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New from The Rage: Open Source Arrests: US Officials Sour on Biden's War on Privacy (you've already seen this but I don't know how to link to notes) 
Declaration of Separation republished on Anarplex
Paralelni Polis' Institute of Cryptoanarchy hosts Pizza Day 
Ketominer gives a talk on Samourai Wallet at Pizza Day (featuring lots of more great talks)
The Rage sends the feds some questions (you've already seen this too and I still don't know how to link to notes) 
Yellow makes his bank send ecash 
Bruce Schneier is still a moron
Tether does some more money laundering 
Paolo says he is a good boy 
Former State Dept. Cyber Mike Benz has theories 
Black Rock sells paper bitcoin 
Silent Payments overview site is launched
US Attorneys discover MEVil
Salame got some sweet Alameda loans to give to politicians 
IBEX Pay shuts down in US 
Bolt12 moves forward on LND 
Silent Payments coming to Rust Bitcoin 
Silent Payments coming to BlueWallet 
Bonus due to relevance: Room77's Joerg Platzer's talk at Paralelni Polis Hackers Congress 2018
The Rage
Open Source Arrests: US Officials Sour on Biden’s War on Privacy
Biden is waging war on financial privacy, and not everyone is happy.
The last several weeks have weighed heavily on those in Bitcoin who use pri...
Declaration of Separation
Paralelni Polis' Institute of Cryptoanarchy hosts Pizza Day X (formerly Twitter)
Pizza Day Prague #makecrisisgreatagain (@PizzaDayPrague) on X
Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention that we got a banner 🐷⚡️
Ketominer gives a talk on Samourai Wallet at Pizza Day (featuring lots of more great talks) Pizza Day Prague 2025 | Bitcoin Conference
Pizza Day Prague 2025 | International Bitcoin Conference
Welcome to the 4rd annual Pizza Day Prague Bitcoin Conference!
The recent all-time highs have reignited the mania, flooding the space with newfoun...
X (formerly Twitter)
L0la L33tz is more fun on Nostr (@L0laL33tz) on X
Good morning, its been over 3 weeks since the Samourai Wallet indictment and there still seems to be no sign of @SamouraiDev in the justice system....
Yellow makes his bank send ecash X (formerly Twitter)
yellow.🍌🍞 (@ICOffenderII) on X
I just sent 1 sat (broken in 3 batches) using my bank's infostructure and they didn't even know it. Ecash and https://t.co/mzzGdfLnXP FTW🔥
Bruce Schneier is still a moron Default
Tornado Cash Is Not Free Speech. It’s a Golem
Tornado Cash is a deathless artificial being, animated by magical words to circumvent the law.
Protos
China busts $2 billion USDT money laundering operation
The gang allegedly used USDT to evade China's foreign exchange regulations and provide a means for criminals to send their funds overseas.
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Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) on X
An uniformed CEO, leading a company being investigated by the SEC, launching a competitive stablecoin (cui prodest), is being reported spreading fe...
Former State Dept. Cyber Mike Benz has theories X (formerly Twitter)
Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) on X
Watch this clip from 1:07-1:20 & then watch the video I did last week on stablecoins as a secret offshore backdoor Federal Reserve op to prop u...
Black Rock sells paper bitcoin X (formerly Twitter)
Duo Nine ⚡ YCC (@duonine) on X
BlackRock may not have 1:1 backing on their Bitcoin ETF and Coinbase is playing their game.
Transactions are recorded off chain and in cash. 🤯...
Silent Payments overview site is launched Silent Payments
A simple site detailing Silent Payments, their value, their usage, and their current wallet support.
US Attorneys discover MEVil
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Leo Schwartz (@leomschwartz) on X
According to a new sentencing memo for former FTX executive Ryan Salame, former FTX chief regulatory officer Dan Friedberg suggested that Salame pa...
IBEX Pay shuts down in US X (formerly Twitter)
IBEX Pay ⚡️ (@IBEXpay) on X
After careful consideration it has been decided that effective 31st of May 2024, all IBEX Pay services in the USA will be suspended.
Thank you for...
Bolt12 moves forward on LND X (formerly Twitter)
Nitesh ₿⚡️ (@nitesh_btc) on X
For everyone waiting for Bolt12 support for LND, this is a nice PR that got merged. Starting with Lnd 0.18 everyone can run the LNDK project withou...
Silent Payments coming to Rust Bitcoin GitHub
Silent payments addresses (BIP352) · Issue #2778 · rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin
I was reading this bitcoindevkit/bdk_wallet#160 and I think implementation should start on rust-bitcoin Address struct first To support sending to ...
Silent Payments coming to BlueWallet GitHub
GitHub - BlueWallet/SilentPayments: Send bitcoins to SilentPayment static payment codes, in pure typescript
Send bitcoins to SilentPayment static payment codes, in pure typescript - BlueWallet/SilentPayments
Bonus due to relevance: Room77's Joerg Platzer's talk at Paralelni Polis Hackers Congress 2018 