Crypto Gambling does not produce anything in the real economy
It uses resources while being a fun distraction and activity for users AT BEST
And at worst it destroys the entire lives of a small but significant (because of the damage done to these people and their partners/children etc.) portion of users
In a room of 10,000 random people you'd be unlikely to find someone more capable than her
And she channels that energy into creating a hyper efficient and lucrative scheme
The First World War, 1914, was not really the first WORLD WAR
Aztecs, Incans, Spaniards, Somalis, Egyptians, Malays, Turks, and more all fought against eachother
...in 1578
Thread 🧵 on the Castilian War
The Castilian War (or Spanish expedition to Borneo) was fought for a few months in 1578
The still expanding Spanish Empire was entering Southeast Asia
Pushing from the West into the Ottoman sphere of Influence
As the Spanish began to settle in what is now the Phillipines, tensions rose with the Brunei Sultanate
Because of the existing war between the Hapsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire, it was natural for the Ottomans to assist Brunei if war were to break out