$35,000,000,000,000. View quoted note →

I don't know anything about cryptography, but this article says that Telegram is not as secure as people are lead to believe: "Many systems use encryption in some way or another. However, when we talk about encryption in the context of modern private messaging services, the word typically has a very specific meaning: it refers to the use of default end-to-end encryption to protect users’ message content. When used in an industry-standard way, this feature ensures that every message will be encrypted using encryption keys that are only known to the communicating parties, and not to the service provider. From your perspective as a user, an “encrypted messenger” ensures that each time you start a conversation, your messages will only be readable by the folks you intend to speak with. If the operator of a messaging service tries to view the content of your messages, all they’ll see is useless encrypted junk. That same guarantee holds for anyone who might hack into the provider’s servers, and also, for better or for worse, to law enforcement agencies that serve providers with a subpoena. Telegram clearly fails to meet this stronger definition for a simple reason: it does not end-to-end encrypt conversations by default. If you want to use end-to-end encryption in Telegram, you must manually activate an optional end-to-end encryption feature called “Secret Chats” for every single private conversation you want to have. The feature is explicitly not turned on for the vast majority of conversations, and is only available for one-on-one conversations, and never for group chats with more than two people in them." Article here:

A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering

Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

This blog is reserved for more serious things, and ordinarily I wouldn’t spend time on questions like the above. But much as I’d like t...

You call it an echo chamber. I call it subject matter expertise.

GM. Waiting for the sun to break through, but I’ll take it. #lagunabeach

I go to the same Starbucks most Fridays to meet with my business partner. There’s an older Millennial/younger Gen X (my guess is that she’s a younger Gen-X) barista that works here. Her coworkers are mostly Gen-Z. There is a world of difference between how she treats customers and how coworkers treat customers. She’s personable, helpful (she wiped down the counter for me; I didn’t even ask), cheery, and engaging. Her coworkers are nice and pleasant but there’s a big gap between her and her coworkers.

GM. Fueling up. Long day ahead! #coffeechain

I deleted all social media apps off my phone. The algorithms for those apps are too good and sucked a lot of time from me. Primal is the only thing I have that’s close to being social media but no algorithm.

I wonder how this will end?

The Decisive Moment: “There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.” —Henri Cartier-Bresson, legendary street photographer. Photographically, and on so many different levels, this was a decisive moment.

This is part of the IRS’s definition of “digital asset”: “Digital assets are not real currency (also known as fiat) because they aren't: - The coin and paper money of the United States or another country - Digitally issued by a government's central bank.” They want you to believe that “Fiat,” which literally means “by decree” is real.

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Bitkey is a great option. View quoted note →

Stacking sats after the #bitcoin price is $100k+

This is still a thing?

I own an accounting firm. Out of all my clients over the years I’ve seen exactly one client who had #bitcoin on the balance sheet. He sold all of it a couple of years ago. 🙁

My wife and I share a car. We both work from home. The lease payment that would have gone to the 2nd car? #bitcoin

https://twitter.com/michaeltdoan/status/1663637481881997312?s=46&t=_PFFI-meNYVHoYJvvHYSdg

Someone is eyeballing my steak and eggs. A

I am addicted to carbonated water.

Explaining to my daughter the difference between private and secretive. She wondered why I asked that a Venmo payment be set to private and to put a “.” in the description. She asked me why I was being so secretive.