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by hapnin 8y ago
A friend's site: https://loveanddeathincharlottesville.com
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by hapnin 8y ago
Bitcoin has more than doubled in price in the past year. On an even longer timeline, we're all dead.
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by hapnin 8y ago
I'm basing it on eight years of experience in Bitcoin. "Bitcoin for coffee" and the like is a waste of the tech, imo. Buying network services such as you described is a better use as intercountry payments with debit cards isn
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by hapnin 8y ago
Of course only small communities have a majority of btc. Too many people - geeks included - spent too many years believing the fud being broadcast about Bitcoin while others were collecting btc. I've seen the blistering scorn from some
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by hapnin 8y ago
I'm a child of the 60s/early 70s who grew up watching Fred Rogers. My environment was hell as a child. His show was a small counterbalance. Every little bit helps.
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by hapnin 8y ago
My paper wallet has never asked for KYC/AML info.
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by hapnin 8y ago
Bitfloor. That was a doozy too.
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by hapnin 8y ago
Whenever I need them. I generate keypairs using the reference client on an offline device that never touches a network. Private keys can be imported and spent using almost any wallet: Coinomi, Mycelium, the reference client, etc.
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by hapnin 8y ago
Fireproof boxes. I hope Coinbase gives you your btc when the run starts next year or two.
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by hapnin 8y ago
I've been holding btc in paper wallets since 2011. They're easy, free and no one has access to my btc but me.
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by hapnin 8y ago
"Hold my private keys" has the same intellectual heft as "hold my beer and watch this".
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Microsoft employees call for end to ICE contract in letter to CEO Satya Nadella(venturebeat.com)
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by hapnin 8y ago
I'm old and now believe in the hereafter. I walk into a room and ask myself, "What am I here after?"
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by hapnin 8y ago
No one stores their wealth in USD because it's not a good store of value. > What store of value can you purchase with BTC without first converting to USD? Switching out to gold from BTC is pretty painless.
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by hapnin 8y ago
Here's one. https://keepingstock.net/binance-does-it-again-passes-deutsc...
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by hapnin 8y ago
Binance made more money than Deutsche Bank last year. They funded growth with an ICO. > What's wrong with US Dollars? It's not a good store of value over the long haul: https://visual.ly/community/infograph
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How a 20-year Old Mobile Technology Protocol Is Revolutionising Africa(medium.com)
2 points by hapnin 8y ago|0 comments
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Dat – Distributed Dataset Synchronization and Versioning [pdf](github.com)
1 points by hapnin 8y ago|0 comments
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Dat Protocol – The Best Parts of Git, BitTorrent, and Dropbox(datprotocol.com)
3 points by hapnin 8y ago|0 comments
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by hapnin 8y ago
The concepts of "bought for $7.5 billion" and "independent" strike me as mutually exclusive.
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by hapnin 8y ago
Why I'll never trust Microsoft ever again. "postmaster@nsa.gov" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY
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by hapnin 8y ago
Objectively, Western corporate-military ideology has been far deadlier in Asia and Africa than religious fundamentalism. The US has attacked far more countries and killed more civilians than religious extremists have.
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by hapnin 8y ago
The system is working as designed: shield state actors from liability while increasing police powers. A few lose their jobs or get fined, but fewer go to jail or have to account for their excesses. I really question the motives of anyone wh
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by hapnin 8y ago
"postmaster@nsa.gov" is probably still true. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY
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by hapnin 8y ago
Binance did an ICO last year. They made more money than Deutsche Bank did. But they're the exception in the scamsphere of Ethereum tokens.
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by hapnin 8y ago
The idea of the military preserving peace is like thinking a group of horny boys will preserve virginity. The US is the most aggressive military on Earth. There's no peace in its presence.
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Quick and dirty encryption and steganography script using Openssl(privatebin.net)
1 points by hapnin 8y ago|0 comments
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by hapnin 8y ago
Miners could organize and generate some goodwill by offering to pay more for their power use. So that'll never happen.
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Roll Your Own Network(roll.urown.net)
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by hapnin 8y ago
Smart move. One satoshi is now equal to 109 Venezuelan bolivars [0], double from about two weeks ago. [0] https://dolarsatoshi.com

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