Max

Max

Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk

max@towardsliberty.com

datum is the singular of data
29m ago
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I've migrated 1000 of my video and podcast appearances to nostr & blossom!

Still some missing metadata thats being fixed now.

I've backdated them to when they were actually published, so to not spam your feed now.

Best way is probably to check towardsliberty.com/media for a full feed and search. But any NIP71 client should get them.

It still blows me away that this is even possible with nostr, I always wanted a self hosted archive of my shows.
43m ago
The 'nothing to hide' line works by smuggling in a false definition. Privacy is control over disclosure, not concealment of guilt. Once that is fixed, secrecy and anonymity separate from privacy proper, and the surveillance argument loses its grip.

Observation is the first move of every targeted intervention. A key pair costs nearly nothing while a national surveillance program runs into billions. The asymmetry is the cypherpunk case.

Chapter 1: The Nature of Privacyby Max
16h ago
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Most important file of my book is now available:

The dark mode edition.

I value the eyes of my readers and don't want them to bleed, pitch black pdf is the way to go!

Also epub and summaries are now available.

Towardsliberty.com/pop
20h ago
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Testing @Formstr appointment booking tool, please book a time!
https://calendar.formstr.app/schedule/naddr1qvzqqqrukupzp6vv6yn2duvfj6w7g402r4dehmcla7qy984v45deq5mrggeahhkwqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqg7waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezuamfwfjkgmn9wshx5up0qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytfsxyh8jcttd95x7mnwv5hxxmmdqyv8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdsq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3jxyhxxmmdqq0rzwpkvgcnwcfjvy6xzvejxuun2etpxp3kyetzv5ckgdtxxs6qppwmt2?viewKey=197d19fee17515c170b5dbf75e5d1e8dd6bb208e47414bcfe80f6938bf26de07
21h ago
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We're still short on funding for @FreedomTechSummit
If you wanna support a gathering of cypherpunks, zap this note or DM me for sponsorship details.
22h ago
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And my book is available in print now on amazon.
If you get it there, please leave a review.
Soon it'll be available for bitcoin as well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1L1H1GM
@Max"The Praxeology of Privacy" goes out today, the third edition. A new chapter publishes every day at 1600 UTC for the next month. Print edition arrives in a couple of days. Today: endorsements from Knut Svanholm, Luke de Wolf, Erik Voskuil, and Stephan Kinsella, Paul Rosenberg's foreword, and the preface. The book joins Austrian economics and the cypherpunk tradition on a single claim. State...
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bunker test
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"The Praxeology of Privacy" goes out today, the third edition. A new chapter publishes every day at 1600 UTC for the next month. Print edition arrives in a couple of days.

Today: endorsements from Knut Svanholm, Luke de Wolf, Erik Voskuil, and Stephan Kinsella, Paul Rosenberg's foreword, and the preface.

The book joins Austrian economics and the cypherpunk tradition on a single claim. State predation depends on state observation. When observation gets cheaper, predation gets cheaper; when observation gets more expensive, predation recedes. The engineering that raises the cost of observation is what this book is about.

The Praxeology of Privacy: Endorsements, Foreword, Prefaceby Max
1d ago
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"The Praxeology of Privacy" goes out today, the third edition. A new chapter publishes every day at 1600 UTC for the next month. Print edition arrives in a couple of days.

Today: endorsements from Knut Svanholm, Luke de Wolf, Erik Voskuil, and Stephan Kinsella, Paul Rosenberg's foreword, and the preface.

The book joins Austrian economics and the cypherpunk tradition on a single claim. State predation depends on state observation. When observation gets cheaper, predation gets cheaper; when observation gets more expensive, predation recedes. The engineering that raises the cost of observation is what this book is about.

The Praxeology of Privacy: Endorsements, Foreword, Prefaceby Max
1d ago
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Migrating ~ 1000 videos and podcasts of mine over to nostr and blossom.
Beautiful that it just works, no other platform can do that so smooth.
1d ago
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Just finished recording the audio book of the third edition of The Praxeology of Privacy.
Will send it to print soon, and start publishing those chapter to Nostr as well.
This edition got a lot more detail and better explanations.
Thanks to all those that helped review!
2d ago
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I got to read and review an early version of the book, and I highly recommend it!
Talks not only about how you can defend your own bitcoin, but also what must be done to defend the broader Bitcoin network.
@Luke de WolfI've been a bit absent from Nostr for the last little while, but that's about to change. For the past few months, I started focusing on a new project, and I'm finally ready to announce what I've been up to. I've written a book. Defending Bitcoin: Industrial-Grade Cybersecurity for the Monetary Grid. 6 months ago, I realized how I could apply my cybersecurity background to Bitcoin, with a...
2d ago
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@White Noise 2 person chats work very smooth now.
But groups are still flaky. We'll address that hopefully by the next release.
5d ago
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New @White Noise is out!
Update for much more reliable experience.
6d ago
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