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Nothing but respect for @sethforprivacy for what he has done to help grow monero/crypto-privacy, his ability to understand and communicate crypto concepts, and the genuine diplomacy he brings to the space. His post on why he has shifted more focus to #Bitcoin inspired this 🧵
I’m not saying Seth disagrees with what I’m expressing here but his post inspired this one:
I think Monero is the project cypherpunks should put their energy into. It is already certain that crypto is here to stay but what is VERY uncertain is if it will be able to live up to its full disruptive potential. #Monero #cryptocurrency #cypherpunks
This week on my podcast, I read my @medium column, "The Byzantine Premium," which examines the contradiction at the heart of cryptocurrency advocates' stated desire to have cryptos serve as money.
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If you'd like an unrolled version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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The article draws on Alex Pickard's article "Cryptocurrencies: The Power of Memes," for @RA_Insights, which breaks down the valuation of cryptos into four factors:
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Que se passe-t-il lorsque Big Brother perd ses yeux et ses oreilles?
Loin des analyses de stratégies militaires appliquées en #Ukraine et des masterminds perçant le secret de #Poutine, il est fort probable que la #crypto devienne un thème central dans les mois à venir. 📒
Que se passe-t-il lorsque Big Brother perd ses yeux et ses oreilles?
Loin des analyses de stratégies militaires appliquées en #Ukraine et des masterminds perçant le secret de #Poutine, il est fort probable que la #crypto devienne un thème central dans les mois à venir. 📒
2/Suite à l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la #Russie cette semaine, un bon nombre de nations comme les #USA et des pays européens ont mis en place des sanctions économiques visant à déstabiliser la Russie
Quelque soit le camp, cela pourrait mener Ă une utilisation massive des cryptos
Quelque soit le camp, cela pourrait mener Ă une utilisation massive des cryptos
3/En effet les sanctions économiques prononcées par les états s'appuient quasi systématiquement exécutées via les banques / institutions financières.
Ces dernières peuvent (théoriquement) tracer et bloquer toute transaction associée à un groupe défini, #KYC quand tu nous tiens 🚫
Ces dernières peuvent (théoriquement) tracer et bloquer toute transaction associée à un groupe défini, #KYC quand tu nous tiens 🚫
1/ When I was young and first learning to code, I would marvel at stories of the open Internet and the creative freedoms it provided✌️.
I idolized the Builders who made it a reality and the #Cypherpunks who helped protect our online freedoms.
I idolized the Builders who made it a reality and the #Cypherpunks who helped protect our online freedoms.
2/ Unfortunately, the “free” centralized platforms we’ve come to rely on are corrupted by the power and data they’ve accumulated.
They exploit us, subverting the very values that first helped them flourish. Our oasis is under threat.
They exploit us, subverting the very values that first helped them flourish. Our oasis is under threat.
3/ Megacorps and authoritarian governments exploit our digital lives and the data we create online. We’ve become slaves under the yoke of unscrupulous Internet overlords.
It doesn’t sit well with me. The model needs to change—we need a digital revolution ✊.
It doesn’t sit well with me. The model needs to change—we need a digital revolution ✊.
[#THREAD] J’espère qu’il vous reste du jus pour cette fin de semaine car nous allons parler #NFTs !
De la définition, en passant par l’utilité ainsi que les pièges à éviter pour l’achat d’un #NFT.
Vous saurez tout, ou presque, au sujet de cette révolution numérique.
Let’s go !
De la définition, en passant par l’utilité ainsi que les pièges à éviter pour l’achat d’un #NFT.
Vous saurez tout, ou presque, au sujet de cette révolution numérique.
Let’s go !
Un peu d’histoire
Les #NFTs ne datent pas d’hier et c’est le défunt #HalFinney, membre des #cypherpunks, ayant reçu la 1ère transaction #Bitcoin qui y pense en 1993.
Ce n’est qu’en 2012 que le premier projet émerge sous le nom de Colored Coins, puis en 2014 avec Counterparty.
Les #NFTs ne datent pas d’hier et c’est le défunt #HalFinney, membre des #cypherpunks, ayant reçu la 1ère transaction #Bitcoin qui y pense en 1993.
Ce n’est qu’en 2012 que le premier projet émerge sous le nom de Colored Coins, puis en 2014 avec Counterparty.
Les projets précédents étant peu connu, c’est en 2017 et grâce à Dieter Shirley que les #NFTs tel qu’on les connait vont faire leur apparition.
Inventeur du standard ERC-721 sur #ETH, il va créer les premiers tokens pour qu’ils servent de monnaie d’échange sur #cryptokitties.
Inventeur du standard ERC-721 sur #ETH, il va créer les premiers tokens pour qu’ils servent de monnaie d’échange sur #cryptokitties.
⚡1/44 THEY SAID IT WOULD FAIL ⚡
#Bitcoin's software has been running for 10 years…
That’s:
⚡87.6K hrs
⚡3.6K days
⚡370m TXs
To mark history, we’re launching our first interactive feature: #BitcoinAt10. The story of bitcoin, told by its builders: ow.ly/9d3a30nfAuG
#Bitcoin's software has been running for 10 years…
That’s:
⚡87.6K hrs
⚡3.6K days
⚡370m TXs
To mark history, we’re launching our first interactive feature: #BitcoinAt10. The story of bitcoin, told by its builders: ow.ly/9d3a30nfAuG
2/44 #BITCOIN’S 7 MOST ICONIC MEMES
Magic Internet Money Wizard? Rollercoaster guy?
Take the red pill to explore CoinDesk’s list of the decade's best bitcoin #memes. (Or don't. Honey badger don't care...)
READ: ow.ly/Rs8e30nfu2g #BitcoinAt10
Magic Internet Money Wizard? Rollercoaster guy?
Take the red pill to explore CoinDesk’s list of the decade's best bitcoin #memes. (Or don't. Honey badger don't care...)
READ: ow.ly/Rs8e30nfu2g #BitcoinAt10
3/44 THE BEST #BITCOIN SLANG
Don’t let the bearwhale get you. HODL to ride out the Flippening...
Can't make sense of the sentence? We list the 12 best #crypto words of the decade. Think of it as yourr #hyperbitcoinization guide.
READ: ow.ly/uXHr30nfukc #BitcoinAt10
Don’t let the bearwhale get you. HODL to ride out the Flippening...
Can't make sense of the sentence? We list the 12 best #crypto words of the decade. Think of it as yourr #hyperbitcoinization guide.
READ: ow.ly/uXHr30nfukc #BitcoinAt10
1. Many people entered the crypto and decentralization space over the last couple of years because
- it’s cool
- want to get rich
- I can use it against people nice people like us don’t like
- it’s cool
- want to get rich
- I can use it against people nice people like us don’t like
2. They’ve missed the fundamental reasonings why crypto and decentralization is necessary and why we started this in the first place
3. Early 90s the US had just won the Cold War. It acted with a incredible arrogance externally but also internally.
Strong crypto like I use to connect to the twitter server now was illegal to export without a weapons export license.
Strong crypto like I use to connect to the twitter server now was illegal to export without a weapons export license.
