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How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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The author is a very talented applied cryptographer with a very impressive resume (he is looking for new projects). The following CV line stands out however: Google: Software Engineer, Ads Review. June 2014– March 2016. Angular / Java developer on the internal tool used by contractors to review Google ads for policy violations. How did that saying about "brightest minds working on ads" go? I am not blaming the author…

> How did that saying about "brightest minds working on ads" go? I think it goes something like the Open Source saying "that person doesn't owe anyone their intelligence to work on so-called important problems for free, just because it might be nice if they did". Want smart people to solve important problems? Find a way to pay more for that, than for ads, or find a way they don't need to earn money to live at the sta…

This is the tragic thing I think. There are some really cool things that I want to work on but very few people paying for it. Awesome doesn't necessarily mean valuable.

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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post #5

The author is a very talented applied cryptographer with a very impressive resume (he is looking for new projects). The following CV line stands out however: Google: Software Engineer, Ads Review. June 2014– March 2016. Angular / Java developer on the internal tool used by contractors to review Google ads for policy violations. How did that saying about "brightest minds working on ads" go? I am not blaming the author…

> How did that saying about "brightest minds working on ads" go? The sentiment is a bit older than ads. It goes: " I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night, who poverty and tatters a…

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Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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post #5

The author is a very talented applied cryptographer with a very impressive resume (he is looking for new projects). The following CV line stands out however: Google: Software Engineer, Ads Review. June 2014– March 2016. Angular / Java developer on the internal tool used by contractors to review Google ads for policy violations. How did that saying about "brightest minds working on ads" go? I am not blaming the author…

Yeah, and it's why I left that job for something else.

What's the best way to reach you? I know a few people who might be quite interested and interesting to work with.

Re: How we recovered $300k of Bitcoin

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Not only are the cryptography skills of Mr. Mike Stay is obviously impressive, his presentation of things which happened 20 years ago in a vivid yet subtle manner seems extraordinary to me.

Especially since, I can't remember what I did 2 weeks back to write in my blog.

Can you give us the secret of your documentation/notes workflow Mr. Mike (@metaweta)? Please don't say that you recalled from your memory!

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