magicjosh

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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   I was curious about the importance of Forbes. It's been linked over 1,000 times on Hacker News: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Forbes
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   There seems to have been an informal requirement [1] to have $25 to pass through Ellis Island less they become a burden on the public system. Adjust for 1909 dollars, that's $700 today...or 0.02 BTC. "Many families sold everything
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   I encourage you to push your question further. The tech exists, some people want it according to this article. "Do we really want the ability"....if your answer is "no", it sounds like the window is closing for you to do
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   The article is a few days old. The site has since raised over 21 BTC (>$900k USD): https://tallyco.in/s/lzxccm/
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   The donations are about to crack $1M total now. Wonder if this will be seen in the future as the moment when crypto currency usage started to click in the developed world.
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   Doesn't mention what amount was added. KPMG has not been added to Bitcoin Treasuries yet: https://bitcointreasuries.net/
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   This version is more legible: https://seekingalpha.com/pr/18660932-kpmg-in-canada-adds-bit...
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   A well researched article, includes two interviews with sex workers, as well as experts from the field. Not your standard Bitcoin puff/shit piece. Thanks to OP for submitting. "Chaturbate and FanCentro accept digital tokens, and l
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   by magicjosh 5y ago

   I don't understand what you mean about lack of sources, are you being sarcastic? Two sex workers who use crypto are interviewed and quoted by name in the article. They had their traditional bank accounts shut down. Crypto fees are dis
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    The article doesn't live up to the title. Mentions "wood" twice at the beginning, "sustainability" once. After that it's just a regular cryptocurrency article that's already been written countless times. S
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Here's an article on Virgil's case. I wasn't familiar with this. Sounds similar to Aaron Swartz's case: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/29/why-did-virgil-... He was with the
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    I just realized Product Hunt is a "top of the funnel" function for AngelList. Huh!
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    Trucker Convoy Raises $450k Using Bitcoin, Bypassing GoFundMe Restrictions(cryptoadventure.com)

    3 points by magicjosh 5y ago|1 comments
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Cash isn't traced at every step into an immutable ledger. Why should cryptocurrency? Relevant ZK podcast episode: https://zeroknowledge.fm/111-2/
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Tornado.cash is one such project. They are working on making Ethereum behave like cash in terms of privacy/anonymity.
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Got it, so now Justin Beiber's wallet is tainted too.
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    No, alt-right as a whole is not tech savvy. But I have to imagine there's some subset of alt-right that is indeed tech savvy.
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Here's what I took away from the suggestion. Let's say I send you $100 USDT and Osama Bin Laden sends you $100 USDT. Then you send Justin Beiber $100 USDT and keep the remaining $100 USDT. Where are the tainted tokens? For Bitcoin
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    > I feel like there are people in all governments who are thinking all day every day "Yes, and we are working on this insane hole in our control as hard as we can and the day is coming close when we can finally outlaw cash." Fr
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Disagree. This is a solid list of examples of shortcomings of Bitcoin. This is the type of issue worth discussing and solving for. What we need less of are the empty crypto articles that are just idle speculation about "crypto bad&quot
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    Block’s Cash App adopts Lightning Network for free Bitcoin payments(techcrunch.com)

    8 points by magicjosh 5y ago|1 comments
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    2022 is off to an interesting start! "Block’s Cash App adopts Lightning Network for free bitcoin payments" https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/18/blocks-cash-app-adopts-lig...
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Appreciate the thoughtful reply! I'm biased towards specialization myself. With that in mind, I'm jazzed to see different species of hardware wallets proliferate. Any good sites tracking all the different types? edit: thanks!
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Happy to hear more about your experience! To answer your question, what I've read about Lightning it sounded convoluted. The need to have a watcher keeping a channel open, invoices, just seems overly complex. I have tried receiving sat
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Here's a relevant episode of the ZK Podcast about cryptocurrency mixers: https://zeroknowledge.fm/111-2/
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    For those interested in mixers, I'm just starting this episode of the Zero Knowledge podcast myself: Mixers with Tornado.cash https://zeroknowledge.fm/111-2/
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    It's not a coincidence that 24 writers for the Simpsons went to Harvard! source: https://www.uselessdaily.com/movies/how-many-writers-of-the-...
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    It seems a reasonable enough leap to think that someone who runs a Monero node owns Monero. And even if they don't, that possibility is enough reason for a disclosure statement, either that they do or don't own Monero. Like the pa
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    I will check out ColdCard again, thanks! Last I checked they were Bitcoin-only. edit: still bitcoin-only Seems like Trezor "blinked" here and tried to keep everyone happy. I wonder if Block/Square is going to eat Trezor'
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    by magicjosh 5y ago

    Ah my mistake! Wrapped Monero isn't Monero, got it.