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Behind Enemy Lines: An Excursion Into Parallel Societies

L0la L33tz

May 19, 2024 — 3 min read

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New from The Rage: Open Source Arrests: US Officials Sour on Biden's War on Privacy https://www.therage.co/us-officials-sour-on-biden-war-on-privacy/

Declaration of Separation republished on Anarplex https://anarplex.sirion.io/hosted/files/declarationseparation.html

Pizza Day wins the based department https://x.com/PizzaDayPrague/status/1791548751942656286

Ketominer gives a talk on Samourai Wallet at Pizza Day (featuring lots of more great talks) https://pizzaday.cz/

The Rage sends the feds some questions https://x.com/L0laL33tz/status/1791779128447742272

Yellow makes his bank send ecash https://x.com/ICOffenderII/status/1790704693225627751

Bruce Schneier is still a moron https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tornado-cash-not-free-speech-its-golem

Tether does some more money laundering https://protos.com/china-busts-2-billion-usdt-money-laundering-operation/

Paolo says he is a good boy https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1789921257632207233

Former State Dept. Cyber Mike Benz has theories https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1790606401569427479

Black Rock sells paper bitcoin https://x.com/DU09BTC/status/1791020511864246513

Silent Payments overview site is launched https://silentpayments.xyz/

US Attorneys discover MEVil https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/two-brothers-arrested-attacking-ethereum-blockchain-and-stealing-25-million

Salame got some sweet Alameda loans to give to politicians https://x.com/leomschwartz/status/1790737620512739501

IBEX Pay shuts down in US https://x.com/IBEXpay/status/1790814896239620577

Bolt12 moves forward on LND https://x.com/nitesh_btc/status/1791847412916433095

Silent payments coming to Rust Bitcoin https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/issues/2778

Silent Payments coming to BlueWallet https://github.com/BlueWallet/SilentPayments

Bonus due to relevance: Room77's Joerg Platzer's talk at Paralelni Polis Hackers Congress 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfdYmIxbODw

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