SPOONER AND KONKIN: FROM THEORY TO ACTION Despite the time gap, Lysander Spooner and Samuel Konkin III are inseparable links in the chain of American individualist anarchism. What binds them is non-negotiable: an absolute rejection of the State's moral legitimacy. In the 19th century, Spooner took charge of demolishing the legal fiction. With masterpieces like No Treason, he argued that the Constitution lacks authority because no one ever signed an explicit social contract. A century later, Konkin picked up that gauntlet to take it into the practical realm. As the father of Agorism, he proposed we stop asking for permission and achieve liberty through "counter-economics," operating within black and gray markets. Put simply: Spooner was the architect who exposed the system's legal lie, and Konkin was the strategist who gave us the market tools to dismantle it.

SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Roundtable on Financial Surveillance and Privacy: Zooko Wilcox is among the panelists. I'm going to apply my L3 analysis protocol Layer 1 (Surface): Zooko attends the SEC panel under the guise of "education," arguing that financial privacy is compatible with legal compliance. Layer 2 (Depth): Facing liquidity crises and exchange delistings, Zcash leverages its "optional privacy" and "view keys" to differentiate itself from strict privacy protocols like #Monero. Layer 3 (Hidden Structure): The goal is regulatory capture. Zooko is positioning Zcash as the sole compliant option in the "privacy cypto-space". By validating regulations that require "auditable privacy," he aims to eliminate competitors and secure Zcash's survival as the de facto corporate standard.

Layer 1: The Surface (The Visible Data) The Measure: A law banning access to social media (X, TikTok, Instagram) for children under 16. The Official Narrative: "Child protection," safeguarding mental health, and combating cyberbullying. The Mechanism: Liability is placed on platforms (Big Tech) under threat of fines up to USD 33M. The Exceptions: Messaging services, educational tools, and online gaming (e.g., Roblox). Layer 2: The Depth (The Hidden Context) The Hidden Cost: The end of anonymity for adults. To filter out children, platforms must verify the identity of all users (ID/Biometrics). The Technical Fallacy: The measure is ineffective; minors will easily bypass it via VPNs or borrowed accounts. The Inconsistency: Social networks are blocked, yet environments with high risks of grooming (gaming with chat functions) and encrypted messaging remain open. Layer 3: The Structure (The System Logic) The Real Incentive (Control): A Trojan Horse to normalize mandatory Digital Identity (KYC) across the internet. The Political Incentive (Votes): Legislative populism. Attacking Big Tech yields immediate electoral points without solving the root cause (education). The Economic Incentive (Lobbying): Protection of traditional media empires (legacy news) by weakening their attention-economy competitors (social media).

A spy in your family: the Robot Do you think it's sci-fi? The signs and trends say it's Sci-fact. The primitive version consists of household appliances. The second generation consists of those that connect to the Internet. You probably have a washing machine with an app that connects to Wi-Fi and can be activated remotely when you're away from home, right? Do you think that information about which wash cycle you use, the time you activate it, the machine's IP address, and other data is not being recorded by the company that manufactures the appliance? Of course, they do it to improve functionality and customer experience. 😏 Robotics is evolving exponentially. It is no longer just in the workplace for corporate tasks, but also in our private lives, for household chores. It is not entering our homes by force, but for convenience. As costs fall and capabilities increase (watering, cooking, receiving Amazon deliveries, childcare, etc), the barrier to entry disappears. The real paradigm shift is the business model: you no longer buy the robot, you rent the service (RaaS - Robots as a Service). But the fine print is lethal: these are closed-source devices, managed by centralized AIs and connected 24/7. Basically, a black box full of sensors and microphones in your most intimate environment. They will know everything about you because they will talk to you, interact with your family, and learn all your habits. The question is not whether you can afford it, but whether you are willing to put a corporate spy in your living room in exchange for not washing the dishes.

We will soon see the results of Zooko's meeting with the SEC and its impact on Zcash. Do you think his participation in the event will be harmless? Or for the more naive among you, do you think Zooko is appearing as a panelist to 'educate and spread the word' about the benefits of #privacy for people? 😂 The beauty of #Monero lies in the fact that it does not have a CEO who betrays the principles of the Cypherpunk movement. There are no closed-door meetings with regulators to negotiate "compromises." You can't pressure a leader who doesn't exist. Decentralization is the ultimate shield. Monero's anarchism is a strength: there is no central leader to coerce.