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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by 0des on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:28PM (#28813912)
Using the term 'dogwhistle' seems like a divisive way to discount what I said. Do you care to articulate yourself in a way that addresses the actual substance of what I said, or is this it?
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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by Lammy on Saturday October 09, 2021 @09:57PM (#28815117)
Agreed that "dogwhistle" is lowkey pejorative. I prefer "shibboleth".
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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by matheusmoreira on Saturday October 09, 2021 @09:30PM (#28814985)
Glowing is not cryptographic jargon. It's a word used years ago by the developer of TempleOS in a livestream to describe CIA operators. He said he could tell who was CIA because they would glow in the dark. Users of the 4chan technology board witnessed this and it became a meme.

To say something glows means to suggest the US three letter agencies are interfering with it. If some cryptography glows, it means it's been compromised by US authorities. Glowies are the operators themselves.

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