Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:48:31 +0200 (CEST)
From: Prayank <prayank@tutanota.de>
To: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Privacy Week/Month
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Hello World,

What?

I would love if Bitcoin developers would celebrate a 'Bitcoin Privacy week =
or month' once in an year. Not sure about the dates. Enthusiasm can be simi=
lar to Valentines week or Secret Santa week but Seriousness should be like =
Wikileaks or Human Rights Foundation.

Why?

I am not sure if we need reasons, charts, etc. to discuss privacy and make =
all users aware of things involved. People consider privacy issues as somet=
hing that can be ignored, for me they are same as security issues and very =
important in network like Bitcoin. Most of the people may still ignore it c=
onsidering the feedback on few issues related to privacy in past. Although =
we can still try and its a new day. Not giving up is what makes the differe=
nce in the end.

Also I would like to clarify, there are lot of positives and people that ha=
ve contributed a lot to improve privacy in Bitcoin but they will never get =
similar appreciation as compared to few others because of different reasons=
 which I don't want to discuss here and one of them is decentralization.=C2=
=A0 Don't want to mention names but there have been influencers in past who=
 are followed by lot of people for their thoughts on privacy but a normal B=
itcoin Core Contributor with less than 1000 followers and lot of work that =
improved privacy in Bitcoin is ignored.

This is a speech from an Indian web series which only people who know Hindi=
 would understand:=C2=A0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DztBfQU41s-o

TL;DR:=C2=A0
This guy was not allowed to talk about his product
He still argued that he cannot talk about the product but still talk about =
something in 5 minutes.
He says nobody cares about "What", they are interested in "Why"
He is scared and feels like a contestant in reality show in which he can't =
even perform.
Most important thing: Never give up
Mentors, Angel Investors etc. are external things that you don't control, w=
hat you can do is prove things with your work.
He couldn't sell his product so he sold himself.
I will keep trying to improve privacy or talk about it when I cannot code i=
n few things. Request other developers to help.
How?

Share 1 issue from repository of any Bitcoin project related to privacy and=
 your thoughts.
Share 1 pull request
Share anything else that you think may help improve things related to priva=
cy
Mailing list or Twitter or something else? I am not sure.

Is this off topic? If yes, apologize and maybe request same people on other=
 channels.=C2=A0
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 Prayank

A3B1 E430 2298 178F

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<div>Hello World,<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Wh=
at?<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I would love if =
Bitcoin developers would celebrate a 'Bitcoin Privacy week or month' once i=
n an year. Not sure about the dates. Enthusiasm can be similar to Valentine=
s week or Secret Santa week but Seriousness should be like Wikileaks or Hum=
an Rights Foundation.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto=
">Why?<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I am not sure=
 if we need reasons, charts, etc. to discuss privacy and make all users awa=
re of things involved. People consider privacy issues as something that can=
 be ignored, for me they are same as security issues and very important in =
network like Bitcoin. Most of the people may still ignore it considering th=
e feedback on few issues related to privacy in past. Although we can still =
try and its a new day. Not giving up is what makes the difference in the en=
d.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Also I would like=
 to clarify, there are lot of positives and people that have contributed a =
lot to improve privacy in Bitcoin but they will never get similar appreciat=
ion as compared to few others because of different reasons which I don't wa=
nt to discuss here and one of them is decentralization.&nbsp; Don't want to=
 mention names but there have been influencers in past who are followed by =
lot of people for their thoughts on privacy but a normal Bitcoin Core Contr=
ibutor with less than 1000 followers and lot of work that improved privacy =
in Bitcoin is ignored.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"aut=
o">This is a speech from an Indian web series which only people who know Hi=
ndi would understand:&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DztB=
fQU41s-o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DztBfQU41s-o</a><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">TL;DR:&nbsp;<br></div><ol><li dir=
=3D"auto">This guy was not allowed to talk about his product<br></li><li di=
r=3D"auto">He still argued that he cannot talk about the product but still =
talk about something in 5 minutes.<br></li><li dir=3D"auto">He says nobody =
cares about "What", they are interested in "Why"<br></li><li dir=3D"auto">H=
e is scared and feels like a contestant in reality show in which he can't e=
ven perform.<br></li><li dir=3D"auto">Most important thing: Never give up<b=
r></li><li dir=3D"auto">Mentors, Angel Investors etc. are external things t=
hat you don't control, what you can do is prove things with your work.<br><=
/li><li dir=3D"auto">He couldn't sell his product so he sold himself.<br></=
li></ol><div dir=3D"auto">I will keep trying to improve privacy or talk abo=
ut it when I cannot code in few things. Request other developers to help.</=
div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">How?<br></div><div dir=3D=
"auto"><br></div><ol><li dir=3D"auto">Share 1 issue from repository of any =
Bitcoin project related to privacy and your thoughts.<br></li><li dir=3D"au=
to">Share 1 pull request<br></li><li dir=3D"auto">Share anything else that =
you think may help improve things related to privacy<br></li></ol><div dir=
=3D"auto">Mailing list or Twitter or something else? I am not sure.<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Is this off topic? If yes, =
apologize and maybe request same people on other channels.&nbsp;</div><div>=
<br></div><div>-- <br></div><div> Prayank<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"auto">A3B1 E430 2298 178F<br></div>  </body>
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