Late to the game here, but extremely interesting point of view. Promethean technology... such fascinating technical development but such (potential) dystopian consequences. Do humans sometimes have self-destructive tendencies? Is it wired into the matrix?

Big if true

The privacy narrative is gaining momentum and will define the next wave of adoption.

for privacy coins, even if they migrate to post-quantum cryptographic schemes, all historical transactions prior to that migration can be decrypted. so all historical txns will be stripped of privacy in >~5y. everything is built on ECC.

The one, the only, the original

A new 'STACK for y'all! Enjoy. Stay free and private people. open.substack.com/pub/orchidlabs…

All VPN companies promise they "don't log your data" Then they get acquired, get pressured by governments, or decide your privacy is worth less than their profits / survival of the biz.... Then what?

Really enjoyed this, worth a watch 🫡

Instead of trusting VPN promises, we use staking. Server operators put up stake as collateral. Behave badly? Lose your stake. Provide good service? Earn more. Cryptoeconomics > corporate promises Onward.

This is prescient. Local, edge computing is the key. Retain control and privacy, no need for enormous frontier models for everything. Task-specific, extremely niche AI will be the most useful.

Agreed!

Orchid splits your traffic across dozens of independent servers worldwide. Multi-hop, baby! Each one only sees a tiny piece of your journey. To spy on you, someone would need to control multiple specific servers in your exact path simultaneously. Good luck with that.

Paid for a year of VPN and the service sucks? Too bad. Pay for exactly what you use and switch to better servers instantly if performance drops. Nanopayments. No subscriptions, no lock-in.

Bit by bit, day by day....Orwellian prophecies come true

Privacy is normal

duh

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The beautiful thing about Orchid: everyone's incentives actually align Users want privacy and speed. Server operators want profit. The only way operators make money is by providing better service. Simple. Marketplaces FTW.

Trad VPNs just move your trust from your ISP to them. All of your faith is still one entity susceptible to being pressured, bought, or compromised. Enough "trust me bro," more "it's verified." Trust-minimized private web browsing. The way it was meant to be.

When governments typically want to pressure trad VPNs, they target one entity and compromise millions of users. To shut us down, they'd need to coordinate against thousands of independent operators across different countries. More expensive. Slightly harder. Stay free & private