Over the weekend I read cryptographer Peter Todd’s fascinating account of helping get Zcash off the ground. (Zcash is an altcoin which describes itself thus: “If Bitcoin is like http for money, Zcash is https. Zcash offers total payment confidentiality, while still maintaining a decentralized network using a public blockchain.”)
Todd’s story is a great overview of practical opsec, from the point of view of someone who’s skeptical about the whole endeavor he’s undertaking. Plus all the evasion tactics and burner tech are just… cool.
