does anyone have a paywall-free link to this article: bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02…o-xmr-rises-stumping-crime-fighters

wayback machine etc don’t seem to work

is bloomberg the new forbes?

<syntheticbird> expensive subscription for worthless articles

geonic should work^

Efforts to contact a Monero developer community through various channels listed on its website yielded no response. <<>> @seen efforts

<syntheticbird> me when im in a spreading disinformation competition and my opponent is Bloomberg

<syntheticbird> “I think the challenge is how do we enable lawful users to have privacy and yet stop bad actors from abusing privacy enhancing technology?” said Redbord of TRM Labs.

<syntheticbird> i've a feeling of deja vu

<syntheticbird> * look at Ztrash at the other side of the room *

ty sir

And by the way, I think we can successfully make Zcash too traceable for criminals like WannaCry, but still completely private & fungible. --zooko

Happy Valentines Day Monroe

<syntheticbird> you can't see it nioc but someone made a custom reaction with the GF seed in it

<syntheticbird> oh and also a heart emoji

plowsof link doesn’t work for me :(

:(

Sent another link. Must be geoblocking

tx mate

"Efforts to contact a Monero developer community through various channels listed on its website yielded no response."

but then they go on to quote Luke?

“Privacy is a human right,” said Luke Parker, a Monero developer.

lol

nioc: yeah this reminded me of that Zooko quote too: “I think the challenge is how do we enable lawful users to have privacy and yet stop bad actors from abusing privacy enhancing technology?” said Redbord of TRM Labs.

[CCS Proposals] SyntheticBird opened merge request #644: SyntheticBird Site and CCS UI/UX, Transitions & Animations work (4 months) repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/644

<syntheticbird> I'll add gifs later on of some of old work. Please pardon my lack of immediate mp4 cropping to lightweight gif + image hosting solution.