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Cryptocurrency: China, CBDC's, GovBanks... Running Scared
by grarpamp 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

> https://news.yahoo.com/china-deems-cryptocurrency-transactions-illegal-1112… > https://slate.com/business/2021/09/china-bans-crypto-sec-regulations.html > Jim Bell's comment:China's government finally realized that cryptocurrency > will ultimately destroy them. China demonstrates caged animal response. Now that China Gov spent their load (again), the Chinese people still happily move and trade crypto amongst themselves, no corporate exchanges needed, just labor, tradegoods, even what little fiat remains... p2p across the internet, lands, and seas. https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1441846960332361730 2.1 million Salvadorans are ACTIVELY USING @chivowallet (not downloads). Chivo is not a bank, but in less than 3 weeks, it now has more users than any bank in El Salvador and is moving fast to have more users that ALL BANKS IN EL SALVADOR combined. This is wild! #Bitcoin :) Republican lawmakers say China’s recent crackdown on financial technologies could offer an opportunity for the U.S. to press its advantage in innovation. - “China is missing a huge opportunity here, and we’d be remiss if we made the same mistake” Forget about China... There are 100m people in India who hold crypto compared to 27m in the states. They are buying up crypto and their government has a favorable stance on crypto as an asset class. Why is my bank concerned about me losing money buying crypto but don’t mind me losing my money gambling? If the SEC is suing Crypto exchanges citing ponzi schemes and scams, why not sue all banks and Governments? China bans Bitcoin which was banned already but needed to be banned again because the last ban didn’t ban it enough so we must ban again. Twitter rolls out tipping with bitcoin, explores verifying NFT profile pics A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it's currently outperforming the S&P 500 Microstrategy CEO, Michael Saylor On China Banning BTC And Crypto: “Nothing Has Created More Wealth In The Past Decade Than Technologies Banned In China” Have made a personal decision to stop buying or using Chinese goods and services until the government removes the ban on Bitcoin and Crypto. Have also sold my shares in Chinese companies. China ban is a signal for success, not a signal for failure. They have a great history of proving it too - Google, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, Reddit, OneDrive, Netflix, Zoom, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter & Bitcoin! China's Bitcoin ban isn't new | China banned Bitcoin for the first time in 2013 | They are creating FUD Bitcoin Price crashes from $1200 to $800 as China Outlaws Crypto Transactions - 6th December 2013 Thank you China for turning me into a impenetrable diamond holder who knows no fear

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Fear of a dark universe
by professor rat 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

" Degree's of Nazi Freedom " Mongo was commenting here just before his long overdue demise https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=12492#comments "... a new book (his first was The Jazz of Physics) out, Fear of a Black Universe: an Outsider’s Guide to the Future of Physics. It’s quite interesting, with much of the earlier parts describing some of his experiences making a career for himself as a theorist, together with explanations of the physics background. .."

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Freedom loving Chinese Vs low cunts like Julian Assmange & Jim Bell
by professor rat 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

WikiLeaks hasn’t spread a word of support for the Hong Kong protesters or for ANY of the lands and countries oppressed by nowadays Chinese government, including Chinese citizens.They just highlight "ooh the US govt is supporting the protests!" http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/-wikileaks-related-news/23/no-comment-wikile…

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China deems all cryptocurrency transactions illegal
by professor rat 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

So much for all those idiots braying that China was now ' capitalist '! As if Marxist-Communism hadn't been compatible with state-capitalism since Lenin. Funny thing about todays Commie's - they keep looking to big, strong, powerful blue-collar unions to redeem Marxism. Trouble is the police unions don't seem terribly interested. And now even funnier - the inverse-Marxist, Lunar-Right clustered around Bitcoin keep looking to big, strong powerful corporates to redeem Satoshi. Trouble with that is now woke-capitalists have to watch their energy backs. ButwaittheresMORE! Like an inverse Marxist, Tim May tended to believe that the inexorable expansion of private cryptography made the victory of crypto-anarchism inevitable. A new “balance of power between individuals and larger entities” was already emerging. He predicted with some confidence “the end of governments as we know them”. Another even more extreme cypherpunk of the libertarian Right, Jim Bell, like an inverse Leninist, thought that history might need a push. FROM https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2011/february/1324596189/robert-manne/c… Seems to me the only good inverse-Marxist is a dead one ( Once they've done their job ) Its good John Galt and Mongo are gone - when will Jim Dumbell join them?

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Slate: Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin
by jim bell 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

Slate: Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin. https://slate.com/business/2021/09/china-bans-crypto-sec-regulations.html

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New Extremely Energy-Efficient Optical “Transistor” Speeds Up Computation Up to 1,000 Times – SciTechDaily
by jim bell 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

https://scitechdaily.com/new-extremely-energy-efficient-optical-transistor-…

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China deems all cryptocurrency transactions illegal
by jim bell 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

https://news.yahoo.com/china-deems-cryptocurrency-transactions-illegal-1112… China's central bank declared on Friday that all cryptocurrencies are illegal, banning crypto-related transactions and cryptocurrency mining, according to Reut... Jim Bell's comment:China's government finally realized that cryptocurrency will ultimately destroy them.

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Adam Back's day's are numbered
by professor rat 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

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 #BuyAvax

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Honky Kraken finds MORE votes for Biden!?
by professor rat 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Honky Kraken's Cyber-ninja Division has reportedly found some more votes for Biden in the Arid-Zone. Thanks a lot morons - Thanks a hell of a lot! Yet more proof Gramps, Hettinga and Jim Dumbell are too stupid to be activists let alone anarchists. Oh, and John Young and Julian Assmange are just criminal garbage. But you knew that.

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Dead Sheriff in aisle three
by professor rat 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

https://dailyhodl.com/2021/09/23/sec-chair-gary-gensler-calls-blockchain-te…

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