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284 sats \ 7 replies \ @petertodd 28 Jul
“How do we secure the transactions on the Bitcoin Network moving forward? I have said this for 10 years [and] I have been ignored for 10 years.” - Snowden
I saw him say this live and it's nonsense. In the past years we developed and deployed Lightning, a L2 designed from the ground up to provide good privacy. Lightning didn't need to have onion routing. Yet we implemented that from day zero precisely because the privacy was obviously needed.
The fact is, the typical Bitcoin transaction "plebs" actually do to buy goods and services these days is via Lightning, and leaves no on-chain traces at all. And on top of that, we've enormously improved coinjoin implementations, and deployed taproot, whose keypath mechanism is specifically designed for privacy.
Snowden has been saying this stuff for years. It was a better argument in the past. But his argument has become out of date and he hasn't found something new to say.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 28 Jul
Hating/dismissing LN is a red flag.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 28 Jul
Its not hard to imagine an AI model analyzing the base layer in real time and giving us some high probabilities that this UTXO belongs to this person. LN adoption still has a long way to go with the majority of us still using custodial services.
Maybe having these models come out might be the kick we need to get more of us running our own LN nodes or at least self custodial LN wallets.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
So what would be his motive in saying it now? Whose interests does it serve if the claims being advanced aren't true today?
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182 sats \ 1 reply \ @petertodd 28 Jul
Hard to know. One motive can simply be wanting to continue getting speaking slots and (possibly) speaking fees. Given his position, the public forgetting about him is a genuine danger to his life.
It's also likely that the Russian government has something to do with it. Bitcoin is not good for Russia if used internally. So having Snowden FUD Bitcoin privacy aligns with their interests, and it's not like Snowden can easily say no if told to say something. I've heard rumors that Ukraine is using Bitcoin to pay informants and saboteurs in Russia with Bitcoin, and I'm inclined to believe that is happening.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
Yeah. If your tribe is "fear" then I guess what Snowden is saying makes sense as an identity.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 29 Jul
Go to nostr and ask him:
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 30 Jul
Tried to talk with him before. He never replies.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @janetyellen 29 Jul
Snowden was a fed, ignoring bolt12 blinded paths makes you a fag!
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @037aef6755 28 Jul
God save America
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @beorange 28 Jul
Wise man
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 29 Jul
He isn't a hater as far as I know. But here he has spotted some nonsense for sure.
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123 sats \ 12 replies \ @k00b 28 Jul
Where did it say that? Seems like he’s mostly arguing for better onchain privacy
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154 sats \ 11 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
Bottom pull quote: “Cast a vote, but don’t join a cult. They are not our tribe. They are not your personality. They have their own interests, their own values, their own things they’re chasing. Try to get what you need from them, but don’t give yourself to them, even if you have to vote for them,” Snowden stated."
What Tribe is it that Snowden is in that he thinks who he is talking to belongs to?
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292 sats \ 10 replies \ @k00b 28 Jul
All the ads really obstruct the content but he's talking about politicians afaict:
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 28 Jul
This is how I interpret it as well.
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3 sats \ 8 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
Yeah, but he's in f'ing Russia? I mean, if anyone has become someone's bitch, the guy that goes to hang with Putin is on up there in my book.
Edit: Especially if you are talking about TRIBES?
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22 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 28 Jul
Fair point. Where do you think he should go?
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
I think he all ready went where he thought he should. I just don't think you can talk about "tribes" after having made that decision--especially in the US. For all I know, Snowden's tribe is "Putin".
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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 28 Jul
I've always seen him as more pragmatic than ideological, which might make his decision to live in Russia and discourage tribalism consistent.
*political tribalism
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
He is encouraging tribalism. "Not our tribe".
**and encouraging what kind of tribalism instead?
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @JesseJames 28 Jul
Guantanamo or Moscow, you decide... :-)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
Well, first, if memory serves, he stopped off in China. China and Russia share a similar outlook when it comes to the US generally speaking. Both of them are rife with communism.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 28 Jul
Well, that's exactly his point isn't it? He's seeking refuge in Russia but Putin is not our tribe. US politicians might pander to Bitcoiners but they are not our tribe. I think this all fits together.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 OP 28 Jul
I don't know what his point is. I'm not even sure he knows what his point is.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 29 Jul
It is true that AI is getting stronger everyday.
But will it be worthwhile to investigate every transaction?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 28 Jul
It be interested to see info on how much less coin joins are happening now that whirlpool has been shut down.
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