aminoche

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by aminoche 1y ago
tl;dr: Blackpass is a proposed tunnel between Bitcoin and Monero—fully atomic, trustless, and GUI-free. It has no token, no custody, and no middleman. It’s not an exchange. It’s a cryptographic handshake, invisible unless it fails. It allow
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MoneroWorld – Ontological World of Monero(moneroworld.com)
1 points by aminoche 1y ago|0 comments
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by aminoche 1y ago
Totally fair skepticism. To be clear: I’m not selling anything. This is a strategic framework for digital autonomy—nothing more. In a world increasingly hostile to financial privacy, the worst-case scenario isn’t getting pitched. It’s not r
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by aminoche 1y ago
That’s a fair point—Monero is superior for peer-to-peer payments in terms of latency, fungibility, and privacy. But I’d push back on the idea that Bitcoin is useless outside of L2s. The post isn’t claiming Bitcoin is better for transactions
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Bitcoin Is the Vault. Monero Is the Mask. You'll Need Both to Stay Free(substack.com)
3 points by aminoche 1y ago|6 comments
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by aminoche 1y ago
I’ve been deep in the Bitcoin vs Monero debate for years—but the deeper I go, the more I see this isn’t a rivalry. It’s a false binary. Bitcoin’s transparency made it credible—but also legible to power. Monero’s privacy made it resistant—bu
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by aminoche 2y ago
i didn’t name founder mode. but when i read PG’s essay, something cracked open. this post isn’t from someone who’s made it. it’s from the middle—caught between vision and noise. trying to build something real without losing myself in the pr
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The Final 15%: Unlocking Founder Mode and the Genius No Book Can Teach You(substack.com)
1 points by aminoche 2y ago|1 comments
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by aminoche 2y ago
What’s better: a bulletproof safe that nobody locks or a well-worn disguise that everyone wears? Grin prioritizes scalability over privacy, which is fine if you don’t actually need strong privacy. But let’s not pretend optional CoinSwap is
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by aminoche 2y ago
Grin stays small by sacrificing privacy. Hiding amounts and addresses isn’t enough if transaction linkability depends on network conditions. If privacy weakens when volume drops, that’s a design flaw, not a feature. The extra step isn’t rob
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by aminoche 2y ago
Grin adds friction. You need extra steps to finalize a transaction, which makes it clunky compared to Monero’s simple send-and-forget model. Its privacy isn’t default—linkability depends on high network usage. If volume drops, transactions
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by aminoche 2y ago
Grin is like a private chat where both people have to be online. Monero is like sending a sealed letter that’s always private. Grin’s privacy depends on network activity, while Monero makes every transaction private by default. If privacy i
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by aminoche 2y ago
You’re absolutely right—Monero XMR is arguably the closest thing to Satoshi’s original vision in terms of actually delivering private, censorship-resistant transactions. But that’s also exactly why it’s under fire. Governments don’t need to
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by aminoche 2y ago
You're absolutely right—it’s dystopian overreach, but it's happening in slow motion. The real concern isn’t just "black markets will always exist"—it’s that the window for lawful, private transactions is closing faster t
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by aminoche 2y ago
Followed up here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43296129
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Bitcoin's Existential Crisis: Surveillance Is Winning(substack.com)
1 points by aminoche 2y ago|13 comments
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by aminoche 2y ago
I’ve been a Bitcoin believer for years. But belief without scrutiny is dogma. Bitcoin’s greatest strength—its radical transparency—has now become its biggest existential threat. Today, governments, surveillance firms, and regulated chokepoi
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by aminoche 2y ago
You’re right…nobody crafts TCP packets manually, and Lightning can absolutely offer similar abstraction. But here’s the twist: TCP/IP was built open and insecure by default, forcing us into decades-long battles (SSL, VPNs, Tor) to claw
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by aminoche 2y ago
Bitcoin’s transparency isn't just an oversight; it's strategic necessity. Yes, it enables surveillance but that same visibility is precisely what allowed Bitcoin to become a mainstream financial powerhouse rather than a fringe cur
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by aminoche 2y ago
> "Would you mind explaining how I might do a full audit of the total Monero supply using range proofs?" You’re assuming that auditability prevents fraud. But let’s be real—Bitcoin’s transparency didn’t stop Mt. Gox, QuadrigaCX
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by aminoche 2y ago
Thanks for sharing!
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by aminoche 2y ago
Every pushback here assumes privacy is something you ‘add’ rather than something you ‘enforce’ at the protocol level. That’s exactly how we ended up with a mass-surveillance internet. TCP/IP wasn’t built for privacy, so privacy became
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Bitcoin's Fatal Flaw: Why Financial Surveillance Is Inevitable Without Privacy(substack.com)
14 points by aminoche 2y ago|72 comments
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by aminoche 2y ago
Bitcoin was supposed to be the financial revolution that freed us from banks and governments. Instead, it’s becoming the most powerful surveillance tool in history. Every transaction is public. Every wallet is trackable. Chain-analysis firm