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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 05:07:21 -0800
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Hello LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH

I find a striking dichotomy between y=
our concern of increased privacy in bitcoin and your link to a bitcoin mixe=
r in your signature www=2Ego-overt=2Ecom

At first your concerns seemed gen=
uine but after seeing your promotion of a bitcoin mixer I'm thinking your c=
oncerns may be more profit motivated? I can't tell since you failed to disc=
lose your relationship with the mixer=2E

Could you please clarify your ass=
ociation with the bitcoin mixer and moving forward could you please always =
do proper disclosure any time you're publically talking about bitcoin trans=
action privacy=2E It's only fair to do so as to not mislead people in an at=
tempt to manipulate at worst and just a courteous practice at best=2E

Chee=
rs
Ariel Lorenzo-Luaces


On Feb 28, 2021, 4:36 AM, at 4:36 AM, LORD HIS EX=
CELLENCY JAMES HRMH via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2E=
org> wrote:
>Good Evening,
>
>Thank-you for your advice @JeremyRubin<https:=
//twitter=2Ecom/JeremyRubin>
>on the basis you advise, "Taproot does not en=
able monero-like privacy
>features", I am prepred to withdraw my NACK notab=
ly that the existing
>feeatures of Bitcoin MUST be maintained, and whereby =
the UTXO of a
>transaction is identifiable, the PayTo Address, and the amou=
nt all
>without any obfuscation=2E
>
>Lightning does not really provide obf=
uscation, it provides a result of
>a subset of transactions although the op=
eration of the channel is
>observable to the parties=2E
>
>The reports I we=
re reading concerning the supposed operation of Taproot
>published in a pub=
lic media channel may have been speculation or
>misinformation nonetheless =
it is prudent to conditionally reply as you
>see that I have=2E It is impor=
tant not to allow things to slip through
>the cracks=2E As you may believe =
may astute reviewers could make a full
>disclosure to this list it is not t=
o be expected=2E
>
>KING JAMES HRMH
>Great British Empire
>
>Regards,
>The =
Australian
>LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH (& HMRH)
>of Hougun Manor & Glen=
coe & British Empire
>MR=2E Damian A=2E James Williamson
>Wills
>
>et al=2E=

>
>
>Willtech
>www=2Ewilltech=2Ecom=2Eau<mail://local/Sent/www=2Ewilltech=
=2Ecom=2Eau>
>www=2Ego-overt=2Ecom<mail://local/Sent/www=2Ego-overt=2Ecom>
=
>and other projects
>
>earn=2Ecom/willtech
>linkedin=2Ecom/in/damianwilliam=
son
>
>
>m=2E 0487135719
>f=2E +61261470192
>
>
>This email does not consti=
tute a general advice=2E Please disregard this
>email if misdelivered=2E
>_=
_______________________________
>From: Jeremy <jlrubin@mit=2Eedu>
>Sent: Su=
nday, 28 February 2021 3:14 AM
>To: LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH <willtec=
h@live=2Ecom=2Eau>; Bitcoin
>Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinux=
foundation=2Eorg>
>Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Taproot NACK
>
>I have good n=
ews for you: Taproot does not enable monero-like privacy
>features any more=
so than already exist in Bitcoin today=2E At its core,
>taproot is a way to=
 make transactions with embedded smart contracts
>less expensive, done so i=
n a manner that may marginally improve privacy
>dependent on user behavior =
(but not in the monero-like way you
>mention)=2E For example, it makes it p=
ossible for lightning channels to
>look structurally similar to single key =
wallets, but it does nothing
>inherently to obfuscate the transaction graph=
 as in monero=2E
>
>Such "monero-like" transaction graph obfuscation may al=
ready exist in
>Bitcoin via other techniques (coinjoin, payjoin, coinswap, =
lightning,
>etc) with or without Taproot, so the point is further moot=2E
>=

>Do you have a source on your reporting?
>
>You may wish to rescind your n=
ack=2E
>
>
>--
>@JeremyRubin<https://twitter=2Ecom/JeremyRubin><https://twi=
tter=2Ecom/JeremyRubin>
>
>
>On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 5:46 AM LORD HIS EXCEL=
LENCY JAMES HRMH via
>bitcoin-dev
><bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eo=
rg<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg>>
>wrote:
>Good Afterno=
on,
>
>It has been reported that Taproot will enable some Monero like featu=
res
>including the ability to hide transactions=2E
>
>If that is the case I=
 offer a full NACK and let me explain=2E
>
>A part of the benefit of using =
Bitcoin is its honesty=2E The full
>transaction is published on the blockch=
ain=2E If that were to change so
>that transactions may be obfuscated from =
scrutiny then any government
>would have unlimited impetus to ban Bitcoin, =
and speculation has that
>is the reason India has been reported to have ban=
ned cryptocurrencies
>already=2E
>
>I am in support of the expanded use cas=
e of Bitcoin without harming the
>established robust fairness and equal equ=
ity offered=2E The core
>functionality of Bitcoin, its values, must remain =
unaltered=2E
>
>KING JAMES HRMH
>Great British Empire
>
>Regards,
>The Aust=
ralian
>LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH (& HMRH)
>of Hougun Manor & Glencoe =
& British Empire
>MR=2E Damian A=2E James Williamson
>Wills
>
>et al=2E
>
>=

>Willtech
>www=2Ewilltech=2Ecom=2Eau<http://www=2Ewilltech=2Ecom=2Eau>
>ww=
w=2Ego-overt=2Ecom<http://www=2Ego-overt=2Ecom>
>and other projects
>
>earn=
=2Ecom/willtech<http://earn=2Ecom/willtech>
>linkedin=2Ecom/in/damianwillia=
mson<http://linkedin=2Ecom/in/damianwilliamson>
>
>
>m=2E 0487135719
>f=2E =
+61261470192
>
>
>This email does not constitute a general advice=2E Please=
 disregard this
>email if misdelivered=2E
>________________________________=
_______________
>bitcoin-dev mailing list
>bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundat=
ion=2Eorg<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg>
>https://lists=
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>
>
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<html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">Hello LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES =
HRMH<br><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">I find a striking dichotomy between yo=
ur concern of increased privacy in bitcoin and your link to a bitcoin mixer=
 in your signature <a href=3D"http://www=2Ego-overt=2Ecom">www=2Ego-overt=
=2Ecom</a><br><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">At first your concerns seemed ge=
nuine but after seeing your promotion of a bitcoin mixer I'm thinking your =
concerns may be more profit motivated? I can't tell since you failed to dis=
close your relationship with the mixer=2E<br><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">C=
ould you please clarify your association with the bitcoin mixer and moving =
forward could you please always do proper disclosure any time you're public=
ally talking about bitcoin transaction privacy=2E It's only fair to do so a=
s to not mislead people in an attempt to manipulate at worst and just a cou=
rteous practice at best=2E<br><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Cheers<br></div>=

<div dir=3D"auto">Ariel Lorenzo-Luaces<br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote=
" >On Feb 28, 2021, at 4:36 AM, LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH via bitcoin-=
dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg" target=
=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg</a>&gt; wrote:<blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-lef=
t: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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mily: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);=
"> 
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<span style=3D"caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;f=
ont-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:=
left;widows:auto">Good Evening,</span> 
<div style=3D"caret-color:rgb(0, 0,=
 0);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weight:norm=
al;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto"> 
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</div> 
<div style=3D=
"caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E666666984558=
105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto">
  Thank=
-you for your advice
 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>
 =
<a href=3D"https://twitter=2Ecom/JeremyRubin" target=3D"_blank">@JeremyRubi=
n</a>
 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>on the basis you =
advise, "Taproot does not enable monero-like privacy features", I am prepre=
d to withdraw my NACK notably that the existing feeatures of Bitcoin MUST b=
e maintained, and whereby the UTXO of a transaction is identifiable, the Pa=
yTo Address, and the amount all without any obfuscation=2E
</div> 
<div sty=
le=3D"caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E6666669=
84558105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto"> 
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<br> 
</div> 
<div style=3D"caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;=
font-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align=
:left;widows:auto">
  Lightning does not really provide obfuscation, it pro=
vides a result of a subset of transactions although the operation of the ch=
annel is observable to the parties=2E
</div> 
<div style=3D"caret-color:rgb=
(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weigh=
t:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto"> 
 <br> 
</div> 
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yle=3D"caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E666666=
984558105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto">
 =
 The reports I were reading concerning the supposed operation of Taproot pu=
blished in a public media channel may have been speculation or misinformati=
on nonetheless it is prudent to conditionally reply as you see that I have=
=2E It is important not to allow things to slip through the cracks=2E As yo=
u may believe may astute reviewers could make a full disclosure to this lis=
t it is not to be expected=2E
</div> 
<div style=3D"caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0=
);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weight:normal=
;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto"> 
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aret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E66666698455810=
5px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto">
  KING JA=
MES HRMH
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ll;font-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-al=
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  Great British Empire
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nt-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto"> 
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ly:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:au=
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  The Australian
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et-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Cantarell;font-size:14=2E666666984558105p=
x;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto">
  LORD HIS =
EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH (&amp; HMRH)
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  of Hougun Manor &amp; Gl=
encoe &amp; British Empire
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phans:auto;text-align:left;widows:auto">
  MR=2E Damian A=2E James Williams=
on
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t-size:14=2E666666984558105px;font-weight:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:le=
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  Willtech
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tech@live=2Ecom=2Eau&gt;; Bitcoin Protocol Discussion &lt;bitcoin-dev@lists=
=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg&gt;<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [bitcoin-dev] Taproot =
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     I have good news for you:=
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dy exist in Bitcoin today=2E At its core, taproot is a way to make transact=
ions with embedded smart contracts less expensive, done so in a manner that=
 may marginally improve privacy dependent on user behavior (but not in the =
monero-like way you mention)=2E For example, it makes it possible for light=
ning channels to look structurally similar to single key wallets, but it do=
es nothing inherently to obfuscate the transaction graph as in monero=2E
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     Such "monero-like" tra=
nsaction graph obfuscation may already exist in Bitcoin via other technique=
s (coinjoin, payjoin, coinswap, lightning, etc) with or without Taproot, so=
 the point is further moot=2E
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 5:46 AM LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH via bitcoin-=
dev &lt;
    <a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg">b=
itcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg</a>&gt; wrote:
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bri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
       It has =
been reported that Taproot will enable some Monero like features including =
the ability to hide transactions=2E
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serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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r a full NACK and let me explain=2E
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       A part of the benefit of u=
sing Bitcoin is its honesty=2E The full transaction is published on the blo=
ckchain=2E If that were to change so that transactions may be obfuscated fr=
om scrutiny then any government would have unlimited impetus to ban Bitcoin=
, and speculation has that is the reason India has been reported to have ba=
nned cryptocurrencies already=2E
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       I am in support of the expand=
ed use case of Bitcoin without harming the established robust fairness and =
equal equity offered=2E The core functionality of Bitcoin, its values, must=
 remain unaltered=2E
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   <span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt;=
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