After 10 years of being involved in crypto I've finally created a website - go look! patcrypt.com I've tried my best to bring together info about the project I love (XX) and there's a bit about me too if you fancy being nosey! Let me know what you think!

🜁The xx Network joins forces with Nym. VPN armor. Mixnet invisibility. Communication the surveillance machine can’t touch. See what’s coming.

StrobFX presents: xxcoin Beats Them All! 🤯 $XX @xx_network @chaumdotcom

Confirmation bias is not just rife but embedded into all of crypto now. It's all noise. My hope is that the human spirit latches onto something that comes out of the noise and actually benefits us all, as was the original intention. It'll likely be years but I can't wait.

The Quantum Doom Clock is ticking! ⏳ Stay updated on when quantum chips will crack encryption! Created by our very own @rcarback Check it out: QuantumDoomClock.com

Why does privacy matter? What are the best principled arguments for it? Where to set the boundary [i.e., when is it best to require that certain actions be more broadly known]? My own answer to this bundle of questions isn't very good. I've read a few classic books, papers, and essays, but overall I'm not especially well read in the history of privacy. Some incomplete and poorly-digested thoughts: Surveillance creates a flow of power from the one surveilled to the surveiller. Most crudely with threats ("we saw you do such-and-such an activity, now you must do as we say or we will disclose"), but perhaps moreso with predictive models (if you know how someone acts you can build a model that helps you manipulate them - this is the basic premise of surveillance capitalism, which now dominates advertising, and which you and I are currently co-participating in, as I write & you read) In general, "the right to do things, provided they don't hurt others" [i.e., freedom] is one of the most important inventions in human history. And surveillance is often justified on the basis of preventing "hurt others" (good), but in practice used to prevent action against incumbent powers (bad), or simply things which busy-bodies don't like (also bad). It's interesting how difficult I find that "right to do things, provided they don't hurt others". Instinctively, I feel it enormously strongly. But when I try to write out justifications they're insipid. It's like the principle is so vast I can only see tiny bits of it. Anyway, curious if others have unusually powerful answers to these questions

How to create perfect anonymous systems? "Privacy can't be added on it, must be built in," by David Chaum @chaumdotcom #privacy #cypherpunk #art

Long waited, well deserved! Big update is on the way🚀 patcrypt.com/xx-network-runt…

Some good Worldcoin grant projects building with that in mind, especially “Zanzibar”: worldcoin.org/wave0-grant-re… Chaum’s legacy continues.

Congratulations to budding dev teams for @xx_network from the hackhazards hackathon organised at BPIT Delhi by nameSpace Winners : 🥇Clash of Codes - 1250xx 🥈Tech Squad - 750 xx 🥉Valorous coders - 500xx and goodies bags. @rcarback @vipul19 @SidhantShr did amazing job 👏.

It is so exciting to see the energy at the campus amongst budding developers. Shoutout to @SidhantShr official from @xx_network representing us amongst the #Buidler Our handsome man👨‍💻 #hackhazard #BPIT #xx #Devcon @rcarback @Flowertree_xx

The problem with using AI for graphics is that you spend almost as much time choosing one you think is the best as it would take to make it in the first place. Or am I just particular? (First image, 2nd from the right FYI). There are 3 more screenshots I haven't included 🤪

I’m legit gonna lose my mind if people start praising Vitalik for “creating” something we introduced years ago…

Good to see @myaksetig keeping it real at the @IFCA_Conference - a whole different class of crypto folks in attendance there. Have fun!

Just created my 13th giveaway puzzle, unlucky for some perhaps but not for you if you piece together the words to steal 250xx ($40 ) from me. Have fun! patcrypt.com/xx-giveaway-puz…

A nice tie-up for XX with the privacy centric web3 Carbon Browser was announced yesterday. patcrypt.com/xx-network-carb…

🚀 Dive into echoexx.tech! 🌐 Welcome to a new era of privacy! echoexx.tech is where your messages stay yours, period. Think of it like sending a letter that only the right person can open. No peeks, no leaks. #echoexxTech #PrivacyFirst 1/5

I spoke (doxed my voice for the first time in 10 years 🤪) to @myaksetig about the upcoming XX Network & Worldcoin development projects that they were recently awarded grants for. Check it out! patcrypt.com/worldcoin-xx-ne…