August 2019 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Cryptocurrency: SEC Delays ETF Rules, Open For Your Comments
by grarpamp 13 Aug '19

13 Aug '19

Bitwise https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nysearca/2019/34-86629.pdf VanEck https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2019/34-86630.pdf USBitcoin https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nysearca/2019/34-86631.pdf https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/06/06/sec-chairman-jay-clayton-broker-finan… https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-dissent-34-83723 SEC wants intelligent articulated direct replies in support of cryptocurrency to all the specific questions they asked regarding each proposal. That's how you do it, few have, so you can. A US retail vehicle built on top of solid custody would add snowball pressure on Govts to stand aside and continue assent to more OG things in the space when they come up, give access via brokerage, add more news, interest, buys for direct holding and use, etc. Comment periods are probably still open, look in the pdfs for the website with howto. They still have to read them all.

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Cryptocurrency: DK, DE, FR, CH and Others Going Negative on Rates
by grarpamp 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/cotscq/a_danish_bank_is_of… https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-10/denmarks-3rd-largest-bank-now-pay… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-05/first-10-year-notes-at-n… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-07/nordea-offers-20-year-mo… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-23/bankers-stunned-as-negat… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-13/the-black-hole-engulfing… https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/cl31fs/germanys_whole_yield_cur… https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/chnta0/all_of_switzerlands_bond… https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/c9b6vh/france_issues_first_10ye… Nominal $100 at -0.5% rate on 10yr note is barely 5% ie $95. Banks will still take retail fees, require insurance (someone else) to "pay them back" (80-90% of their outlay is fake fractional reserve lending anyway), will still repo the house (real asset) for remaining unpaid, and flip it out to the market for someone else's cash in full. Then there's long bonds and treasuries... the great everything rollup. If the already inverted yield curves at lender (debtor) of last resort trend to and stay in negative territory, then its over. And you get a whole lot of government land, buildings, computers, satcom, secret tech, cars, boats, planes, and politicians as slaves... for free :) Till then it's survival of the fittest... maybe governments try shift spending choices off on private sector to cut their debt. But govts are fat greedy bastards so surplus never last. If you're lucky their obese selves will just drop dead before they even make it to the stair climber. You cannot spend what you do not have. Governments do not produce anything thus cannot give future production promises bond of themselves. Everything they "have" is stolen from you, at gunpoint. Like free Facebook, you are what's promised and sold. Pretty sick eh? You'd be better off buying what you need, including roads, directly, yourself, efficiently on the open market, locally, together, including giving charity. And not what you don't need... like government, which history guarantees will always fuck things up. Staple business, real / hard assets, relative gains and holds in markets, will always exist out there for those who search for, move among, and ride them. In addition to debt issues, some heads think economy turndown will make negative bond yields look even better than that. And banks sometimes survive governments. As they say... times be getting weird :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_bond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_market_operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case-Shiller_index https://www.gold.org/ https://www.bis.org/review/r021126d.pdf https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/Pages/index.aspx https://fred.stlouisfed.org/categories/22 https://www.youtube.com/user/whygoldandsilver https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bitcoin+documentary As with every currency in history formerly backed by gold, eventually most governments will break backing on these too, they simply can't resist breaking their Fiat shitcoins... https://www.rt.com/business/461752-russia-gold-dollar-cryptocurrencies/

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Facialized: Kids At Summer Camp, Campfire Indoctrination Song: "Surveillance Is Fun"
by grarpamp 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/08/summer-camps-turn-faci… https://boingboing.net/2019/08/10/camp-concentration.html So kids mob photographers with big, fake smiles and beg to be photographed so their parents won't harass them. The companies have "privacy policies" that grossly overreach, giving them perpetual licenses to distribute all the photos they take forever, for any purpose... won't describe what makes them so sure their data centers are more secure https://papersplease.org/wp/2019/08/08/cbp-lies-about-us-citizen-with-id-de…

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Linear's New High Torque Motor To Power Massive NSA Cryptanalytical Engine
by grarpamp 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

When your Babbage is flimsy, and any $100 phone can crack your Enigma which long since ran out of bits, you need serious torque to take a whack at ChaCha20... https://www.linearlabsinc.com/why-our-motor/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gO60bt6rqk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVxED9OKUxM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqIKZGx-06Y ... and for your Tesla... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj1a8rdX6DU

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People who cutely lie are criminals, repeal and replace the US constitution
by Ryan Carboni 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

I shall directly say what I am accused of. I am accused of being indirectly involved with Isabella Gabrovsky, a woman later employed by the CIA who killed a man named Daniel by ruining his life, falsely imprisoning him by employing random people to guard him as part of behavioral therapy and later the guards decided to watch football instead of him, so he hanged himself. The government does not know how to prosecute her, or stopping a burning dumpster fire of a person from doing that. Instead, the government has decided to engage in acts itself vilifies to harass me. I am also accused of coercing sex from her, despite being a virgin. I never met the woman. I demand the government produce the woman in a timely fashion, and compel her to testify under oath, and until then, the US government will be crushed. The US government is toothless, impotent, and weak, scared of misdeeds coming to light. Otherwise the US, UK, and Israeli militaries will not be allowed to come to full operational readiness. Sent from ProtonMail Mobile

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OpenFabs - Chipmaking At Home
by grarpamp 11 Aug '19

11 Aug '19

http://sam.zeloof.xyz/category/semiconductor/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20657398 I am very excited to announce the details of my first integrated circuit and share the journey that this project has taken me on over the past year. I hope that my success will inspire others and help start a revolution in home chip fabrication. When I set out on this project I had no idea of what I had gotten myself into, but in the end I learned more than I ever thought I would about physics, chemistry, optics, electronics, and so many other fields. Furthermore, my efforts have only been matched with the most positive feedback and support from the world; I owe a sincere thanks to everyone who has helped me, given me advice, and inspired me on this project. Especially my amazing parents, who not only support and encourage me in any way they can but also give me a space to work in and put up with the electricity costs… Thank you! Without further ado, I present the first home (garage) made lithographically-fabricated integrated circuit – the “Z1” PMOS dual differential amplifier chip. I say “lithographically-fabricated” because Jeri Ellsworth made the first transistors and logic gates (meticulously hand wired with conductive epoxy) and showed the world that this is possible. Inspired by her work, I have demonstrated ICs made by a scalable, industry-standard, photolithographic process. Needless to say, this is the logical step-up from my previous replication of Jeri’s FET fabrication work.

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To any pertinent foreign powers
by Ryan Carboni 11 Aug '19

11 Aug '19

Whatever is happening or is alleged to be happening can’t be happenening. Any sufficient group of people, told that they face certain harm prior to taking an action before taking the action, is either dumber than an untrained animal or more disciplined than the French army in 1917. Sent from ProtonMail Mobile

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John McAfee: Helps Civil War Planners, High Sea Adventures
by grarpamp 11 Aug '19

11 Aug '19

Civil War Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvP75BmWpw https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1159904509310558208 Recent subject train: Freedom of Speech, Boating Adventures, Cuba, Censorship, America, Life, Presidency, Income Tax, $1M Genitalia, Privacy Choose your Host... with Rice Crypto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZzOsqLE6E with Kiana Diva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNDm5KEPK7I with Coin Rivet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0uqFX5IQBg Do what you love.

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VICE: Teen Security Researcher Suspended for Exposing Vulnerabilities in His School’s Software
by jim bell 11 Aug '19

11 Aug '19

VICE: Teen Security Researcher Suspended for Exposing Vulnerabilities in His School’s Software. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nzjz/teen-security-researcher-bill-dem… Jim Bell's comment: "Ungrateful jerks !!!!!!"

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China's central bank digital currency is "ready" after 5 years of development - The Block
by jim bell 11 Aug '19

11 Aug '19

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/chinas-central-bank-digital-currency-is… --- SmartNews http://bit.ly/smartnews-app

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