mountainboy

Interesting, so then which path(s) does git display when running git-log on this?

blind signatures are nice and verifiably unlinkable but digital bearer certificates require a trusted central "mint" to issue and reissue them. This central point of failure can and inevitably will... fail, as Chaum's company (Digicash) did. And it can also inflate the currency without anyone knowing.

Bitcoin was the result of cypherpunks going back to the drawing board to create a decentralized solution. Unfortunately bitcoin sacrificed unlinkability for decentralization. Modern "privacy" cryptocurrencies utilizing zero-knowledge proofs are advancing the state-of-the-art in terms of having both properties.

A decentralized DBC "mint" is theoretically possible. However there are two more downsides to blind signature approach: (1) auditing is impossible because there is no history so detecting if mint-node(s) have colluded to cheat or catching an inflation bug is unsolved problem. (2) Arbitrary amounts are not supported so it is necessary to create fixed denomination "notes", which then add size and complexity to every transaction.

source: been there, done that. bought the t-shirt.

This talk was given at Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis 23 by the architect and lead cryptographer of the Neptune.cash project.

I stopped clicking on twitter (yeah, X, whatever) links after they started requiring login to view tweets/threads. I have an old account I could use, but simply don't feel the need to bother. If they want to alienate readers, so be it.

1. there is a an electromagnetic connection between the sun and the earth. 2. lightning is constantly equalizing voltage from space to earth. 3. earthquakes are probably caused by electrical imbalances, not the reverse. 4. most everyone here probably will deny 1..3 above and downvote me to oblivion. 5. read Christian Birkeland's biography. Or Hannes Alfven. then come back.

1. there is a an electromagnetic connection between the sun and the earth. 2. lightning is constantly equalizing voltage from space to earth. 3. earthquakes are probably caused by electrical imbalances, not the reverse. 4. most everyone here probably will deny 1..3 above. 5. read Christian Birkeland's biography. Or Hannes Alfven. then come back.

> SOAP, from the XML era.

Don't forget XML-RPC :-)

quote from article: "The Ford engine ran until its spark plugs gave out a few years ago and a newly installed fuel cell—quieter and more efficient—has not yet been hooked into the village grid. Bourakébougou is dark, waiting for a hydrogen future to arrive."

They couldn't replace a few spark plugs?

wow, an entire article and no link to the actual decrypted texts, way to go Guardian.

the sungazing community has been aware of this for decades, if not centuries, millenia.

I migrated from OS/2 directly to linux.

The commenter prefixed with "kindly" which is about the same thing as saying "please". This makes it not imperative, but a request.

the bigger question is: who would pay for such studies?

big pharma? government lobbied by big pharma? universities given grants from government lobbied by big pharma?

actually though, the soviets did do serious research into the science/benefits of fasting. Too bad it never really made it to the west.

Watch the video: "The Science of Fasting" for an overview.