First published July 5, 2018 Came across this essay on the internets, hope it educates you the reader as much as it educated me. I admit I used to believe in Bitcoin. I was one of its most naïve and vehement apologists to friends, family members, and complete strangers (online). This was all before…

Gobsmacked to discover the fattest, smelliest, & dirtiest neighbor I ever had worked in a soap factory. I had many questions about that lady, but over the years I began to wonder,,,what the hell had she learned about soap?

As a Stasher dev, I knew Stasher News is something I wanted, but I have no idea if others wanted it or the idea it would even work with Monero. Monero has a lot of technical hurdles, and some of them don't lead to very nice user experiences. But people still use Monero nonetheless, because the…

We all love freedom, yet we don’t always want it for others — and we rarely stop to think about that. We probably should. Three years ago, SourceHut — a platform dedicated to free software hosting — issued a bold statement: software related to crypto and blockchains was no longer welcome there. The…

The discourse surrounding "free speech", as framed by right-wing libertarians (such as anarcho-capitalists), leaves me discouraged. Looking around, I don't see First World states engaging in mass censorship of free speech. We certainly face serious, high-stakes issues regarding information share —…

Let's have a flame war about outgoing view keys. (Just kidding, lets keep it candid and civil)