mempool.space/signet/tx/f7db…

OP_CAT just went live on signet

FYI the 10 years of clear guidance from FinCEN that says that money transmission in crypto requires control over the funds is irrelevant because pans transfer heat and usb cables transfer bits without controlling heat and bits.

Reading this blog post Alex Bilbie in 2012 was a major inspiration to build OpenPubkey in 2020. It stuck with me for 8 years until I found a way to put signatures into OIDC.

alexbilbie.github.io/2012/07/oauth-…

Got a surprise while reading this new paper

now.... do something interesting and/or terrifying

CAT is live on signet.

If you want to build better vaults, generic covenants, CatVM bridges, or even better BitVM bridges, the time is now; it is yours for the taking.

Similarly, if you want to prove that CAT increases attack vectors or is unsafe/dangerous, the time is now.

woo woo

How well deployed is SigV4A in AWS?

At block 193516 (only 20 blocks away)

.BastionZero CEO Sharon Goldberg is teaming up with Cisco's Richard Barnes to solve a problem relevant to the #OpenPubkey community. Check out the blog below to learn more about their vision for Proof of Issuer Key Authority (PIKA). bastionzero.com/blog/introduci…

Russia has waged many wars since 1991. Only this one is genocidal. Thus arises the obvious question: Why? What makes Ukraine different?

In my latest for The Detox, I offer an answer. 🧵

BInius: highly efficient proofs over binary fields

vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/0…

Remember when someone on twitter tried to prank everyone that twitter had been renamed to x?

The purpose of signet is to find bugs early:
* If you want OP_CAT then take your best shot and help us test it,
* If you don't want OP_CAT, take your best shot and help test Bitcoin.
Anthony Towns said it best:

OP_CAT expected to be live on signet at block 193536.

Reading this blog post Alex Bilbie in 2012 was a major inspiration to build OpenPubkey in 2020. It stuck with me for 8 years until I found a way to put signatures into OIDC.

alexbilbie.github.io/2012/07/oauth-…

OP_CAT 🤝 BIP 347

SEC is not adhering to it’s mission to protect investors, but instead carrying out the political will of misinformed dinosaurs.

Here’s hoping a change in SEC leadership and getting the agency back on the right path.