Roman's Latest Delivers Zcash UX Boost and New Crypto Tool
I finally got enough of a break from other urgent work to read something fun and informative. This new work from Roman sounds *awesome*. Two things: serious UX improvements for Zcash and a powerful new practical cryptographic tool.
Add Zcash Payments to Brave for Security and Convenience
Feature request: I want to support Brave by paying in Zcash. Doing it that way helps protect me from hackers and kidnappers, and it is also more convenient than the alternative. Especially if I pay from my Brave Wallet. @iAnonymous3000...
Rewriting to Rust Beats AI Bug‑fixing in Speed
What’s faster: getting an AI to find and fix all the memory-management bugs in your C/C++ codebase, or getting an AI to rewrite your C/C++ codebase into a memory-safe language like Rust? 🤔
Things Are Defined by Purpose, Not Literal Abilities
AIs can't think. Cars can't gallop. Submarines can't swim. Planes can't flap their wings. (stolen from @Ngnghm and improved)
AI Code Assistants Show Varied Strengths Across Models
Having fun asking 4 different AIs (GPT 5.4, Claude 4.6, Gemini 3.1-Preview, and Grok 4.2-Beta) the same software engineering questions and comparing their answers: https://t.co/VvXxqe6CDv They seem pretty good, with different strengths and weaknesses. https://t.co/FHe83BsORZ
Zcash Grants Committee Funding Promising Community Projects
The Zcash Community Grants Committee (Artkor, GGuy, Hanh, Zerodartz, and Decentralist Dan) is working hard to grant money to good Zcash projects: https://t.co/8pF48P586n
AI‑found Zcash Sprout Bug Fixed; Funds Remain Safe
Security Disclosure: last week a white-hat security researcher using AI found a bug in Zcash's old “Sprout” pool. Folks from ZODL and Shielded Labs worked together to fix it, and mining pools have updated. User funds are safe. Full report:...
Google Paper Unites Quantum-Safe Crypto, ZK Proofs, Zcash
This new Google paper combines three of my favorite things: quantum-safe cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, and Zcash. :-) https://t.co/K4tWBQjGXN
AI-Driven Security Crisis Overwhelms Professionals, Threatens Civilization
Yep, the Computer Security AIpocalypse is happening. Please be patient with the computer security professionals you know for the next few months, as they’ll likely be busy and stressed about preventing the collapse of civilization. https://t.co/AxuD2hEfBD
Veteran Researcher Warns: AI-Driven Security Apocalypse Underway
Another veteran computer security research — Thomas Ptacek — says we're currently in middle of the Computer Security AIpocalypse: https://t.co/80HQZjpMDb https://t.co/8llU4N93SX
Twitter Revokes Reply Privileges for Followed Accounts
Okay, twitter has taken away my "accounts you follow and accounts they follow can reply" privileges. https://t.co/TPyRCgWBPi
Recognizing the Zero‑Sum Fallacy in Everyday Thinking
Hm, this really does seem to explain something about a common way of thinking that I've observed. It's the "zero-sum" fallacy.
No Silver Bullets, Only Opaque Black‑Box Risks
There are no Silver Bullets—only Black Boxes Canton, the 2019 Zcash counterfeiting bug, the current Computer Security AIpocalypse, and Institutions and Government ⤵️
Zcash Offers Robust Privacy Amid Growing AI Surveillance
This is a pretty good analysis of Zcash by Grayscale Investments: “Zcash: Financial Privacy in the Age of AI”—https://t.co/2CI1EUdiFG https://t.co/1sIgpqfAmc
Random Algorithm Exposure Reaches the Audience I Want
I don't know what everyone has been complaining about with the algorithm and the reach. In this experiment there are a ton of people who see a random meaningless tweet of mine and they're the kind of people that I...