About

Public key, useful links, and a few notes.

§PGP

Use this public key for encrypted mail or identity checks for ruby@stakestats.net. 

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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3YClNTy0GlJ1YnkgPHJ1YnlAc3Rha2VzdGF0cy5uZXQ+iJkEExYKAEEWIQSmEh+/
E6P3sj7XxmxbtmxCWk+4BgUCZ5PKVQIbIwUJBaPBawULCQgHAgIiAgYVCgkICwIE
FgIDAQIeBwIXgAAKCRBbtmxCWk+4Bp/nAP9mAt7Zbo3RL54rjD2dPsGLETlg1OZY
oSq2VhJ3Rqrp/gD/azE0kgFXnqN7KEsmDdpNTkBK2GHigPqJTQe9214Tqg64OARn
k8pVEgorBgEEAZdVAQUBAQdAkxMKDVYDU2Qb4LwqGwR4IU44h7W6/DXI9SMGiowG
b2MDAQgHiH4EGBYKACYWIQSmEh+/E6P3sj7XxmxbtmxCWk+4BgUCZ5PKVQIbDAUJ
BaPBawAKCRBbtmxCWk+4BpIRAP9UYb3vredbxr5SSdUt16tnr/zHqz8GpXfbeHto
ihtEpwD/Vj5ysbKlp8oDG5zUjpbCiLjywxGD27uB3aDBm5GFmQk=
=K+d+
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

§Crypto exchanges

Kraken.com is the exchange I generally use for larger transactions and for placing limit buy/sells at specific price levels when I need to be careful. They're a long-time exchange and very reliable. My first exchange was sadly Mt. Gox, (Or virwox direct?), so I have been around the block a bit.

Kraken code: JDNW/39vsvsyd · invite link

I recommend not gambling though; it tends to not go well in the end.

§Prediction markets

Manifold Markets is a play-money prediction market with a varied range of interesting, often un-serious topics. It has a wonderfully endearing community and loses some of the arrogance (or, perhaps, gains more, and loses the scammers) of real-money markets. They did an experiment with sweeps laws but it failed miserably (although I was in profit there). I get 1000 coins if you sign up with the link, and no purchase is required — only that you make a trade. There's no way to make money there, but it's an interesting place to test ML algo trading and similar. I think this is pretty much the ideal way to engage with prediction markets: where's it's not that serious.

§NanoGPT

NanoGPT is a router for generative AI models with a focus on privacy — though you should always be careful about your data with any middleman involved. There are some methods for attempting to improve the privacy situation with runnning API models, such as TEE (trusted environment) routers, but these are always only somewhat useful as at the end of the day, you're having to send your data to someone else, and it has to be processed raw by a model eventually. It supports cryptocurrency payments and pay-per-use pricing, which is very useful for small-scale projects. It's a good fit for more complicated tasks that need flexible model selection rather than a simple wrapper or chat frontend, and it has that too. You can even try special-access models like GPT 5.3 Codex.

Each invite below has some free unconditional credit attached. (Well, the condition is you become my referral) Please only take one!

If you'd rather use a referral with no attached credit, this one is fine too: nano-gpt.com/invite/Ccc3Yadq. I get commission if you continue to use the service with the same account. Last updated 2026-04-30.