Privacy-preserving SIP-010 intents payment protocol on @Stacks. Backed by @StacksEndowment
Joined March 2026
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Privara retweeted
privacy on @Stacks is getting interesting. we’re already building recipient privacy, one-time addresses and private payment discovery with @privarahq.
native shielded primitives + selective disclosure would open up a much deeper design space. def want to help push this frontier.
Thoughts on the Shielded Bitcoin work:
- It’s more than a proof of concept. The @allocinitxyz team has done a clever job of designing this system — kudos!
- There are valid concerns from people like @robin_linus that the cryptography needed for this is still experimental at best. Further, the consensus rules aren't enforced by L1 (an outside layer reads Bitcoin L1 to construct 2nd-layer consensus, much like our work on virtualchains back in 2017).
- The Bitcoin community tends to support such “Bitcoin extension” projects which require no change to Bitcoin. However, having support from Bitcoin L1 for covenants can make life so much easier for shielded BTC.
- L2s, like Stacks, can implement full privacy easily because hardforks are practical and the norm. The key bottleneck for shielded BTC on an L2 is the trust-minimized bridge. Covenants help with that as well.
This is an encouraging step, and I’m sure the authors will address current concerns. We’ll likely see more privacy work around Bitcoin like @Glass_Coins and L2 shielded addresses (Stacks Satoshi Upgrade 3).
If there is one takeaway, it’s this: if you support private Bitcoin, you should support covenants on Bitcoin. They’ll help both L1 BTC privacy and L2 BTC privacy a ton.
Let’s expand the frontier of Bitcoin. Forward!
institutional-grade BTC privacy 👀
Top 5 things I’m doing in the first 30 days as CEO:
(1) Expand the institutional BD machine. Bitcoin bonds are seeing increased demand. We want to shorten the time from first interest to going live. Speed matters.
(2) Simplified leadership structure. Empower our rockstars and clarify what decisions I make. I’ll hear all input and then make quick decisions. We’ll move like a startup on fire.
(3) Publish a 2-year roadmap, beyond bitcoin capital markets. How institutional-grade BTC privacy and post-quantum fit into our roadmap. We’re the frontier of bitcoin.
(4) Public comms & investor meetings. I’m meeting large holders 1-1 and updating them on the latest thesis and traction. First public holders update call within 30 days.
(5) Clarify value accrual. We’ll assign all IP to the endowment, which has no shareholders, making it crystal clear that all value accrues to STX. Publish value accrual mechanics: why bitcoin bonds fuel growth.
I’ve been in this industry for 13 years, and I’m coming back at the helm as CEO. Building on the frontier of Bitcoin is my dream job.
We’ll be building in public. Anyone can join us. The ticker is $STX.
Privara retweeted
Top 5 things I’m doing in the first 30 days as CEO:
(1) Expand the institutional BD machine. Bitcoin bonds are seeing increased demand. We want to shorten the time from first interest to going live. Speed matters.
(2) Simplified leadership structure. Empower our rockstars and clarify what decisions I make. I’ll hear all input and then make quick decisions. We’ll move like a startup on fire.
(3) Publish a 2-year roadmap, beyond bitcoin capital markets. How institutional-grade BTC privacy and post-quantum fit into our roadmap. We’re the frontier of bitcoin.
(4) Public comms & investor meetings. I’m meeting large holders 1-1 and updating them on the latest thesis and traction. First public holders update call within 30 days.
(5) Clarify value accrual. We’ll assign all IP to the endowment, which has no shareholders, making it crystal clear that all value accrues to STX. Publish value accrual mechanics: why bitcoin bonds fuel growth.
I’ve been in this industry for 13 years, and I’m coming back at the helm as CEO. Building on the frontier of Bitcoin is my dream job.
We’ll be building in public. Anyone can join us. The ticker is $STX.
and because a fresh stealth address may hold tokens but no STX, privara supports sponsored spending too.
the recipient signs from the stealth address, while a sponsor can pay the network fee.
so receiving privately doesn’t force you to fund that fresh address from your wallet.
today you can use privara with bns names, sBTC and USDCx.
same public identity.
fresh destination underneath.
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Privara retweeted
Live at @kbwofficial - the next frontier of Bitcoin is
1) capital markets
2) privacy
3) post quantum
with native btc yield from @Stacks
Privara retweeted
Some news: I’m coming in as the new CEO of Stacks Labs.
- I co-founded Stacks in 2017; we’ve been live for 5+ years and have gone through various chapters of decentralization.
- I’m more bullish on $STX than ever before. After the successful launch of Bitcoin staking, it’s time to double down on the growth of Bitcoin capital markets.
- After ecosystem restructuring last year, Stacks Labs has emerged as the operational hub. Taking on a day-to-day operational role there lets me put rocket fuel on the institutional BD work I was already doing.
- Stacks is pushing the frontier of Bitcoin. The tech is stellar. More BTC capital flows and widespread marketing of Stacks are what’s needed now. That’ll be my focus.
- @alexlmiller has done a tremendous job over the last year as interim CEO, put us on solid operational foundations, and pushed the core staking product live. Huge kudos to Alex for all his contributions!
- Satoshi upgrades 1 delivered self-custodial staking. We’re working on other frontier Bitcoin challenges like 100x capacity, institutional-grade privacy, and post-quantum. I look forward to working with our fearless CTO, @AdrianoDiLuzio, and the rockstar team on this exciting roadmap.
Start of a new chapter for Stacks and me. It’s time to light up some fires and push the frontier of Bitcoin. Forward!
Privara retweeted
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have you used privara today?
send a private payment to a bns name in under a minute.
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Privara retweeted
Korea is turning STX-orange 🧡
Meet the Stacks team at @kbwofficial this week.
@muneeb and @renapshah are on the ground to talk Bitcoin Staking and self-custodial Bitcoin yield.
If you hold BTC and want it earning while it stays on Bitcoin L1, get in touch 🤝
