“Hey, I need a help from an ethical hacker like you. My husband is cheating / someone kidnapped my child / someone is threatening me. Could you hack someone’s Facebook or phone?” You’d be surprised how often I get messages like this through various channels – several times a month. The answer is always the […]
When coming from sauna the other day, I checked my phone. I received a message on SimpleX from my Home Assistant saying: Dog is barking persistently, please check if everything’s okay. OK, I don’t have a dog, but that’s the least interesting part of this strange message. After some detective work, I discovered what actually […]
The cypherpunk toolkit is mature. We have strong encryption, anonymous cryptocurrencies, mesh networks, and decentralized protocols. We’ve solved the technical problems of digital privacy and financial sovereignty. Yet most of us remain embedded in systems we theoretically know how to escape. Why? Picture a family in Paul Rosenberg’s “The Breaking Dawn,” panning for gold in […]
In traditional accounting, we measure profit against the benchmark of holding money—considered “zero risk.” But this approach has a fundamental flaw: it ignores the reality of purchasing power and opportunity cost. We call this measure a “unit of account”. The unit of account we choose should reflect our true financial goals. For many, that goal […]
I’ve been wearing a mindset, which I probably got from the open source community, that I think is helpful. Always cheer for the success of other people, especially if they are working on the same thing as you (also known in normie startup land as “competition”). Yes, you want to do your best and be […]
How I realized that perfect infrastructure can be a sign of irrational waste of resources. Potholes as Evidence of Reason Imagine entering a coastal village. The sandy roads are dotted with holes. And in the midst of it all, the navigation announces: “Pothole reported ahead!” This is exactly what happened to me in a small […]
We are not waiting to be led.We are not here to follow maps drawn by others.We are here to listen—deeply, bravely—to the faint pulse of something real inside. That pulse is freedom—not as an escape, but as creation.Not the kind that screams “no,” but the kind that whispers “yes… and what if?” We choose to […]
[Slovenská verzia] [Česká verze] You can also listen to this blog as an audio: Or open it with your favourite podcasting app. The period of free banking in the United States lasted from about 1837 to 1863. During these years, private banks had the freedom to issue their own banknotes without central regulation, resulting in […]
Many mobile carriers restrict personal hotspot usage, forcing users to upgrade to pricier plans just to share their internet connection. For example operators in Panama offer unlimited data (“Ilimitado”), but that does not include hotspot traffic. How do they detect and block tethering / hotspot? One common method is checking the Time to Live (TTL) […]
[Tento článok v češtine a slovenčine na Bitcoin Alza] Doing reviews on new hardware wallets is a bit of a difficult task – most of them don’t bring anything new to the table, they find their close-knit group of supporters, often fueled by a few successful podcasts, and eventually end up forgotten and unused. That’s […]