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"I'm just here delivering the letter. I can't answer any of your questions." That's how @nickcalyx remembers the FBI agent's response when he questioned the secrecy surrounding the demand. A remarkable first encounter with a system he would go on to challenge.

Medical bills paid so 2 families could go home in Benin. A clean up didn't ask permission in Ibadan. Logos Testnet tokens mined on your own hardware. A savings coop's books moving onto Logos Blockchain in Kampala. Local Area Network 02 is out now ↓

There's probably something in your local area you'd like to see improved. Chances are, other people feel the same. Get together, figure out what you can change, and make a start. Find or start a Logos Circle: logos.co/movement

3 years after 9/11 and the US govt's enacted surveillance act (The PATRIOT Act), Nick Merrill - an ISP provider, got a letter from the FBI accompanied by a gag order. He spent years challenging in court. 25 years later, he tells the whole story: youtu.be/yxdZWtd3epE

Field Station / Rajasthan with @ZuGramadotorg has begun. Participants in the Logos Privacy & Sovereignty Track are building tools that give people greater control over their data, transactions, and digital infrastructure. Here's what's being worked on: 𖤓 Sovereign Storefront: A seller-owned marketplace for digital goods, combining private orders, shielded payments, and encrypted delivery. 𖤓 Solizone: Bringing Ethereum-compatible smart contract execution into the Logos ecosystem, with persistent state and integration with Logos Basecamp. 𖤓 Private lending: Exploring lending markets built on Logos Blockchain 𖤓 Community alerts: A censorship-resistant broadcast tool for sharing urgent information, from water contamination to public health warnings. Different applications, but a shared principle. People should be able to transact, communicate, and coordinate without surrendering control to intermediaries.

Join a private proof-of-stake network without ever funding a wallet from an exchange. EmPoWering: run proof of work on your device → earn entry to Blend → send your first transaction. No permission required.

1/ A private network needs a private way in. Introducing EmPoWering: a way to let people use proof of work to receive their first testnet tokens from the network and access Logos’ privacy layer. Start with zero, contribute computation, and join the network. Here’s how ↓

At Field Station / Rajasthan, we’re gathering developers, engineers, and researchers with @ZuGramadotorg to live together and build tools to support real communities. Participants in the Logos Civic Track are working on challenges identified by Logos Circles, finding practical solutions to local problems. Among the projects being developed: 𖤓 A Hindi voice-call system for reporting village issues, from water and waste to access and maintenance. 𖤓 A voice-first civic reporting tool that turns spoken reports into trackable tasks, with updates, evidence, and accountability. The goal is to make it easier for people to report problems, coordinate responses, and improve the places they live. With tools that communities can run themselves without dependence on anyone else. Build the parallel.

Amanda chooses what she posts. She can’t choose who copies, profiles, or adds it to their databases. Clearview AI scraped billions of images from websites and social media w/o consent. We don’t need their platforms if we have private-by-default tools. logos.co/past-present-future…

Amanda chooses what to say, post, and search. But she can’t know who might be watching. Our privacy can take precedence over government paranoia and efforts to control us. We have private-by-default tools; we just need to use them. logos.co/past-present-future…