US arrests alleged founders of Samourai Wallet crypto mixer

Suspects in Portugal and the US said to have laundered over $100M

'Again, this service is typically sought by people who don't want the police to know what their tokens are being used for, or what they did to acquire them.' - Odd, don't think The Register would go with the same angle if this was a tool for private messaging.

Lol still over £200 in lighting channels my side but 0 to spend, guess that's those high base fees.

Basically got NIP44 encryption working in python

GitHub

GitHub - monty888/monstr: python library for nostr WIP

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so think I'll quit whilst I'm ahead for today.

doing something dumb... Anyone any clue why the following python code isn't coming out to match the keys as NIP44 at

GitHub

nip44/nip44.vectors.json at main · paulmillr/nip44

NIP44 encrypted messages for nostr. Spec and implementations - paulmillr/nip44

from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes import SHA256 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.kdf.hkdf import HKDF import secp256k1 def get_conversion_key(priv_k:str, pub_k:str): the_priv: secp256k1.PrivateKey = secp256k1.PrivateKey(privkey=bytes.fromhex(priv_k)) print(f'using priv: {the_priv.private_key.hex()}') the_pub: secp256k1.PublicKey = secp256k1.PublicKey(pubkey=bytes.fromhex('02'+pub_k), raw=True) print(f'using pub_k: {the_pub.serialize().hex()}') tweaked_key: secp256k1.PublicKey = the_pub.tweak_mul(the_priv.private_key) print(f'tweaked {tweaked_key.serialize().hex()}') h = HKDF(algorithm=SHA256(), length=32, salt=b'nip44-v2', info=None) con_key = h.derive(key_material=tweaked_key.serialize()[1:]) print(f'conversion k: {con_key.hex()}') get_conversion_key(priv_k='315e59ff51cb9209768cf7da80791ddcaae56ac9775eb25b6dee1234bc5d2268', pub_k='c2f9d9948dc8c7c38321e4b85c8558872eafa0641cd269db76848a6073e69133')

Started trying to implement NIP44 in python, shouldn't be too tricky but like always I'm getting different key values generated to start with, obvs doing something stupid...

Let the hate flow flow though you Molly!

the Guardian

Sam Bankman-Fried is going to prison. The crypto industry isn’t any better for it

There have been no changes since the ex-mogul’s conviction as lawmakers fail to pass regulations to protect the public

Admittedly it's a shame that coinbase became a complete casino with a facade of legitimacy whereas it used to be a pretty safe place to recommend for new people. Anyone that was wiring cash to MtGox though should have known the risk, and anyone with a ounce of sense shouldn't have trusted FTX and Sam especially so the regulators and politicions (Looking at you Bill and Blair... Bet that was a nice paycheck!)

Just ordered this book

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Feel like it'd be good to get an understanding of hardware that I've always avoided. Interestingly in the comments I see this book makes an example of extracting the key from a trezor one (Though maybe this won't work any longer...) Also this site seems to be really useful too.

Off to watch Dune 2 on Imax later

Why does anyone use LinkedIn?

Just looked at cointelegraph for the first time in years... Easy to see why people hate crypto.

Just tried to renew domain, they use coinbase commerce, yuk. You get the option to use coinbase account, nope or some weird thing they call self custody but still seems to involve downloading some shitty coinbase app. Just used debit card in the end.

Heading to Japan for a few weeks. Looks like BTC already at ATH against the yen 😃