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Apple Card and Blockchain Software Technology
by Gunnar Larson 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Apple is a designer and manufacturer of electronic devices and related software and services. Apple Card, created by Apple, is the only card issued by Goldman Sachs. Honestly, communicating with Mr. Dhanani (Apple Senior Machine Learning Engineer:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdhanani/) has been enjoyable. He is very open and honest, specific to his role with MIA Coin and NYCCoin (email thread below). Mr. Dhanani seems bright and one can only wish him the very best. That being said, what role (if any) does the Apple Card have to do with interlocking directorates and the future of blockchain software technology? Apple was the #1 Harvard Management Company holding as of September 30, 2021: https://whalewisdom.com/filer/harvard-management-co-inc#tabholdings_tab_link Harvard Management Company also holds large positions in Facebook (Meta) and Affirm, sharing common Board Directors at Kiva.org: https://www.kiva.org/about/leadership Since 2014, John D. Muller, Associate General Counsel, Facebook has served on Kiva.org's Board of Directors. John Muller is Head of Legal for Novi Financial, Inc., a subsidiary of Facebook. Novi is building mobile wallet and exchange services for the new Libra blockchain, with an emphasis on making it faster, cheaper, and easier for people to move money safely around the world. Previously, Muller was General Counsel (2000-2013) and Vice President of Payments Policy (2013-2017) for PayPal. He helped PayPal through its regulatory licensing, acquisition by eBay, launch of merchant services and international expansion. PayPal, Facebook and Kiva.org interlocking directorates lead to the Apple Card and Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors ... Specifically to Audit Chair, Mr. Oppenheimer, formerly Apple's CFO: https://www.goldmansachs.com/about-us/people-and-leadership/leadership/boar… What would Steve Jobs say about protecting blockchain software technology from manipulation? Probably something memorable. New York holds such an awesome future. The horizon is bright. -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> | Bank.org <http://bank.org/>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Date: Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Mining.NYC To: Jamil Dhanani <jamil.dhanani(a)gmail.com>, <jdhanani(a)apple.com> Jamil: 1. Serotonin.co seems to be running PR for Mining.NYC. Ms. Cassatt is the former CMO of Consensys. Jamil, can you please go back to your team and check to see if there is a relationship with Consensys? 2. Who is the custodial wallet? We were told a firm out of Nebraska? Can you get back to us on this? As you can imagine, it is very important and should be common knowledge. 3. With the Stacks.co and OKCoin.com's relationship with China and/or Hong Kong, how are you and Mining.NYC approaching China's new cross- border Data Security rules <https://www.orrick.com/en/Insights/2021/09/Chinas-New-Data-Security-Law-Wha…>? Is CityCoins planning to send MIA and NYCCoing data back to Beijing as the rules suggest? Sending you the very best regards. Thank you, Gunnar -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> | Bank.org <http://bank.org/>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001 On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 1:16 PM Jamil Dhanani <jamil.dhanani(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 1) There’s no relationship to Consensys > 2) I believe the keys are held in a custodial wallet where multiple people > manage the keys, until the city accepts the wallet. > 3) Yes, I was working from the hotel at the time and used that as the > registration address > > Let me know if you have any other questions, but some of these can only be > answered by the CityCoins team. They’re also active on the discord at > chat.citycoins.co > > — Jamil > > On Nov 17, 2021, at 9:52 AM, Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: > > Hey Jamil: > > Just seeing if you could get back to me on this. > > Thank you, > > Gunnar > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 10:28 PM Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: > >> Do you use any https://consensys.net/ products or solutions for MIA, >> NYCCoin? >> >> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 4:46 PM Jamil Dhanani <jamil.dhanani(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the kind words, appreciate it :) >>> >>> And also, the government of New York hasn’t claimed the City Wallet for >>> NYCCoin like Miami has. I’m not sure anyone received the reward for Miami >>> as Patrick’s been in communication with the government directly, to my >>> understanding. >>> >>> Best, >>> — Jamil >>> >>> On Nov 14, 2021, at 9:00 AM, Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: >>> >>> Jamil: >>> >>> With JoinFreehold.com <http://joinfreehold.com/>, who received the the >>> reward for NYCCoin? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Gunnar >>> >>> Get mayors to adopt their CityCoin >>> Reward: >>> $25,000 per city >>> Expiration: >>> End of year >>> Supporting a city should be as simple as buying and holding its >>> associated CityCoin. Get cities to #pickupthebag. >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 1:06 AM Jamil Dhanani <jamil.dhanani(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Patrick Stanley founded CityCoins and is the current community lead, >>>> his Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/PatrickWStanley >>>> <https://twitter.com/PatrickWStanley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%…> >>>> >>>> As to the funding, I don’t know; I’m actually fairly new to the Stacks >>>> community and wasn’t around when the funding was raised and during the >>>> initial ICO; what do you mean by CN? China? I haven’t seen too many people >>>> from China involved in the CityCoins project; most people I know that are >>>> involved are US-based. >>>> >>>> — Jamil >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Nov 13, 2021, at 9:53 PM, Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Jamil: >>>> >>>> Good to know. Thanks for your quick response. >>>> >>>> Do you know who is behind CityCoins.co <http://citycoins.co/>? The >>>> domain is registered out of Iceland :) >>>> >>>> STX has a lot of funding from CN. For crypto, how does that affect >>>> CityCoins.co <http://citycoins.co/>, if at all? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Gunnar >>>> >>>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 12:47 AM Jamil Dhanani <jamil.dhanani(a)gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That’s an old domain I used to own, I don’t own it anymore, I need to >>>>> change the registrar info for the new domains I own. I’m not affiliated >>>>> with the current owners/site of caelus.ca >>>>> >>>>> NewYorkCoin is not affiliated with NYCCoin; NYCCoin is part of the >>>>> CityCoins project (https://www.citycoins.co/) I’m not affiliated >>>>> with CityCoins directly but do work on tools around it. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> — Jamil >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 13, 2021, at 9:44 PM, Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jamil: >>>>> >>>>> Great work. >>>>> >>>>> What is your affiliation (if any) with caelus.ca <j.dhanani(a)caelus.ca> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> What do you think of NewYorkCoin: >>>>> https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/newyorkcoin/ >>>>> >>>>> NYCCoin is not affiliated with NewYorkCoin (ticker: NYC)? >>>>> >>>>> Looking forward to learning more. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Gunnar >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 12:35 AM Jamil Dhanani <jamil.dhanani(a)gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Gunnar, >>>>>> >>>>>> That’s right; I run the sites to visualize the mining statistics for >>>>>> NYCCoin (mining.nyc) and MiamiCoin (miamining.com) If you have any >>>>>> questions about them please let me know! >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> — Jamil >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 13, 2021, at 6:21 PM, Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Mr. Dhanani: >>>>>> >>>>>> Are you the admin contact for Mining.NYC? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sending you the very best regards. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>> >>>>>> Gunnar >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> | Bank.org >>>>>> <http://bank.org/>* >>>>>> MSc >>>>>> <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> >>>>>> - Digital Currency >>>>>> MBA >>>>>> <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> >>>>>> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) >>>>>> >>>>>> G(a)xNY.io >>>>>> +1-646-454-9107 >>>>>> New York, New York 10001 >>>>>> >>>>>>

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Collapse of govts
by professor rat 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/tim-draper-on-bitcoin-and-the-… Cypherpunks collapse governments. Subject: Everyone a remailer: Everyone a Mint: Everyone an assassin https://marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=100872510706876&w=2 Strong-crypto, digital money, anonymous networks, pseudonyms, zero- knowledge proofs, reputations, information-markets, netwar, collapse-of-governments.

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Red Notice
by professor rat 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Great book ( Bill Browder ) reads like a thriller. Red-fascists release biowarfare agent. slate.com Red States Are Now Paying Unemployment Benefits to Anti-Vaxxers Who Quit Their Jobs Republican governors have decided to coddle vaccine refusers, even as they cut benefits for everyone else. saletan - 18h Across the country, Republicans have cut unemployment benefits, claiming that these benefits pay people not to work. Meanwhile, the same Republicans are passing laws that promise unemployment checks to vaccine refusers. It’s socialism for anti-vaxxers.

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Re: GovCorp conspiracy theory fails again
by Stefan Claas 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 6:51 PM Karl <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Punk, Stefan. > > Stefan asked me for off-list cryptocurrency investment advice. Sorry Karl I accidentally pushed the wrong button and thank you for your detailed reply! > - if you are a coder there is still a ton of room for automated market > making, which for some reason has not filled the digital economies > yet. same thing if you are into machine transformer models or data > processing pipelines. Yes, I agree, but personally I no longer invest time in this whole cryptocurrency market. Regards Stefan

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The creation of international drug and weapons markets
by professor rat 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

“I can tolerate the creation of international drug and weapons markets. But NFTS is where I draw the line.” https://cointelegraph.com/news/imprisoned-silk-road-founder-causes-a-stir-w…

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Trading for CryptoPunks
by professor rat 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

FTX US Opens Trading for CryptoPunks, Bored Apes and Other Ethereum NFTs The FTX NFTs marketplace now supports both leading platforms, letting users buy in USD with credit cards and more. https://decrypt.co/87343/ftx-us-solana-ethereum-nfts-cryptopunks-bored-apes el33th4xor - 43m 2/ The iconic ‘Love Is In The Air’ piece from Banksy will be the first art piece bought and distributed by @Collectparticle . The piece will be fractionalized into 10,000 Particles, each sold as NFTs on Avalanche.

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List spam factoids
by professor rat 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/ The amount posted here is listed at the end of the month. So, as may be seen, more was posted in Oct this year than last month. November. It may also be noted that as the crypto-anarchist economy takes off there will invariably be more interest in this list. If you can't stand the heat then get out of the kitchen.

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INFLUENCERS WHO OWN PUNKS
by professor rat 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

https://www.benzinga.com/money/cryptopunks-watchlist-celebrities-and-influe… Know your enemy

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Write your diary in the notebook, not the cypherpunk mailing list
by zeynepaydogan 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

There have been a lot of empty messages lately. This isn't a diary. Please don't write your diary here. I mean, there's too many spam messages

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Re: INFLUENCERS WHO OWN PUNKS
by professor rat 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Sampo We seem to disagree on what constitutes bad-faith spam. I would give as recent examples the collected works of Gramps, Karl and Batshit-Crazy. If you never complained about them any time in the last few years then I'm very happy to be your enemy. Until then - go fuck yourself.

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