ADIL 🌿 (@kazani) • Hey
Blockchain Developer & Privacy Advocate
Early $BONSAI 🌳 Supporter
Publications
- This was never about money laundering. Its about taking control over your money away from you and pushing you into fully surveillable custodial Bitcoin.
- SELF-CUSTODY IS THE REVOLUTION.
- India is now working to censor creators on Rumble.
- @lens/hey score: 11,380
What's your score?
- In the movie Dark Night, Harvey Dent tells Batman, "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain." It's one of the best quotes, from one of the best films in cinema history. If one had to repurpose the quote to make sense of recent, troubling developments in the Bitcoin industry, it might go "You either die a cypherpunk or live long enough to see yourself become a comply guy." At least that's how many are feeling after Seth For Privacy, one of the industry's most respected privacy influencers, shocked his followers by saying Thursday that coinjoins and mixers might have to consider KYC in order to prevent the CIA and other U.S. government actors from using the services to launder money for Ukraine, Hamas, and drug cartels.
"It makes me want to puke to even type this," For Privacy began in his controversial Nostr post, "but maybe PODCONF is right. If the government won't comply with its own laws and rules, maybe its up to us to out-comply them. If we want the tools we created to shield our data from the state, we need to make sure they're not being used by state criminals. The only way to do this, that I'm aware of, is to enforce KYC/AML requirements so we can identify spooks and prevent them from using these services"
"Privacy is a human right. Coinjoins were created, in part, to protect that right. The problem with open source technologies like coinjoins is that governments can use them to break the law." For Privacy followed up with on Nostr. "We have seen this since technologies like cryptography, Bitcoin, coinjoins on Bitcoin, and even Monero were developed. They are immediately exploited by feds from the CIA, FBI, NSA, and the European versions of Feds to skirt compliance laws in order to facilitate human trafficking, drug and weapons smuggling, as well as money laundering for terrorists such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, ISIS, and Ukraine. The media and politicians indict Bitcoin as a tool used by money launderers and terrorists but they never tell voters who those criminals are. Because its them! Virtually all international criminal enterprise is state sanctioned."
His comments were made in the context of speculation on social media that undercover feds from deep state agencies were using Samourai's Whirlpool service to launder millions of dollars through Bitcoin and either got caught or needed to shut down the service in order to prevent adversaries like Russia and China from using the service themselves.
On another front, Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation has began leading the public campaign that states laundering money for government agents isn't illegal in a Democracy. Gladstein posted Wednesday night, "If a Democratic government launders money it is legal because that means the citizens of that country support it. That's how Democracies work. No action by a Democratic government can be considered illegal therefore no citizen facilitating a government action should be liable for a crime." Dennis Porter has not addressed the privacy issue or mentioned Samourai at all since the arrests were made, which has been heartbreaking for many of his followers. The Bugle included.
- Privacy is normal.
Living in a surveillance state in which the government demands to watch everything we do with our money at all times without obtaining a warrant is NOT normal.
Treating software developers who build privacy-preserving technology as criminals is reprehensible.
- If you want to keep your Bitcoin safe from the government, just make a seed phrase using Jeffrey Epstein’s clients’ names.
That way the FBI will never look for it.
Anyway, goodnight.
- Wherever you are in life, you are supposed to be - Tao
Any story or myth that inspires you to believe that life is worth fighting for is more powerful than truth. When someone loses hope, it often leads to tragic outcomes like suicide, and when society as a whole loses hope, it can lead to a mental health crisis.
We need more myths, more stories, and more heroes to reignite hope in youth and help save society from self-destruction.
"Myth is an image, in terms of which we try to make sense of the world." - Alan Watts
- Know Your Customer AKA KYC data can and will be used against you.
If they ask for ID, Selfie, SSN, etc just say no.
There is always another way.
https://kycnot.me/
- Privacy is normal and good.
There has been an effort among authorities to make “money laundering” and “financial privacy” the same thing. That is, the mere act of moving money privately itself becomes a crime. That’s not okay.
Money laundering is when money that is obtained through crime is concealed by obfuscating it with clean money. The actual crime is the initial non-financial crime (say, mob stuff), and historically money laundering involves manual activity to work with the criminals.
Now that open source tech can make certain transactions private, authorities increasingly equate all private money transfer with money laundering, even if the developer of the open source tech had no direct involvement with criminals. Authorities target them regardless, and sanction the technology itself. Financial privacy becomes synonymous with crime in their minds, and in the minds of the public.
- Lyn Alden
- 10 Things to Consider When Preparing for your Token Generation Event (TGE)
https://blog.hack.vc/10-things-to-consider-when-preparing-for-your-token-generation-event-tge/
- How to protect against Pegasus spyware on Android
To protect against Pegasus spyware on Android, follow these steps:
1. Update your device and apps: Ensure your Android device and apps are up to date with the latest security patches. This can help prevent known vulnerabilities from being exploited by Pegasus or other malware.
2. Use strong cybersecurity software: Install a reputable antivirus or mobile security app on your Android device. This can help detect and remove common malware and provide additional protection against Pegasus and other advanced spyware.
3. Be cautious with links and attachments: Avoid clicking on suspicious links or opening unknown attachments, as Pegasus can be executed as a zero-click or one-click infection.
4. Use two-factor authentication (2FA): Enable 2FA for your accounts to add an extra layer of security, making it more difficult for attackers to access your sensitive information even if they manage to infect your device with Pegasus.
5. Be mindful of public Wi-Fi: Avoid connecting to unsecured public Wi-Fi networks, as they can be easily monitored and exploited by attackers. Instead, use a virtual private network (VPN) to encrypt your internet connection and protect your privacy.
6. Use the Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT): If you suspect your Android is infected with Pegasus spyware, you can use the MVT — a specific spyware removal tool developed by Amnesty International. It requires Linux or macOS and some technical prowess, but since Pegasus relies on unknown zero-day exploits, it’s your best bet for removing Pegasus spyware from your Android.
Remember, while these steps can help protect against Pegasus and other malware, no solution is foolproof. It’s essential to stay vigilant and informed about the latest threats and security practices.
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- Privacy is not a crime. Don't let them gaslight you into thinking you did something wrong by mixing your UTXOs. The governments around the world are trying to ban E2EE and blames that too on criminal use. The right to privacy is not something that is given to us, it's something we have to fight for and protect.
- It is indeed a sad day. Regardless of the drama between the Samourai and Monero community, both communities (for the most part) are working towards a similar goal... financial freedom through privacy tech.
It does look like the gov is bending existing regulation to now mean something different, and while Samourai did no favors to themselves by way of public communication and taking fees for mixing, it appears what they were doing was not unlawful, especially considering it's NON-CUSTODIAL, which previously was the standard for not needing a Money transmitter license. They were also VC backed (Wouldn't those investors have pulled out if they were doing blatantly illegal activities?). Am eager to get a lawyer's opinion on this indictment.
Still, privacy is not a crime, and the privacy community should unite in supporting them.
- Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested and Charged With Money Laundering
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/24/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/
- GM $BONSAI 🌳
There is only one problem, you create the problem. - Osho
- Delete your Reddit data.
https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
- Based on my findings, I discovered some top alternatives to MetaMask for different platforms:
~ Desktop/Browser: Rabby, Blockwallet, Frame
~ Mobile: Alphawallet, Unstoppable, Airgap, Argent
Of course, it's always a good idea to DYOR as well.
- Personal data is being spied on by Web3 scam detection tools.
https://twitter.com/jdoylesecurity/status/1774865529775202482?s=19
- The Man Who Killed Google Search
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
- Dump Google Drive and Dropbox and try one of these privacy respecting storage alternatives:
- Cryptomator
- Filen
- Nextcloud
- Anxiety is the prerequisite for progress.
- "If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy"
~ Philip Zimmermann, creator of PGP
- Binance sued in Canada for securities law violations
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-sued-canada-securities-law
- SAFE token is now transferrable and listed on Uniswap
https://safe.global/token
- Use my code to claim 50XP: ODY0YTQ5
- The sad thing about the fake Elizabeth Warren bitcoin letter is that it’s 100% believable.
- 🥕 Carrot2 search.carrot2.org Search engine that organizes your results into topics to help students visualize and explore the results.
- Club request: create BITCOIN club please
@lens/nilesh @lens/orb 🙏🏻
- Cypherpunks attack code and ideas.
Cypherpricks attack the people behind them.
- Your phone really is listening in and spying on you, even when it's turned off. I recommend getting a Faraday Bag to keep you from being tracked and spied on when not in use. Also keeps you from being radiated by the phones 5G/EMF waves.
- Just as a chimpanzee is not capable of understanding calculus, humans may be incapable of understanding the "ultimate" nature of reality.
- Smart men go broke three ways.
Liquor, ladies and leverage.
- How has it become acceptable for leaders to call the mass sacrifice of men an ‘opportunity’ or a ‘great investment’? People are slaughtered like animals for profit by war profiteers and we’re just watching, doing nothing. A world without empathy will be destroyed without empathy.
- https://start.me/p/b5NOR6/atozosint
- hauditor
A tool designed to analyze the security headers returned by a web page and report dangerous configurations.
https://github.com/trap-bytes/hauditor
#cybersecurity #pentesting #bugbounty
https://github.com/trap-bytes/hauditor
- The dangers of “decentralized” ID systems
https://paper.wf/crypto-agorism/the-dangers-of-decentralized-id-systems
https://paper.wf/crypto-agorism/the-dangers-of-decentralized-id-systems
- Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounding with assholes.
- I was never a loner. I always liked talking to people. I always had friends. My phone was always filled with calls and messages. But now, things have changed. I don't know what exactly has happened. But now, I hardly call people. I hardly do chit chat. I almost never send those forwarded jokes. Have I matured? Have I gone into hiding? Have I become an introvert? I don't know. But I have certainly found my peace in this change. I get more time for myself now. I don't need people to keep me busy. I don't even get bored. I like being with myself. I have realized that I used to waste too much of my time on people. Not all, but many of them were just timepass bonds. They needed me at that point, and maybe, even I needed them. But there was nothing deep about us. Maybe we both found validation in each other. Maybe, we were just talking regularly to convince ourselves that we have friends around us. I know that's a cynical look back at the past. But looking at how I am still very comfortable in my life without so many conversations and people, I guess there was something not so pure about those past equations.
Yes, another important thing is that all of us have grown busy in our lives and we hardly get time for the calls and texts. But that's a half honest argument as when you really want to make time, you do make that time somehow. So maybe, we all have realized that being alone is not that bad. There is peace in reflecting on things on our own, without daily gossips and talks. Maybe, we all reach a stage in life when we get more comfortable with solitude. Our souls grow deeper. Our heart starts to understand emotions better. Maybe, that's life seeping in deep within us, whispering that now you are living it more, more intimately. So yes, I don't talk more now. But I am happy. And I hope now you know why I hardly call you up. It's not about you. It's not your fault. It's just me experiencing life in its new shade, the darker, calmer shade.
- GM #Lens 🌿
Github repos with lists of links to .onion zone domains:
https://github.com/The-Hidden-Wiki-URLs/2024
https://github.com/darknet-onion-links/darknet-onion-links-catalog
https://github.com/5ky1ar/Awesome-Onion-Links
https://github.com/RheaPomarico4467/onion-trust
https://github.com/01Kevin01/OnionLinksV3
https://github.com/praveenjalasutram/Darkweb-Onion-Links
https://github.com/UvinduBro/darkweb-links
#darknet
https://github.com/The-Hidden-Wiki-URLs/2024
- Private is what we don't want to share with the whole world.
Secret is what we don't want to share with anyone.
- Food for thought for the new Bitcoin epoch. 🤔
https://twitter.com/JuanSGalt/status/1781754232305041506
- Inflation theft in a nutshell:
1. Supply of money doubles for free, government goes on spending spree to buy votes and pay for tax enforcement.
2. Your assets double in price, no problem? Think again, you now owe capital gains tax on it; it's being taken from you.
3. Wake up.
- https://twitter.com/0xBoxer/status/1781320749094998397?s=19
https://twitter.com/0xBoxer/status/1781320749094998397?s=19
- A new tool from Decurity
It allows to reveal unused code of live smart contracts by collecting coverage from historical transactions
https://github.com/Decurity/tx-coverage/
- Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr said that to filter Runes spam using either BitcoinKnots or Bitcoin Core, the only approach right now is to set datacarriersize=0 in your bitcoin.conf file (or the equivalent GUI option in Knots only).
https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1781749769431650700?s=19
After Runes went online yesterday, it once pushed the Bitcoin network transaction fee to more than 2,000 sat/vb. It has now fallen back to about 100 sat/vb (about $ 9).
- AirChat, the buzzy new social app, could be great — or, it could succumb to the same fate as Clubhouse
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/airchat-the-buzzy-new-social-app-could-be-great-or-it-could-succumb-to-the-same-fate-as-clubhouse/
Over the weekend, another social media platform exploded into the fray: AirChat. The app is like a combination of Twitter and Clubhouse. Instead of typing a post, you speak it. The app quickly transcribes what you say, and as your followers scroll through their feed, they’ll hear your voice alongside the transcription.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/airchat-the-buzzy-new-social-app-could-be-great-or-it-could-succumb-to-the-same-fate-as-clubhouse/
- Religion has made God an aspirin, take 3 times a day for a good life.
- Osho
- We mature with damage, not with time
- Curious facts.
Let's see:
Nov. 28, 2012: First halving
Price $ 12.20.
Before halving at this price: $ 611 per mined block (50 Bitcoins)
After halving at this price: $ 305 per mined block (25 Bitcoins)
July 9, 2016: Second halving
Price $ 640.56
Before halving at this price: $ 16014 per mined block (25 bitcoins)
After halving at this price: $ 8007 per mined block (12.5 Bitcoins)
May 11, 2020: Third halving
Price $ 8,605.03.
Before halving at this price: $ 107,562 per block mined (12.5 bitcoins)
After halving at this price: $ 53,781 per block mined (6.25 Bitcoins)
April 20, 2024: Fourth halving
Price $ 65000?
Before halving at this price: $ 406,250 per block mined (6.25 bitcoins)
After halving at this price: $ 203125 per mined block (3,125 Bitcoins)
Therefore between halving the reward in fiat currency increased by 2521% < 572% < 278%.