Peter Todd Warns Zcash Tech Is Too Risky For Bitcoin Privacy Push
Bitcoin developer Peter Todd has pushed back against calls to bring Zcash-style privacy into Bitcoin’s consensus layer, arguing that the cryptographic risk profile is too high for the network’s base protocol. The debate erupted after ZODL developers disclosed an issue affecting the Orchard shielded pool, briefly turning a technical incident into a broader argument over […]
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The cameras were rolling as Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd set fire to the computer he'd just used to help bring Zcash to life. Wearing a gas mask he’d purchased at a local shop near Valemount, British Columbia, he burned the components with a propane torch until they turned almost completely black. His intention was to prevent anyone from ever recovering their contents. Todd then bagged up the torched components, and drove in a rented car from the sparsely populated setting of the ceremony to the small town of Kamloops, better known for its pulp mill than for being one of the....
Core developer Peter Todd is known for his forthright ideas on how to improve the security and stability of bitcoin, while staying true to the technology's decentralised roots. An avid Twitter user and conference regular, Todd has worked on everything from off-chain transactions and privacy-enhancing stealth addresses to '2.0' projects like Viacoin, Counterparty and coloured coins. In this video, he discusses his first experiences with bitcoin and precursor Hashcash and I ask how centralisation, regulation and scalability might shape bitcoin's future. View the full video interview below:....
Developer Peter Todd has caused quite a stir in the community by committing a double spend on Coinbase. Taking $10 from the company and buying Jeremy Gardner of the Augur project some reddit gold. Todd admitted to the action via Twitter and GitHub with the crack he created. At this time, Gardner says he and Todd were conversing, and Todd had decided to “make a point about security in the industry” Gardner goes on to say that he had succeeded on his first try and was able also to snap a screenshot of the action. Many people in the community went crazy on Twitter following this announcement.....
Prominent Bitcoin developer Peter Todd alleged on Monday, October 6, that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is “looking to backdoor crypto again” via the rollout of so-called quantum-secure algorithms—this time by pushing deployments that exclude tried-and-tested classical cryptography. “Tl;dr: the NSA is clearly looking to backdoor crypto again with the rollout of “quantum secure” […]