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Run your personal server with a Bitcoin and Lightning node in your home, self-host open source apps like Nextcloud and Matrix to break away from big tech, and take full control of your data. For free. All our interactions on the internet today are mediated by a few companies who offer “free” services in exchange for storing our data on their servers to spy on us.

...It is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol; a digital currency based on Bitcoin's code, but with a higher standard of privacy. Like Bitcoin, Zcash transaction data is posted to a public blockchain. However unlike Bitcoin, your personal and transaction data stay completely private. Thanks to a sophisticated zero-knowledge proving scheme, transactions can be verified without showing any information at all about the sender, receiver or transaction amount. Selective disclosure features are available for users who may need these for compliance or audit purposes. ...

Naeon secures data in untrusted off-site storage through a layered approach: files are compressed, then AES-256 encrypted with a randomly generated 128-character passphrase yielding approximately 762 bits of entropy — far beyond the reach of both classical and quantum brute-force attacks. The ciphertext is obfuscated by prepending and appending random byte blocks, making the result unidentifiable as an encrypted file. The payload is then sharded into one private chunk — holding the...

...The book is suitable for technical readers with an understanding of the fundamentals of Bitcoin and other open blockchains. Mastering the Lightning Network is released under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license, which allows sharing the source code for personal use only. You may read this book for free.

Metrocoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Metrocoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Metrocoin is also the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.

Sterlingcoin is a digital currency used to pay for goods or services in daily life both offline and online. It is a decentralised system controlled by an open market and not by a corporation, bank or government. Because of its decentralisation everyone who runs the Sterlingcoin wallets shares the public ledger*. Sterlingcoin is a completely fair**, transparent and a highly secure form of currency for all needs. The price of Sterlingcoin is determined by supply & demand, use, trading and...