Replying to @CypherSafe, @adam3us and @pwuille
Complicated. You could come close as long as you put the ball back in the bag & shake well between each draw. But that works only for the first 23 words. The last word has some random but is mostly checksum. There are tools (LetheKit, Spectre) that will fix the last word drawn.
Replying to @CypherSafe, @adam3us and @pwuille
See this discussion in the Airgapped Wallet Community discussion about fixing the last word. https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Airgapped-Wallet-Community/discussions/27
Replying to @CypherSafe, @adam3us and @pwuille
Here is discussion on this feature in LetheKit: https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/bc-lethekit/pull/58
Replying to @lukechilds, @CypherSafe, @adam3us and @pwuille
We recommend casino dice as manufacturers have strong incentive for true randomness. But even then, you have to roll them correctly — I like DIY dice towers. Here a blog post on how bad ordinary game dice is: 144k rolls for 29% 1s. Should have been 16.6%. [https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/That’s_How_I_Roll_-A_Scientific_Analysis_of_Dice](https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/That’s_How_I_Roll-_A_Scientific_Analysis_of_Dice)
Replying to @CypherSafe, @lukechilds, @adam3us and @pwuille
Any wholesale/friend discounts? Or custom logo? Xmas is coming, and is great for LetheKit, seedtool-cli and a forthcoming iOS app.
A rough proposal I’m involved with for a new #Wyoming Law defining Personal Digital Identity as “the intangible digital representation of, by, and for a natural person over which they have autonomy and through which they intentionally communicate or act”. What do you think?
👆/cc: @rothfuss @dazzagreenwood @ScottLDavid @OwnYourDataNow Clare Sullivan
Replying to @magcartbarons
SCOTUS has been an issue with the 2nd section which defines Organizational Digital Identity differently, as corporations have certain kind of “personhood” too.
Replying to @NZN
Can you clarify? Our intent is that autonomy to make decisions and take actions is inherent to being a natural person, and that that autonomy in the digital world just reflects that base natural right. How would you word it?
Last July, @WolfMcNally and I laid out the Universal Resources (UR) specification, a method for encoding binary data in plain text strings that are also well-formed URIs. [1/6]
https://www.blockchaincommons.com/projects/Blockchain-Commons-URs-Support-Airgapped-PSBTs/
Why another data format? Because we wanted to resolve interoperability issues that were affecting the Bitcoin space, and to expand the capabilities of QR codes. [2/6] https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Research/blob/master/papers/bcr-2020-005-ur.md
If you are a wallet developer interested in supporting animated QRs for PSBTs as well as other cryptographic objects, or wish to support other interoperability standards like #TorGap, join the Airgapped Wallet Community hosted by @BlockchainComns. [6/6] ៚ https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Airgapped-Wallet-Community/discussions
Other companies like @CoboVault and @BlueWalletio and other #bitcoin wallet companies have announced plans to support animated QRs for PSBTs using this UR specification. [5/6]
We’ve also enjoyed great partnerships from companies like @FOUNDATIONdvcs and @SparrowWallet who have ported our reference UR libraries and are adopting UR codes into their own products. [4/6] https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Research/blob/master/papers/bcr-2020-005-ur.md#implementations
The most exciting application so far has been the creation of animated QR codes, allowing for the reliable transmission of PSBTs to airgapped devices for the first time. [3/6]
RT @FOUNDATIONdvcs: Amazing work by @BlockchainComns @ChristopherA @WolfMcNally to develop industry standards for transmitting data via QR…
RT @FullyNoded: Would be really great to see more wallets adopt UR psbt QR code’s (and others)!
If you want to see this in action just ex…
The results from this open source developer survey are why you should become a patron of @BlockchainComns to address this “(FOSS developers) spend on average under 3 per cent of their time on security issues, with little inclination to increase it” https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/12/08/foss_developer_survey_mostly_male/
Replying to @dantrevino and @BlockchainComns
The purpose of @BlockchainComns is to address the security challenges of open infrastructure. As co-author of TLS I don’t want to see events like HeartBleed again. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency
Replying to @dustyweb
http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2009/09/creating-shared-language-and-shared-artiifacts.html
Replying to @dustyweb
http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2014/06/deep-context-shared-languages.html
Replying to @dustyweb
That is the essence of #RebootingWebOfTrust. The shared artifacts are less important that their use to create a shared language between collaborators.
A number of bitcoin full-node products & wallets are supporting Quick Connect 1.0, which facilitates the connection between them via Tor. We are having a discussion about requirements for a 2.0 version of this specification, to allow for multiple services. https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Airgapped-Wallet-Community/discussions/33
👆@getumbrel @BTCxZelko @Cyphernode_io @samouraiwallet @LarryBitcoin @n1ckler @wasabiwallet @Kixunil @dglab_official @kallewoof @lightninginabox @Avado_DServer @HtcExodus @BitcoinMachines @Start9Labs @Stadicus3000 @_k3tan @seth586 @burcakbaskan @KeithMukai @_k3tan @bavarianledger
Bitcoin products & devs currently supporting Quick Connect 1.0 include @GordianWallet @BlockchainComns @FullyNoded @Fonta1n3 @BtcpayServer @NicolasDorier @nodl_it @raspiblitz @mynodebtc
Replying to @evankaloudis
Yes, the goal for Quick Connect 2.0 is definitely to support Lighting. We already have a dev branch of Gordian Wallet that installs @Blockstream’s C-Lightning on your Mac behind Tor, and our Bitcoin Standup scripts can install LND as well. Just need to settle on spec for QC 2.0.
RT @ChristopherA: @evankaloudis Yes, the goal for Quick Connect 2.0 is definitely to support Lighting. We already have a dev branch of Gord…
At Blockchain Commons @BlockchainComns we’re working on new architectures that can improve the entire blockchain technology space. One of those is the #Torgap. [1/4] https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/torgap
What’s a #Torgap? It’s a Tor-protocol link between apps and services that need to be connected to the internet. For example, here are the 2 Torgaps and 3 Airgaps of the @GordianWallet [2/4]
Want to learn more? We recently wrote a FAQ which talks more about Tor, torgaps, and their advantages. [4/4] https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/torgap/blob/master/Docs/FAQ.md
We use Torgaps because they can offer privacy, service anonymity, identity pseudonymity, non-correlation, and censorship-resistance — all important factors for transacting finances or controlling your digital identity on the internet. [3/4]
If you are a developer or user of Tor hidden services, we’d love your questions and input in our Airgapped Wallet Community discussion on Github at https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Airgapped-Wallet-Community/discussions/34
I like this proof of how flexible the DIY hackable Precursor open hardware device (from @bunniestudios) will be. In this case, he removed the display & added braille keys. I’d love to adapt our cryptographic seedtool mnemonic output to voice for the blind. https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor/updates/whats-the-value-of-hackable-hardware-anyway
Replying to @SGGlendale, @raychouray, @SeaExcursion, @postworldgames and @stdesjardins
Link to Character Keeper? I’ve looked at a number of virtual TTRPG and none seem to work well with StoryGames.
Replying to @seitz_eli and @ZapDynamic
I am also seeking some more meta discussion about no dice no masters. I didn’t get any comments back when I tried: https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/1284022444718612482
@OwnYourDataNow https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/1336055329524609024
From @VinayTaylor “Digital Identity—an inalienable digital representation of a natural person, through which they express true and uncoerced preferences.” https://twitter.com/VinayTaylor/status/1336087128673898498
From @NZN https://twitter.com/NZN/status/1336085949667831808?s=20
I find Slack seriously flawed for getting work done. 👉 “It’s here that we find opportunity. If Slack, which improves a fundamentally flawed approach to collaboration, is worth tens of billions of dollars, imagine the value in fixing the underlying flaws.” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/slack-is-the-right-tool-for-the-wrong-way-to-work
Latest proposal Wyoming law defining a definition for Personal Digital Identity “the intangible digital representation of, by and for a natural person, over which he has autonomy and through which he intentionally communicates or acts” Some suggest word dominion over autonomy…
We will be continuing this discussion of the Wyoming Select the live stream starting at 1pm CT (12pm PT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXh3Mkn7ASw
RT @ChristopherA: We will be continuing this discussion of the Wyoming Select the live stream starting at 1pm CT (12pm PT) https://t.co/YNb…
Earlier today in the Wyoming Select Committee there was discussion about a new DAO/LAO authorization bill. There are many great things about it, but it is somewhat Ethereal specific. As I feel I could build a Bitcoin UTXO based DAO (especially with Schnorr) I’d love more review…
The Wyoming DAO/LAO authorization bill draft is at https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2020/S19-2020121621LSO-0263v0.5.pdf. I am not an attorney, so if you have ideas on how to make sure it allows decision-making/voting by UTXO holders and not just Ethereum contracts, I’d love advice.
RT @ChristopherA: The Wyoming DAO/LAO authorization bill draft is at https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2020/S19-2020121621LSO-0263v0.5.pdf. I am not an attorney, so if you have ideas on…
…or right to which the private key provides access unless a public key is unavailable or unable to disclose the requisite information with respect to the digital asset,other interest or right. This paragraph shall not be interpreted to prohibit any lawful proceeding that…
“Production of private keys; prohibition. No person shall be compelled to produce a private key or make a private key known to any other person in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceeding in this state that relates to a digital asset, other interest…
For me, probably the most important Wyoming bill under discussion by the Select Committee is the “Disclosure of Private Keys” that I’ve been spearheading for almost 2-years. https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2020/S19-2020121621LSO-0028v0.7.pdf …
If you would like to see the live stream of the legislative discussion, it is scheduled for 3:30 CST (but we are running late today) and can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXh3Mkn7ASw&feature=youtu.be
For me private keys are the heart of control of identity, assets, and self-sovereignty in the digital world. All other forms of control online make us digital serfs to others. Thus private keys require special protection.
…or to disclose information about the digital asset, other interest or right, provided that the proceeding does not require production or disclosure of the private key.”
…compels a person to produce or disclose a digital asset, other interest or right to which a private key provides access, …
RT @ChristopherA: For me private keys are the heart of control of identity, assets, and self-sovereignty in the digital world. All other fo…
RT @ChristopherA: If you would like to see the live stream of the legislative discussion, it is scheduled for 3:30 CST (but we are running…
Replying to @bharathrao
Look at the bill. It is followed by a separate definition for organizational digital identity that parallels the personal digital definition.
Replying to @bharathrao
See also their work this week in another bill to authorize DAO/LAOs. https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2020/S19-2020121621LSO-0263v0.5.pdf
Replying to @BryceWeiner
“Dominion: Perfect control in right of ownership. Title to an article of property, which arises from the power of disposition and the right of claiming it.” Online, private keys allow individuals to have this, without going through an identity provider like Google. Thus #SSI.
Replying to @VinayTaylor
Use of ‘he’ in this law is a Wyoming’ism. They always use ‘he’ for all genders under Wyoming law. Wyoming should get credit for being first state to give women the vote (and told US they would not join the Union if women were not allowed to), as well the first woman governor!
Replying to @BryceWeiner
The Wyoming Legislative Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology decided to change “autonomy” to “dominion over” and to unanimously pass this draft forward as a bill for next session, however suggests more work required.
RT @ChristopherA: @BryceWeiner The Wyoming Legislative Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technolo…
It looks like the live stream URL has changed for the afternoon session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w08e0jS31VM
I’m interested in some new language and attempts for clarity used in discussions about multisig custody in the discussion about updates to Wyoming’s blockchain laws today. Example: “possession is the ability to exclude others”.
Note that this makes possession distinct from control. See: https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2020/S19-202012169-01BILLDRAFT21LSO-0335DigitalAssets-Amendments.pdf
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RT @ChristopherA: If you like my advocacy on this topic, other privacy & security topics, in Wyoming and elsewhere, please supporting @Bloc…
Replying to @zacharylarson
Live stream of public discussion and commentary is starting now on Wyoming “private key disclosure” bill. https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/1339314955003154432
RT @trbouma: This is the heart of digital. Against the backdrop of history, this capability to use a secret without disclosure is young (<5…
Good news / bad news today: The bill was passed forward to the next committee, unfortunately the bill was also amended such that private keys in criminal cases could be compelled. My particular concern here is use to compel keys in a discovery process of a criminal misdemeanor.
RT @ChristopherA: Good news / bad news today: The bill was passed forward to the next committee, unfortunately the bill was also amended su…
Replying to @cycryptr
The vote was not unanimous. Supporter of the non-amended version, Minority Leader of the Wyoming State Senator Chris @Rothfuss from Laramie, gave a passionate plea that removing the criminal law actually makes this bill worse than the status quo. He voted against amendment.
Replying to @joncallas
Do you think you can help us get get @EFF or @ACLU to testify in support of this bill? In particular the version without the amendment carving out a criminal exception? /cc @rothfuss
Replying to @cycryptr and @rothfuss
It isn’t clear. The pro-law enforcement chair of the Judiciary committee voted no on the bill but publicly said she’d been persuaded not to block it (even before the amendment change), which was one of biggest concerns.
Replying to @trbouma
Interested in taking an early peek at a did:onion? http://fscst5exmlmr262byztwz4kzhggjlzumvc2ndvgytzoucr2tkgxf7mid.onion/
RT @trbouma: In closing, I believe in 2021 we are facing a fork in the road (or blockchain) on the nature of the digital infrastructure we…
Replying to @dustyweb and @spritelyproject
We are moving to CBOR for our cryptographic serialization: https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Research/blob/master/papers/bcr-2020-006-urtypes.md
“These developments are an assault on the ability to transact privately online & an attempt to extend the widespread financial surveillance of the traditional banking system to cryptocurrency…a trove of sensitive information about people’s personal lives, beliefs & affiliations” https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1341169696305909760
Replying to @jimbocoin
LetheKit (no network, radio or no persistent memory) from @BlockchainComns specifically supports this feature in its latest PR (under review right now) https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/bc-lethekit/pull/60
Replying to @jimbocoin and @BlockchainComns
We will likely be adding this feature to the seedtool command-line tool, which you could run using TailsOS on a laptop with WiFi & Bluetooth daughter cards removed. I use an old MacBook Air. https://github.com/blockchaincommons/bc-seedtool-cli
Replying to @jimbocoin and @BlockchainComns
RT @ChristopherA: @jimbocoin LetheKit (no network, radio or no persistent memory) from @BlockchainComns specifically supports this feature…
RT @ChristopherA: @jimbocoin @BlockchainComns We will likely be adding this feature to the seedtool command-line tool, which you could run…
RT @ChristopherA: I’ve become a big fan of the MacBook 13” Mid 2012 as my travel burner & Bitcoin dev machine. It runs latest Catalina macO…
Replying to @wtogami
I believe that this model supported every Qubes feature except for secure boot hardware. However, it is an old Intel chip and Apple normally had their own SKUs, so unknown if it needs any CPU microcode upgrades.
RT @oliverbeige: Ultimately, a market is a form of a commons and subject to the same governance principles in order to serve a useful funct…
If you are an iPhone or Android app developer that develops apps with sensitive information, or who cares about security & privacy, you should read this paper. https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1341766968039395330
“It is up to app developers to opt-in to Complete Protection for sensitive data. However, this is not always done, even when critical for user privacy or confidentiality. “
Replying to @trbouma
Be aware there are two kinds of multisigs: the traditional list form sometimes called accountable as you know who signed (representatives, board members); and aggregated where you do not know precisely who signed (voters, stockholders). Both can have complex policies: (2:3(2:3))
Replying to @trbouma
For me the biggest thing missing when I see a box “signature” is that where is the policy fit that signature? If it is internal to the signature and thus more trustless I call it a #SmartSignature https://youtu.be/E9sbWKbfyJU — external policies I feel will become legacy.
Replying to @trbouma
I would argue that at least some portion of the post-cryptographic validation policy should be embedded with the signatures & that some of that validation should itself have cryptographic roles, for instance use of adapter sigs or values (not predicate) returned from zk-proofs.
Replying to @SeaExcursion
I’ve an odd requirement for my #ndnm playbooks due to the form factor: cards. Mixing cards is working great for setting elements (see thread/subthread). But for players I’m needing mix & match. Maybe role (boss) + thematic (mafia) + connection (married)=Soprano. 🤷🏻♂️ Any thoughts? https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/1332881984159248390
RT @DigitalChamber: We launched a petition to STOP 11th hour Treasury rulemaking. If you care about #blockchain and #cryptocurrency, SIGN N…
Replying to @iang_fc
There was a wonderful bit in Vernor Vinge’s Hugo winning novel “Rainbow’s End”, where a giant shredder arrives at the UCSD library and fountains of shredded paper are sent into the sky. It was the most efficient way to scan the library. Conflicts ensue! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End
RT @PowerDNS_Bert: In this post, we’ll reverse-engineer the actual mRNA code of the @BioNTech_Group/@pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, character f…
👍 Course: Choices and Consequences in Computing: “discussing some of the broad forces that laid the foundations for this course, particularly the ways in which applications of computing developed in the online domain have come to impact societal institutions more generally” https://twitter.com/mZargham/status/1343224157744590850
RT @AnnCavoukian: Amazing! The family with no fingerprints - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55301200
Are you a college student in the Southern Hemisphere on your summer break? Or a student on Covid19 lock down? Want to learn about Bitcoin & blockchain open source development? @BlockchainComns is accepting applications for our Virtual Internship program: https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Community/discussions/32
Here is a write up in @CoinDesk about about our @BlockchainComns internship program last summer: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.coindesk.com/blockchain-commons-interns-open-source-developers%3Famp%3D1
The internship is open not only for software and hardware developers, but people with other skills who want to enter this field, including pre-law, library science, technical writing, etc. We are also open to corporate Externship/Secondment ideas.