Base

want to bring the world onchain?

we've built a toolkit for small businesses to accept USDC on @base. 

onboard a biz you own, onboard your local coffee shop, onboard anyone. 

acceptusdc.com

Very cool, but can we hold off on onboarding normies until we have ubiquitous privacy?
Otherwise, it feels like a privacy scandal in the making

Wannabe contributor for /walletbeat.

Censorship resistance requires privacy.

https://x.com/dystopiabreaker/status/1824015899868962939

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

Say I own a small corner store.
I hire a burly "security guard", order him to stand at the door.
A guy comes in at 4AM. He's the only shopper in the store.
Buys a pop w/ USDC.
I see he has >200 ETH in the wallet he paid with.
I blink at the guard twice, our code for "wrench attack time".
👨‍🔧 🤕 👩‍🔧

This is true, but also being in a physical location already reduces your privacy... like I could look over your shoulder and see what you're buying in line at the café. I agree that for stuff like medical billing/pharma we need to make stuff private to support HIPAA compliance (in fact, this might be a backdoor to privacy, even if congress doesn't want to pass new legislation).