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Historian, builder of tools, maker of chocolates and code. AVB_21 on X LN: mr21@walletofsatoshi.com
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AVB 2 hours ago
Dear bitcoin people/devs/idea-persons : please don't release stuff out in the open that's not tested properly for the very basisc. It's ok to try stuff, or have limited features. But don't offload your work to "the community". It costs all of us time, money and energy ,... and in the end you damage your own projects, often beyond repair.
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AVB 3 days ago
RELEASED an easy way to create, and use time-locked bitcoin. This again, is a standalone easy tool to let anyone construct time-lock bitcoin "vaults". Many tools and wallets offer a way to use bitcoin's time-lock feature, but they all seem to fail at the very basics of selecting the time and the exact condtions + keys in the right format. This tool solves this. If you find this useful and want to support my development work, please keep me alive and kicking at mr21@walletofsatoshi.com Find the time-lock tool here: Find it at the bottom of image
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AVB 4 days ago
If you want to encrypt BEFORE anything hits any network, then learn how to use timeseed.io
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AVB 4 days ago
That's why I encrypt with Argon2 KDF + Post-Quantum algo and AES-GcM , well before it hits any network or centralized client SIGNAL OPSEC FAIL Signal, the privacy-focused messaging app that boasts about its security features, has been a favorite go-to for anti-ICE in Minneapolis as a means to communicate and coordinate their operations. Using the command-line version of the Signal app (Signal-cli), anything posted in the group after it joins can be seen in plain text on that computer — useful for bots, backups, monitoring, logging, archiving, or quietly watching group chats without anyone noticing an extra person joined. Signal-cli allows: • phone #’s to leak • view deleted messages • view edited messages • see who emoji reacted to a message • see when someone opens up the group chat on their phone (server ping) • see when typing start/stop • Timestamps for everything mentioned above Signal has been a Godsend for research and hunting down anti-government extremists.
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AVB 5 days ago
Tired of Nostr apps that overcomplicate onboarding and bloat everything with endless extra features? Locutus is different: a single-file HTML Nostr client (no installs) It gets new users from zero to timeline in under 21 seconds. Presenting Nostr Locutus, the Alpha 39.1 release A simple nostr client that actually lets people onboard with a few clicks under 10 seconds. For years we've seen nostr apps that fail to onboard people, or bloat the way accounts are created. My projects makes is extremely easy and fast to get a nostr address, and work with the very basics of the nostr network. Locutus : a single-file (no installs) Nostr experience • Host anywhere • Resistance is futile Find the pre-release here and some explanation here : image
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AVB 1 week ago
So yeah, coming few days I'll release 3 tools. - something for vaults - something for nostr - something for post-quantum msg I find building rather relaxing
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AVB 1 week ago
If anyone that has at least a basic understanding of encryption and can use nostr. I'm currently testing something, and it would be awesome to have 2 or 3 people with different tools (on desktop only) to join in. If you want to test something really nice... DM me for an invite.
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AVB 1 week ago
Regulation 46-A"If transmissions are being monitored during battle, no uncoded messages on an open channel" I think every good meaning European should adhere to this; as we are in that situation.
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AVB 1 week ago
Question for the builders here. If I *allegedly* created a tool that's provably quantum resistant and can communicate over nostr... why are some nostr services like iris not displaying DMs ?
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AVB 1 week ago
Today, some tests showed a small change in the layout and working order was needed in order to get things moving in and out of the locks. The main code wasn't changed. I've also removed create options for other address notations, we'll go bech32 only. (but backwards compatible for people having older time locks). I expect the full tool to be finished by end of january.
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AVB 1 week ago
Two things in bitcoin left to tackle (after numerous seed, entropy and encryption tools : The most elaborate ones : timelocks and multi-sig were left ... up to now. What always bothered me, is the interface towards these were so miserably badly designed or chaotic naming-conventions that made it unusable for normal non-tech people all the while the functions actually worked fine. Today, I've tackled the first one: time locks. The tool is now in testing (UI bugs, and then non-tech user testing). The banck-end works, and the pure functional testing and error handling was done the past few days. Soon,... on an open-source slavery spot near you :) or on
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AVB 2 weeks ago
'Are we the baddies?' #Macron Sunglasses inside image
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AVB 2 weeks ago
Can anyone even see my nostr posts? It's like zero views here all the time since some nosr'tr client did a wipe. :( Catastrophic experience her zo'n nostr for years now.
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AVB 3 weeks ago
Some stupid nostr app deleted all my followers. Don't know how. If I don't follow you, feel free to reply or like and I'll refollow you. Nostr needs better apps.
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AVB 1 month ago
Encryption today mostly means trusting apps, update pipelines, and centralized infrastructure. Even “end-to-end” systems still depend on vendors, app stores, and forced updates. Timeseed v2 is an attempt to remove that dependency entirely. It’s a lightweight, open-source, client-side encryption tool that runs as a standalone HTML file (online or fully offline, air-gapped if you want). No accounts, no servers, no key exchange. Instead of contacts and key servers, Timeseed uses deterministic time-based key derivation: Generate a high-entropy TimeSeed root Optionally add a secret pepper Derive reproducible passkeys scoped to daily, monthly, or long-term periods Rotate keys simply by advancing the date — no coordination required Crypto stack: Argon2id (memory-hard KDF) AES-GCM (authenticated encryption) Per-operation random salts and IVs All encryption happens locally before any network touch You can share a TimeSeed publicly if it’s pepper-protected, or keep everything private. Re-keying is trivial. No identifiers tied to phone numbers, emails, or IPs. Timeseed v2 also includes LockIt, a companion encrypt/decrypt tool for text and files using derived passkeys — useful on desktop or mobile in constrained situations. This isn’t a messaging app. It’s pre-network encryption you control. If you believe sovereignty means owning your keys and your tooling, this may be useful. Online demo + offline HTML download Open source No tokens, no accounts, no telemetry 👉
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AVB 1 month ago
Today is the day. TS2
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AVB 1 month ago
After a few years on nostr: I see little to no improvement. Super bad clients, unstable connection, relays are cra*, the NIP05 name thing is a disaster to work with (only one provider actually really works), and the feed is a chaotic mess of memes and old charts or ads for some gimmicks. If I post something real (like a tool or some insight / blogpost) it gets zero to 5 views/reactions at best. This is so dead. I can't understand how people in the bitcoin space keep raving about this complete failure of a network. (and yes, it had potential, but it's now nothing more than a glorified pub/sec key authenticator with bad implementations.