We are officially at war! One of the Bitcointalk forum members known as MemoryDealers aka Roger Ver was allegedly arrested in Spain for tax fraud. What war? Roger Ver is a well known scammer. I am amazed at how he managed to dodge prison so far.  But now he and CZ can spend turns dropping the soap in the prison shower. The fact that you consider his arrest an act of war against the Bitcoin community says a lot about you. |
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current status of corn:
 Hong Kong ETF's were a total flop. Womp Womp. But that was obvious, since China won't buy. Now, if China decides to unban Bitcoin... That is a different story.
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I am not going to proclaim to know anything with any level of confidence, but I am kind of thinking that there may well be some support in the $54k to $56k range - so I don't have any strong evidence for that, except mere feelings.. And, also we have seen $60k break a few times already, but not really get much below that.. before bouncing back above it.. I am looking at the weekly chart. On the daily, sure, we could bounce off of the $54-56k range, (which is why I said I set a buy order @$54k), but unless it's a bear trap, in the long term we will go down lower than 56k, should we fall under 60k. That is just how I see it. May be wrong, may be right, I hodl either way.
So then why should anyone (whether bears or low coiners or no coiners) be given another opportunity to buy coins in the $50ks? I see no reason for it.. but at the same time, Corn is going to corn.. so it is not like the level of the correction and/or the extent that we might end up staying down to whatever levels that we end up going needs to make any sense.
Corn has a forgiving nature. The non-believers usually get a chance or two to get back into the game. |
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I just assume the government knows who I am and what I'm doing all the time, and just try not to do things that they might care so much about. Usually what they do care about involves massive amounts of untaxed money, so I'm pretty safe in that regard.
I have no qualms about paying my taxes, either. But then again I live in a very good country. Can't say the same of people living under the boot of a dictator like in NK  . What if the people in NK are the free ones and you inside a western democracy are the one enslaved? Watch this film produced in NK to gain a much wider perspective on this issue: https://www.bitchute.com/video/xVdNPKAoxbp8/I have seen that video already. A bunch of what-aboutism and emotional finger pointing. Of course every country has done something bad in their past, but we need to move past that or remain in a perpetual Quid-Pro-Quo situation, which is counterproductive. |
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Psychological profiling of online personas using AI. Immoral or not?
Feel free to express your thoughts on this.
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I just assume the government knows who I am and what I'm doing all the time, and just try not to do things that they might care so much about. Usually what they do care about involves massive amounts of untaxed money, so I'm pretty safe in that regard.
I have no qualms about paying my taxes, either. But then again I live in a very good country. Can't say the same of people living under the boot of a dictator like in NK . |
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Avatar + text + links are still open for rent
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It was 2009-2010, not 2024. If Satoshi started Bitcoin today, it would be difficult for him to hide his identity.
That's just the truth. He, they knew too well the verdict and decided their fate way earlier than anyone realized what they did (even though it was a good project). Why did SATOSHI suddenly disappear just when everything was set to run for the next decade? You know what? I always feel he's/they're still at the corner - maybe with different identities entirely.. It's a shame that the governments are all out for any project that either grant a user's freedom maintains their privacy.And IP address is not the same as identity. It often links to identity if someone is using the Internet from their home, but if a public WiFi is used, IP won't reveal much,
TOR onion browser is already a privacy guarantor...enhh, but they could also be curious to know him/them? Unless they didn't even care about the users personality as well. Stop spreading this lie. TOR with default settings doesn't protect anyone from anything. TOR nodes can be easily monitored for traffic, thus de-anonymizing anyone who hasn't set up TOR correctly. We need to move away from .onion routing and use I2P. Satoshi's anonymity primarily stems from the fact that people only began to care and search for the identity after the fact. Initially, when it was just an idea or a meme internet currency worth very little, no one paid much attention to the identity. By the time the majority wanted to know more, many clues had already been lost to time. Additionally, Satoshi's privacy knowledge further contributed to maintaining anonymity. I2P would be a better alternative but it offers very little functionality compared to TOR. And I would not say that TOR nodes are easily monitored. Otherwise every illegal Dark Web website would be seized by now. The ones that do get seized are because of bad OPSEC in what feels like 99% of the cases. But either way, it would take government-level resources and pre-planning to track someone on TOR. the government was not looking for Satoshi back then and he is no longer connecting or making connections to his old persona now. If he were to use TOR and identify himself as Satoshi now, then he might get caught. |
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how would you build your mining farm?
I would only build a mining farm where it is worth mining. If the electricity is not cheap enough for a profit, then what is the point? |
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I decided to make a separate topic to talk about how crypto companies defend their interests These links are very important. The SEC recently requested documentation about Ethereum from Consensys and other companies. The SEC wants to recognize Ethereum as a security. Further "The SEC accuses the MetaMask wallet of acting as an unlicensed broker-dealer, violating securities laws. A broker-dealer is a financial entity that conducts securities transactions on behalf of clients but can also trade for itself. It acts as a broker or agent when executing orders for clients; it acts as a dealer or principal when trading for its account." https://www.coinlive.com/news/sudden-development-u-s-sec-accuses-metamask-of-operating-without-aAnd here is the result: Consensys files a lawsuit against SEC https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.389154/gov.uscourts.txnd.389154.1.0.pdfThe essence of the claim "1.Ethereum is still not recognized as a security, which means that any actions of the SEC have no legal basis, and the commission exceeds its powers. 2. Ethereum is NOT a security, Consensys does not engage in securities trafficking, the SEC is acting in violation of the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution" Oshurko Ksenia (C) lawyer I would love to see the SEC get shamed by losing in court. |
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Doubt it is true but if it is... Forget planning a 100k party, we will need to plan a 1 mill party. |
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Every country justifies war for geopolitical power. And every country has a dirty past. We should improve ourselves and our own countries instead of pointing fingers at others.
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So what happens when those services become illegal? They all go into the black market, where they ultimately scam their own customers. My take: not knowing which site is secure will stop users from using them. That's a bonus on top of banning the ones that didn't scam. Sorry, but your take is wrong. If you apply that logic to something else, for example the illegal drug market, you will notice that a prohibition does not scare people away from using drugs. And because it is unregulated due to it's illegal nature, the dealers put shady and unknown chemicals into their product to make it even stronger (deadlier). The end result is still : anyone who wants to obtain drugs can do so. But a prohibition creates more unintentional deaths. Sure, it is the customer's fault for using it, but that does not mean they deserve to suffer/die for their mistake. That is not a bonus. That is shitty governing. Same with Mixers: they cannot be effectively banned. So banning the white market services is a counterproductive practice which will not have the intended effect of dampening mixing services. Only making it more possible for the bad ones to scam more people. I do not understand the mixxer issue anyway. If I wanted to anonymize and launder my money, I would use FIAT. You, like governments, mix (pun intended) the word "anonymize" and "launder". If I give you a $100 bill, and you give me another one in return, we've both anonymized the money (as long as neither of us talks about it). But if you have $10 million criminal money, exchanging it for another pile of $10 million isn't going to help you spend it. You'll need a car wash in Albuquerque for that. Sure, laundering large amounts of fiat is harder than smaller amounts, but as you stated yourself, it's not an impossible task. You don't even need to be Heisenberg to do it. Bitcoin is less anonymous than Fiat and much harder to launder due to it being a literal public ledger. And you would still need to provide an explanation to how you were able to afford your new Ferrari. That rings true for both cryptocurrency as well as fiat. |
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This is the direct result of the irresponsible and immoral government that decided mixing services should be considered illegal, despite not having the logical nor legal justification to do so.
So what happens when those services become illegal? They all go into the black market, where they ultimately scam their own customers. Just the same as the illegal, unregulated drug markets do to their customers, on the Darkweb. Does the government expect us to pretend that decentralized services do not exist? They cannot be taken down because of their decentralized nature.
You would think that the regulators understand by now, that getting rid of decentralized mixing services is as impossible as banning a plant. All they achieve by trying is creating more scammers.
I do not understand the mixxer issue anyway. If I wanted to anonymize and launder my money, I would use FIAT.
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