Yesterday the Zcash Foundation board named me Executive Director. Thank you to Alex for steady leadership through a tumultuous stretch, and to everyone who has reached out this week. The job as I see it has two halves: 1) keep the infrastructure fast, secure, and boring. 2) make privacy something ordinary people use without having to think about it. I don’t think privacy is a feature, and I don’t think it’s a niche. It’s the room a society needs to think, speak, associate, and change its mind. Any system people depend on for daily life should give them that room by default. That’s the standard I’ll hold our work to.

Announcement from the Foundation: zfnd.org/zcash-foundation-na…

Just used @zashi_app and the new Near integration to privately pay a bug bounty in USDC. Excellent work by the teams involved. This capability is a big unlock for #zcash: the ability to send private stable payments (across chain) quickly and easily.

Noobs and the security curious often ask me how to get started. I'm impressed by the quality of this free IRL and online intro cyber class from @StratosphereIPS which combines lectures with practicals leveraging a slick containerized CTF environment. cybersecurity.bsy.fel.cvut.c…

When safety concerns get in the way of developer productivity.

If you watch only a single talk from #ethdenver this year let it be this one youtu.be/Q2KfNDqj9Vo

If you listen to only one #ethdenver talk this year, let it be this one: youtu.be/Q2KfNDqj9Vo

.@calprivacy is looking for a CIO. This agency is on the front lines of protecting the privacy of netizens in the state of CA and beyond. This role looks like it has the potential to make a real impact in the quest for privacy online at scale. calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPubli…

Exec accountability 101: kcra.com/article/tahoe-gondo… “As the COO of Heavenly, I am responsible for all aspects of mountain operations, including the safety of our guests. I take full responsibility as well as ownership to ensure it is addressed so that it never happens again." Bravo