Paul Troon @[email protected]

Afterthought to the afterthought: according to what I see in ZeroLink/Wasabi docs, the original scenario is in fact correct, because the first stage is "input registration phase" in which the "Alices" give their utxos and proofs of ownership (and blinded outputs), so the coerced server could bifurcate its behaviour at this first phase.

Recent discussion on IRC about Joinmarket and it occurs to me that the issue of Wasabi using a server is both subtle and little understood. Even more confusing when you consider Joinmarket also uses servers, for messaging. I'll try to explain in a bit of detail and point out how this may be a material difference in the privacy model (although it's hard to state clearly): (1/n)

@Sosthene Well lots were good. I think I particularly liked the demonstration of abcore - Udi ( @udiWertheimer , first day) demo-ed installing a full node on an Android TV device!.

Also enjoyed looking at the goTenna operating to broadcast a transaction ( Richard Myers, second day afternoon)

"Understanding Bitcoin" conference has wrapped up, I think the general idea of focusing on hands-on has been good, I think people who are into hardware would have particularly enjoyed the final part that talked about things like mesh network and satellites, there was also a lot about various ways you can run a node.
We might have pitched it too high technically for the average user though - if they do it again next year it might start off with more of a "beginners" day.

@PaulTroon @christinabahk
I think that's the one organized by David Bailey, the guy who owns bitcoinmagazine. From what i heard his idea was to mend fences and get people from both sides of the scaling war together to communicate, I heard he wanted Armstrong for the conf too.
The problem is, this is all rubbish, because those people never apologized for their appalling behaviour, they think they were just unfortunate not catastrophically unethical and wrong. Which they were. It's laughable tbh.

#Cahoots: Stowaway (Payjoin) and STONEWALLx2 soft launch...
https://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/183378923792/collaborative-transactions-cahoots

RT @Blockstream

We're excited to announce the #SatelliteAPI is now on mainnet! Pay with ⚡️ to broadcast data globally! Satellite Receiver v1.3 is also now released. This required update increases bandwidth & reliability for small antennas & those with low SNR. 🚀🛰️🌐 https://blockstream.com/satellite-queue/

A great deep dive from @nic on #Bitcoin assurances. I appreciate his focus on the current weaknesses in the area of #BTC on and off ramps:
https://medium.com/@nic__carter/unpacking-bitcoins-assurances-a3c98824d3f0

Thank you @kyletorpey for publicizing this horrible invasion by the CRA!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2019/03/06/bitcoin-investors-targeted-with-audits-by-canadas-federal-tax-agency/#3398e25e656e

RT @[email protected]
The #LNTrustChain Torch has arrived in Iran. Congrats!

Special Edition episode with @[email protected] tomorrow. ✊ https://twitter.com/Ziya_Sadr/status/1101948854608515077

In a talk in Milan some time ago I claimed there were at least 8 different interpretations of a 2-in 2-out bitcoin transaction.
Today I was thinking about it and decided there were actually 15 in general :) And 52 different ways to make linkages in 5 inputs ... then I realised it was basically Bell numbers, which means there are 203 ways to make linkages in a 3-in 3-out. It scales exponentially.

Pinging @laurentmt because gists don't ping!

https://gist.github.com/LaurentMT/e758767ca4038ac40aaf#gistcomment-2851522

BAM! #LightningNetwork invoice from me in #Toronto to @eiaine #SanFrancisco transmitted via 20m on JS8 then paid a.. http://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/aw9975/bam_lightningnetwork_invoice_from_me_in_toronto/

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/grim-stories-of-ethical-privacy-abuses-emerge-about-coinbases-new-partners/

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This is how I closed my Coinbase account with some unwithdrawable dust balances... opened a support ticket and told them to keep the lousy 0.11 cents. Something I should have done years ago. #deletecoinbase

Latest bitcoin optech newsletter has a nice summary of the schnorr functionality in libsecp2561(-zkp) that's been released, including adaptor signatures. h/t @harding

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/02/26/

Coinbase's disgusting behaviour hiring Hacking Team:

What about non-Bitcoiners? Can't we find common cause with e.g. ETH people on this? Has Vitalik called out Coinbase yet? Put aside prejudice, I'd bet a large percentage of ETH enthusiasts have the same ethical disdain as we do for this.