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Cryptocurrency: Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin
by grarpamp 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

On 7/30/19, jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin. > https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2019/07/30/us-lawmakers-are-realizing-… Yes, and here's the video and related, with some videos posted here earlier on the matter... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcQ_AW6O07U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8JE3jLaG8E https://cryptobriefing.com/crypto-leaders-washington-blockchain-education/ https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/07/17/rep-patrick-mchenry-theres-no-capacit… And a fine commentary by David Chaum... https://elixxir.io/blog/privacy-preserving-technology-vs-legislation https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/David_Congressional_Testimony_p.7.e58de8b.png https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/David_Congressional_Testimony_p.8.bcffaed.png https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/Chaum_ACLU_Letter_1985_p1.48bf6c3.png https://elixxir.io/_nuxt/img/Chaum_ACLU_Letter_1985_p2.e1af549.png It's taking the programmed sheeple in the retarded public much longer to sort out the bannable centralized shitcoins like Facebook Libra and most of the top-N, from the real unbannable uncensorable distributed privacy cypherpunk cryptoanarchy coins. That process will probably take another decade to fully resolve in favor of the true cryptocurrencies. US Alcohol Drug Guns Etc Prohibition eras showed Govt can't really stop anything anyways, it's all a FUD game. And the internet is it's own Congress. In the end, what will be will be. If you're lucky, and honest OG enough in your advocacy, true cryptocurrencies will be. Politicians, Government, Banks, are wasting their fucking time, and their gains, trying to ban and FUD crypto. Their best move is to fully support a hands off open market, to service it, and buy what they can get.

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Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin
by jim bell 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

Forbes: US Lawmakers Are Realizing They Can’t Ban Bitcoin. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2019/07/30/us-lawmakers-are-realizing-…

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Woke Capitalism
by Steven Schear 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

This new corporate workplace enforcement of limited worldviews only is different in degree than what used to pass for the loyalty oaths in totalitarian states. Time for corporate regime changes? https://mises.org/wire/rise-woke-capitalism

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Member Berries
by skankhunt42 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

> xorcist: > I remember when this list had posts from Assange and others > on actual cryptographic techniques and tools, > where real information was shared. Sounds like you've been eating them member berries [0]. The episode [1] pokes at trolls and the US elections. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndI9vkgw_1Y [1]: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7b5fd54d7f69f6bb68b1af7be3fbfa2a4489786f&dn

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FOIA: OpenBSD FBI
by grarpamp 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

https://twitter.com/RooneyMcNibNug/status/1152327783055601664 https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/foia-fbi-openbsd-7… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20489904 https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=156371001712893&w=2 https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&w=2&r=1&s=fbi&q=b

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The U.S. Treasury Secretary Made A Dire Warning Over The Future Of Bitcoin
by jim bell 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0MQmp98I?s=a3&pd=023dWHXg The U.S. Treasury Secretary Made A Dire Warning Over The Future Of Bitcoin Forbes Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been catapulted back into the public consciousness over recent months, not only because of the soaring bitcoin price but due to interest in bitcoin from some of the world's biggest technology companies, including social media giant Facebook—which is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency next year. Shared from News Break

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The Internal Revenue Service wants a piece of the crypto action
by jim bell 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0MRBs2yi?s=a3&pd=023dWHXg The Internal Revenue Service wants a piece of the crypto action Yahoo! Donald Trump might not be a fan of cryptocurrencies, but the Internal Revenue Service still wants its cut of the profits. Shared from News Break _____________ Jim Bell's comment follows:As I understand it, in America buying and selling (foreign) currencies is tax-free. The IRS arbitrarily decided, maybe in 2013, that Bitcoin would be treated differently: presumably because they knew that it would dramatically appreciate, as it has, so that they would get a cut of the increase in value. Which, of course, is unfair. No actual value increase occurs.

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Russia Probe Twist: The FBI, A Convicted Russian Agent, & A Billionaire American CEO
by Zenaan Harkness 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Intriguing relations between Russia and the USA - the FBI, very surprisingly, fails to uphold American statutory law. Another day, another exposure of Western brutishness and/ or hypocrisy and/ or outright evil. Russia Probe Twist: The FBI, A Convicted Russian Agent, & A Billionaire American CEO https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-28/russia-probe-twist-fbi-convicted-… The illegal UK seizure of an Iranian ship, and subsequent threatening of Iran with war for doing the exact same thing in response, is hypocrisy par uber: Tanker Seizures & The Threat To The Global Economy From Resurgent Imperialism https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-27/tanker-seizures-threat-global-eco… At the end of the day, it's so sad it's pathetic - partisan infighting dominates the consciousness week after week, year after year. The moral legitimacy of the West, the so called "liberal idea" etc, is in absolute tatters - or more realistically did not exist at least at the highest levels before the (((bankers))) repeatedly undermined our institutions for their personal, private gain to the detriment of all.

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Assassination Politics, Pro-Crypto Lobbying (re: Trump DOJ Sues BTC Exch for $100M)
by grarpamp 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

On 7/28/19, jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Yahoo Finance: Trump DOJ Sues Infamous Bitcoin Exchange for $100 Million. > https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-doj-sues-infamous-bitcoin-120414570.ht… BTC-e's Vinnik > Jim Bell's comment:Digital cash and Dark Market people must prepare to > protect themselves by forming, and using, an AP (Assassination Politics) > system (https://cryptome.org/ap.htm) One that doesn't target people by > name, but instead by function. Dark Markets would be impossible to take > down if all government personnel who would participate in such prosecutions > and lawsuits knew that they'd get a $250K bounty on their heads for > attempting that. A simple $250M staking across up to roughly 1000 smart contracts will let you influence the entire US congress, the top two in each Executive and Military department, plus a good number of Judges, Bankers, State Governors, big city Police Chiefs and Mayors, etc. Even just half that scope is within the reach of hundreds of crypto hodlers. Given most influencees will wisely desist and or leave their GovCorp jobs well before any stake is ever expended, and only a few stakes will ever end up being spent... that seems a very low cost and low risk way for some crypto OG to impart real change in their lifetime. Not only will their smart contracts rarely trip into a spent condition, they will 100x their entire holdings by creating the most pro-cryptocurrency (aka: explicitly nonregulated) naturally adoption ready geopolitical environment they could ever dream of. Alternatively, the same $250M could also finance 5000 $50k "lobbying efforts" in favor of commitments to pro-cryptocurrency, etc. There is so much win that cryptocurrency hodlers could have out there if they would just realise and spend a little.

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Yahoo Finance: Trump DOJ Sues Infamous Bitcoin Exchange for $100 Million
by jim bell 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Yahoo Finance: Trump DOJ Sues Infamous Bitcoin Exchange for $100 Million. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-doj-sues-infamous-bitcoin-120414570.ht… Jim Bell's comment:Digital cash and Dark Market people must prepare to protect themselves by forming, and using, an AP (Assassination Politics) system (https://cryptome.org/ap.htm) One that doesn't target people by name, but instead by function. Dark Markets would be impossible to take down if all government personnel who would participate in such prosecutions and lawsuits knew that they'd get a $250K bounty on their heads for attempting that.

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