Frank Braunhttps://frankbraun.org/atom.xmlFrank Braunhttps://frankbraun.org/favicon-32x32.png2025-08-10T14:29:27ZFreedom technology invariantshttps://frankbraun.org/invariants2025-08-10T00:00:00ZThis post is not about one particular freedom technology, but about what stays constant if everything changes — freedom technology invariants.What if programming is art?https://frankbraun.org/art2025-07-30T00:00:00ZWhat if I can only program well if I maximize fun instead of productivity?Privacy needs to be baked into L1https://frankbraun.org/layer12025-07-28T00:00:00ZPrivacy is the absence of information leakage and that implies it comes from value at rest, not value in motion. And privacy at rest can only be ga...Keystone hardware wallet test with shielded Zcashhttps://frankbraun.org/keystone2025-07-23T00:00:00ZI finally got my hands on a Keystone 3 Pro hardware wallet in order to test it with the Zashi mobile wallet.My Zcash investment thesishttps://frankbraun.org/zecbag2025-07-22T00:00:00ZI simply share my analysis of why I think that Zcash (ZEC) might be a good investment mid- to long-term as a high beta play, this post is not an id...Why I changed my mind on t-addresses in Zcashhttps://frankbraun.org/t-addr2025-07-11T00:00:00ZIn Zcash there are two kind of addresses: transparent addresses (or t-addresses) and shielded addresses (or z-addresses).Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatismhttps://frankbraun.org/essay/cryptocurrencies-as-cyberstatism2020-01-06T00:00:00ZI have been wondering for a long time why cryptocurrencies in general and Bitcoin especially became so, for lack of a better word, toxic.