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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
I find it ironic that people seem intent on holding Tether to a much higher standard than banks. I know there are certain legal guarantees applied to banks along with regulations, but all evidence points to Tether being in a much safer posi
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Very discouraging. Few people seem to realise the importance of the direction of browser development, setting standards of the web etc. The situation is very bad.
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
>Buyer protection has rarely been something one needs. I disagree, I think it is the biggest factor. I used it several times and I know other people who have too. >you can't (easily) charge back already effectuated transfer I pro
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Fraud. Hacked bank accounts. Chargebacks. The brutality of banking customer service. These are all good reasons. PayPal does have a dispute system for 'buyer/seller protection'.
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Every day I see news that makes me ask myself... the world decided 'lockdowns are worth it and you're an anti-vaxxer if you disagree'.... using calculations that ignored how many factors?
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
The term Public Relations was coined by Edward Bernays, whom wrote the incredibly influential book quite literally called 'Propaganda' in 1928. That should make it clear enough.
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
The question itself presupposes that there is an investigation, so they are essentially saying that if there were such materials it would be covered by that reason. FOIA would be abused like crazy to unearth classified information if this m
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
>A FOIA response of this nature indicates there's some level of investigation occurring How is that possible when it says "the Commission does not disclose the existence or non-existence of an investigation"?
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
"the Commission does not disclose the existence or non-existence of an investigation" seems to make it clear that law enforcement activities may not exist either. In order to comply with that, they would not be able to answer some
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
The same form of letter was sent a month ago, so that just reflects badly on them
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
I don't know about Canada specifically, but generally there are situations where one can be waiting for a residence permit or waiting to be fully registered as a resident, etc. It can take several months in some western European countr
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Yes. The tweet crops out a following paragraph that says it should not be taken as evidence that an investigation is underway. So this is fake news. You can see the full letter here: https://twitter.com/CryptoWhale/stat
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
The fees and inconvenience are only an issue for regular traders that are repeatedly buying and selling. For 6+ figure amounts it is even better to use 'over the counter' peer-to-peer services. Companies that are buying hundreds o
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Does this basically force people to have a Canadian bank account to survive?
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Funnily enough, localbitcoins has required KYC for some time, and even prohibited face-to-face cash trades. However there are alternatives such a localmonero and localcryptos so you are correct in concept.
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
I keep seeing Australians online saying this meme that Australians care a lot about coffee quality, but when I lived there everyone I knew would make instant coffee at home. Then they were often highly critical of espresso at cafes. Odd
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
The current algorithm takes a completely different approach compared to when there were failures several years ago. It's not marketing, people have been rightfully sceptical but it seems like it works
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
In an imagined future where well-designed custody systems were the norm, bad actors would realise there's no point because they don't want to be locked in a house torturing someone for 3 days for no payoff
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
>it takes renewable energy reserves away from something useful Not necessarily true because energy transport and storage can be a serious issue that makes other usages impractical. Bitcoin mining can be done at the energy source regardle
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Monero addresses this by using an ASIC-resistant proof of work algorithm: general purpose hardware is used for mining, which won't just be thrown away because it can be sold and used for other purposes
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
All of those points seem invalid to me when you consider that people have the option for custodial multi-signature systems and time-delays etc. If you want certain behaviour you can do it, often without giving a corrupt organisation complet
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Unnecessary intermediaries should be removed. Especially intermediaries with a horrendous corruption track record that coerce you to let them hold your money. Money that can be printed at will by some people in power is also quite a joke; c
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
You have a great point and for this reason Monero should be viewed differently. It is not bitcoin. However, the technology is just not at the point where you can have a protocol that is fixed in stone, and bitcoin is not something that I th
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
> was basically told to fuck off. Provide information about your issues and they would be grateful. > official desktop gui clients is completely unusable It has improved significantly over time, perhaps this was a long time ago?
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
It is not safe to use Bitcoin and other traceable cryptocurrencies. I for one don't want to be tortured with a drill and there is a long list of such events: https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks Some
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Yes. This is intentional and required to make it possible to opt-in to revealing transaction information. This is useful and enables compliance with current regulations. Of course you can delete that key if you want, and perhaps run multipl
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
> the decoy based privacy protocols Monero uses are not really private at all. This is simply not true, otherwise you should present real evidence. It is not perfect, but nothing ever will be, and Monero continues to move forward and use
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
There was a bug, with which the Zcash developers could have used to generate infinite coins for themselves, and it so far cannot be proven that this did not occur. I do not know how so few people are aware of it. I do not mean the trusted s
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
The block reward will continue to repeatedly halve over time until it reaches zero and dramatically decreases the incentive to mine. That requires no changes. >"Why can't my car do 600km/h, it can only do 200km/h?&quo
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by ajkdhcb2 5y ago
Do you know what the lightning network is? It changes all of these relationships, and it is key to what we are talking about, but you didnt mention it in this comment. Separately to the lightning network, the security (hashrate, energy usag

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