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by neb_b 5y ago
If they shut those down you can still purchase through decentralized exchanges. https://bisq.network/
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by neb_b 5y ago
Those people are lucky to live in country with good fintech plumbing. Many poorer countries do not have that, and the citizens don't even have bank accounts.
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by neb_b 5y ago
What about cross-border payments to family members living in a different country?
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by neb_b 5y ago
Do you have a source for that?
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by neb_b 5y ago
> It’s principally used to facilitate graft and sanctions/tax evasion by these countries’ elites. It's quite a leap to say crypto is "principally used" for that. Bitcoin is seeing adoption for remittance payments in t
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by neb_b 5y ago
It also helps citizens in authoritarian regimes transfer money in a way that can't be stopped.
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by neb_b 5y ago
Not sure why the title is getting cut off. The title of the blog post is: "Introducing Soundmojis on Messenger for Emoji Day" (I removed the emojis)
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Soundmojis on Messenger for Emoji Day(about.fb.com)
4 points by neb_b 5y ago|1 comments
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by neb_b 5y ago
Bitcoin privacy tools are improving. Its possible to "mix" your coins using CoinJoin which masks your spending history.
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by neb_b 5y ago
There is still active development, but https://strike.me uses the lightning network. There are several other apps built on top of the lightning network. I use the lightning network almost every day listening to podcasts with the
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by neb_b 5y ago
Sure it's seizable, but it can be much harder (impossible?) to seize if the owner knows what they are doing.
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by neb_b 5y ago
Looking forward to it!
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by neb_b 5y ago
This is really neat. Have you thought about trying to bundle it as an app that can be downloaded on umbrel?
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by neb_b 5y ago
Who cares how it's built if it solves a problem for people?
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by neb_b 6y ago
All of the code is here https://github.com/lbryio The blockchain is C++ (bitcoin fork) The SDK is python The apps are JS (desktop/lbry.tv/odysee.com), and java/swift for mobile apps. The disk space issue is d