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Cryptocurrency: Blockstream... BTC's Major Problem
by grarpamp 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

13 years on and still no privacy or txrate or space improvements in BTC. https://www.reddit.com/r/xmrtrader/comments/qb61wb/daily_discussion_tuesday… [–]bawdyanarchist[S] 1 point 1 day ago I have the suspicion that at this point, Coinbase is basically working with market insiders, the same kinds of people who ran the 2008 scam. It's how they got listed on the Nasdaq, and had the market peak on exactly the same day that they listed (Apr 14th, 2021). Shady af. It's ironic, given that crypto was created to fight against the kind of chicanery of 2008. Now the lead US exchange is walking hand in hand with those guys. Crypto has been co-opted significantly, and people don't even realize it. [–]bawdyanarchist[S] 1 point 21 hours ago Have you checked out some of these other companies? Barry Silbert, years ago, was a young WEF member. Founder and CEO of DCG, probably the largest behemoth crypto corporation with its tentacles spidered into (nearly) every part of the ecosystem. Blockstream seed capital. Everyone focused on AXA, but the actual founders, the original funders, were Google, Microsoft, WEF, and Bilderberg members. I shit you not Fair warning, the link above is me going pretty hard on maximalists, Blockstream, and Tether. But despite the tone, it's backed up by the research. [–]bawdyanarchist 29 points 4 months ago* I've been seeing alot of mutual fellacio between Tether execs and Blockstream lately. Paolo and Mow seem to have a torrid affair in progress. Adam Back is no stranger to Tether love. Bitfinex is one of the "trusted" federated participants of Liquid. Strike seems to be heavily promoted in maxi circles, and is also directly tied to both Tether and traditional finance. Alot of insufferable maxi thot leaders mysteriously turned from Tether haters into deniers, claiming it doesn't matter that this stablecoin does more volume than BTC, and represents something like 3/4 of crypto volume. All of this finally pushed me to doing my own little investigation into Blockstream last night. I know that it's kind of been done before, but I just wanted to see for myself. Holy shit. I'm only in the first inning of what a proper background check would look like, and it's really bad. I was surprised because I never came across this specific info before; and it really should have been a greater focus by the opposition, rather than just the AXA and MasterCard connections. Let's start from the source itself, who Blockstream says are it's seed funders from 2014. https://blockstream.com/2014/11/17/en-blockstream-closes-21m-seed-round/ Based on those discussions, we invited a few investors to meet with us and learn more about our technology. I’m excited to announce today Blockstream closed a $21 million seed round. Our nearly 40 investors include many well-known pioneers of the Internet and financial services sectors. The round was led by Reid Hoffman, Khosla Ventures and Real Ventures, with investments from Nicolas Berggruen, Crypto Currency Partners, Future\Perfect Ventures, Danny Hillis, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Max Levchin, Mosaic Ventures, Ray Ozzie, Ribbit Capital, Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures and several others. Okay, $21M to start, with a list of the top names. Simple enough, let's do some basic Wiki on these people ... Reid Hoffman Co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn Founding board member of Paypal - Maintain relationships with MC, Visa, ACH, WellsFargo, etc Bilderberg Group member since 2011 Board member of Microsoft since 2017 Nicolas Berggruen Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Member of the World Economic Forum (the same WEF that says after the great reset you'll own nothing) Eric Schmidt Bilderberg Group since 2007, attending all meetings Google CEO (2001-2001); then exec chairman (2011-2015) Apple board of directors (2006-2009) Exec chairman and technical advisro of Alphabet (Google's parent) since 2015 #55 richest person on Earth Chairman of a Dept of Defense advisory council (2016) Sits or has sat on the board of: Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, The Economist, Khan Academy Advisor to Obama campaign 2008, and considered for Secretary of Commerce Max Levchin Co-founder and CTO of Paypal Yelp chairman of the board (2004-2015) Yahoo board of directors (2012-2015) Joined Zuckerberg and Joe Green to form the first Silicon Valley lobbyist group Defended NSA spying in 2013 Ray Ozzie Microsoft Chief Technical Officer, and Chief Software Architect (2005-2010) Quite the credentials this list of superstar seed capital and founders have here! Any company with founders like this should basically be presumed nefarious. I find it no coincidence that Peter Wuille - arguable the most influential maintainer of the Bitcoin Github repo, particularly in consideration of which maintainer is controlling *protocol upgrades*** - was a co-founder of Blockstream from the very beginning. This also against the backdrop of other socially prominent maximalists that were paid by Blockstream such as Greg Maxwell, Adam Back, Luke-jr, and Matt Corallo. I find it no coincidence that a superstar subset of the people who erected the surveillance/censorship platforms of our generation ... have their grubby little fingers all over a corporation instrumental in pushing the narrative that just so happened to win the day. I find it no coincidence that heavy censorship on the few social media platforms used for communication in the Bitcoin ecosystem (at the time) was a major factor in isolating and driving out discussion that didn't align with their desires. I find it obvious how the conflict of financial interests puts these same people in alignment with all of the other corporate, rent-seeking, re-intermediated, heavily surveilled, shitcoin casino, centralized, emotional tulip-style tribalism and gambling rampant in the crypto industry. Anyways, that's proably enough for now. My goal was mostly to point out the more questionable among Blockstream's original seed capital and founders. I know this doesn't necessarily have much to do with Monero. Apart from how Monero stands in quite stark contrast to all of that bullshit, having arduously attempted to prevent corporate interests from infecting the maintainers of the repo or devs. I just thought some of you here might enjoy some supplemental info on who founded Blockstream, and why we should trust them and the people they associate with, even less.

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Cryptocurrency: Crypto Wars - #StopCBDCs - Top Posts All Recent and Negative
by grarpamp 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

While the final prophecy of crypto's win is still years away, it is safe to say that the predicted Crypto Wars have now begun. The Internet... working at the speed of light, reaches correct analysis, recommends actions... Wake Up, #StopCBDCs, Ditch Malignant Fiat Systems, Fight For, Adopt, and Use Distributed Crypto. Top posts about CBDCs on major platforms are almost all universally negative and posted within last year... I came to Bitcoin for the gains but i will stay for the revolution. I will say NO to CBDC! 1,873 points 303 comments submitted 16 hours ago by XLScrypto to r/Bitcoin https://v.redd.it/1mjfnr835jj81 The introduction of CBDC is next level dystopia: you earn a certain amount of money but if you don't spend it fast enough, you see it quickly shrink on your bank account. The consequences of this would be disastrous as you lose agency over how much and when you spend and what you save 1,832 points 162 comments submitted 4 months ago by uw888 to r/Anticonsumption https://i.redd.it/d6ymdlaw7ms71.jpg The introduction of CBDC is next level dystopia: you earn a certain amount of money but if you don't spend it fast enough, you see it quickly shrink on your bank account. The consequences of this would be disastrous as you lose agency over how much and when you spend and what you save 1,423 points 191 comments submitted 4 months ago by lazybugbear to r/ABoringDystopia https://i.redd.it/d6ymdlaw7ms71.jpg Central Bankers want a CBDC so they can control your life. 1,308 points 567 comments submitted 2 months ago by Horsegoats to r/Bitcoin https://v.redd.it/v1i10cqqg5281 America COMPETES Act of 2022 and the announcement of the CBDC plus Bidens upcoming executive orderMARKETS 1,277 points 880 comments submitted 27 days ago by HammondXX to r/CryptoCurrency So these CBDC's will be really bad news. I went through the last proposal so you didn't have to. TLDR: In short, they want unilateral power over money and to maintain control of global economies. They also fear Russia China and others are using crypto to skirt sanctions. They want complete control to spy and freeze funds in everyones accounts edit clarification: the top are screenshots from the CBDC proposal, they are eerily similar to the America Competes law listed below. One can deduce that with the power and flexibility of CBDC's they will give the treasury unilateral power If you stack this with the America COMPETES Act of 2022 which gives the TReasury unchecked and unilateral power to spy and halt or limit accounts and transactions. Here are some screen shots The following are from the CBDC proposal: compare them to the screen shots below https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/money-and-payments-202201… https://preview.redd.it/xkfj0sqmyae81.png?width=2158&format=png&auto=webp&s… https://preview.redd.it/dsy69lgryae81.png?width=2022&format=png&auto=webp&s… https://preview.redd.it/nhlvgd2uyae81.png?width=2079&format=png&auto=webp&s… The link below can be compared to the Fed white paper above. These are going to be used in conjunction https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-117HR45… https://preview.redd.it/bugsisp70be81.png?width=2026&format=png&auto=webp&s… https://preview.redd.it/9cuncbhg0be81.png?width=2152&format=png&auto=webp&s… here is a little piece about concerns on Russia and China https://preview.redd.it/3ql96evy0be81.png?width=2292&format=png&auto=webp&s… FED NOW is a service that directly competes with XRP and will also be wholly controlled by the Federal reserve here is a link references Russia investing in BTC to get around sanctions. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/01/14/russia-plans-tackle-us-sa… Lastly Biden will be using an executive order to provision and issue crypto rules next month This will be done under the banner of national security https://www.barrons.com/articles/white-house-executive-action-regulate-cryp… An executive order is a signed, written, and published directive from the President of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. Executive orders are not legislation; they require no approval from Congress, and Congress cannot simply overturn them. Congress may pass legislation that might make it difficult, or even impossible, to carry out the order, such as removing funding. Only a sitting U.S. President may overturn an existing executive order by issuing another executive order to that effect. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/teaching-l… Personally I hope this goes all the way to the Supreme court as this is a gross violation of the 4th amendment The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.[2] https://preview.redd.it/wdvfy1q2yce81.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=… Joe Rogan Podcast | Bitcoin is Disrupting Power Hierarchies, Just Like The Invention of The Printing Press Did | Elites Are Compensating With CBDC's, Vaccine Passports & Social Credit Systems 1,230 points 358 comments submitted 1 day ago by Fiach_Dubh to r/Bitcoin https://v.redd.it/alh5onyxcfj81 Humanity is being tested once again to see if it has the brains to drive itself forward or if it still needs masters. If you value your freedom, you should stay away from CBDCs. 963 points 203 comments submitted 7 months ago by I_TheAndOnly to r/Bitcoin There already is a digital dollar/euro/whatever, the one that you have in your bank account when you pay with your credit card, so why would you need another one with the same crisis entangled, human controlled value properties like the older ones based on imaginary human formulas and changeable at will? EDIT: It was not enough that they flooded the market with 24-26% of all the cash in existence in the past year and a half, now they want to add the CBDC to the mix to flood it some more. Are you all seeing this?? Bank of Korea selects major Ethereum software company ConsenSys for South Korean CBDC tests 863 points 47 comments submitted 7 months ago by twigwam to r/ethereum https://cointelegraph.com/news/bank-of-korea-selects-kakao-s-blockchain-arm… I honestly can't stand her. Elizabeth Warren, a democratic US sentor calls crypto a scam but CBDCs are legit.POLITICS 743 points 509 comments submitted 8 months ago by TheRealNotaredditor to r/CryptoCurrency https://coinnounce.com/us-senator-elizabeth-warren-says-crypto-is-bogus-and… Is anyone else terrified of CBDC's and their potential to enslave humanity? 709 points 702 comments submitted 1 month ago by B-A-R-F-S-C-A-R-F to r/Bitcoin Look into CBDCs and the amount of control they give to central banks. they are fully centralized transparent, every transaction is subject to surveillance. transactions are directly taxable. endless money printing ie. inflation. negative interest rates. expiry dates on money (literally you have 3 months to spend your salary or it is gone). control over what you can and cannot spend your money on. easily restrict where you can spend your money, at what time you can spend your money, or even turn off bankaccounts/people. Look into social credit systems, how effectively they oppress populations. They are already a reality in parts of China. a point system that determines your social status. virtue points for stuff the government likes penalty points for stuff the government doesnt like. your "citizen privileges" are determined by this point system. want access to restaurants? your score needs to be over 100 or your QR doesnt work. went to the wrong protest?, talked to a dissident?>>> no traveling for you, no supermarket for you... no school for your kids. sucked off the balls of the government? >>> maybe youre allowed to buy better food or even some alcohol this month, sucked hard enough?? maybe your kids get to go to a better school. Now combine CBDC's and social credit... CBDCs are every totalitarians wet dream. An airtight tool for oppression. The QR code system that they've been trying to introduce though the covid pandemic is the perfect trojan horse. (I happen to think that is not a coincidence, but then again I am also a crazy conspiracy theorist.) I know one thing though: If CBDC's ever get widely implemented we will forever be cattle to whoever controls them. Ukraine's government has chosen Stellar to build the infrastructure for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).POLITICS 668 points 191 comments submitted 1 year ago by rev0lution1st to r/CryptoCurrency https://www.coindesk.com/ukraine-government-picks-stellar-to-help-build-nat… If you thought CBDC’s are here to help people, here is some clarity from Bank of International Settlement’s head: “With cash, we dont know who is using a $100 bill and who is using a 1000 pesos bill. A key difference in CBDC is that the central bank will have absolute control over its use.”PRIVACY 675 points 204 comments submitted 6 days ago by Set1Less to r/CryptoCurrency Many people seem to think CBDCs are the next step in crypto adoption, and governments are keen on introducing CBDCs to help people spend and invest in crypto in a safe manner instead of having to rely on risky tokens like USDT. I’ve seen statement thrown around like “CBDC will render Bitcoin useless.” If you thought so, here is some clarity on what CBDC’s actually help to accomplish. Agustín Carstens, head of the Bank of International Settlements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNnTuK5JJU We don’t know who’s using a $100 bill today and we don’t know who’s using a 1,000 peso bill today. The key difference with the CBDC is the central bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use of that expression of central bank liability, and also we will have the technology to enforce that. This is not a joke, nor are they even trying to be subtle about it. The goal of CBDC is to enable governments to have complete control over people’s finances. They can already do this to a great extent with the current financial system where most transactions are already electronic, but due to intermediaries like retail banks, the Central Banks are not in an immediate position to halt or know about everyone’s finances. CBDCs are designed to over come this. With CBDCs, the government can directly seize a user’s funds without having to go through retail banks. The current electronic payment system already allows governments and central banks to have complete control over the users of the electronic network. CBDCs just help them exert their control in a more efficient manner. This is how CBDCs are implemented in China. Everything is through their CBDC Digital Yuan app. Money cannot leave that app, nor can it be sent to anyone outside that network. This is how every single proposed CBDC framework looks like. You can transfer/receive CBDCs from others on the same network, thats all. All the funds on the network are ring fenced and cannot leave or enter this system unless the central bank allows for it. Digital Yuan app CBDC shills (i.e. central bankers, regulators etc) will try to claim CBDC's are "programmable money". They are not wrong, but it is "programmable" only by the central bank and the programming enables them to stop payments and remove your access to money. CBDC's are not programmable by end users, developers who want to build with the CBDC. Any attempt to program CBDC must be signed off by the central banks. They are just stealing terms like "programmable money" from decentralised cryptocurrency jargon and using this narrative to pitch to those who do not have an understanding about crypto for the CBDC gotcha moment: "Look CBDCs are here, now your crypto coins dont have a use!". It's false advertising for those unaware of what CBDCs are. If you thought CBDCs are going to allow you to invest in your favourite defi apps or use it as a replacement for USD Stablecoins to earn more interest, that is not going to happen. Once CBDCs are mainstream, the next goal would be to prohibit cash transactions completely, so that the entire economy can be controlled by a centralised entity. The only obstacle standing in this path is the emergence of decentralised currencies. CBDCs are a privacy nightmare straight from a dystopian novel, and an autocrats dream. Central Banks are taking the worst of the crypto industry and devising ways to use it so that the governments can have even more power over their subjects. The Bank Of Israel Aims To Launch Its CBDC On Ethereum 661 points 69 comments submitted 4 months ago by HabileJ_6 to r/ethereum https://thecryptobasic.com/2021/10/23/the-bank-of-israel-aims-to-launch-its… A new Bank of Canada report, "The Positive Case for a CBDC", sites Ethereum as the standard from smart contracts and programmable money 663 points 55 comments submitted 7 months ago by twigwam to r/ethereum https://www.ledgerinsights.com/bank-of-canada-cbdc-benefits-payment-competi… Edward Snowden calls CBDCs perversion of cryptocurrencies - Blockbulletin 632 points 117 comments submitted 4 months ago by sepke12345 to r/ethereum https://blockbulletin.com/news/markets/edward-snowden-calls-cbdcs-perversio… Banks will be required to work with crypto, e-money and CBDCs to survive - Mosttraded.comNEWS 495 points 48 comments submitted 1 year ago by kostiaaaaa to r/CryptoMarkets https://mosttraded.com/2021/02/22/banks-will-be-required-to-work-with-crypt… W. Sean Ford confirms that there are CBDC deals closed which will be using Algorand's blockchainNews 462 points 88 comments submitted 4 months ago by kullnames to r/AlgorandOfficial https://i.redd.it/w0ubexs74wu71.png Ukraine's government has chosen @StellarOrg to help build the infrastructure for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). 456 points 220 comments submitted 1 year ago by hoban_ to r/Stellar https://www.coindesk.com/ukraine-government-picks-stellar-to-help-build-nat… $Tomo is currently being used by the Vietnamese Government & CBDC soon. Why is Tomochain so undervalued ?FINANCE 409 points 90 comments submitted 5 months ago by KaBuschmany to r/CryptoCurrency https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/11/18/vietnams-ministry-of-education-… I just realized Nero members wear the same suit as cbdc agents from syphon filter. 383 points 53 comments submitted 17 days ago by iCantSeeMyForeheaddd to r/DaysGone https://i.redd.it/cvqg0h7cj9g81.jpg Is anyone else terrified for CBDC's and their potential to enslave humanity?Discussion 🦍 378 points 212 comments submitted 1 month ago by B-A-R-F-S-C-A-R-F to r/Wallstreetsilver https://i.redd.it/6ry3b04n2q981.jpg Thanks Trudeau for showing us all the plan. Now more people can see the dangers of CBDC.End The Fed 386 points 17 comments submitted 6 days ago by Article1Section10 to r/Wallstreetsilver Central Bank Digital Currency... Dead On Arrival This whole thing was planned a long time ago. Trudeau is just an actor, playing his role. The end goal - CBDCs + social credit systemDiscussion 🦍 330 points 75 comments submitted 8 days ago by StonkBrothers2021 to r/Wallstreetsilver Trudeau caused this panic and chaos on purpose. He wants to be the first domino. We are about to experience some insane shit in the coming months. Normies will go batshit crazy and will blame everyone, including truckers and us. They will do anything to make the pain stop. And then the CBDCs will come and will be presented as the solution. The wheels are in motion. Sit back and watch the show. Normies will have questions - enlighten them. Now they'll listen. Bank of Japan considers launching its own digital currency (CBDC). It would be the first central bank in the world doing so. 318 points 27 comments submitted 3 years ago by SaneFive to r/japan https://beincrypto.com/bank-of-japan-exploring-central-bank-issued-cryptocu… Hurry up, get your cash out and stack your PMs. The UK is set to push their CBDCs out.Due Diligence 📜 317 points 112 comments submitted 4 months ago by Wtfcmi to r/Wallstreetsilver https://v.redd.it/rc0wz9vxm6u71

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The politics of Julian Assmange
by professor rat 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

JULIAN " Being guilty of aggravated rape has nothing to do with our party" A. Broinowski. Wikileaks Party NSW candidate for au Senate. 2013. "... Mr Assange agreed that some level of privacy was necessary for the successful operation of the military ..." http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/assange-i-can-rule-from-… JULIAN " ‘[The military] protects the sovereignty of Australia. It protects the independence of Australia.' ASSANGE July, 2013 Julian Assange · LRB 6 March 2014 Mar 6, 2014 - I wouldn't say this publicly, but Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison..." https://www.unz.com/ishamir/the-long-captivity-of-julian-assange/

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Re: Internet as CIA plot
by professor rat 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

" . . . that the American government's efforts to create the Arpanet would eventually be seen as a very involved and long-term government suicide. . . " Would seem to be uncontroversial on this list - even quickly perusing corrupted list archives. This entire list is predicated on discussions about what comes after the death of Uncle Scam - ' Cryptoanarchism ' in a nutshell. I would argue the effective death of the USA has already happened back in May 2005. Your mileage may vary - obviously a rattlesnake may be dangerous for a while after having its head severed. It would also seem uncontroversial to say the old Arpanet soon escaped any real chance of centralized command-and-control and as the freewheeling anarchic internet has been - on the whole - a boon to most humanity. Not really that complicated - and as I said - it only took 20 years from 1985 - 2005 to take over effective global hegemony from the Great Satan. " Victory is here - its just not evenly distributed " - William Gibson As for comments implying most people need enlightened leadership - as an anarchist, I violently reject these. Examples . . . " . . . that fact would no longer be apparent to anybody who didn't have the accurate archive or at least an excellent memory. . . " ( Dumbell's loser-victim whining about being cheated somehow ) or even worse 2011 JULIAN ' The 95% of the population which comprise the flock.. ' ASSANGE - the arrogant, ignorant cypherpunk megalomaniac at work. But anyway here's one really easy way to stop being pushed around by the net - get off it. Logically the loudest whiners ought to be the first to leave ( Batshit-crazies excepted ) I believed and still believe that the Internet is a threat to all forms of ignorance and arrogance. Given the chance - by Cypherpunk 2027 - we may even start to roll back common, or garden insanity. Welcome to the global anarchist revolution.

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Cryptocurrency: Is Political, Requires Prepared Mind to Win the Crypto Wars
by grarpamp 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTR-kfr0PUc https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/133586/russia-set-to-recognize-crypto… https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-modern-financial-system-is-a-debt-based-py… https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/02/11/russian-opposition-finds-refuge-i… " With Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the U.S and EU are imposing financial sanctions on Russia and will essentially attempt to exclude them from the international economy. I think Russia's response to this is pretty obvious and telegraphed, they are going to embrace Bitcoin so that their oligarchs and members of government can continue to transact internationally. Hopefully their citizens are also allowed to use it without too much regulation, but not holding my breath. We've already seen the draft bill of this, and now more than ever they have a justification to accelerate this. I don't know whether it happens in the next three weeks or next six month, but it appears to me that the course is set. Putin has been yearning to invade Ukraine ever since 2014, but the financial sanctions that would ensue were probably enough of a deterrent. Up until now. Putin now has an alternative, and he seems to have gained enough confidence in Bitcoin's decentralized and uncensorable attributes to use it to circumvent the international dollar system. The reason for this post is to remind people that if/when Russia does this, you might want to reconsider how open you are in public about being a Bitcoiner. If Russia adopts Bitcoin, the legacy media and politicians are going to very quickly shape and pressure public opinion into believing that Bitcoin is to blame for Russia's sudden immunity to financial sanctions. They will call it a dictator's weapon and the reason why their financial warfare tactics are no longer effective. It could even get so bad as to a minority of media claiming that Bitcoiners are colluding with the Russian state. Stuff like "The only reason why you own Bitcoin is to transact with the Russian state" or " Anyone promoting Bitcoin is promoting Russia". (Writing these easy to predict quips makes me feel physically sick). I personally have nothing but hatred and disgust for Vladimir Putin. He has shown on countless occasions that he is a psychopathic tyrant who uses force to coerce millions of people in doing things that are beneficial to him and detrimental to them. He is a net negative for humanity. However, Bitcoin is a neutral technology that is available to all. To dictators and freedom fighters alike. What each person decides to do with that tool is fully their responsibility and has nothing to do with the tool itself. For example, if it weren't for Bitcoin, there would not be any political opposition in Russia in the first place. Just as Putin can benefit by adopting Bitcoin, he can also be tremendously harmed by it. Bitcoin is apolitical. I know that everyone in this sub understands this. But the majority of people do not. And I'm afraid that the topic of Bitcoin is about to get disgustingly politicized. If this is the case (I really hope I'm wrong), then you might want to reconsider how open you are about being a Bitcoiner. The decision will be 100% yours. Some will be defiant and brave enough to take on the senseless criticism heads on. Others will prefer to self-censor to avoid the emotionally draining societal pressure. Every person will know for themselves what the best course of action depending on their unique set of circumstances. Be mindful that full scale social and political ostracization can be mentally very, very tough. All I'm saying is to that it´s probably a good idea to decide ahead of time how you are going to act in case this likely scenario does indeed play out. This way you can minimize any regret. And, I can only hope that this amazing community will continue to be a refuge for divergent and politically alienated people. Whatever you decide to do, I feel confident in saying that Bitcoiners will keep on having each other´s back. " "I buy Bitcoin because I'm able to take my money (effectively my time/life!) and buy something that is not controlled by either Putin or Biden." https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lewis-herber-murray-bookchin-toward… " I'm open about my Bitcoiner status to the point where the only shirts I wear now are Bitcoin shirts to McDonalds ad level expose people to it that I come across every day. If someone ever says anything about Bitcoin, I always get the conversation on how the dollar and fiat systems like it are the biggest ponzi schemes ever invented. From there, I have years worth of data material to bring up to prove that case. Those conversations always end up with people questioning the security risks of their dollar instead of the risks of Bitcoin. "

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Cryptocurrency: #StopCBDCs - A Passported Nightmare 1984 w Rogan+Mawaz
by grarpamp 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

https://odysee.com/@BITCOIN:d77/Joe-Rogan-Printing-Press-Moment-For-Currenc… https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ugbn7cuab3mNgKbo81ajM Joe Rogan with Maajid Mawaz #1780 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses WarOnCash WarOnPrivacy 1984 "CBDCs need to be stopped or else we are in a world of shit." "I think this kind of system might require a digital ID system to be in place first, so that it can be tied to your digital ID. I think this might be why they're pushing so hard for digital ID." "And he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. -- Rev13:17 NASB" #StopCBDCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stN03wk_Wzs Crypto sinks FiatState ships “Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice. -- Dostoevsky" "Nation state conflicts create uncertainty, constrain production, weaken currency, cripple trade, and undermine credit, making investments in debt & equity riskier and underscoring the benefit of converting treasury assets into pure digital energy. -- Saylor" " It is not a "competitor" of Bitcoin It uses the revolutionary parts of Bitcoin they like, like twisting Bitcoin's technology to make an infinite amount of tokens on a closed block chain, and omitting the best parts like the decentralized, censorship-resistant, open blockchain parts. It's a centralized control grid, using the next form of money to control you. What you buy, when you bought it, and the location of deliveries, receipts, transactions can all be held and categorized, for future use, including future criminal classification. " " They know exactly who you are sending funds to, and who that person is and what their business is that you are likely buying. They can freeze or reverse any transaction, even if the guy already spent it, they can unravel it all. You underestimate just how nasty it is. Suddenly your and his accounts are frozen. And not just your main bank account, everything. Your salary, your bills, your whole life is frozen. Anything with the stink of your name now gets scrutinized. You head to the bank service dept and beg for an explanation, or service. You spend hours on the phone or in lines. They run you in circles everyday. "We cannot tell you if your account is frozen, or if it is why it is frozen" If you are lucky, maybe they are satisfied with you being a good little servant, and let you go, after some steep fines. If not, you are basically an exile in your own home. Fuck that future. " https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/02/22/canadas-osc-warns-crypto-excha… Bitcoin wallet maker gets order from Canada to "freeze" wallets: Nunchuk, a wallet developer recently received an order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to "freeze" bitcoin wallets of truckers and "release data." Such actions are obviously impossible for a wallet developer. In a response, Nunchuk let the court know: "We do not collect user identification information other than email addresses. We also do not have keys. Therefore, we cannot "freeze" our users' assets. We cannot "prevent" them from being moved. We have no knowledge of "the existence, nature, value and location" of our users' assets. This is by design." Nigeria: Young People Ditch the Naira for Crypto as Inflation hits 16% https://beincrypto.com/nigeria-young-people-ditch-the-naira-for-crypto-than…

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Internet as CIA plot
by professor rat 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

JULIAN " the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen. The internet is a threat to human civilization " ASSANGE 2012 JULIAN "of course Russia understands this game and Putin understands this game for a long time now" ASSANGE 2013 "The Internet first appeared as a special CIA project, and this is how it's developing," - Russian KGB agent. Vladimir Putin

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Censorship: Erasing History to Repeat Futures, FOIA, ArchiveTeam, DataHoards
by grarpamp 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Erasing history, leaves you with no history, no past, no future... Slaves, Natives, subjects of War, MKULTRA victims, and more, were all broken from their history, intentionally set adrift, wrecked, abused, the lost peoples. ...no history to learn from, no backreference no index remaining to give pause when at brink of repeating future wreckage. Governments the biggest erasers, not even FOIA can resist erasing itself, its lists of what history was, soon gone to archivists and historians. The Internet... a Mosiac built of random free disk space, some of which may survive through millenia, whether copied maintained and passed down, or unearthed as artifacts. Request, file, save, and publish whatever your interests, the curious bits of history that only you have noticed... FOIAs, internet scrapes, docs, images, media, real world, surface and alternative news, archives of archives... today. Erased history can never be recovered and learned from... Hundreds of US geographic sites to be renamed to eliminate offensive words https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/22/us-gegraphic-sites-renamed-… Hundreds of US geographic sites to be renamed to eliminate offensive words A task force will prioritize a list of replacement names and present them to the federal Board on Geographic Names later this year In November 2021, Haaland declared "squaw" a derogatory term, and a popular California ski resort changed its name to Palisades Tahoe earlier this year. Photograph: Tim Dunn/AP US officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for hundreds of geographic sites in three dozen states that currently include an offensive word, kicking off a public comment period that will run through late April. Indigenous nations sue North Dakota over ‘sickening’ gerrymandering US Interior secretary Deb Haaland in November formally declared the term “squaw” derogatory and initiated a process to remove the word from use by the federal government and to replace other existing derogatory place names. Haaland, the first Indigenous US cabinet secretary, said in a statement Tuesday that words matter, particularly as the agency works to make the nation’s public lands and waters accessible and welcoming to people of all backgrounds. “Consideration of these replacements is a big step forward in our efforts to remove derogatory terms whose expiration dates are long overdue,” she said. “Throughout this process, broad engagement with tribes, stakeholders and the general public will help us advance our goals of equity and inclusion.” The agency is planning three virtual meetings to consult with tribes in March, and written comments will be accepted through 24 April. I was raised beside ‘Squaw Peak’ – it’s time to change America’s offensive place names Under Haaland’s order, the first action by a task force made up of officials from several federal departments was to finalize a decision to replace a full spelling of the derogatory term with “sq––” for all official related communications. It also will be up to the task force to prioritize the list of replacement names and make recommendations to the Board on Geographic Names before it meets later this year. As part of the process, the US Geological Survey came up with five candidate names for each geographic feature. The list includes more than 660 sites in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Idaho and many other states. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Board on Geographic Names took action to eliminate the use of derogatory terms related to Black and Japanese people. Over the past two decades, the board has received 261 proposals to replace geographic features with “squaw” in the name, according to the interior department. The board also voted in 2008 to change the name of a prominent Phoenix mountain from Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak to honor Army Spc. Lori Piestewa, the first Indigenous American woman to die in combat while serving in the US military. The Arizona Senate recently passed a memorial asking the federal government to replace the names of geographic features in the Grand Canyon region with Indigenous American names to promote an understanding of and appreciation for the “unique and significant cultures and heritage of the Grand Canyon’s tribal peoples”. Lawmakers in that state also are considering a measure that would require the Arizona board on geographic and historic names to rename anything that includes the offensive word. Unlike erased history, buried history can sometimes be recovered and learned from... Lavish Roman mosaic is biggest found in London for 50 years https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/22/lavish-roman-mosaic-is-bigg… Archaeologists say ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ finds near London Bridge are from heyday of Londinium The site, near the Shard, is thought to have been a staging post for travellers entering or leaving Roman London on the north side of the Thames. Photograph: MOLA/Andy Chopping Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent @harrietsherwood The largest expanse of Roman mosaic found in London for more than half a century has been unearthed at a site believed to have been a venue for high-ranking officials to lounge in while being served food and drink. Dating from the late second century to the early third century, the mosaic’s flowers and geometric patterns were a thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime find, said Antonietta Lerz, of the Museum of London Archaeology (Mola). It was discovered about a month ago at a construction site near London Bridge. The mosaic, which is eight metres long, will be lifted later this year for preservation and conservation work, with the eventual hope of it being publicly displayed. The main mosaic incorporates flowers, geometric patterns and a twisted-rope design. Photograph: MOLA/Andy Chopping Its main panel features large, colourful flowers surrounded by bands incorporating a twisted-rope design, set within a red tessellated floor. There are also geometric elements and lotus flowers in the main mosaic and a smaller nearby panel. David Neal, an expert in Roman mosaic, has attributed the design of the larger panel to a team of mosaicists known as the Acanthus group, who developed a unique style. The smaller panel is a close parallel to one unearthed in Trier, Germany, suggesting that London artisans travelled abroad. The archaeologists from Mola, who have worked at the site since last June, believe the room housing the mosaic was a triclinium, containing dining couches on which people would recline to eat and drink while admiring the decorative flooring. The walls were also richly decorated. A smaller panel was found that is similar to a mosaic unearthed in Trier, Germany. Photograph: MOLA/Andy Chopping The triclinium may have been part of a Roman mansio, effectively an upmarket motel offering accommodation, dining and stabling to state officials and couriers travelling to and from Londinium across the river. The footprint of the building is still being uncovered, but it appears to have been a large complex around a central courtyard. A bone hairpin, likely to have been worn by a fashionable woman of high status. Photograph: MOLA/Andy Chopping Another large Roman building was also found at the site, which archaeologists say was likely to have been the private residence of a wealthy individual or family. Traces of lavishly painted walls, terrazzo and mosaic floors, coins and jewellery have been found. Among the items recovered are a decorated bronze brooch, a bone hairpin and a sewing needle. “These finds are associated with high-status women who were following the latest fashions and the latest hairstyles,” said Lerz. It was “the heyday of Roman London”, she added. “The buildings on this site were of very high status. The people living here were living the good life.” The site is being redeveloped as The Liberty of Southwark, a complex of offices, homes and shops that is a joint-venture by U+I and Transport for London (TfL).

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Plebbit: A P2P Reddit
by grarpamp 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

https://github.com/plebbit/whitepaper Plebbit is a serverless, adminless, decentralized Reddit alternative that has no blockchain transactions fees and uses captchas over peer-to-peer pubsub to prevent spam. - Whitepaper: https://github.com/plebbit/whitepaper/discussions/2 - Reddit thread: https://redd.it/qijq8r - Reddit thread 2: https://redd.it/ps9udt - IPFS thread: https://discuss.ipfs.io/t/12158 - ETHResearch thread: https://ethresear.ch/t/10523 - Telegram: https://t.me/plebbit - Twitter: https://twitter.com/getplebbit

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NYCCoin NYC (24 hrs.)
by Gunnar Larson 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

NYCCOIN PRICE CHART $0.0018 $-0.01 (-13.36%)

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