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Cryptocurrency: Decrypt: Competition Bitcoin Quantum Computers, PQChat
by grarpamp 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

On 11/18/20, jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Decrypt: Inside the Competition That Will Save Bitcoin From Quantum Computers. > https://decrypt.co/48107/inside-the-competition-that-will-save-bitcoin-from… https://www.post-quantum.com/ It's McEliece, them combined with DJB's group, see NIST competition... https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2020/pqc-third-round-candidate-announcement People are not very happy with legacy cryptocurrencies, they will fall to new cryptocurrencies unless they address the following asap... - privacy - storage that grows only as function of UTXO count, not of TX count - native tx rate - pqc - asic hard, cpu gpu easy Users and the crypto world should subject a company, that believes PQC should be pulled off the shelves, to the most severe levels of inquisition, inspection, vigilance, and opensource audits... https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pqchat-worlds-most-secure-messaging-app-unbreakab… https://hacker10.com/mobile-phone/encrypted-mobile-phone-chat-video-and-cal… https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10845918/WhatsApp-rival-PQchat-… https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/pqchat-messaging-encryption-quantum-com… https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.quora.com/Is-PQchat-as-secure-as-t… https://android-full-encryption.blogspot.com/2020/03/should-you-switch-from… "We're not asking the right question [when we talk about encryption]," says Andersen Cheng, the chief executive of cryptography company Post Quantum. "In the intelligence world sometimes metadata is more important." Cheng said he developed a messaging app but pulled it when it appeared on an Islamic State recommended apps list. https://decrypt.co/48107/inside-the-competition-that-will-save-bitcoin-from… Post-Quantum’s ambitions ... The protocol ... was the backbone of its short-lived quantum-secure chat app; the company removed it from the Google Play store after ISIS started using it to coordinate attacks. “Too much hassle,” said Cheng. “Don’t get me wrong—we still want to make some money out of it,” said Cheng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nqemxK3Bsc PQChat from SRD Wireless, PQ Solutions, and Post-Quantum Andersen Cheng

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Russian cypherpunk farm - video - [ENJOY] [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

Good value :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ4DnVfWYQ Russian ‘Cyberpunk Farm’ Video Goes Viral, Gets Praise From Russian Space Agency Chief https://sputniknews.com/viral/202011211081236412-russian-cyberpunk-farm-vid…

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Tom's Hardware: Asus Release Raspberry Pi Competitor Tinkerboard 2 and 2S
by jim bell 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

Tom's Hardware: Asus Release Raspberry Pi Competitor Tinkerboard 2 and 2S. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tinkerboard-2-and-tinkerboard-2s-announced

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LACKEY by name...
by professor rat 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

Forgotten, but not gone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Lackey An expert of phishing from constant practice, but not a cypherpunk revolutionaries octal.

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ForSale: Arecibo Radio Telescope - Own the Ultimate Nerd Toy for Galactic $BTC Tx
by grarpamp 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

For immediate listing and redistribution... The iconic world recognized Arecibo Radio Telescope is for sale. US Gov won't assume risk to save, presents unique corporate / nonprofit opportunity. Send bonafide privatization offer to the NSF ASAP. DISTRESSED PROPERTY - FIRE SALE PRICING IN EFFECT !!! Older model, runs good, newer updates, many parsecs still left in her, needs work, as is where is. Bitcoin-BTC at all time highs, cash in a few chips, pitch kind Buffet types for grants, etc. Potential negotiated price: $0 + restoration + future public timeshare allotment - future public private timeshare revenue - concession for deploying expert crypto adoption team to Puerto Rico (including permanent 0% capital gains tax, international independence to develop PR crypto economy) - Contact 2 and Bond 30 film royalties. Buyer to assume ground restoration liability. Suggested parts list... A few helicopters, a team of suicidal cable riggers and ground workers, 150m sectional scaffold with hydraulic jacking stage, hydrogen balloons, concrete mixers, rebar, roughly 20km of various size cable, robotic cable crawler, drones, one steel j-hook with throat 20cm ID x 35cm OD x length 150cm with cable termination blocks, hydraulic shears and cable crimpers, pulleys, boring machines, aluminum sheet, watercolor paint for roulette wheel casino advertising space, solar array, led lights for street effects at night, etc. Mechanical data... 900 ton x 150m high x 305m diameter per pylon - 4 main cables, 3 aux cable breaks - one pylon: 1 main outer left, 1 aux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZAWqk-wrzc All access https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBLgYXytaP0 drone 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1T9ZbytyFo drone 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xoC3krzuGA drone 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbjJGifeSY drone 4 https://www.planetary.org/articles/0409-arecibo-observatory-earthquake-repa… https://media.wired.com/photos/5f3324df5a395152625e9b6f/master/w_2560%2Cc_l… https://media.wired.com/photos/5b22ffac11196626aaeb1693/master/w_2560%2Cc_l… https://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/press/ALFA/images/installation/From_above_60… https://www.naic.edu/~astro/aotms/performance/StructureDynamics.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1155/2014/823028 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228610576_Dynamic_Behavior_of_the_… News... https://www.ucf.edu/news/tag/arecibo-observatory/ https://www.ucf.edu/news/arecibo-observatory-telescope-to-be-decommissioned… https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-delivers-engineering-options-for-arecibo-obser… https://www.ucf.edu/news/a-second-cable-fails-at-nsfs-arecibo-observatory-i… https://www.ucf.edu/news/update-on-arecibo-observatory-facility-after-teles… https://www.ucf.edu/news/broken-cable-damages-arecibo-observatory/ https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301674 https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-radio-telescope-to-be-destroyed https://old.reddit.com/search/?sort=top&q=arecibo Info... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory http://www.naic.edu/~newslet/no37/NAICNo37.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3WiRunOsWY https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-science-impact-and-culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_for_extraterrestrial_intelligence

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Cryptocurrency: Sealand - Draugen-style Concrete Platforms Getting Cheaper at $20k/btc
by grarpamp 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

This one might be for sale or offerable this decade, last transacted for $525M. Build new for cheaper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draugen_oil_field https://draugen.industriminne.no/en/2018/05/14/the-draugen-platform-a-uniqu… https://www.offshore-mag.com/production/article/14187077/okea-ordered-to-ac…

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Of course blockchain voting works in practice...
by professor rat 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

...but it will never work in theory! https://decrypt.co/48777/blockchain-voting-ceo-shoots-down-researchers-warn… Speaking of MIT concern-trolls this might interest some freivolk around here. https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/08/13/166766/bitcoins-dark-side-could…

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Still platform-agnostic on Black-box-APster Vs ' Open-source " or Soft-drill APster
by professor rat 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

May the best platform win and don't be afraid of the dark. https://decrypt.co/48958/cardanos-charles-hoskinson-how-crypto-should-work-…

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Cryptocurrency: Rothschild holds GBTC
by grarpamp 21 Nov '20

21 Nov '20

https://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-overview.html?t=GB… Name SharesHeld %TotalSharesHeld SharesChange %ChgfromPriorPort %TotalAssets DateofPortfolio Rothschild Investment Corp 11,500 0 11,500 New 0.02 06/30/2019 Banks and other interesting "traditional players" and parties have been showing up in worldwide crypto securities markets for years.

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ASSASSINS of Dune
by professor rat 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

FRANK Herbert came to favor a government-shredding system of “great juries.” To check leaders and stymie bureaucrats, computers would randomly select jurors and give them the power to “fire anybody in government for cause — anybody, without recourse” — from the president on down. " APster " in a word.

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