Have you seen Belfast? It wasn't a comedy, it wasn't a historical mastermind like Schindler's list, it wasn't proper drama that made you cry, it was absolutely nothing. What was it that made it so "sure to win Oscars" movie? The great communication of the troubles some people had back in the day. That is literally it, nothing more. Political is the way to go now, and if you do historical "minority" then you would be sure to be somewhere.

yup! it's a common thing in crypto.
this is not the first time this has happened, it happens often and is likely to happen again in the future. as usual, if crypto brings in a new project and skyrockets, there will be a lot of negative news here and there.

so we don't have to swallow all the news that is popping up or being hotly discussed.
need to dig deeper to find out the truth.

Why would you be using Bitcoin and a non-profit organization at the same time? If you are shifting to a Bitcoin donation drive because you are staying away from centralized fundraising organizations, isn't it ironic and stupid to do it using a non-profit organization? The very reason why you chose Bitcoin is to stay away from organizations that are under the control of governments and banks. Replacing a centralized fundraising organization by another centralized organization is utterly foolish.

This news sounds ideal. But this is not a theoretical case. This has happened in real life, happening right now in fact. Bitcoin has shown once again how it is a much better alternative for people especially during the time when their freedom is taken away by controlling powers.

But the thing that would cause the downfall of centralized bodies like the fundraising platforms and the bank mentioned is not actually Bitcoin but themselves. They themselves are driving away people by their suffocating control. They are forcing people to get into Bitcoin. The more they show to the world that they can take away other people's freedom, the more Bitcoin will become a better choice.

I'm sure it will, but the actual requirement for these blockchains to have their own coins or tokens which can be bought or sold is almost always zero. I remember having this argument with someone back in 2017 about some altcoin whose big vision was to put medical records on a blockchain. If any health system wanted to do that, you can guarantee they will use their own in-house developed blockchain which they have control over, and not some scam nonsense launched by a random individual who has pre-mined half the supply themselves.

The strongest opposition to government regulation of cryptocurrencies is everyone using bitcoin in a decentralized and peer to peer way, not throwing their money away on scam coins and rug pulls.

There is already a bit of a discussion going on here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5385385 about this.
On a separate note, I went reading though a bunch of tech articles in Forbes since I posted in the other thread last night.
It's all doom and gloom and scare tactics about most tech things. Not just crypto. It's like every headline is clickbait.

"New Microsoft vulnerability threatens tens of millions of computers"
Or
"Cisco bug can take down the internet"
Or
"Millions of home routers are hackable"

It's like a large number of their readers are older and like the clickbait scare people headlines.
Since they are valued so high I guess it works, but looking though a lot of their articles they are just flat out wrong about stuff.
<shrug>
-Dave

Yup sad.  But the line def had value at 3.50 at the day of the event.  The match was close with Adesanya winning it 3 - 2.  Whitaker should’ve shown a bit more aggression at R1.  He gave that round away...

And I think too soon for Whitaker vs Cannonier although that would make the most sense.  But nobody wants to watch that so the UFC would prolly feed either Whitaker or Cannonier somebody like Sean Strickland imho...  Andre Muniz should also be given a top 10 guy this year with the hope he wins.  That would put a fresh face in there.

Advances in technology have actually opened up many loopholes for crime, of course NFT is one of them, so far there has been no news about money laundering in NFT, I just hope the government will soon issue regulations on the NFT market, and cryptocurrencies. because NFT and cryptocurrencies are also profitable in some countries.

If you analyze coin after coin and token after token it all comes back to the basic flaw of how to get the coin/token adopted by people not in the crypto sphere. This problem will persist until there is a mind shift not to immediately wanting to swap crypto to fiat from a merchant perspective. The way to engineer that mind shift is by influencing a mechanism used in the non-crypto sphere and educating people and in this way expanding the crypto sphere.

In essence Binance has built a new "bridge" - between crypto and non-crypto and the $200m makes him a validator of the messaging in the Forbes non-crypto platform. One could call it a cross-crypto-sphere-bridge.

Because of its high price, NFT has become a new way in today's era to commit money laundering crimes. so it's no wonder from now on some countries have started to make rules to prevent this from happening. One of the recommended ways for the US Treasury is to limit the volume of transactions to be made on NFT sales.

but the main lot the ~95k[Wallet 1CGA4] never went through an exchange not cashed out by the pair, nor seized in 2017-21.
but instead seized in 2022

I do actually have the same thoughts that these couple arent the masterminds but rather just some cover ups on the said crime.It is really just impossible to think that hackers wouldnt really
be erasing their tracks that could possibly expose their identity which they are fully aware of that and its just dumb that they would be making out actions without considering that those
addresses were heavily monitored and im bit sure  that they are fully aware of that but this situation a little bit giving questions on my mind.

I'm a fan of David Lynch's Dune (1984) and the books.

The 2022 rendition of Dune doesn't do the story justice. Atreides disembark onto Arrakis decked out in full body armor. When the Harkonnens attack, the Atreides engage them without the body armor they wore earlier, or much in the way of weapons. This is never explained and doesn't make much sense.

The fictional character of Paul Atreides is supposed to have trained as a soldier and leader from a young age, and be very skilled in these areas. The actor selected to portray Paul Atreides in the 2022 Dune film looks like he was born and bred to be the ultimate accountant. Highly skilled at writing memos and paperwork. Otherwise, completely useless in terms of what the character is supposed to be.

The scene where palm trees are watered is anti science. Trees and plants would be placed inside an enclosure like a greenhouse where water and humidity could be trapped and retained. They would never be planted out in the open bleeding moisture. There are small details like this scattered around the film which are anti science or written by authors who fail to know the most basic aspects of common sense. The ornithopter and carry all designs also may have been flawed, although I can't remember exactly what issues I had with those.

I couldn't recommend 2022 Dune as it simply isn't faithful to the spirit of what the Dune genre stands for.

Perhaps the only surprise in the nominees for best picture is the absence of House Of Gucci, but all other nominees on the list are well-deserved (except, maybe, Don't Look Up). Power Of The Dog by Jane Campion is a strong favorite, with Spielberg's West Side Story as a strong secondary contender.