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Max

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Max

@maxtannahill

#FreeSamourai Libertarian. BTC. XMR. Censorship resistance. GPG 6022 34D3 F520 354C 6AF5 1198 7610 EEEF FD25 FEC5.

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@maxtannahill
May 3
A month after this post, the tool is live: bip47db.org Inscribe and browse BIP47 payment codes from your browser. Mainnet ready, fully client-side, no server to trust. The protocol whitepaper has been refined to v1.6 with community feedback, esp @MightyMercurian.
Max
@maxtannahill
Apr 5
A straightforward proposal to inscribe BIP47 payment codes onto Bitcoin using Ordinals, creating a decentralised, censorship-resistant directory that anyone can write to and verify. ~$300 for the entire known database. No servers to seize. bip47db.github.io
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Max
@maxtannahill
Apr 2, 2021
Replying to @lopp
💪🏼 well done
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@maxtannahill
Jan 10, 2022
nader.deso
@nadertheory
Jan 10, 2022
Replying to @nadertheory
Instead of yelling at our users to be better, we again did something radical: We made our wallet better instead Login on a DeSo app like diamondapp.com, and you will see "Login with Google" This still uses a seed phrase, but backs it up securely to your Google Drive
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@maxtannahill
Oct 12, 2024
Never let them convince you that some semblance of privacy on Bitcoin at the protocol layer was that difficult to achieve. Those with the greatest influence absolutely wanted a crippled protocol that was acceptable to the state and its adherents.
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@maxtannahill
Mar 14, 2022
Wasabi Wallet is a coal torpedo in the armoury of a Bitcoiner. It's done more damage to the value proposition of Bitcoin than any other wallet. It remains an unmitigated disaster.
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@maxtannahill
Nov 27, 2022
If you haven't tried buying and selling BTC for cash directly in person yet, you should.
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@maxtannahill
Jan 2, 2023
A statist core dev with an affinity for blacklists, sees transactions he doesn't like as "spam", gatekept BIPs, begs for donations whilst sitting on a stack, spews fundamentalist vitriol, has attacked BTC privacy and UX improvements then gets rekt and some of you are sympathetic?
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@maxtannahill
Apr 24, 2021
On this timeline, I could see myself being forced to use dark net markets to purchase vacuum sealed organic rib-eyes in the not too distant future.
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@maxtannahill
May 3, 2024
Application layer privacy on Bitcoin is not dead. It’s very tiring seeing these constant cries of defeat. Bitcoin is a useful tool, it will most likely continue to be and it is worth not giving up on. I’m sad to see friends in prison but we dishonour them with this attitude.
Seth For Privacy
@sethforprivacy
May 2, 2024
So how are Bitcoiners feeling now about the "let's just do privacy at the app layer" now that all app layer approaches are dead in a week of government action? What's your next step, anon?
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Max
@maxtannahill
Feb 27, 2023
Replying to @gegelsmr4 and @JoeNakamoto
Was she an ex wife before or after the Venezuelan lady incident? Can’t believe even his cutlery was taken. Seems egregious. A man gotta eat.
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@maxtannahill
Dec 9, 2021
2021 has seen some incredible development in the desktop Bitcoin wallet space. Nothing comes close to @SparrowWallet. No trusted “sidechain” nonsense, a focus on entropy in transaction construction, built on open source standards with a clean, informative user interface.
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@maxtannahill
Sep 12, 2025
I went from vaultwarden to centrally hosted Bitwarden because I don’t want to be a sysadmin and I actually like my family (who aren’t that technical). Bitwarden does an excellent job, produces open source and audited software and isn’t part of the “surveillance economy”.
Sam Bent
@DoingFedTime
Sep 11, 2025
Cloud password managers aren't protecting your data, they're collecting it for profit while making you the product in a surveillance economy that profits from your digital enslavement. sambent.com/vaultwarden-de…
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@maxtannahill
Jul 3, 2020
Bitcoin is a software program. It is fallible. It isn’t a chemical element or a mathematical axiom. This is a highly misleading viewpoint to espouse.
Max Keiser
@maxkeiser
Jul 2, 2020
#Bitcoin was discovered, not created. When you understand this, your view of the multi-verse changes completely
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@maxtannahill
Feb 5, 2023
Bless @Jimmysong who a while ago was very grateful that a PDF he wanted in the Blockchain could be stored there (and was looking at ways to do this with other PDFs!) but now thinks you are attacking Bitcoin if you do the same. bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3595…
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