It’s time for Plushie Confidential #4. This one’s a little different in that instead of focusing on what we have done and learned so far, it serves as a rough sketch for what we will be doing as we expand our plushie business into Japan.

Plushie Confidential #4: Logistics, Retail, Building a Team, and AI Nightmares

You’d think that promoting a plushie in a foreign country where plushies are ubiquitous would be all fun and games, and you’d be half right. It...

Just use Veo3, they said. AI will be able to make him spin on his head while flailing his arms and legs, they said. He won’t look like the post-apocalyptic spawn of a bitcoin and a smoldering pile of sentient nuclear waste, they said.

CoinJoin doesn’t guarantee privacy—it just buys you a chance at privacy. One slip post-mix, and intersection attacks can trace you all the way back. Leaks compound fast, and even “perfect” mixes can collapse under real-world pressure. All this and more in The Scroll #4, the longest document or newsletter we have ever published:

The Scroll #4: Intersection Attacks on CoinJoin Anonymity

This is not only our longest edition of The Scroll yet, it might be the longest document we’ve ever published. But, you know what? This is for go...