Guilty on all charges :(:(
On Jan 23, 2015 12:49 PM, "Andrew Miller" <amiller@???> wrote:

> > um by the way, did anyone notice what is happening in Puerto Rico with
> > the Bitcoin Foundation and that ZeroCash project, which did present at
> > the prior FinCrypto, is noticeably ABSENT from this upcoming one? See:
> > http://fc15.ifca.ai (yeah, interesting read)
>
> I think your point is that because there's no research paper about
> Zerocash or an extension being presented at FC or the bitcoin
> workshop, that it might be being squelched/unwelcome somehow by the
> foundation influence there? That's not the case... members of the
> zerocash team will be there and will probably present a development
> update of some kind at the rump session.
>
> I think you're also suggesting that because the Bitcoin Foundation is
> a sponsor of the FC conference that it's corrupted by it's influence.
> I don't think that's the case... it's an academic research conference,
> a panel of researchers reviews (blindedly) the papers that anyone can
> submit, and selects the ones that are technically best. I haven't seen
> any evidence of corruption in this process but I'd be happy to answer
> any questions you have about it. This conference originated during the
> first crypto wars, when cryptography was on the verge becoming
> illegal; kowtowing to anti-privacy interested would be perverse
> against its culture. Also there's a session in the bitcoin workshop
> about (improving) Bitcoin privacy.
> http://fc15.ifca.ai/bitcoin/schedule.html
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