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earnesti
3y ago
There are browser addons for pgp, for example. However none have gained big popularity.
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earnesti
3y ago
I wonder how often they freeze accounts, and it is the wrong person, but he is also doing something illegal or shady and can't provide proof of funds so the funds remain locked.
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earnesti
3y ago
Obscurity and secrecy are different things. Though I agree with you. Moderate amount of well implemented obscurity is helpful.
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earnesti
3y ago
How many years have you been waiting? Tether was launched in 2014...
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earnesti
3y ago
Hentai collection and the data mining code analyzing the relevant parts.
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earnesti
3y ago
> PayPal will happily seize both on a whim and without recourse. It is likely that they will way less likely freeze the funds that are stored on the blockchain, as everyone will see it happening real time and the general public can also
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earnesti
3y ago
I kind of assumed that you can self-custody paypalusd. Otherwise, what would be the point? Of course self-custody is a bit misleading as they are any way IOU notes.
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earnesti
3y ago
You can run one server instance that is always online? Less stress because no need for high availability.
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3y ago
It is funny, but in one company I was working for, the more people they added the more they neglected all basics, such as backups. There were heavy processes for many things and they were followed very well, but for whatever reasons some re
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earnesti
3y ago
They have nice lock-ins though
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earnesti
3y ago
If you are starting from AWS, it is likely there are many ways to save tons of money by just moving away from AWS.
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earnesti
3y ago
Hopefully more user friendly...
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earnesti
3y ago
What books are your favourite military scifi?
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earnesti
3y ago
I use Bitcoin a lot and I typically pay 10 cents for LN payment, and 50 cents for onchain. There have been very short periods when fees have peaked and you had to pay 10 bucks if you wanted it instantly.
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earnesti
3y ago
I would have rather have every protocol to supply endless amount of ice cream.
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earnesti
3y ago
But there is varying degrees of trust required. Also the quality of trust.
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earnesti
3y ago
What I know about PE firms in Europe, they mostly operate the same way as in the US. There are plenty of PE firms and in general to me it feels like they are more popular here than US actually, as with LP's they are perceived as lower
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earnesti
3y ago
Crypto people constantly point to this video as some kind of evidence that the SEC is clueless. Maybe it just doesn't make sense for them to give clear answers in that kind of hearings,or answers related to specific crypto token. Just
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earnesti
4y ago
The company definitely ain't valued 1B any more, that's your problem. You have taken more money in than the company is worth.
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earnesti
4y ago
They could have opened an account at binance for sure
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earnesti
4y ago
It doesn't have an identity, so it just creates something random. It is irrelevant for many use cases I would guess.
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earnesti
4y ago
Whether 650 is a lot or not is totally subjective. That's why banks normally have customer specific risk thresholds.
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earnesti
4y ago
Basically almost all custodial crypto exchanges and services function as mixers, as they don't separate customer funds. Using Blockchain analysis you can see that certain transaction likely belongs to certain service, but to get the de
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earnesti
4y ago
It is likely not legal but the gamblers are too lazy to take it to courts I would guess, and the casinos are in jurisdictions where it might be really tedious or expensive.
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4y ago
> I get that they want to make some kind of subscription service to replace lawyers with AI (a terribly dystopian idea in my opinion, as only the rich would then have access to actual lawyers) What? Doesn't make any sense. The oppos
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4y ago
I think it is a big market, but companies coming from outside rarely have big success in Japan. The local exchanges will get the customers.
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earnesti
4y ago
Though code is an asset as well... Just not as valuable as people might think. Code is not a liability if it is not used, the liabilities come from production usage.
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4y ago
Whether they have thrown the money away depends how they deal with the bitcoins long term. As far as I know they are still adding to the position. There is grassroots adoption also happening in the nearby countries, maybe the story hasn
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4y ago
Though people will use these terms anyway however they want, also to promote their scam(mish) products/services. It doesn't help to know the definitions if people aren't honouring them anyway.
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4y ago
Often it is not really well known if how valuable the employees are,
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