Bitcoin Q&A: The price of losing privacy

Buy grin. A private , decentralized open sourced and anonymous by default cryptocurrency so that if doing blockchain analysis, there are no amounts and no addresses that can be seen. Bitcoin is NOT anonymous. Grin is.

‪Please explain how ZK-SNARKS are different from regular private/public key cryptography? If Alice (the prover) has a private key that accesses some information, and Bob (the verifier) wants to know that she has this private key, he can write a message of his own, encrypt it using Alice’s corresponding public key, and ask Alice to decrypt his message. Only Alice can decrypt Bob’s secret message, if she indeed has the corresponding private key. If she can decrypt Bob’s message, she has proven that she has the private key to the information at question without revealing the private key or the information. Is my understanding of how ZK proofs are used correct? How do ZK proofs add privacy to cryptocurrencies? Are ZK proofs somehow preferable to Ring signatures? ‬

I don't think that privacy is a product, or that it should be a right. I do think, however, that identity is an important subject of trade and perhaps everyone should have the right to decide what to do with their own identity.
It might seem like nitpicking, but I believe this distinction is crucial, because otherwise, you have it all backwards.

Hi! Thanks for your knowdledge Andreas. Because of the importance of privacy I like anon like monero as I my transactions can't get tracked. What's the incentive to use bitcoin instead?

Andreas, 'hundred', not 'thousand'. The name was Hundred Flowers Campaign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign

What we need is professionals in the field of security/privacy to create a step by step process to make proven reliable technological changes in our lives and with our devices that will give us the best possible security/privacy as complete system from the ground up, including personal computer operating system, antivirus combination, ad blocker, email, which phones to use, which vpn and or tor, password manager, ways to buy store sell the most recommended cryptos etc, essentially simple standardized list of steps to take in order of practical priority that can be followed by someone new to technology from A-Z, I end up suffering ‘paralysis of analysis’ because I don’t know which options are the best, or most compatible with one another or even where to start

Yes, it is sad how we are allowing companies to seduce or coerce us into giving away our own privacy. We have become a society of immediate wants and desires and seem to forget how to discipline ourselves. Or children will pay the price.

Que bueno q este la traducción en español gracias

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Satoshi + Andreas Antonopoulos = Restored faith in humanity, destroyed faith in institutions. We might create a truly free world in the process.

Your videos are so necessary.

This guy is the new bashar without the need to do channeling

@ 5:30 thru close. So much truth. Thank you sir.

Sir, we as a general public want a crypto currency which does not cost anything on transaction or sending coins to anyone using internet like we do emails. So, do you think will it be possible in near future?

Great video Andreas

Andreas for president

This guy is getting better at talking every day

@6:39 "There's only one price for PRIVACY that works…FREE…EVERYWHERE…ALL THE TIME!"

BAM…this.

Big fan Andreas,
Can I ask, why wouldn't you favor a privacy coin like Monero over a public ledger coin like Bitcoin?

still uploading from the same talk that happened when bitcoin was like 1k

Holy shit man

Here in Brazil, WhatsApp is widely used by drug cartels and organized crime because it guarantees privacy. It does make life harder for investigators. So this is the not-so-good consequence of making privacy available to anyone.

Andreas and anarcho-capitalism possibly? ??

Great talk thank you Anton.

you should run for president Andreas.

TheKey is probably the most unethical project in crypto in this regard

Wow, that analogy is like BitConnect lending program!

I think the worst part of our public discourse is to perpetuate a myth about American democracy existing at any time in the past or present. Democracy is not about getting one vote every 4 years for a two political leaders both chosen by big Banks and corporations nor does it help to assume that we have a free market in the past or in the present when in fact the whole time it has been corporate monopolies

The way you take freedom is to create an atmosphere of fear then outwardly project dysfunctional government and in this way we not only seek a nationalistic fervor but a charismatic leader who promises executive expedience and a whole host of laws meant to keep you safe from corruption and terrorism

Fantastic as usual!

Truly one of the greatest minds of our time!

The problem with privacy is that when the general public is disempowered and fears the state they will also fear privacy

Even though you blocked me on Twitter I still see your voice as one of the most important in the Bitcoin space.. thanks for another great presentation

Thanks Andreas! You're talks make me more confident in what I do! Your speeches make me feel like I can achieve liberty. Make America free again!

Amazing speech once again!

Democracy, even at it's best, is a horrible system. If 99 of your 100 neighbors votes to steal your car, it is still theft, it is still immoral, no matter how many people vote for it. If the thief they hire to steal your car gives you a sandwich that you didn't want, that thief is not serving you, the thief is not your servant. There are only 2 ways that people can interact with each other. The first way is where people agree to trade voluntarily if both parties agree on the terms; the second way is where one party steals value from another party using force; this way is always immoral, and that is what taxes are, immoral.

Andreas your the boy keep up your good work