qertoip

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by qertoip 6y ago
100%.
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by qertoip 6y ago
Protecting integrity of the most sound money human civilization ever had sounds like a worthy use of energy to me.
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by qertoip 6y ago
According to the agreement with NYAG Tether admitted no wrongdoing. The statement: https://tether.to/tether-and-bitfinex-reach-settlement-with-...
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by qertoip 6y ago
100%.
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by qertoip 6y ago
> The much less important part of crypto is exactly how the shared ledger is assembled No! It is of *critical* importance how the shared ledger is assembled, because Bitcoin's threat model assumes the World's governments descen
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by qertoip 6y ago
Precisely the opposite, Sir. Employing PoW to protect against Sybil attack in anonymous network is the very invention that made Bitcoin possible. Without PoW you must ID participants, which makes system trivial to regulate or shutdown (see
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by qertoip 6y ago
LOL, no.
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by qertoip 6y ago
Bitcoin is by far the best hedge against inflation. All assets tend to zero in Bitcoin terms, long term. This has been true for the last 12 years and will continue to be true.
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by qertoip 6y ago
> Currently, Bitcoin consumes more energy than Argentina How Argentina justifies using so much energy?
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by qertoip 6y ago
That would help but tracking would still be possible through HTTP layer like resource caching and other headers.
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by qertoip 6y ago
> It is good to see regulation It is never good to see regulation. Never ask state to fix the problem or you will end up with two problems. Especially, the Big State.
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by qertoip 6y ago
What Google and Facebook should really do is to tax/fine the monopolistic EU into submission and then invest the profits into whatever they feel like it. Because Big State is worse than Big Tech.
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by qertoip 6y ago
100%.
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by qertoip 6y ago
How about you prove your haven't stolen my Mazda? Because I believe you did stole my Mazda and it should be on you to prove innocence.
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by qertoip 6y ago
"ban, ban, ban, ban, ban" - what a great idea to improve the world.
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by qertoip 6y ago
These detractors want central "content policy" in the e2e and metadata-less Signal. They should simply move to other popular platforms.
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by qertoip 6y ago
Not good indeed. But better than "poor people decide".
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by qertoip 6y ago
Accepting Monero and Bitcoin costs you nothing and is a great way of solicitating donations as cryptocurrency users are historically massive donors.
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by qertoip 6y ago
This "justice" minister is responsible for essentially removing independent courts from the Polish legal system. The judges in Poland are forced to rule as requested by the government. This is by far THE worst shit show since th
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by qertoip 6y ago
Hence, all modern advice pushes towards easy hardware wallets with an UX-enforced physical paper backup.
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by qertoip 6y ago
You are 100% incorrect. Not your keys, not your coins. Any meaningful amount of Bitcoin out to be stored on a hardware wallet. If user can't be bothered to learn anything or read anything or accept months-pending Windows update, he sho
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by qertoip 6y ago
You are correct.
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by qertoip 6y ago
Bitcoin aspires to survive global crackdown, hence laser focus on decentralization, reliability, security, monetary soundness etc. Ethereum aspires to have fun.
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by qertoip 6y ago
https://bitcointreasuries.org/ - the demand created by public companies buying Bitcoin wholesale.
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by qertoip 6y ago
Please, please withdraw your bitcoins immediately to any hardware wallet (Coldcard MK3, BitBox2, Trezor T, ...). You have zero bitcoins if you don't control your private keys. Millions of bitcoiners worldwide got screwed by the exc
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by qertoip 6y ago
Store of value. Resistant to inflation and hard to seize (if properly secured).
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by qertoip 6y ago
Bitcoin is not a Ponzi. Debunked thousand times.
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by qertoip 6y ago
Great point. HN has been consistently wrong on Bitcoin since 2011.
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by qertoip 6y ago
Also, do you shut the door in a public toilet? If so, you must be snorting coke, I guess. Why on Earth would you shut the toilet door otherwise?
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by qertoip 6y ago
That may be your case and so your bias.

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