Peter Todd

@petertoddbtc

Applied Cryptography Consultant (what the cool kids call 'blockchain tech') PGP: 0x7FAB114267E4FA04, pete@petertodd.org

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 8

    My last tweet caused R3 to send me a cease and desist... So let's try again: can anyone find these Corda patent apps? I may have prior art.

    . has filed a patent application on it's new "Concord" platform. Anyone have a link? I may have prior art.
    3 replies 40 retweets 105 likes
  2. 11 hours ago

    I also get a steady stream of people asking me to be a part of their ICO social media promotion teams. Dunno how serious b/c I never reply.

    I've been offered as much as 1 BTC per tweet to promote questionable ICOs. Something to keep in mind when you see folks pumping such ICOs.
    12 replies 8 retweets 46 likes
  3. 11 hours ago

    I always try to be diplomatic. But my attempts at diplomacy are often hampered by reality.

    Replying to @petertoddbtc
    Plausible? Since when did you become diplomatic?
    3 replies 4 retweets 24 likes
  4. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    This looks like a Big Deal. I hope this will lead to a lawsuit against Intel for its gross negligence, exposing users to risks. Congrats!

    We did it: Intel ME 11.x arbitrary code execution,
    19 replies 248 retweets 418 likes
  5. Retweeted
    Sep 20

    We did it: Intel ME 11.x arbitrary code execution,

    44 replies 659 retweets 769 likes
  6. 13 hours ago

    It's plausible 2X refuses to protect users with replay protection b/c they want to pretend they're not creating a new token; they are.

    A token airdrop may not spare you from securities regulation.
    8 replies 28 retweets 76 likes
  7. Retweeted
    Sep 20

    Absolute must-read this morning from a man who reviewed Bitcoin code in 2008.

    27 replies 429 retweets 771 likes
  8. Retweeted
    Sep 20

    I just published “Segwit2X: the broken agreement”

    29 replies 282 retweets 541 likes
  9. Sep 19

    Talking with someone from the about making a W3C standard. Unfortunately that conversation will have to end now.

    EFF is resigning from the W3C. It should not approve standards that deny users control over their own browsers
    11 replies 50 retweets 123 likes
  10. Retweeted
    Sep 18
    Replying to and

    Big blockers bitch about LN possibly being hub & spoke, but then they are pushing changes that will make all of bitcoin hub & spoke.

    4 replies 12 retweets 30 likes
  11. Sep 18

    8GB blocks "starting point for compromise" was just inept overton window politicking from a guy who literally is a small town politician.

    Replying to @morcosa @jgarzik and 3 others
    Straw-man proposal: a starting point for discussion-compromise. You have been unwilling to discuss/compromise for years, and here we are...
    6 replies 27 retweets 81 likes
  12. Retweeted
    Sep 17

    Cryptography was cypherpunk before cypherpunk was a path to personal wealth

    Replying to @lyon01_david
    Crypto will be cryptocurrency until cryptography abandons its terrible boring academic culture in favour of revolutionary cypherpunk culture
    7 replies 90 retweets 297 likes
  13. Retweeted
    Sep 16

    It seems that I'll have to look for a new bitcoin debit card... doesn't support bitcoin anymore :(

    38 replies 94 retweets 188 likes
  14. Retweeted
    Sep 18
    Replying to

    In other words, xapo is SPV

    1 reply 6 retweets 32 likes
  15. Retweeted
    Sep 17
    Replying to

    Your sync network is not safe in China. Make immediate evacuation plans. Hire semi-trucks, load up the equipment, get out right now.

    6 replies 15 retweets 73 likes
  16. Retweeted
    Sep 16

    Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA, carved into the concrete skeleton of a disused cluster of grain silos in Cape Town, is an instant masterpiece

    40 replies 2,043 retweets 4,869 likes
  17. Retweeted
    Sep 16

    Astonishing: Tetris inside Conway’s Game of Life, built via a full RISC processor with its own assembly language

    2 replies 44 retweets 82 likes
  18. Sep 16

    Parmigiani Fleurier - Restoration "The Pistol and its Songbird" Watchmakers: beautifully batshit crazy.

    2 replies 11 likes
  19. Sep 16

    This is why we can't create designs that assume the fast relay networks exist. has done great work, but we can't rely on it.

    Replying to @mmeijeri
    TBH, I'm more worried about the fast relay networks being blocked...
    2 replies 8 retweets 37 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Sep 16

    Translation of alleged internet ban of Bitcoin in China

    (Unverified) report that China is trying to block bitcoin exchanges and p2p network in China by GFW
    35 replies 123 retweets 141 likes
  21. Retweeted
    Sep 16
    Replying to

    And to ask the naive "unlimited blocks, everyone SPV, data-center only is fine" to reconsider in face of evidence. We told you so, come back

    10 replies 35 retweets 154 likes

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