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Cole Noble's avatar

This was a great read. One of the biggest frustrations I've always run into with privacy is that when confronted with the level of privacy invasion we're subject to -- most people consider this to be unavoidable, or a price paid for convenience.

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Adam James Pollock's avatar

Yes, that is true. Most consider it a sacrifice, but I say why not sacrifice in the right direction?

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Matt Benacci's avatar

Pretty deep shit and thought provoking. Writing on a pretty advanced level too. I think a fair number of folks out there have given lots of mental bandwidth to some of these concepts individually, but I'm not personally aware of anyone tying them together so neatly. For what it's worth, Adam, found you via your post in the substack writer's facebook group. That damn technology! It keeps luring us back in!

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Adam James Pollock's avatar

Thanks for your kind words. Tech certainly does have its benefits.

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Tepid Intrepid's avatar

I like the separation of the three paths and the recognition that one can ~mix~ them for an optimal route.

On your second point, there’s some interesting privacy crypto projects that make transactions untraceable. Monero is my favorite, but zcash/firo look promising.

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Adam James Pollock's avatar

I’m glad you enjoyed. Thank you for these, I’ll be sure to check them out.

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Tepid Intrepid's avatar

Sure thing. This book is great if you want depth, and the r/monero sidebar has other good links too.

https://masteringmonero.com/book/Mastering%20Monero%20First%20Edition%20by%20SerHack%20and%20Monero%20Community.pdf

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