ktorvald

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   by ktorvald 4y ago

   Just another data point. Billy McFarland was arrested by FBI agents Monday following the Fyre Festival for defrauding investors. He did not confess prior to his arrest. Billy raised $20m with fake financials. SBF raised close to a $1B, and
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   by ktorvald 5y ago

   Our company tried to register a TLD with ICANN. ICANN's process was so complicated, when we asked questions, they suggested we hire a law firm to help us. Turns out the partner at the firm was a former ICANN employee so they referred u
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   by ktorvald 5y ago

   Web3 has been used to mean too many things (NFTs ETH crypto etc). Blockchains offer the ability to fix centralized choke points on the Internet, and some prefer Dweb (decentralized web) as a term to describe this.
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   by ktorvald 7y ago

   A thread from yesterday on Handshake: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604
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   by ktorvald 9y ago

   Portland, Philadelphia, Atlanta based on what Amazon wants / needs.
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   by ktorvald 9y ago

   ASICBOOST doesn't seem to be as big of a deal as it's been made out to be. $2M in potential annual savings for a company, not the $100M greg claimed. https://medium.com/@jimmysong/mining-profitability-and-asic