Though useful in certain scenarios, using a traditional VPN is just handing all your data (linked to your personal information no less!) to that VPN provider instead of your ISP.
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But your ISP is no better. Since the 2017 repeal of ISP privacy laws, they've been able to "sell Web browsing histories and other sensitive data directly to marketers, financial firms and other companies without consumers' consent"
1. Has absolutely NO ability to tie your personal information to your browsing activity. 2. Works everywhere: even on restricted networks like your coworking space or local coffee shop.
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Obscura is in development! To be first in line when we launch, I hope you'll:
1. Join our tester community on Discord (Matrix Bridge also available), or 2. Join our waitlist (Email w/ optional PGP encryption or Nostr Encrypted DM)
There was a tweet by @glozow about libbitcoinkernel yesterday that lead to some interesting discussion threads in the replies.
Mainly people seem to be worried that efforts to build alternative Bitcoin implementations on libbitcoinkernel might be stifled on a cultural basis. /🧵
I think it’s somewhat pointless to speculate on what people will or won’t do, but there were a few pervading opinions that I think are worth talking about:
1. That “avoiding alternative implementations” is a part of Bitcoin culture 2. That this part of Bitcoin culture will stop people from building alternative Bitcoin implementations