RT @AnnCavoukian: Get rid of the “vs.” You can have privacy AND innovation! You just need to proactively embed privacy-protective measures…

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RT @drummondreed: @AnnCavoukian @evernym I’m wondering why we have to keep repeating this. Hasn’t the world gotten the message that privacy…

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RT @OlUkolova: Today @ChristopherA will join our weekly dev call to talk single-use seals, #RGB and #DigitalIdentities.
You can join us t…

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RT @RWoTEvents: Members of the Rebooting The Web Of Trust community met in February to discuss the intersection of privacy and decentralize…

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RT @OlUkolova: ‘Single-use seal WTF ‘is explained here 👇🤓

Hats off to @dr_orlovsky for marvellous work on explaining such a complex concep…

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RT @lnp_bp: Last week during #RGB dev call @dr_orlovsky explained what a #SingleUseSeal is and how it can be applied (even beyond blockcha…

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Replying to @cycryptr

I agree for single sig wallets. But most Gordian apps use descriptor wallets for only one of the keys in a multisig. This means no single point-of-failure using bitcoin-core, but we can leverage core for watching, transaction creation, bug fixes and new features like taproot.

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Replying to @0xtail1

We have some intern level funding offered by a patron to collaborate with others to translate our Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line course. Contact me if interested. https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line

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RT @ChristopherA: @0xtail1 We have some intern level funding offered by a patron to collaborate with others to translate our Learning Bitco…

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Replying to @arbedout, @stephanlivera, @Pw7Js and @1971Bubble

musign-cli is from @BlockchainCmns, but it does not support musig 2 (or FROST) quite yet, and definitely should be considered early alpha. We are waiting on https://github.com/ElementsProject/secp256k1-zkp/pull/131

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Replying to @arbedout, @stephanlivera, @Pw7Js, @1971Bubble and @BlockchainCmns

It’s a very important project for us, especially given taproot signaling. We also want to add additional functionality like sign-to-contract, adapter sigs, discreet log contracted, bip-322 signing, etc. to this tool. I hope you’ve checked out seedtool-cli & keytool-cli.

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RT @_pretyflaco: 1/ Personal story of how FOSS license and a helpful dev helped me run @RaspiBlitz bitcoin full node despite blocking of ht…

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With all of the news lately of interest in #Bitcoin by Spanish & Portuguese language countries, there has an upswelling of interest for translations of our Learning Bitcoin From the Command Line course. Interested in helping out or being a project patron? https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/blob/master/TRANSLATING.md

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RT @negrunch: Se buscan traductores a español para trabajar en el libro “Learning bitcoin from the command line”

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We also have a private Signal group for translators — send me a DM if you’d like to be added.

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The Spanish translation will be started in the “spanish-translation” branch of our repo. Make separate PRs for each chapter. https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/tree/spanish-translation

x-icon Tue Jun 15 20:39:39 +0000 2021


Other language branches will be added once we have at least two serious volunteers per language. In addition to Spanish there is a smaller team doing Portuguese https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/tree/portuguese-translation

x-icon Tue Jun 15 20:41:41 +0000 2021


Replying to @CypherSafe, @RoninDojoUI and @SamouraiWallet

Certainly not hard to do.

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Replying to @CypherSafe, @RoninDojoUI and @SamouraiWallet

I’ll mention it to our summer interns.

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Replying to @CypherSafe, @RoninDojoUI and @SamouraiWallet

In a more generalized form, a watch-only service that takes certain actions (email, pings a Internet address or posts to a web site) if certain UTXOs are spent.

x-icon Wed Jun 16 00:56:54 +0000 2021


RT @Rubric_Podcast: In our latest episode, The Granddaddy of DIDs, we discuss did:btcr with its creators Kim Duffy @kimdhamilton, Christoph…

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Replying to @Rubric_Podcast, @kimdhamilton, @danpape, @JoeAndrieu and @emsconnell

The Apple Podcasts link is https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rubric/id1568335990?i=1000526332112

x-icon Tue Jun 22 21:10:33 +0000 2021


Did you know that the state of California recently released digital COVID-19 vaccination records using QR codes? [1/10] https://cdt.ca.gov/news/california-launches-new-digital-tool-giving-residents-convenient-access-to-their-covid-19-vaccine-record/

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The full answer is more complex than that. California is suggesting that you save your vaccine QRs to your camera roll, which isn’t entirely insecure, but which also has usability problems because photos can be shared way too easily & hard to find the correct QR you need. [3/10]

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But, is it safe? As the saying goes: we’ve got an app for that. The Gordian QR Tool from @BlockchainComns! [2/10] https://www.blockchaincommons.com/projects/Releasing-QRTool/

x-icon Thu Jun 24 13:53:10 +0000 2021


The security of Gordian QR Tool extends to ensuring that your QR codes haven’t been changed. It uses LifeHash to create unique, but evocative full-color graphics of each QR, allowing you to recognize them at a glance. [6/10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu0K__KLxKo&t

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It’s also good for a lot of other kinds of QRs, such as travel passes, crypto-seeds, crypto-keys, and 2FA-seeds. (Ever had to reset all of your 2FAs after you lost a phone? It’s a pain. QR Tool would allow you to restore directly from saved 2FA QRs) [5/10]

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So we’ve created Gordian QR Tool, an iPhone & Mac app built as a secure vault for QR codes. It leverages your iPhone’s secure enclave, two-factor authentication, and biometrics to ensure that no one but you can access this personal information. [4/10] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gordian-qr-tool/id1506851070

x-icon Thu Jun 24 13:53:11 +0000 2021


Overall, the QR Tool is an example of the core principles of Blockchain Commons’ Gordian architecture: focused on independence, privacy, resilience, and openness. [8/10] https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Gordian#gordian-principles

x-icon Thu Jun 24 13:53:12 +0000 2021


Finally, Gordian QR Tool address some problems of usability by automatically categorizing many known kinds of QRs, and allows you to categorize the rest. It supports sorting your QRs by a variety of means. You can find the specific QR you need in seconds. [7/10]

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This is one of many projects at Blockchain Commons, meant to demonstrate new ways to store and use keys and other critical information (such as QRs!). You can support our work by becoming a patron. [10/10] https://github.com/sponsors/BlockchainCommons

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Though the Gordian QR Tool is available through the Apple App Store, as it is open source, if you prefer you can compile yourself directly from the source code. [9/10] https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/GordianQRTool-iOS

x-icon Thu Jun 24 13:53:13 +0000 2021


Replying to @durumcrustulum

Rust wasn’t on their initial list of languages used for AI training. So if it functions at all the output would be way off. But they do apparently support Go in the initial rollout.

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Replying to @bc1easy and @SeedSigner

I’d love to see some UX ideas that works #LetheKit (200x200 display) and leverages the 4x4 buttons https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/lethekit cc/@gorazdko @ksedgwic

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