Building Trust in Privacy Tools

"Do not excessively covet swords and daggers made by famous masters. Even if you can own a sword or dagger worth 10,000 pieces (hiki, equivalent of 10 mon), it can be overcome by 100 spears each worth 100 pieces. Therefore, use the 10,000 pieces to procure 100 spears, and arm 100 men with them. You can in this manner defend yourself in time of war."

- The Seventeen-Article Injunction of Asakura Toshikage

In this special episode, I had the privilege of speaking with a developer from the Ashigaru open source project, who joined us under the pseudonym Ashigaru Dev to discuss their work on Ashigaru. To protect their identity, they used a voice changer, highlighting the risks faced by privacy advocates in today's digital landscape.

We discussed the motivations behind the creation of the Ashigaru, a project born from the need to continue the legacy of the Samourai Wallet after its development ceased. The Ashigaru team, composed of long-time users and developers familiar with the programming languages, initially made improvements for personal use before realising the broader community could benefit from their work.

The conversation covered the enhancements made to the software, including updates to the post-mix spend features and the expanded Paynym ecosystem. We discussed the challenges of maintaining privacy in Bitcoin transactions without tools like Whirlpool and explored alternative methods such as peer-to-peer coin joins and atomic swaps.

We also touched on the importance of building trust within the community, especially for non-technical users who rely on others to verify the safety and integrity of open-source projects. The Ashigaru team is committed to transparency and encourages user feedback to improve the application.

In the wake of the Samourai project being dismantled by government decree, remember this: do not be overly attached to the singular, high-profile software solutions that once defined the success. Its value can be matched by tens of hundreds of developers, each armed with simple, robust, and widely accessible tools. Let's use the spirit, the knowledge, and the resources we have to forge a new initiative, one that embodies the strength of many rather than the complexity of one. In this way, we can continue to innovate, resist, and thrive, proving that multi-pronged resilience is greater than any single point of failure.

LINKS:

• ASHIGARU - https://ashigaru.rs
• DONATE TO ASHIGARU - https://ashigaru.rs/donate/
• DOJO OPENSOURCE PROJECT - https://github.com/Dojo-Open-Source-Project
• SENTINEL - https://github.com/wanderingking072/sentinel-android
• ASHIGARU GITEA (TOR) - http://ashicodepbnpvslzsl2bz7l2pwrjvajgumgac423pp3y2deprbnzz7id.onion
• DONATE TO SAMOURAI - https://www.p2prights.org/donate.html
• FREESAMOURAI - https://freesamourai.com
• BTC SESSIONS DOJO VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aykJ4eP-Veo
• K3TAN DOJO VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_It4xEIwRA

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(00:00) INTRO

(02:57) THANK YOU FOUNDATION

(04:29) THANK YOU CAKE 🍰 WALLET

(05:40) Ashigaru Dev is Fine

(07:41) The Emergence of Ashigaru Wallet

(10:42) Building Trust and Transparency

(16:18) Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

(19:39) Pepe Hashes & Paynyms

(21:57) First, What is Your Problem?

(24:41) 3 C's: Community, Collaboration & Contribution

(31:16) No Centralized Dojo

(37:30) How Can You (Misfit) Help?

(38:40) What Would Samourai & TDevD Think?

(39:40) Is Ashigaru Reproducible?

(41:50) Many Projects. Many Teams.

(46:55) ご苦労様