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by kerng 5y ago
Bitcoin gives them a free bank account. A bank account most can't have or afford.
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by kerng 5y ago
Its telling of the quality if HN, if the top comment is a false dichotomy... I have noticed a steep decline of thoughtful comments over the last year. And of course: why not do both, and more? Edit: lots of downvotes, but at least a higher
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by kerng 5y ago
Simple reason: money printing by the government. The loss of value of the USD is likely continuing if the aggressive printing goes on.
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by kerng 5y ago
I have a lightning wallet and it works - please don't post uninformed information.
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by kerng 5y ago
Sounds like what a typcial Silicon Valley startup would do - and historically it worked pretty well.
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by kerng 5y ago
Another reason to consider: money printing and inflation
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by kerng 5y ago
Why are those criminals caught and even the extortion money quickly recovered? I assume it has to do with using a transparent open ledger...
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by kerng 5y ago
Using Bitcoin for money laundering and crime is probably one of the worse ideas... I mean an open public ledger that tracks everything - makes job of FBI easier as skills improve.
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by kerng 5y ago
>> by paying 10 dollars per transaction I really wish comments would be more focused on telling the whole story rather than focusing on outdated information. Lightning transactions are cheap and fast - so this argument is misinformed.
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by kerng 5y ago
Interesting approach comparing the immune system to computer systems and security.
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by kerng 5y ago
The US is printing money which will lead to like a 10% inflation rate probably. Even now food is noticable more expensive. So, over the course of a few years these are good investments. For the same reason people (and Blackrock is intereste
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by kerng 5y ago
What correlation does CEO salary and open source have? Maybe the comment thinks about "not for profit" org - but even then it seems normal to pay people a competitive salary.
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by kerng 5y ago
I am learning Mandarin and found this super useful when watching shows. The ability to slow down and replay sentences quickly, as well as show Pinying is great! Just the other day I watched a Taiwanese movie called "Classmates minus&qu
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by kerng 5y ago
Oh wow - this is awesome!
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by kerng 5y ago
Serious question. What value does Terraform provide? Two years ago I looked into it and rather then having an abstraction from cloud providers it seemed to require to still target (and code against) each one specifically. So, I was quite di
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by kerng 5y ago
Agreed, there is something that is not being told here. Maybe the US struck a deal with whoever did this to safe face or something.
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by kerng 5y ago
For the upcoming POS Ethereum chain (which is still being worked on!), the current cost is around $15 billion. And that increases as more stakers get online. Vitalik Buterin just explained that a few days ago and provided that number. So I&
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by kerng 5y ago
Strike also open sources their code - calling it "Bitcoin for countries"
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Anonymous Message to Elon Musk(youtube.com)
5 points by kerng 5y ago|2 comments
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by kerng 5y ago
What's Microsoft's response to this? Seems like they'll have some explaining to do who can insert denylisted terms so easily...
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by kerng 5y ago
I think the idea of Bitcoin enthusiasts is much more foundational, than just having "digital cash". I have been reading a book called "The Bitcoin Standard" which highlights that the goal is a switch for society towards
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by kerng 5y ago
In the meantime the US prints 6 trillion dollars out of thin air - which seems at least as fraudulent as some crypto projects. I wouldn't be surprised if Bitcoin brings us back to a currency backed by gold or something similarly strong
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by kerng 5y ago
Yeah, I passed commitee with flying colors according to recruiter back then - but 2 weeks later someone/somewhere decided otherwise... lol not sure what actually happened
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by kerng 5y ago
Had a similar experience with Google a few months back - very disappointing how some companies play with people's future.
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by kerng 5y ago
I agree that this is good - the world probably only needs one blockchain that is secured by PoW for the most fundamental use cases. Ethereum will drive and that is good - but it solves different problems compared to Bitcoin. In regards to b
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by kerng 5y ago
No one year cliff good. New grant (assuming with new price) every year is a joke. Potential for rapid wealth growth is the reason many work for a startup in first place.
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by kerng 5y ago
Because Tesla or him are in fact not selling their Bitcoin assets. He might as well be buying bitcoin or another crypto asset now.
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by kerng 5y ago
Yeah, seems like all the correct things are happening. 1. Person did something stupid and knows it 2. SpaceX has to take action, because its dangerous and boundaries have to be upheld 3. Police is doing their job Most curious about the outc
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by kerng 5y ago
How would company A know you they wanna bid on the ad? How do they know this FLoC ID represents people with interest in their product? I think I have an idea. So by visiting site A, A gets your cohort and now there is somewhere a "cent
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by kerng 5y ago
I didnt know parents would see the conversations also - seems right down FB line. So spying is okay when parents do it? It's interesting how we normalize this all. I'd imagine most kids use their own creative stuff anyway to get a

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