Peter Todd
Applied Cryptography Consultant (what the cool kids call 'blockchain tech')
PGP: 0x7FAB114267E4FA04, [email protected]
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Undefined Behavior Is Really Undefined
Cryptography Services is a dedicated team of consultants from iSEC Partners, Matasano, Intrepidus Group, and NCC Group focused on cryptographic security assessments, protocol and design reviews, and tracking impactful developments in the space of...
Peter Todd
"Therefore, anything can happen afterwards, including a spontaneous display of British patriotism." ←our new nasal demon overlords.
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Zcash (ZEC) is launching on Coinbase Pro
Transfer ZEC immediately to your Coinbase Pro account in advance of trading.
Coinbase to list privacy coin Zcash (ZEC)
The company announced in a blog post Thursday that its Coinbase Pro product will begin accepting deposits from both transparent and shielded Zcash addresses. The deposits will be taken for at least 12 hours before enabling trading to establish...
Click here to support Help WikiLeaks Sue Guardian Over Fabricated Story organized by Courage Foundation
Help WikiLeaks sue The Guardian for fabricating a story that Julian Assange had secret meetings with Paul Manafort The Guardian has published claims from unnamed sources that Paul Manafort had "secret talks" with Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian...
There's no downplaying the impact of Operation Choke Point
Newly unsealed court documents make clear that regulators forced banks to terminate relationships with payday lenders and other lawful businesses, setting a dangerous precedent.
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Peter Todd
Why we need bitcoin: regulators abusing their power to shutdown perfectly legal businesses for personal vendettas, and getting away with it.
17d
Nine Inch Nails - 28 - Ghosts IV
Peter Todd
@AlyssaHertig Those are such frustrating songs - bits and pieces of them that I like. But those vocals and other more metal bits just aren't pretty enough for me.
e.g. the second half of "nothing but loss" is similar to youtube.com/watch?v=ASFFsX…, but the start of it not so much.
20d
Return &T / &mut T in ManuallyDrop Deref(Mut) impl by petertodd · Pull Request #55485 · rust-lang/rust
Without this change the generated documentation looks like this:
fn deref(&self) -> &<ManuallyDrop<T> as Deref>::Target
Returning the actual type directly makes the generate...
Peter Todd
My first commit to the Rust compiler got merged!
As with my first Bitcoin Core commit, it was a very minor documentation fix. But it does mean there's now a @opentimestamps timestamp on the Rust compiler.
github.com/rust-lang/rust… pic.twitter.com/a3F18bQ2Ha
21d
Evolution of primates - Wikipedia
Peter Todd
@VitalikButerin @MatGroennebaek @flashgordy89 @rhyzom00 Primates have existed for that long; humans for less.
22d
Lightning-Powered Blog Sees 20,000 Bitcoin Micropayments in 7 Months
The Lightning Network is already powering a real blogging platform with bitcoin micropayments.
The Betrayal of Asia Bibi
Among the string of resignations triggered by the draft Brexit agreement with the European Union (EU), one stood out. In a double whammy for an embattled Prime Minister, Rehman Chishti the MP for Gillingham and Rainham resigned as both Vice Chairman...
The End of Trust (McSweeney's 54)
EFF and McSweeney’s have teamed up to bring you The End of Trust (McSweeney’s 54). The first all-nonfiction McSweeney’s issue is a collection of essays and interviews focusing on issues related to technology, privacy, and surveillance.The collection...
Did Thrillist Really Kill A Local Burger Spot?
There’s a sombering article in Thrillist that’s making the rounds on social media this week about a second generation family-run burger restaurant, Stanich’s. Back in 2017 Stanich’s received the enviable title of Thrillist’s Best Burger in America,...
Editorial: Camp Fire the tragedy we were all warned about
“Nobody would have ever thought this could happen,” President Donald Trump said while touring the Camp Fire devastation Saturday. That’s not true. The Camp Fire was inevitable. It…
Peter Todd
"When PG&E went into Paradise earlier this year to cut trees that were near power lines, people complained."
I have family who live in places like this and have nearly lost everything due to forest fires; reality is the residents chose a risky lifestyle.
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MEMs oscillator sensitivity to helium (helium kills iPhones)
I tested the 32KHz MEMs oscillator used in some phones, and discovered that just a 2% helium environment will cause the oscillator to fail. I also do a teard...
Jazzfinger - "Cornish Salt"
This is a UK noise band that stretches the bounds of what counts as black metal. It was somehow associated with black noise in the 2000s and I'm not entirely...
A White House Press Pass Has Nothing to do with the First Amendment | Ryan McMaken
A federal judge today ruled the White House must temporarily re-instate the press pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta's, who had been barred after an argument with Donald Trump in the press room. The judge ruled the White House had violated due process...
