"Privacy is one kind of freedom of expression: the freedom to disclose oneself to the world. Enabling that freedom enables all the benefits of free expression too. Privacy, then, has significant instrumental value."
Excellent work here by the Resistance Money crew nostr:nprofile1qqszv3w274cx5vtk0jfp2v5htgrelpv4pcgqd02svh6a6qsnu6zg49spzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9thwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyv8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvdhk6tnpw57gdmf4, nostr:nprofile1qqs8753ha8mh5gky4ztzf3avx89w097c43q5fvpyjwys6487uuuehngpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhssdjs5k, and nostr:nprofile1qqsfxkeuza76hnkuj2028vgqt52f9u9fl0d2z25xee3c80hyqfe74lgpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvrjcls7
https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/privacy-in-public-part-1-what-privacy-is-and-why-it-matters
"No privacy, no freedom" h/t nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnszynhwden5te0wahhgtn4w3ux7tn0dejszxthwden5te0wdjkuerfwshxummnvekxzun99e3k7mgrcp7e2
The highway's jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide
Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Oh, someday, girl, I don't know when
We're gonna get to that place
Where we really wanna go and we'll walk in the sun
But 'til then, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
Definitely an option. Digital signatures ftw.
Here's what I posted yesterday on X:
Well done! I love the intent and execution here!
To take it one step further, has River considered enabling customers to publicly vouch that the results of their validation excercise are legit? I feel like this is the last mile of this intent to really bring it home.
This could be done by issuing a Verifiable Credential to customers, and then enabling a 1-click "vouch" button that compiles a message which customers can digitally sign and publish using their VC. The messages could be pushed to any verifiable data registry of your choice, but could start out as simple as just River hosting these signed messages on your website / infrastructure.
This information would now be public and corroborated by your individual customers, adding that real credibility that you all are going for in terms of an open, public certification process.
Nashville goals next week:
- Meet with and learn from everyone there about manifesting businesses that deliver heat from mining
- Find the right role at a company that wants to advance Decentralized Identity in the United States
About mining: geraldglickman.com/mining
Let’s build businesses that use Bitcoin mining heat!
There is so much to talk about here, but my goal is conduct a comprehensive and OPEN survey (data will be shared) of top potential use cases for leveraging the heat from Bitcoin mining.
About Identity:
Let's build a world where individuals control the use of their identity!
My 10 years in fraud and identity risk have shown me that we must collectively and urgently work to enable a new paradigm of digital identity in the US.
Will you be in Nashville next week for the conference? I'd love to speak with you about either of these topics if they are of interest to you or your business 🤝
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Everyone should reject this kind of stuff in principle.
"By interpreting facial expressions and other non-verbal cues, the system can identify passengers who may be distressed or agitated, potentially allowing officers to preempt conflicts or emergencies."
No, you're combining the notion of a DID and a Verifiable Credential. A DID by itself proves / attests nothing. A DID is not KYC. Lots of misunderstanding here.
The anchor is the DID itself, no? Attestations relating to KYC should come in the form of a Verifiable Credential that are controlled / issued to that DID (hopefully) as opposed to a simple signed message by a DID relating to some other entity.
Yes, agree, ty. The goal (and current gap in this space, IMHO), is around your last point and deriving an open trust model / framework that would enable others to make similar (if not the same) "verified" attestations about other DIDs.
I personally think this is a novel concept (putting the entire DID Doc on-chain), and I'm confused why people are shitting on it. Many are quick to espouse anti-kyc blah blah (and they're not wrong), but at the same time identity is broken and we need to find a way forward. DIDs and VCs are the obvious answer, and will return consent and sovereignty to individuals when it comes to the storage and utilization of their PII.
I just realized I was feeling unsettled the other day, took me a minute to realize the remedy - it had been a full 18 months since I listened to In Rainbows.
1 hour later, felt refreshed and reset.
So good
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Then comes the day
Staring at myself I turn to question me
I wonder: do I want the simple, simple life that I once lived in well?
Oh, things were quiet then
In a way they were the better days
But now I am the proudest monkey you've ever seen
Monkey see, monkey do, yeah
There are several people who work at banks who are there because they see it as the highest leverage (and perhaps only?) way to advance Bitcoin enablement and adoption. 👋
Caitlin is an absolute legend.
Fascinating to ponder.
My POV: just because we have information and a high-level of confidence doesn't mean we always rationally take action with that information. Yes, Bitcoin futures now have a large and liquid market, but it is still very reactive to narratives, and narratives are reinforced and amplified by actions (human and otherwise) not yet taken.
Even when that first action is 100% predictable (halving) , the results of the amplified narratives are unclear even when they might seem logical / clearly causal.
Humanity's understanding of Bitcoin is not priced in, let alone a specific event like a halving. Bullish. Also, I have no clue!
I see. The issue is a context-specific answer from a generalized statement.
"Optimal" is also completely subjective. Is it optimal for a company to dump pollution in a river? For their P&L, yes. For a broader set of stakeholders / context space, perhaps not.
Lyn, do you think is a legal case to be made that exchanges MUST use mixers to comply with GBLA?
Trying to think of Overton Window grenades for this overreach.
Ty, Lyn! Appreciate you and your work!
I'd be curious to understand if other viable legal defenses are being discussed and deployed in an organized fashion.
It's pretty different than Ion in that it stores the DID Document directly on-chain, so ofc it's less "efficient".
As for the broader sentiment, agree to disagree 🤝
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