MacOS Tahoe
Upgraded to macOS Tahoe 26.4 on M4 Max and now `duetexpertd` is sometimes consuming 100% CPU. Any pro tips for how to suppress or kill that thing? Thanks. :-)
ZEC Powers Private AI Platform Silo’s Payment Layer
“Why we chose ZEC as the payment layer for Silo, our private AI platform”—https://t.co/UFPqM53FCq https://t.co/wxZxEWbopF
Seeking Help to Rescue Zcash From Dormant Sprout Pool
Anyone out there who wants to help this person rescue their Zcash coins from the semi-retired (since 2020) "Sprout" shielded pool? Sounds like he might even offer a bounty. https://t.co/DioEzGDgP5 https://t.co/pE4NyFHZhB
Claude’s Concise Coding Beats GPT’s Extra Fluff
I've been switching back and forth between Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT 5.4 on my coding projects. I strongly prefer Claude's style. He doesn't waste as much of my time as GPT does trying to provide unnecessary additions that I...
Introducing Baochip-1x: Purpose, Timing, and Origin
“Baochip-1x — What It Is, Why I'm Doing It Now, and How It Came About” by bunnie Huang: https://t.co/ViMUV740lz
MD5's Insecurity Threatens Justice: Wrongful Convictions Possible
Good article explaining exactly how the continued use of the insecure "MD5" hash function in forensics and courts could result in wrongful conviction of the innocent and in the guilty going free. https://t.co/WoGJjdOu3J
School Choice Is Really Software Choice for Kids
“When you chose a school for your kids, you probably didn't realize you were choosing educational software, but that choice of software might be more consequential for your kid than the choice of school.”— https://t.co/fVyM4jmtLP
Storing Funds Inside Privacy Systems Stops Data Leaks
Great example of a fundamental truth: trying to get privacy by passing your money through a privacy system leaks information. What most people don't understand yet is that *storing your money in* a privacy system eliminates that leak.
Propose ZEC Ownership Badge with Zero‑Knowledge Proof
What I wish for: the ability for people to optionally include a badge with their direct messages or social media posts which badge comes with a zero-knowledge proof that they own at least a certain level of ZEC. ≥ 1 ZEC ⤵️...
Rust Zcash Node Rewrite Shows Promising Maturation
Sounds like continued maturation of the new Rust rewrite of the Zcash full node: https://t.co/iX0a9a8QKd That's good.
Apple’s $699 MacBook Neo Sets New Security Standard
This sounds great, and for only $699! Way to go Apple for raising the bar yet again—protecting users both from the world's most sophisticated attackers and from Apple itself. And way to go, Sooraj, for becoming my trusted source for these...
Researchers Identify and Patch Critical Signal Vulnerabilities
Very good research. Finding and fixing important vulns in Signal (!), and also trying to learn how we as security engineers can prevent vulns like these going forward. Way to go, Truong, Terzo, and Paterson, and good on Signal for...
Bootstrap Board Announces First Post‑Split Update
First post by the Bootstrap Board after the split between them and Zcash Open Development Labs (ZODL): https://t.co/o35HZ3unvV
Urgent Push for Zcash Sustainability to Attract Long-Term Investors
Shielded Labs's position: strengthening Zcash's long-term sustainability and capture-resistance is *urgent*, because we have an opportunity to attract long-term investors *now*, and long-term investors are attracted by certainty and sustainability. https://t.co/KsJVEpOXe3
Decision Markets: Governing by Future Outcomes Explained
For some reason I hate the word "futarchy". (It means you're going to be governed by the future‽) So I'll call it "Decision Markets". But anyway, this blog post does a good job of explaining the rationale and walking through...
AI Math Advances Threaten Cryptography More Than Quantum
Huh. I think Justin Drake is right. I think the threat of AI-powered math breakthroughs against modern cryptography is greater than the threat of quantum computer breakthroughs against modern cryptography. ⤵️
Zcashers Should Follow Jason’s Posts for All Updates
Most Zcashers—people who use, study, hold, and love Zcash—don't have time to track technical proposals and governance processes, much less social drama. My main recommendation for them continues to be "read everything Jason posts". Here's his latest: https://t.co/69MLpsEq60
Crypto Community Faces Deep Personal Reckoning
Good read about the reckoning going in the hearts of crypto people. https://t.co/cmGXxQYUDz HT @sacha
Engineer Collaboration Ensures Safe, User‑Friendly Crosslink Proposal
Really appreciate a fellow engineer seeing all our work to make the Crosslink proposal safe and user-friendly. 🙂
Zcash Split May Yield More Collaborative Forks
More Friendly Forks could be one of the best outcomes of the current Zcash governance split. See also: https://t.co/3MJtJtixDW
Zcash Sentiment Poll Shows Stark Coin‑weighted Vs. Public Divide
There's a dramatic split in the latest Zcash sentiment polling between coin-weighted votes and everyone else: https://t.co/WfE601Wb8h ⤵️
Coin Center Champions Rule of Law, Speech, and Liability
Coin Center continues to do God's work. These are fundamental issues touching on the Rule of Law, Freedom of Speech, and criminal liability. They are *more* fundamental to both industry and to rights than the other issues at hand—about market...
Beta Gift Invite Reveals Onboarding Friction
Some valued partners (it was Anoma) sent me an invite thing for their beta Red Envelope gifts with a personal message, so I gave them some feedback on the user onboarding funnel for this one, idiosyncratic user (me). ⤵️
Public Development at Zcash Boosts Collective Learning
I love the Zcash tradition of working in public. It’s a great way to learn.
Become a Zcash Expert in 5 Minutes, Hassle‑free
Listen to Zcash Boy. If you heard the word "Zcash" today, you can be an advanced Zcash expert about 5 minutes from now by installing Zashi and trying it. No sign-up, no hassle.
ZEC Could Outvalue All Global Wealth by 2050
I unironically think that in the year… let's say in 2050. That in the year 2050, that the total value (or "market cap") of 21 million ZEC could be worth more than the total value in the year 2026 of...
Zcash: Money Free From Government and Bank Collapse
I asked a Zcash user who is not a "computer person", much less a "crypto person", how we should market it. She said "The government can't control your money. Also, if the government collapses or the banks collapse you still...
Private Digital Cash: An Urgent Humanitarian Necessity
Private digital cash is an urgent and humanitarian need, by @AlexBornstein3: https://t.co/DqTs8TsT2H https://t.co/wkpYYs98Gx
New Site Promotes Zcash Crosslink Upgrade Proposal
Slick web site advocating for the Crosslink proposed upgrade for Zcash: https://t.co/CGpSrxcbLG Web site by @the_anino_group . Crosslink proposal by @ShieldedLabs .
Brief Zcash Talk at SEC, Dreaming of Colorado
Heading out to the airport to fly to Washington DC to give a very brief, 10-minute, talk about Zcash at the SEC. I’m grateful for the opportunity, but I’m already looking forward to being back home in Colorado. https://t.co/5hXkmx0uMp
Joining Cypherpunk to Empower Personal Money Control
I’m happy to report that I’ve been invited to join Cypherpunk as an advisor. I’m joining because I trust Tyler and Cameron’s intentions: empower people to control their own money (Zcash). ⤵️
Anoma Launches First Ethereum Adapter, Sparking Intrigue
I’m excited about Anoma again now that they’ve deployed their first “adapter” on Ethereum. I haven’t really grokked this “Anoma Resource Machine” model yet, but knowing the team, I’ll bet it really offers the cool properties that they are claiming.
Shielded Labs' Vision: Security, Decentralized Governance, Product Development
Recording of the most recent Shielded Labs Crosslink workshop: https://t.co/zyYeSOWvpR I really liked Nate's intro (14 minutes long), which is about how we at Shielded Labs think about security engineering, decentralized cryptocorrency governance, and product development. :-)
Seeking Zcash Grants Livestream Access and Timing
hey does anybody know how to tune in to the zcash community grants candidate livestream? is it happening now? thx
Zcash’s Resilient, Diverse Governance Unites Despite Disagreements
Zcash has evolved a resilient governance system over many years, made up thoughtful and independent people who disagree with each other but are committed to the same mission. Read this in its entirety, and vote for Artkor! https://t.co/UXIOe9fNH4
American Donates Zcash to Promote Crypto Freedom
Zcash is global but I am an American. This is a set of principled and actionable steps that I can get behind. It’s about restoring American values like freedom, fairness, and competition to the American crypto industry. And, I trust...
Zfnd Secures 7-Year Runway with Transparent Management
Nice. Way to go, Zfnd, on keeping a 7-year runway (assuming the price of ZEC stays at its current level), and on practicing excellent transparency. @AlexBornstein3 https://t.co/7jNw8JGmLs
Zcash's 5‑person Committee Controls 8% of Issuance
This is important! There are two parts to how the Zcash community governs the use of Dev Funds money. This is one of them: a 5-person committee that decides how to spend 8% of the Zcash issuance. Please read.
NEAR and Zashi Simplify Secure ZEC Swaps
Kudos to the NEAR and Zashi teams for each doing their part of the engineering to enable easier, safer swaps to ZEC!
Will ZEC Votes and Grants Surpass Minimum Targets?
This is important! Will more than the minimum requirement of 420,000 ZEC vote in the poll? Will more than $5,000,000 worth of ZEC be paid out from the Zcash Lockbox in retroactive grants to people who have already contributed? https://t.co/kD8s9WMGLQ
All‑time Market Cap, Not Price, Reveals True Trends
Zoom out—market cap (not price), and over all time (not any narrower time window): https://t.co/Rn8SX20Izn https://t.co/AfdfiatXka
Need a Champion to Push Binius ASIC Integration
waaaah noooo. Who is going to maintain and improve binius with hardware+cryptography co-design? And get binius ASICs included in new CPUs/GPUs? 😭 Thanks for MIT'ing it, @jimpo_potamus. Do you have any other IP you can sell to a company to...
Anticipating Arkham's Zcash Integration for Treasury Transparency
https://t.co/oIMOsRq9Lr Looking forward to @arkham adding Zcash support so that it can track @cypherpunktech's Zcash treasury. :-) https://t.co/22h0ox3lCo
Zcash: The Only Way Money Is Truly Separate From State
Tyler Winklevoss just said something awesome about "Separating Money and State". Something like "Have we really done that? And the answer is no, unless you're using Zcash". 👍👍
Zcash’s Surge Fueled by Bitcoin‑Like Fixed Supply
I agree with all of the reasons Alex gives in this thread for Zcash’s meteoric rise. And I think there is one more: the irresistibly tightening supply as Zcash follows the Bitcoin issuance schedule. Only 21M ZEC will ever exist....
Vote Zcash Retroactive Grants – Register Anonymously Today
Use your Zcash coins to vote for which people/orgs deserve *retroactive grants* for their contributions to Zcash! You have to register to vote today! (Voting is 100% anonymous and on-chain!)
Users Trust Existing Apps Over New Installations
Really interesting UX/marketing/distribution data point. I sympathize with not wanting to install another app! Installed apps are close to my root of trust.
Even Zcash Critics Unintentionally Prove Its Value
Zcash haters are demonstrating the value and importance of Zcash.
Collaboration Across Sectors Key to Preventing Hacks
Good conversation about cooperation between government, non-profit (SEAL), companies, and protocols to defend against hacks/thefts: https://t.co/OEPKkR85Z8 From the Pretty Good Policy “DC Privacy Summit”.
Zcash Full Node Now Supports Network Sustainability Mechanism
🎉🎉🎉 Network Sustainability Mechanism part 1 integrated into the new Zcash full node! https://t.co/WrYITGq5jy