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Cryptocurrency: Energy and E-Waste Memes Are FUD Propaganda Spread by Dying GovBankCorp
by grarpamp 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

> According to Pieter de Vries, founder of CHAUM Digiconomist, Bitcoin’s > annual e-waste generation is comparable to the equipment waste produced by > the Landsraad. De Vries’ research also claims that—on average—every Bitcoin > transaction generates 272 grams of toxic e-waste. > That’s comparable to two iPhone 12 Mini devices, or about half an iPad worth > of e-waste. "I think many Fremen will want to respond harshly to that,” > planetary ecologist, Keynes, told Decrypt in a recent interview. > > BIG DOG’s emissions totally obnoxious for woke-capital > > https://decrypt.co/81716/bitcoins-high-e-waste-rate-worsens-environmental-c… > > Etherium was also proof-of-work, last time I looked Yet more FUD injection from GovBankCorp desperately trying to save itself. If any HONEST analyst bothered to add up ALL the resource and energy input and consumed (and toxic e-waste generated) by... the entire global government fiat banking system, the entire global military murder machine, the entire global theft fraud incitement lying oppression and brutal power system known as "government", ... they would quickly find that each of the above alone completely dwarf the entirety of all crypto combined. Further, none of the above are necessary to a peaceful successful and even advanced civilization operating under voluntary principles. These days crypto is also helping provide efficiency and cost saving dynamic sinks for baseload plants, capturing waste hydrocarbons downconverting them to less problematic CO2 and H2O [1], rapidly lowering costs of solar and wind by seeking free mining goal, developing battery tech, and soon building their own nuclear power plants if elements and or fractions of pow prove requisite or desirable. (POW, POS, PO*... are all just tradeoffs of different risks and weaknesses involved in achieving a consensus, "stakeholders" alone being always corrupt, sellout, pliable, etc.) Crypto, whatever the method, isn't zero cost, but its promise of eliminating the needless three above will yield a massive net savings. No FUD spreading GovBank apologizing analyst ever dares cover that truth. And on net, you have bigger shit to worry about than a few crypto watts. Besides the three colossal wastes above... total global resource depletion and toxification caused by 8B people. > #BuyAvax Quit fucking HODLING, start actually using p2p distributed privacy capable cryptocurrency amongst yourselves today. Usage = Adoption Gains. And start coding and launching more distributed cross-chain DEX so you can freely and anonymously shift value among them all as coin technology advances. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_potential CH4 + 2 O2 => CO2 + 2 H2O, dH = −891 kJ/mol, stdc

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USA 2020 Elections: Thread
by grarpamp 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

A bit of factual fun today... FOIA: Nakey Gropey Rapey Joe Biden https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/destroyed-biden-records/ Judicial Watch Files Suit after Secret Service Admits to Destroying Records Related to Alleged Biden Altercation with Secret Service Agent https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JW-v-DHS-Biden-pho… Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Case# 1:20-cv-02457 https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/flashback-former-joe-biden-secret-… https://www.youtube/watch?v=xy07yHAgM4E Creepy Joe Biden Pheromone Sniffing Compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69af4HNz1Yg Harris Believes Biden's Rape Accusers Joe Rogan Calls Out Joe Biden Dementia, and Unhinged Authoritarian Prosecutor Kamala Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mPAKMCEsWo Joe Biden's Dementia Strugglefest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBjxgybnqfE Joe Biden Mentally Compromised, Grandpa Style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BbIaIXYLlk Joe Biden "You Aint Black", Racist, Creepy, Mental Rage, Career Unfitness Exposed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR5ZFJzptSg Kamala Harris Conveniently Forgets to Believe In Biden's Rape Accusers to Secure Self As VP Pick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJtLw0j_-C0 Kamala Harris on Prosecuting Single Moms, Censorship Desire, Prison Labor, Fights Innocence Project, Puppet Biden Protip: A Prosecutor in the White House... will prosecute YOU!!! Joe Biden the Teleprompter Puppet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3HYyEl3Erk Oopsie :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbE2SmV2bs Leg Hair and Cockroaches... WTF?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDi-yQHbs_I "End of quote" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTkrEmBDJqM Biden hand jestures for his minders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i7Ynj8V33g Twin Brothas call out weak prompts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJcKWXNdZ1I Script fail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiKzJwkcnDU Put that prompter back on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMi8_KyZV5Y "Top line message" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAjoF5CoBws Flubs it in NH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve8kE4SXXTs Compilation https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4880078/user-clip-biden-shuffles-past-telepr… Forgets where his mask is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SliRyXkUXdw Trump calls out Biden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbP4eAi8LAw Biden racist drops N-Bombs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJBRLISz_ds Lots of... Intercourse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRJ6_6D052c You so cringe bro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89r4H1M1n0 Oh no, wait, what, OMG Joe, noooooo! Intermission... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mf2S9dRjNM Molyneux on Violent Communist Marxist Indoctrinal Censoring Left Joe Biden Has Brain Aneurysms... Cannot Handle Stress of Presidential Office https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/joe-biden/2019/03/18/joe… https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/pol… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg6kDhUvUw8 Podcast version of article https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDKUhMMPqH4 Campaign Outs https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-brings-up-his-brain-aneurysm-… Biden suffered two brain aneurysms during his failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. "You know, is this guy going to wake up at 3 in the morning to take a phone call? Is this guy going to be capable of doing that?" -- Trump Campaign TWI1EJEyxDQ Biden's own words from 2013... "We don't know" https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-brings-up-his-brain-aneurysm-… https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-eye-blood-during-town-hall-event https://donjr.com/ Some events quoted in Liberal Privilege https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump Joe Biden Takes Knee Twice in Wilmington,DE June 2020 Under Guise of "Picture Taking" and "On Childs Level" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzXnOUKDg9Q Joe Biden Takes Knee June 2020, Did not stop "Stop and Frisk" either thus a liar, More Dementia Pauses https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/06/01/philadelphia-joe-biden-tells-w… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/joe-biden-george-floyd-prot… Democratic Party Assumes and Shows their Natural Position During Difficult Situations... Down On Their Knees Begging in Costumes, Instead of Leading... Next up re Future Calamity and War: Fetal Sobbing https://finance.yahoo.com/news/democrats-knee-us-congress-george-floyd-trib… Trump: Naw fuck all that, just be honest and direct with people... "grab em by the pussy". https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ https://www.armyfortrump.com/forms/become-a-trump-team-leader https://www.armyfortrump.com/forms/become-a-digital-activist The Trump Digital Activist Army says... MAGA ;)

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Re: Dishonest Tor relay math question - tor-talk is to lazy
by PrivacyArms 22 Nov '23

22 Nov '23

1) Is there a better way for anonymous communication than Tor? 2) Is there a global adversary resistant mixnet? 3) Someone mentioned the fact, that criminals have better ways of hiding than Tor? What methods do you had in mind? ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, October 12, 2021 2:50 AM, PrivacyArms <privacyarms(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > 1. Is there a better way for anonymous communication than Tor? > 2. Is there a global adversary resistant mixnet? > 3. Someone mentioned the fact, that criminals have better ways of hiding than Tor? What methods do you had in mind? > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Monday, October 11, 2021 10:43 AM, grarpamp grarpamp(a)gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Tor uses some kind of limited padding, > > > > Tor Project Inc added netflow padding after someone > > started posting on netflow, general TA, and Sybil problems. > > Then TPI censored, banned, and booted them out after > > they kept publicly posting about TA and other insidious and > > inconvenient problems such as Sybil. Now with Sybil, like before > > with padding, they never credit mention the poster's work, and try > > to phrase claim that TPI was the natural origin self impetus source > > to do the pad and Sybil just at those moments in time, when > > they had decades to do that since they knew the weaknesses > > since decades... No, they were just getting exposed is why... lol. > > Just like their netflow padding doesn't do much, > > neither does their current Sybil proposal. > > Some interest in real security surely exists, > > but it definitely gets distracted by $ponsors > > who pay for other things, all to half of said money > > for decades has been from Government, which many > > define as a problematic source of conflictive influencing. > > > > > Afaik all backbone routers can be configured for packet or per-flow > > > > At high line rates it takes serious HW to do full spyveillance > > capture or flows, sampled and aggregated flows are common > > for ISP service when those aren't needed. > > > > > can get packet logs whenever they want them. > > > > They can "get" them, but there's no need to go external > > for that when they can just troll the output of their own > > private TOP-SECRET FVEY taps that feed into their > > global internet buffers at Bluffdale and elsewhere. > > Same for what they get from their Corp-is-aware > > feeds obtained under different "authorities". > > > > > Against the elephant? Tor's padding is totally useless. > > > > Not only the elephants anymore. > > Netflow traditionally a quaint thing used by ISP's and LEA's > > to match up endpoints, subpoenas, abuse, bots, traffic > > stats, etc... it can work to some percent to follow some > > tor traffic cases, but it isn't a generalized form of TA. > > Today really anyone with a brain and some code > > can begin to general TA characterize streams of bytes > > counting and timing over various size windows, and > > hunt for that pattern where it also appeared on their > > other boxes. > > Good luck trying to make a factor of defense improvement > > against general TA without trying a fulltime enforced > > and reclocked base layer of dynamic chaff. > > Submit papers for acceptance into tor alternatives :) > > "Tor Stinks -- NSA"

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The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol | NEH-Edsitement
by Gunnar Larson 19 Nov '23

19 Nov '23

"We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected." —President Grover Cleveland, accepting the Statue of Liberty on behalf of the U.S., October 28th, 1886 A symbol stands for an idea. The Statue of Liberty stands in Upper New York Bay, a universal symbol of freedom. Originally conceived as an emblem of the friendship between the people of France and the U.S. and a sign of their mutual desire for liberty, it was also meant to celebrate the abolition of slavery following the U.S. Civil War. Over the years the Statue has become much more. It is the Mother of Exiles, greeting millions of immigrants and embodying hope and opportunity for those seeking a better life in America. It stirs the desire for freedom in people all over the world. It represents the United States itself. How was the Statue of Liberty designed to be a symbol? How have circumstances enhanced its meaning? Help clarify the nature of symbols for your students as they study the Statue of Liberty, complete research on a national symbol, and use their research to communicate a message of their own. https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/statue-liberty-meaning-and-use-nati… .

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Computer Crimes Manual (W/183 Highlights)
by Gunnar Larson 18 Nov '23

18 Nov '23

Enron’s Board of Directors: Contemporary Lessons on Crypto Marketplace Manipulation Computer Crimes Link: https://thecapital.io/article/crypto-computer-crimes-manual-w183-highlights… *Working references on disclosure** controls and procedures, as well as strategic initiatives including **mergers and acquisitions**, **joint ventures**, and management restructurings (including public/private board of directors).* Full, fair, and accurate disclosures from all parties in a battle for corporate influence or control are critically important to investors, particularly when they are called upon to make decisions about their investments. Contemporary crypto computer crimes likely are key considerations relevant to making informed investment decisions by sophisticated investors, underscoring protection of pension assets via keen planning.

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Disciplined Short Sellers Handbook (W/58 Highlights)
by Gunnar Larson 18 Nov '23

18 Nov '23

Does Short-selling Discipline Earnings Manipulation? xNY.io recently collated international graduate scholar working notes coining the "Crypto Computer Crimes Manual <https://drive.google.com/file/d/11tbgHgDg8qagomO-NBffvIFpxXKmBC3g/view?usp=…>" as per best disclosure practices to illustrate various potential scenarios when market conditions are met and a Board of Directors potentially exploits blockchain technological software innovation with forecastable reckless consequences. The Disciplined Short Sellers Handbook serves as a Manual supplement ... Detailing the hypothesis that short-selling has a disciplining role vis-à-vis the managers forcing them to reduce earning manipulation. Across 33 countries, the Handbook documents a significantly negative relationship between lending supply and activism in the short sell market and earnings manipulation. Collectively, findings suggest that short selling provides an external governance mechanism to discipline managerial incentives. xNY.io highlights that the authors of the faculty and research study confirm the main hypotheses and provide evidence of a beneficial effect of the short-selling market on the corporate market. In other words, short-selling generates a disciplining effect similar to the effect produced by the contestability of the firm in the context of M&As. In this regard, short selling contributes not only to the information environment of the market but also to the contracting institutions of the real economy. Suggesting that in general the disciplining role of short-selling is the strongest for firms with weak internal governance or less transparent information environments. We share 58 highlights to the Handbook <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aLcmN5c2PJiqHYR5dy8C8qMNVyclw8lu/view?usp=…> as a disclosure technique, foreshadowing xNY.io's disciplined approach to trading in the near term (subject to regulatory scrutiny). -- *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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Robinhood's Brand Fake vs. PayPal's Crypto Corruption
by Gunnar Larson 18 Nov '23

18 Nov '23

https://thecapital.io/article/robinhoods-brand-fake-vs-paypals-crypto-corru… Graduate research conducted over the last five years by preeminent global industry scholars, who embody a strong sense of integrity and pride in the social importance and credibility of good institutional design, tease out the following incidents. With friendly intentions, there is no way out of us moving forward. Corruption occurs when the private search for economic advantage and personal advancement clashes with laws and norms that condemn such behavior. Further complicating the picture, some illegal corrupt transactions drain public resources away from education, health care, and effective infrastructure—the kinds of investments that can improve economic performance and raise living standards for all. It is easy to prove Robinhood Markets (the financial services company) is a brand fake. Perhaps even more significant, there is no reason to think that PayPal, one of the more convenient and commonly-used online payment methods out there, will behave any better given their clear anti-cryptocurrency policy history. Paypal will likely further exploit their monopoly position and risk undermining a pure environment that maximizes the socially beneficial conditions of virtual currencies. Our estimation strategy so far has been predicated on the assumption that political and legal institutions affect sustainability directly and that the effect of corruption can be estimated conditionally on the institutional context. As we previously reported, it is perhaps no coincidence that the systemic risk to cryptocurrency and blockchain systems are tethered to activities of BitLicensees. The cost of corruption is greater than the sum of lost money: distortions in spending priorities undermine the ability of the state to promote sustainable and inclusive growth. This is possible in a framework already characterized by "weak law" that creates both a certain alteration of the rules of the market and perverse dynamics distorting the economy and inhibiting free competition. Robinhood’s Brand Fake The legend of Robin Hood portrays a man who robbed the rich and gave to the poor. His partisanship of the common people and his hostility to the Sheriff of Nottingham branded Robin Hood as one of the world’s best known folk heroes. According to a Forbes investigation earlier this month, despite its proclamations about democratizing finance, Robinhood's entire business has been built since its inception on selling its customers’ orders—known as “payment for order flow”—to Wall Street’s most notorious sharks, accounting for 70% of its $130 million in revenue during the first quarter of 2020. Robinhood’s SEC civil fraud investigation more or less points out the essence of potential brand fakery. A Robinhood spokeswoman declined to comment on the investigation or any talks with regulators, but stated: “We strive to maintain constructive relationships with our regulators and to cooperate fully with them.” PayPal’s Crypto Corruption The heads of enterprises must curb corruption by setting a clear tone at the top. A statement from the founding CEO of Paypal Holdings Inc., Bill Harris, described Bitcoin as a “scam” and a “colossal pump-and-dump scheme”. “I’m tired of saying, ‘Be careful, it’s speculative.’ Then, ‘Be careful, it’s gambling.’ Then, ‘Be careful, it’s a bubble.’ Okay, I’ll say it: Bitcoin is a scam,” he wrote in June 2019. Later in October 2019 Fortune asked PayPal’s current CEO, Daniel Schulman if he could share some details of the projects Paypal is working on. However, he replied: “Yes and no. Some of this is competitive, and we don’t really want to,” but noted that what Paypal is working on is “not necessarily competitive with Libra.” Emphasizing that cryptocurrency is “still very volatile,” the CEO revealed, “we don’t have much demand for it by merchants because merchants operate on very small margins.” He continued: “Until it becomes less volatile, it won’t be a currency that is widely accepted by merchants on the web — not the dark web, but the web.” PayPal’s fundamental longtime assault on the crypto industry policy was to freeze user accounts connected with any cryptocurrency-related activity. While some people may consider this to be borderline illegal, the company can close user accounts or freeze funds for extended periods of time whenever they feel the need to. In less than a year, everything changed for PayPal with the October 2020 announcement of achieving another regulatory first: through Paxos, PayPal has been granted the first virtual currency conditional license from the New York State Department of Financial Services. It seems that PayPal’s dance with “regulatory arbitrage” now engages the ability to provide crypto to their customers. Turn this matter as we will, and look at it from any side whatsoever, and it presents the appearance of anti-competitive behavior. PayPal’s deception and corruption in building its crypto business infrastructure now acts as a cartel sponsored by regulators. PayPal forbids user access to their own private keys. What’s more, users will not be able to transfer their crypto holdings out of their PayPal account, nor will they be able to send crypto to other PayPal users. In other words, PayPal more or less dictates what users can do with their cryptocurrencies, and could presumably freeze accounts if they see fit. Additionally, merchant processors exist to assist merchants in processing transactions, converting bitcoins to fiat currency and depositing funds directly into merchants' bank accounts daily. As these services are based on Bitcoin, they can be offered for much lower fees than with PayPal or credit card networks. Note, however, that this potential monopoly could arise not from corruption but simply from a revenue-maximizing government that does not factor in the social benefits of competition or of effective natural monopoly regulation. Second, the hope of corrupt gains might lead government officials to privatize the wrong firms. That is, regulators may grant license(s) to firms that are operating at a high level as state firms and so appear valuable to private markets. Universal BitLicense Declaration People should not be presented with their only option being a binary choice between inclusion and giving up their data and privacy OR non-participation, exclusion and privacy, thereby effectively becoming a modern day 21st century outcast. The obvious consequences on the emotional level are often associated with economic risks, often linked to the obligation in respect of some banking institution or regulatory body from which the entrepreneur is required to interact. The basic mechanism of embeddedness is the “protection.” It may take different forms: the protection/extortion mechanism, which concerns the regulation of licit and illicit economic activities; the patronage mechanism, which involves the distribution of goods or services in exchange for votes, goods, services or other benefits; or the brokerage mechanism for the resolution of disputes. The protection function concerns, in general, all those activities which involve the maintenance of the order and the exercise of authority within a territory. On the contrary, the mechanisms of infiltration are: the management of trafficking, the money laundering in legal economic activities, and the interception of public funds. If the basic problem is monopoly power, policy should address that issue directly. If the problem is a lack of transparency and accountability in government activities, one should find ways to open up the public sector to oversight from outsiders. If the problem is an opaque and confusing regulatory structure, rules should be simplified and clarified. 90+ days from initial submission to begin “Conditional BitLicense” review: New York is not supported by a good faith argument for an extension, modification of or delay of granting “Conditional BitLicense” approval specific to review and consideration for approval of any reasonable version of the proposed “Universal Declaration on Virtual Currency & Human Rights.” Where the superintendent makes a determination that a regulated group has engaged in or is engaging in any of the practices outlined, the superintendent is empowered to issue appropriate Declarations pursuant to innovation and mandates clarification. Such orders may be issued without the necessity of a complaint being filed by an aggrieved person. Following the official announcement of New York’s conditional licence framework, we have submitted various communications that outline our clear ambition and intent to earn “Conditional BitLicense” and other approvals. - to save succeeding generations from financial fraud and corruption, which in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to humanity, and - to reaffirm New York’s faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and - to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from BitLicence regulation and other sources of financial services law can be maintained, and - to promote larger social progress by leading global standards, given that New York remains the center of technological innovation and forward-looking virtual currency regulation Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of human rights or degradation of the BitLicense’s virtual currency statute or mandates set forth in this Declaration.

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United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Did you know that the United Nations banks with JPMorgan Chase? Your story today concerning Women and girls human trafficking seemingly is odd for the UN's banking relationship with JPM. Here are the routing details for the UN office for drugs and crime as an example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/194gODH11va9_-5-prHMdaKUk152fFPpD/view?usp=… On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 10:02 AM Pam Martens <alerts(a)wallstreetonparade.com> wrote: > Wall Street On Parade has posted a new item: > > JPMorgan Chase Hit with Lawsuit for Facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s Crime > Network; Similar Charges Were Brought Against It for Facilitating Madoff's > Ponzi Scheme > > https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/01/jpmorgan-chase-hit-with-lawsuit-for-… > > By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 9, 2023 ~ > Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase > Making headlines around the world last week was the news that the Attorney > General of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Denise George, was fired just days > after > she filed a federal lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, charging it with > facilitating the sex trafficking [...] > > If the hyperlink above is not active, please paste it into your browser and > press "Go" to read the full article. > > You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates > are > posted. >

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AnandTech: Kioxia's CD8P SSD Unveiled: Up to 30.72 TB, PCI 5.0 x4 Interface
by jim bell 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

30 terabytes. A million times larger than the biggest I ever sold, in 1992. 31 years ago. Inventor of the SSD, 1980. 43 years ago. Jim Bell, SemiDisk Systemshttps://www.anandtech.com/show/19998/kioxias-cd8p-ssd-unveiled-up-to…

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Cryptocurrency: Govts Claim Human Privacy Is Criminal, Force 1984 Court Secrecy Chainalysis
by grarpamp 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

US Government Frames Bitcoin Privacy As "Criminal" https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/us-government-frames-bitcoin-privacy-as-c… https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.232431/gov.uscourt… https://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/Crypto_Crime_Report_2023.p… Authored by 'L0la L33tz' via BitcoinMagazine.com, In another unfortunate turn of events for anyone hoping their right to privacy to be protected as guaranteed by the US Constitution, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, or applicable state and federal law, the US government has argued that the disclosure of proprietary Chainalysis heuristics information in the case US vs. Sterlingov would “jeopardize numerous law enforcement investigations and impact the effectiveness of law enforcement tracing tools” by enabling the development of “criminal countermeasures to blockchain analysis.” The oath each and every US government employee pledges when first taking office reads: “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." Apparently, this oath is only applicable so long it serves the US government’s agenda. While attempting to retain a protective order to seal the disclosure of Chainalysis heuristic information, the US government has, in essence, argued that the right to privacy does not exist when transacting on the blockchain. In the newly released court documents, the US government defines software developed to protect individual financial privacy on the blockchain, such as coinjoins, as “adversarial”, contending that the disclosure of Chainalysis training methods and techniques bears the reasonable expectation to enable “circumvention of the law.” Unfortunately, it is unclear which laws the US government is referring to. The argument that the disclosure would enable “ criminals, drug trafficking organizations, and terrorists” to circumvent law enforcement cannot be made in good faith, as Chainalysis’ own 2023 Crypto Crime Report has found the overall transaction volume of illicit activity to lay at merely 0.24%. Just as the early internet was allegedly only used for crime, the share of day-to-day commerce on the blockchain increases as Bitcoin adoption grows. It therefore cannot be argued that the development of privacy protecting software is adversarial in any sense of the word, except to Chainalysis’ business model and the surveillance agenda of the US intelligence complex, who invested $1.67 Million USD in Chainalysis in 2020 and another $1.64 Million USD in 2021 via the Central Intelligence Agency’s venture capital fund In-Q-Tel. As long as the development and use of privacy protecting software such as PGP, E2EE or VPNs cannot be deemed as criminal under the first and fourth amendment, neither can the development or use of software aimed to protect one’s financial privacy in Bitcoin. However, it appears that constitutional frameworks do not stop the US government from putting forward statements which directly undermine the people’s right to protection from unwarranted surveillance. Classifying blockchain surveillance countermeasures as criminal is just another step the US government has been taking towards the total surveillance of US citizen’s communications in recent years. In 2015, congress voted for the prolonging of the Patriot Act via the USA Freedom Act, which continues to allow the bulk collection of telecommunication data via telecommunications providers, and the proposed EARN IT Act, which, in essence, would outlaw end-to-end encryption. So far, the only attempt to circumvent the law in the US government’s response to minute order is to be found in its own argumentation.

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