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Privacy first steps

An extensive post detailing a recommendation of the order of steps I would take if starting from scratch in my privacy journey today.

December 21, 2021 Â· 18 min Â· Seth For Privacy

The Custody Trap

How E-Cash Risks Bitcoiners’ Sovereignty.

August 26, 2025 Â· 9 min Â· Seth For Privacy

On Zcash

Zcash: jack of all trades, master of none.

July 12, 2025 Â· 12 min Â· Seth For Privacy

Daylight DC1: Magical imperfection

I’ve been a tech enthusiast since I was a child, and it’s been a very long time since I’ve been this enamored with a piece of technology.

August 8, 2024 Â· 14 min Â· Seth For Privacy

Setting up a Bitcoin username

BIP 353: Making payments social, one DNS entry at a time.

July 15, 2024 Â· 11 min Â· Seth For Privacy

Dispelling CTV FUD

I’ve taken the time to collect, rebut, and give resources for each of the most common FUD points against covenants using CTV.

December 19, 2023 Â· 5 min Â· Seth For Privacy

Taproot Didn't Cause Inscriptions or Tokens on Bitcoin

tl;dr - Focus on how we can make Bitcoin better via covenants.

December 18, 2023 Â· 6 min Â· Seth For Privacy

Run your own Bitcoin pool

In this guide I will lay out the detailed steps for how you can get started running your own Bitcoin mining pool.

December 12, 2023 Â· 11 min Â· Seth For Privacy

Why I Focus on Bitcoin

I’m not a Bitcoin maximalist. I’m not a Monero maximalist. I’m a freedom maximalist.

March 12, 2023 Â· 10 min Â· Seth For Privacy

Building Monero's Circular Economy via Privacy Tools

In this blog post form of a presentation, we dive into what circular and parallel economies are, why they’re important, and what tools are being paired with Monero to enable them.

June 25, 2022 Â· 9 min Â· Seth For Privacy