mircea_popescu: asciilifeform by the way : have you considered this is probably a major driver for the altcoins ? do some secret messaging, in ten years nobody will exist with a copy of the blockchain anyway

mircea_popescu: if for no other reason then because it is probably feasible for the adversary to build a list of people and then cross names off

mircea_popescu: there's a long distance from this to making "a meta-protective protocol" tho.

mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids this is a decent point, in that you'll both need to be on the same page.

mircea_popescu: herbijudlestoids so you're trying to gain some destandardization back. already a step in the right direction, but why do it this windows style.

mircea_popescu: fine, call in to radio shows, have a modem buzzing in the background.

mircea_popescu: a protocol is exactly the opposite of exceptional means.

mircea_popescu: by its very nature this is a rare occurence, best handled by exceptional means

mircea_popescu: so the nsa knows i talked to a hooker. fuck them, i can post pics on trilema just as well.

mircea_popescu: and can't be traced to a source... you're nuts, plainly stated.

mircea_popescu: sure, the guardian may want to have a random info dead drop, and i guess they may even read it

mircea_popescu: i'm saying that it is a design with massive overhead for dubious reasons.

mircea_popescu: In I2P, tunnels are unidirectional. Each party builds two tunnels, one for outbound and one for inbound traffic. Therefore, four tunnels are required for a single round-trip message and reply.

mircea_popescu: did you just tell me you're promising to pay 10 btc for a stuffed dollie five minutes ago ?

mircea_popescu: basically, otr guarantees stuff for during a conversation. not really for after it closes.

mircea_popescu: "Anyone can forge messages after a conversation to make them look like they came from you. However, during a conversation, your correspondent is assured the messages he sees are authentic and unmodified."

mircea_popescu: that's probably a narrowing down, but anyway

mircea_popescu: "gotta have a sikrit nick!!1"

mircea_popescu: don't use that term lol, it's a direct pastiche from romanian and in english it's a term of art with diff meaning.

mircea_popescu: you're better served by a dry chow chow and an otter.

mircea_popescu: moreover, it's like trying to make a chowchow swim.

mircea_popescu: well, if i give you a list of gpg messages encrypted to a bunch of my friend's keys

mircea_popescu: ideally based on a stateful protocol.

mircea_popescu: not even compatible, mind you. pick port 90 and create a wholly and completely different thing.

mircea_popescu: tho an actually secure replacement for the web would be a decent use of bitcoin resources.

mircea_popescu: dude srsly ? how is the us legal system still a thing ?

mircea_popescu: ssociated with Tidbit, a list of all websites running Tidbit's code and the name of anybody whose computer mined for Bitcoins through the use of Tidbit, although Tidbit's code was not configured to mine for Bitcoins.

mircea_popescu: But in December, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs issued a subpoena to Rubin, requesting he turn over Tidbit's past and current source code, as well as other documents and agreements with any third parties. It also issued 27 interrogatories -- formal written questions -- requesting additional documents and ordering Rubin to turn over information like the names and identities of all Bitcoin wallet addresses a

mircea_popescu: they send you a pen, you film yourself fucking the pen and send the thing over

mircea_popescu: im sorry i don't have a handy link to the 1905 study asking the population of manchester if they'd ever fly across the atlantic in a plane.

mircea_popescu: pLambert this is more of a nominalist thing than anything. bitcoin's long term prospects w/o mtgox are way better than with it.

mircea_popescu: currently they're adding a few %s to the avg.

mircea_popescu: davout even if it only goes down a little through mtgox being taken out of the basket.

mircea_popescu: in fact i still suspect the dwolla thing was a backroom deal between the two to strangle competition.

mircea_popescu: every 80 bux in the price is like a million dollars due to all the magnificent leverage of options. ☟︎

mircea_popescu: all that remains is a dull ache for more revenue

mircea_popescu: pankkake after they get big enough and public enough, no force in the world can keep a corporation alligned to its long term interest.

mircea_popescu: i think in googleterms "misspelling" is actually less of a stretch than "obscure language word"

mircea_popescu: that sweet day when a misspelling takes over a) the correct spelling ; b) wikipedia

mircea_popescu: i think we packed enough meta in there to mine at least a dozen blocks.

mircea_popescu: According to a 2013 report from the Treasury Inspector General’s office, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued nearly $4 billion in bogus tax refunds in 2012. The money largely was sent to people who stole Social Security numbers and other information on U.S. citizens, and then filed fraudulent tax returns on those individuals claiming a large refund but at a different address.

mircea_popescu: and it'd be a pretty boneheaded thing to do anyway. russia has had enough cultural revolutionary great leaps forward to last it five centuries.

mircea_popescu: but if it were a goal, what else.

mircea_popescu: obviously "civilisation" as she means it isn't necessarily a goal

mircea_popescu: asciilifeform well it;s a fact or do you disagree ?