The Cycles whitepaper is now available on arxiv. A new take on the intersection of balance sheets & graph theory A new approach to clearing & settlement Give it a read if you haven’t, let us know what you think!

“I have nothing to hide” is a privilege. Whistleblowers, activists, abuse survivors don’t have that luxury. Privacy protects the vulnerable.

zk proofs are going to be such a massive game changer for all the admin stuff weve gotten way too used to sharing way too much just to prove something simple i see pmf everywhere

Shielded pools are essential technology for the future of money. Cycles stands proudly and gratefully on the shoulders of shielded pool giants.

So hung jury on money laundering and violating sanctions, but the jury was basically forced to find him guilty on unlicensed money transmission, despite opposing guidance from FinCen? WTF?!

Choice Cut

This is gonna be lit. All you posers that cite Cantillon and Adam Smith can finally read the guys.

damnit I was digging some tweets dissing graeber but then it turned out they were marxist 😭 i don't want graeber, nor marx, but a secret third thing

While we await the verdict in the Storm trial, its good to be reminded that shielded pools are just math, and not all that hard to understand. Anyone can implement one. So here's a thread with the basic intuition of how they work:

The right to publish open-source cryptography is on trial, and with it, the critical human rights to privacy of communications and transactions. Good luck to @rstormsf, our industry, and frankly our civilization