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Blockchain and Questions on Anarchy with Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com
by grarpamp 29 Sep '17

29 Sep '17

Blockchain and Questions on Anarchy with Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMxBGf5qzhA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1keIAmmdTgQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eaIVy9e23U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCU6jX9OBiI http://www.mediciventures.com/ https://overstock.com/ Blockchain: The Greatest Paradigm Shift Of Our Generation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qZdRm8eH00 https://cryptoiscurrency.com/

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Re: [tor-talk] Is there any societal use in Bitcoin?
by grarpamp 29 Sep '17

29 Sep '17

> the bitcoin community does not want/has no plans to > address the centralization of the network BTC community? Or cryptocurrency community? Mining centralization? Or node centralization? For many coins 1st priority is not losing value. 2nd priority is philosophy. For them, "we've not lost yet" and "someone else will do it" mentality, so they'll sheepsleep their way into central again, then they lose. Oops. Those with priority philosophy understand that "I have to do it" and "If I sleep, I lose value", their networks are self [re]enforcing herd cooperation, as such, nobody in their right mind would let them go to shit, they'll throw in what they stand to lose. BTC has hit nearly 50% mining odds at least once, then everyone backed off and shuffled pools to prevent. But even that's not enough to fight a rogue mining entity bent on takeover BTC.... There needs to be at least three fully independant manufacturers selling mining gear to the public. Assuming SHA-256 is a commodity, that's max 33% to each maker, plus random buyers into random pools. Right now BTC has roughly one, Bitmain, arguably playing the ride the percent game, plus buyers. Coins could also code up network incentives for decentralization. Everyone runs the same code, all understand they can lose if they don't..

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“Imagine Being Surrounded By People Who Hate You And Want To See You Dead”
by Cecilia Tanaka 29 Sep '17

29 Sep '17

“Imagine Being Surrounded By People Who Hate You And Want To See You Dead” https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/we-found-154-incidents-of-college-hate-s… ---------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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[OT] Jared Kushner's Lawyer Forwarded An Email From The Senate Intelligence Committee To An Internet Prankster
by Cecilia Tanaka 29 Sep '17

29 Sep '17

I love lawyers, hihi... :) ========== "Jared Kushner's Lawyer Forwarded An Email From The Senate Intelligence Committee To An Internet Prankster" https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/an-internet-prankster-released-what-app… Kushner's lawyer Abbe Lowell appears to have inadvertently sent an email meant for Kushner to a fake account. Attached in the email was a letter from the Senate Intelligence Committee asking about reports that Kushner used a personal email account for official business. ------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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Help me test BTC, LTC, ETH addresses
by jim bell 29 Sep '17

29 Sep '17

I am trying to test three digital cash addresses, BTC, LTC, and ETH. They are set up in the Coinbase system, but I have found that system to be very confusing: Lots of pitfalls and booby-traps. Can some one send me a tiny amount of each currency to the following addresses. I will only need one try to tell me if it's successfull, so if you are intending to do so, call it out, and that will alert others that they need not follow. --------------------------------Bitcoin (BTC) Address: 12QM4GU2WSjGiKacCKhsY4LJGf6rrtdBty -------------------------------- Litecoin (LTC) Address: LKFu2gAaRitruUgJeeVUeWobbE8dMwVQfK -----------------------------------Ethereum (ETH) 0xDB39D5f16645892AF9be93ddcF8e5d6E74BC2b83 For BTC, 0.0001 seems to be the smallest number represented in the Coinbase system, at least with an empty account. (It shows 0.0000) Similarly, LTC and ETH are shown with a last-digit resolution of 0.0001. Thanks, Jim Bell

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Pirate Bay, Showtime caught forcing visitors to mine cryptocurrency for them
by Cecilia Tanaka 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Pirate Bay, Showtime caught forcing visitors to mine cryptocurrency for them https://www.rt.com/news/404820-piratebay-showtime-cryptocurrency-mining/ ------------ Strange, but sharing just for curiosity... c. ---------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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Money and Monetary Policy Shall Not Be Discussed In Schools
by grarpamp 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AC6RSau7r8 https://www.kreditopferhilfe.net/docs/S_and_P__Repeat_After_Me_8_14_13.pdf https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008 https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_market https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics Funny that debate rage is religion in k12 schools, not how to balance books, make money, etc. Random links.

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Re: Pirate Bay, Showtime caught forcing visitors to mine cryptocurrency for them
by Cecilia Tanaka 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

"Ask HN: Funding websites with CPU-based cryptocurrency mining?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15356324 <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15356324>

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FYK
by Cecilia Tanaka 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

On Sep 27, 2017 10:41 AM, "Cecilia Tanaka" <cecilia.tanaka(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi, Greg! :D Confirmed again, now with more attention: - ZH really posted on CP list _after_ sending that dramatic message for you. The message was received and, obviously, ignored. :) So, be happy and don't worry, la la la... ;) My dear Greg, I did not read none of them, but (s)he sent a lot of messages to Cypherpunks List yesterday. All received and, sorry, deleted without reading, because my inbox is not a toilet and I have more interesting things to do. Maybe manicure, games or reading comics? Hahaha!! ;D You asked me to follow up the messages, not for reading them, dear. Thank you for it. :) I don't know why (s)he is always mentioning this kind of victivism, pretending to be special, a new leader, blah-blah-blah. Maybe to get attention? Since I begin on this list, it's the fourth time. Not much original, ugh! :P But, well, one of them was very funny, because (s)he was sending his/her messages to the wrong address - d'oh! - and made a real Carnival, telling everybody (s)he was being "censured" on this list, hahaha!! #palmface #slowww ;D Riad had much patience and you too. Thank you both for keeping the list working well! <3 Now my filters will return to the usual configuration, my dear. No more Yawwn Zzzzz messages in my inbox and I will take a nap. (- _ -)zzzz Tender kisses and hugs. Take care, be happy and thank you again! <3 Ceci, la la la... :D

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Thank you, someone!
by jim bell 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Just received this message from Coinbase: You just received 0.0025 BTC (worth $10.58 USD) from an external Bitcoin account. It may take up to 6 network confirmations before your Bitcoin is available to trade. Thank you very much, so the BTC address is working. Jim Bell

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