaPs aRE puBLic cHEckMaTE pRiVAcY eNjOyOooOrS
#nevent1q…tgex
I get your point but the quote is meant as a way to have discussion with understanding the others viewpoint. (I cared too much because its one of my favorite quotes)
Regardless yes on chain dox has a nice ring to it
nothing is dirtier than this sauna 😂
Excited to see this spec. I was able to create a silent payment address from a users npub but I have no idea how zaps could ( or should ) be implemented
I'm not a cuck and don't need a mint for privacy.
Ark has no privacy: https://uncensoredtech.substack.com/p/park
Which method did you use? There are so many now :)
I suspect @npub1der…xzpc has a book recommendation because what you ask is a deep conversation and a few replies to your question ain't gonna cut it.
I would consider picking up and reading this book: https://www.amazon.com/Blocksize-War-controls-Bitcoins-protocol/dp/B08YQMC2WM
speaking of pablo, did he invite you to AOS Convergence? i asked him to since you won't read my DMs. i wanted to make sure you at least had it on your radar.
The Nostr.
Abstract:
#nevent1q…entu
Yes it's retarded, bit I am not worried because it's such a stupid idea that nobody will use it
The only part I didn't like about it was cleaning my ass with the same sponge as everyone else
this is what they took from us https://haven.dergigi.com/44cc663f03d5ba3ec2dcc55c2fcab9fa0aa6643082f4c8e735e96da6fba510e2.jpg
🎁 https://haven.dergigi.com/dd46026f15185a8a616b11c1720bae4f1ce269d8fa08f3f1136b866260e7c5db.png
This is a great idea, and then we can laugh at everyone who publishes their keys and say it's their fault for not reading the code
