Cryptocurrency: Anonymous to Invest $75M of Crypto to Develop Privacy Coins and Anon Tech

[Zenaan Harkness]

Jim, if you want any success, John appears right when he suggested
you link your system with targetting pedophiles - Joe Blogs in the
public tends to be motivated in protecting his young daughters,
nieces etc, and although I think your idea is a flawed idea, you
might get public traction at the moment with all the hoohah around
Epstein and the Clintons.



On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 06:50:39PM +0000, jim bell wrote:
>  This Fund, and perhaps implied offer, seems to have arrived at just the right time.   I have proposed that an alternative to TOR be constructed, and that is certainly not an idea that is new with my proposal. Anybody who is uncomfortable with TOR should want to see real competition.
> I have found, by obtaining a quotation, that the hardware costs are probably going to be $80 per node, and it would be good if 1000 nodes could be achieved, at least initially.  People could host these nodes at their businesses and homes where they are already paying for Internet service.  
> I think we should appply for some of these funds.  Potentially, they could subsidize the hardware, say $80,000.   They could also subsidize a portion of the internet service costs:  I suggest the subsidy be set to approximately difference between the cost of 40 Mbit/second service, maybe $40 per month, and 1 gigabit/second service, which for Centurylink I believe to be $65/month.  (and there appears to currently be no monthly data-limit for 1 Gig service.)
> This would powerfully motivate people to offer to host a node, because they would be getting the 1 gigabit service upgrade essentially for free.  This might also provide funds for development of the software, which is a task in itself.  A subsidy of $25/month is about $300/year, and multiplied by 1000 nodes amounts to $300,000, or a total of about $380,000 for the first year.  
> Can anybody imagine a more worthy, concrete proposal to accomplish what this 'Unknown Fund' proposes to accomplish?  And its yearly cost represents less than 1/2 of a percent of the proposed fund.  
>            Jim Bell
> 
> 
>     On Thursday, November 14, 2019, 01:48:41 PM PST, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:  
>  
>  https://www.unknown.fund/
> 
> "
> Unknown Fund - Press Release 11/13/2019
> 
> We are going to invest and donate $75 million of bitcoin in startups
> that help anonymity ideas. Preferred niches are personal data
> protection, tools for online anonymity, cryptocurrencies, blockchain.
> 
> 
> Unknown Fund is Going to Invest and Donate $75 Million for the
> Development of Ideas of Anonymity
> 
> The anonymous organisation Unknown Fund has announced that it intends
> to invest and donate $75 million in bitcoin to startups which directly
> or indirectly support the idea of anonymity. Preference will be given
> to the following niches: protection of personal data, tools for
> anonymity, cryptocurrency and blockchain.
> 
> The organizers of the fund are ordinary, anonymous people from
> different countries who met on the 4chan English-language imageboard.
> In a brief to our news agency Anonymous said:
> 
> “We are you, we are your sons and daughters, brothers and sisters,
> friends and colleagues. Our ranks consist of representatives of many
> countries and nationalities, united by a virtual comradely spirit and
> the belief that we are fighting for the good of many, and not for the
> benefit of some. Anonymous is the voice of those who believe in truth,
> freedom and the right to self-expression.”
> 
> The Unknown Fund sees the protection of personal data as one of the
> main challenges for modern man. The use of data has already become a
> powerful tool for manipulating people. The effectiveness of this tool
> is both amazing and frightening.
> 
> Using as examples the ultra-targeted advertising used in Brexit
> campaigns and in the last presidential elections in the United States,
> one can see how easy it is to manipulate public opinion with enough
> personal data. However, the manipulation of people occurs not only in
> big politics, but also in our daily lives. A perfect example is the
> level of addiction that the general population has to social networks
> - addiction orchestrated and achieved by corporations.
> 
> Anonymous added:
> 
> “Now the main goal of large corporations is to collect as much
> information as possible about the personal lives of people, and then
> use it for their enrichment. And they do a great job of it by making
> ordinary people get poorer. We are ready to fight for change and
> protect people."
> 
> The Unknown Fund also sees incredible opportunities to protect the
> rights and freedoms of people that technology such as blockchain and
> cryptocurrencies give us. This is a chance for humanity to create a
> new environment, a new and honest monetary system, and to make the
> world a better place.
> 
> Unknown Fund suggests investment in commercial startups and donations
> to nonprofit organizations. Investing is just the beginning. Anonymous
> have developed a number of strategies and methods that will be
> announced later.
> 
> Anonymous ended the brief with the words:
> 
> “If you believe in freedom of speech and the media, and most
> importantly, in a free and accessible Internet, then you are also
> Anonymous. Our opponents should not doubt our determination or
> conviction. We will continue to fight as much as necessary to achieve
> our goal.”
> 
> "