Category: Crypto
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Using ProtonMail
I’ve started using ProtonMail with the new e-mail address: dimitri.dhuyvetter@protonmail.com. For now I haven’t switched my existing e-mail address to Proton, but I might in the future. If you have ProtonMail, please use the new address if you are using ProtonMail. Or if you want to try it out, the basic account is free: ProtonMail…
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New approaches to PGP key servers
I’ve been a long time fan of PGP encryption and played around with it. If you want to send me something encrypted, you can find my key here. As encryption is slowly moving from a geek/paranoid hobby into the mainstream, it is interesting to see how different people and organizations are trying to make PGP…
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Bitcoin Africa Conference
The first Bitcoin Africa Conference in Cape Town on 16 and 17 April was a big success. It brought together an impressive line-up of speakers, including Gyft co-founder Vinny Lingham and Bitcoin Foundation board member Brick Peirce to name but two. The conference was held overlooking the Waterfront with its fishing boats, seals and sailing…
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Encrypting e-mails
Using Thunderbird and Enigmail, it is not too hard to encrypt the mails you send (and decrypt those you receive). There is a quick-start guide at http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/quickstart.php.html to help you get, well, started. So when sending me mails, please feel free to encrypt them using this key: You can also use this key to verify…
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Accepting Bitcoin
For future work I will be accepting Bitcoin payments. If you don’t know Bitcoin, be sure to check it out, I think it is awesome and will become as important as PayPal in the near future. http://www.bitcoin.org http://www.bitcoinme.com https://www.weusecoins.com/ edit: Unfortunatly youtipit.org doesn’t exist any more, it was a Bitcoin version of Flattr and where…