I just read the PayPal USD terms of service.

- full KYC
- custody by Paxos
- tied to your PayPal login
- PayPal can reverse any transaction
- claimed to be fully backed by actual USD

All the censorship capabilities of a CBDC, but launched by big tech instead of the gov't.

New work on folding, with Abhiram Kothapalli! Full paper: eprint.iacr.org/2023/1192.pdf

I sense something copacetic. Balaji 🤝 Jarrad Hope. Nomos + Logos +Waku + Codex = #networkstate 👤 Status

Zoom updates its Terms of Service to become the NSA 2.0:

I'm in disbelief at this update because of how far-sweeping it is, yet here we are. Direct quotes from section 10.2

'You consent to Zoom's access, use, collection, creation, modification, distribution, processing,…

In case you’ve missed it:

During EthCC - Ethereum Community Conference we’ve announced the birth of Logos. A movement to create a neutral, privacy preserving network state.

The core building blocks are:

Nomos - consensus layer
Codex - decentralized storage
Waku - p2p transport…

How much proof do you need that the FBI doesn’t respect the limits of 702 surveillance?  The latest FISC opinion shows that Congress must step in to protect our privacy. eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

What we are creating are subscriber states, forms of network states that are driven by digital tribes and subscriber citizens. In the future, states will be disaggregated, and any 'service' they offer will be gobbled up by digital markets and governance as a service solution.

So sad to hear that Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim, has died.

:%𝚜/𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚖\( 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚊𝚛\)\?/&\ (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟷 - 𝟸0𝟸𝟹)/𝚐

:𝚚𝚊! in peace, Bram.

'Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.' - Plato

Vac is pleased to announce the release of Zerokit v0.3.0, which is also now available as a crate (crates.io/crates/rln). Zerokit is a set of zero-knowledge modules in Rust for use in system programming environments.

Release notes:
github.com/vacp2p/zerokit…

Now streaming: Logos and Status co-founder Jarrad Hope talks with Griff Green (💜,🟢) on the GM! podcast by Giveth.

Join them as they discuss crypto ideologies—their evolution, culture, and future—here:
youtube.com/watch?v=1oS0S1…

WRONGTHINK

I just got fired for wrongthink.

Then I find out that my bank account’s been frozen, too.

I try to get an Uber back home but no cars will pick me up.

How did Uber find out I committed wrongthink?

I check my phone and apparently I’ve been banned from Instagram for…

Source : hanshoppe.com/wp-content/upl…

Logos and Status co-founder Jarrad Hope joins Griff Green (💜,🟢) on the GM! podcast by Giveth tomorrow to talk web3 and crypto ideologies, delving into their evolution, culture, and future.

The episode drops at 15:00 UTC. Watch here:
youtube.com/watch?v=1oS0S1…

Guess Status is onto something with the focus on #mobile :)

And Waku with focus on resource restricted/ adaptive nodes

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