Ben Kaufman
@_benkaufman
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Shadowy Super-Coder. Unlicensed software engineer.
Joined August 2014
The filters debate is the real spam keeping us distracted from debating actual relevant topics.
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NEW FILM TEASER Citadel Scouts - Argentina A journey to find freedom Three friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to seek out how to best live a free life in this crazy world of ours. Please like, share, and offer feedback! https://t.co/wiz0tVJJJZ to join our
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“The urge to save Bitcoin is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it” - H. L. Mencken
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The biggest problem in Bitcoin development right now is that there are too many privacy developers and not enough compliance developers. We need more compliance developers!
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A fork under the threat of “legal consequences” is the most clear case of an attack on Bitcoin
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Filtering the mempool isn’t enough, we must start requiring a license for people to run a node. Can’t risk having criminals in the network! That’s why I’m proposing BIP666 - mandatory license check for any peer connection. Unlicensed nodes will be reported to the authorities.
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Bitcoin is already, by far, the best privacy coin. What is left now is to teach the history of how we got here - recognizing pioneers like Wasabi and Samurai - and learn from it. Even more importantly - spread the knowledge on how to use the right tools: eCash, Boltz swaps,
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Also catch more from the Synonym team at Plan B Lugano ⚡️ 🧩 The Various Flavors of Bitcoin Custody 📅 Oct 24 · 6:00 PM · P2P Stage 🎙 @BitcoinErrorLog joining others on a panel 🔐 Planning Your Bitcoin Inheritance with Miniscript 📅 Oct 25 · 5:00 PM · Hal Finney Room 🎙
Catch the Synonym team on stage at Plan B Lugano ⚡️ 🧠 Fix the Money, Then What? 📅 Oct 24 · 2:30 PM · WAGMI Stage 🎙 John Carvalho (Synonym CEO) 🎨 Make Sats Bitcoin Again 📅 Oct 25 · 4:30 PM · P2P Stage 🎙 Aldert (Synonym Lead Designer) ⚙️ Inside Lightning Implementations 📅
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🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT: BULL Wallet is now available worldwide on iOS & Android! A self-custodial, Bitcoin-only wallet designed for low-fee, private payments and long-term cold storage. Built for cypherpunks. Perfect for beginners. Bitcoin, Lightning & Liquid: seamlessly swap between
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Planning Your Bitcoin Inheritance with Miniscript Learn how to future-proof your sats with @_benkaufman, explore Bitcoin inheritance using Miniscript. Because generational wealth deserves generational security.
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KYC laws are not just ineffective, they’re actively harmful.
ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says The leaked data may involve personal information, partial credit card details and messages that were exchanged with Discord's customer service agents, the San Francisco-based company says.
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Bitcoin waiting to swallow the monetary premium from the housing market to fix the incentives and make houses affordable again
We should build so many new houses everywhere that there's a massive oversupply and the price goes to zero Make it a worthless asset so that everyone can have a place to live
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So smart it took him over a decade to figure out he can scam people with a crypto pump and dump
The 2nd Bitcoin created by the world’s highest IQ record holder, recognized by World Memory Championships, will be announced on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025, to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Bitcoin is at ath and bitcoin twitter has never been more boring and dead what’s going on?
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Just as the internet unlocked information, Bitcoin will unlock value ⚡️ Moving from payments to value transfer. Replacing walled gardens with open networks. Eliminating third parties to pave the way for peer-to-peer. 🔗 https://t.co/6NSeAWoxdl This isn’t about buying a cup of
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Being able to transmit value like information, as fast as a text message, has profound implications for society. Bitcoin unlocks that.
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