Sad news came today as Pope Francis, the 266th leader of the Catholic Church, passed away.  He had been elected Pope back in 2013, taking over for Benedict XVI.  As the first Jesuit Pope the first one from Argentina and South America, and the first non-European Pope in centuries, Francis made history from the start.  

He will be remembered most for connecting with regular folks - being humble and caring about the poor, the forgotten, those pushed aside and  his constant message of love and community paved the way for the Church in todays world.  From early on, Francis spoke out for social justice, taking care of the environment, and bringing religions together.  He called out inequality capitalism that leaves people behind, and global systems that are unfair.  By frequently meeting impoverished communities and refugees, he was calling the world to humanity.

It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of Pope Francis passing. It feels like we have lost not just a religious leader, but a truly compassionate soul. My thoughts are with all those who are grieving his loss.  

I just came across some worrying information that I wanted to bring up here to talk about and spread awareness.  Looks like some researchers discovered a new security flaw that could impact crypto hardware wallets that use the ESP32 chip, which is super popular and frequently found in less expensive hardware wallets. 

Are All Bitcoin Hardware Wallets in Danger? Critical Vulnerability Discovered

The way I understand it (please correct me if you know more details!), the vulnerability comes from how the ESP32 was designed or how its commonly set up in wallets.  The specifics are still fuzzy, but I read that some hackers showed they could actually drain a hardware wallet by taking advantage of this bug.  Anybody know which hardware wallets use ESP32 and could be at risk here?

Binance is announcing an exclusive, multi-year NFT partnership with Portuguese footballing legend Cristiano Ronaldo. Through this partnership, Binance will launch a global promotion aiming to give Ronaldo’s fans an introduction to Web3 with a compelling entry point into the world of NFTs.

Over the course of the agreement, Binance and Cristiano Ronaldo will create a series of NFT collections for sale exclusively on the Binance NFT platform. The first NFT collection will be released later this year and feature designs created in collaboration with Ronaldo.
The Cristiano Ronaldo NFT collections will be available exclusively on Binance NFT at www.binance.com/en/nft/home.
Source: https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/c91e9b1c1492456f9909e16f2ff3427e


https://twitter.com/binance/status/1539969367726620674

[What happened:]

What happened: Plagiarized Whitepaper and Website Content. The content was copy-pasted (with some minimal content spinning) from Gaia Everworld Whitepaper. No references to the source.

ANN Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5375477.0 [archive]
Scammers Profile: bittreo
Website: https://bladeheart.net/

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Registrar Info
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Whitepaper: https://bladeheart.net/Whitepaper_BHT_v4.pdf [archive]

Original Source: GAIA EverWorld Whitepaper

Investing.com reported that the Middle East oil giant, Saudi Aramco, is interested in mining bitcoin, citing information provided by Brazilian Bitcoin miner Ray Nasser in an interview on the Bitcoinheiros YouTube channel.

Nasser reportedly said:


It was explained in the report that Aramco could use the excess gas (by-product) generated by oil extraction in order to mine digital assets, which would provide extra security for Bitcoin while generating carbon credits for the company.

Aramco has not yet issued any statement about venturing into Bitcoin mining.

According to data from SimilarWeb, total web traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges exceeded 530 million visitors in April, up 43% from the previous month.
Visits to the exchange websites increased significantly, indicating a new wave of users flocking to the market. Bitcoin and crypto markets seem to have a lot more potential.


source: https://twitter.com/ICO_Analytics/status/1390708902937903112/


Chart embedded from The Block Crypto Data

Per the data, the 531.12 million figure represents the second-highest monthly result, coming in just below January 2018's 531.7 million.

Breaking the results down by individual market share, Binance increased its share of the monthly traffic to 40.84%, with Coinbase drawing in 17.65%.


Chart embedded from The Block Crypto Data

[VanEck Files For First Ethereum ETF in U.S.]

VanEck Files For First Ethereum ETF in U.S.

According to Bloomberg, on Friday VanEck Associates Corp. filed its first Ethereum ETF, a companion application to its Bitcoin ETF application, which is currently being reviewed by the SEC.

"If approved, the VanEck Ethereum Trust would hold Ether and value its shares daily based off the MVIS CryptoCompare Ethereum benchmark rate, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-07/vaneck-fires-starting-gun-in-race-for-first-u-s-ether-etf

According to some cryptocommunity members there is a rumor that the Facebook social media giant might be holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet.


https://twitter.com/alistairmilne/status/1386953429814333441

As one user commented, "I hope not, the companies that hold #bitcoin will probably survive the upcoming inflation."

What do you think?

[bitcoin]

As Bitcoin price topped $57,500, it became more valuable than a 1000 gram block of gold.

At the time of writing, gold is currently trading at $ 1,784.28 per oz, according to GoldPrice.org, so a 1000 g bar would cost you about $ 57,365.93.
Bitcoin's price, according to Tradingview.com at the same time, is a little over $ 57,500.00

The reasons are simple: Bitcoin's limited supply is hard for governments, central banks and private corporations to control, which allows the network to grow and drive its value upwards. Gold, by comparison, is as big a store of value, but not so liquid.

Many like to call bitcoin as "digital gold", I like to call it ... bitcoin! 

I'm just throwing my thinking here so excuse me if the question is stupid.

Would it be possible to add an additional layer of protection to seed phrase paper wallet? Some kind of randomization so no one can read it without a magic word.
I know it's possible to use a one-way encryption with keyword, but I wonder if there's a way without using additional tools or services? I wouldn't want to use anything that could compromise security.

What do you think? Maybe someone has already developed some proven system?

Let's talk about The Mandalorian. Have you watched the second season finale? Is this best Star Wars we've had since Empire Strikes Back?


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8111088/

I was just watching the last episode and I was really thrilled!
And now we have to wait till Dec 2021.

Buduci da postoji tema Akcije i popusti za satove i kvalitetne stvari, odlucio sam da napravim jednu temu za prijavu svih ostalih popusta i akcija na koje naletimo.

Evo, za pocetak, pronasao sam ovaj popust na megastore.hr (Hangar 18) povodom crnog petka:
https://megastore.hr/product-category/promocije/black-friday/

NOA mobiteli po 20-ak kuna, smartfoni vec od 120 kn, zvucnici, slusalice, misevi i tipkovnice vec od 10-ak kn, gejming misevi i tipkovnice...
Je li neko vec pokusao nesto naruciti od njih?

[What happened:]

What happened: Plagiarized Whitepaper. The content was copy-pasted from Ethereum Whitepaper. No references to the source.

ANN Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5224954.0 [archive]
Scammers Profile: Yattaqi
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Original Source: https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/white-paper

[What happened:]

What happened: PRADX COIN plagiarized content and whitepaper form King’s Global Token.
Just a copy-paste SCAM, probably done by the same group of scammers, of another dead projects.

Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5212957.0 - Archived

Author profile: PradxToken - NUKED!

Bounty thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5217233.0 - Archived

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King’s Global Website: http://ico.kingsglobalhub.com/

King’s Global Whitepaper: http://ico.kingsglobalhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kingsglobal1.pdf

PRADX Coin (PRDX)

PRADX COIN (PRDX) is an Erc20 ethereum based token use for DEX EXCHANGE, CONTENT SHARING PLATFORM  payment and royalty reward within the community and entire crypto space for Welfare/Charity, Shopping  and Socialization. PRADX COIN (PRDX) will be developing it's own Platform as soon as possible and added to all the best exchange in the shortest time possible.

From King’s Global Whitepaper:

CHARITY/WELFARE FOUNDATIONS: On this page, we allow people to send in their requests for financial aid and we pick top three most Urgent upon crucial investigation before we upload on our site for public fund raising/ donations, this is made possible only for HODLER of PRDX token.

 LOGISTICS NETWORK: logistics networking is the place you render your services to people around the world at your convenience time of movement to help deliver good and secure services to any destination of your choice and get paid doing what you like or going where you want. Many find this option interesting in no time especially travelers who travel from state to state and country to country. Only made possible if you are holding PRDX token.

MEDIA: in the current world we live today, we are aware that people like to sell and upload Their content for fun or fund and as a community project trying to give back to the community especially the less privileged we have provided a platform where you can upload real  videos, pictures, materials, eBooks, journals, conferences materials and other things for sale only on this sections. This section is a very private and secure section of the site and will be available for approved members only to use for fun or fund making.

PRADX coin (PRDX) will be used for content sharing platform for sharing PDF, Article, Video, Audio, Information etc. We discussing with some article sharing platform for use of PRDX token for their platform

7.***PRDX  SHOPPING
PRDX is also a shopping platform where you can buy from shopping store to any part of the country of your choice, and also we allow PRDX holders to upload their new and used products for buyers to purchase and receive secured payment via PRDX payment system. You can buy and sell anything you want on platform once the store is open
If your business is not on Blockchain, your business will stay in the classroom!
By 2022, all e-commerce will be distributed. We are developing PRDX STORE to be a pioneer in this field.

From: https://cryptokiemtien.com/kingsglobal-airdrop-ksg-token-earn-free-200000-ksg-tokens/

Hello BitcoinTalk Community!

I know some of you, but you don't know me. Although I've been playing with cryptocurrencies for years, I've mostly kept myself in the shadow as some creepy stalker. The only crypto forum I ever really participated in was a local Croatian forum.

You are a huge inspiration to me! The successes of some of you marinated in my mind, slowly convincing me that I should stop playing this game as a hobby and get serious.
Everyone I know in the offline world doesn't really get the idea of cryptocurrencies and they actively discourage me from pursuing that sole occupation - they always tell me to keep the 'real job'. Yeah right! In any case, as a New Year's resolution, I decided to engage more with other miners, traders, and investors - to make some connections and interact with people who would actually support me rather than discourage me.

I came to join your fantastic club and grow with you. I hope that my unknown will become known and that I will contribute something good to this community. May the new year bless you all with health, wealth and happiness.