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21  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] 🔥 Skrumble Network SKM 🔥 AIRDROP October (PoA + Masternode Staking) on: October 05, 2018, 10:28:49 PM
Also where's the github, I'm interested in this project now. 
22  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] 🔥 Skrumble Network SKM 🔥 AIRDROP October (PoA + Masternode Staking) on: October 05, 2018, 10:27:51 PM
Cross chain integration?  How!!! Huh
23  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Formosa Financial- Financial Services for Blockchain Innovators on: October 03, 2018, 03:56:49 PM
Why ERC-20?  Is it because you're looking to standardize under solidity?

Edit:  K, watched the interview on Ivan Tech, you can disregard my question. 
24  Other / Off-topic / Re: Which Cryptocurrency will we use in the Future?✅ on: October 02, 2018, 06:57:12 PM
Hey guys. Have you ever wondered what cryptocurrencies we would use in the future?
Maybe it will be a ripple, maybe stellar, or maybe a good old bitcoin? What do you guys think? Let me know.  Wink

I'm thinking privacy coins will be huge in the future.  However, I think the internet will split into three or more within the next decade.  Tim Berners-Lee wants to create a more decentralized version of the internet, the Chinese possibly having their own internet and then the current version and perhaps some more.  We're living in a revolutionary era, so if you can, join Solid as a volunteer and help create the new decentralized internet.   
25  Other / Politics & Society / Re: I am muslim, is there a problem? on: September 30, 2018, 11:33:25 PM

 Cheesy Cheesy, I think I would change the words of the Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi to "When you let go of who you are, when you find who you really are, this is when you will find the Divine and beauty in all".  

I was raised by a Christian mother and a Muslim dad, I have learned from both philosophies and religions.  I can't say I adhere to both or to one and not to the other, I've found my own path and I call it the "path of the Individual".  For I truly believe in the Individual and not the so called Collective mindset, look at what Collectivism is doing to our world.  It is destroying the fabric of society because of "group think" and the focus on centralizing power in Governments, Businesses etc is a danger to individual freedoms.

Sounds to me like you are trying to find out what you really think deep down inside, by blocking out, for a while, the noise that comes in from the outside.

Cool

Ain't that the truth  Wink
26  Other / Politics & Society / Re: I am muslim, is there a problem? on: September 29, 2018, 04:49:41 PM
The problem is that BADecker's astounding level of ignorance is really not that unusual among Christians. Most Christians don't even understand their own religion, much less the history of Wahhabism. Hell, most of them probably can't even explain the difference between Sunni and Shia. It's really quite extraordinary, and would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous. Undecided

Then there's Ahmaddiya Islam, heck even the Druze religion can be classified as a branch from Islam. There are so many branches, perhaps not as many as Christianity, but there's still a lot that many people don't even realize.   My dad's family is from Afghanistan and he would compare these different sects all the time.  

But for me - I love Sufism because it speaks to my soul.  

"When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be." - Rumi

Salam to all!

You are talking about school all over America.

Cool

 Cheesy Cheesy, I think I would change the words of the Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi to "When you let go of who you are, when you find who you really are, this is when you will find the Divine and beauty in all".  

I was raised by a Christian mother and a Muslim dad, I have learned from both philosophies and religions.  I can't say I adhere to both or to one and not to the other, I've found my own path and I call it the "path of the Individual".  For I truly believe in the Individual and not the so called Collective mindset, look at what Collectivism is doing to our world.  It is destroying the fabric of society because of "group think" and the focus on centralizing power in Governments, Businesses etc is a danger to individual freedoms.
27  Other / Off-topic / Re: 50M Facebook Users Security Breach! Would you still keep your Facebook acct? on: September 29, 2018, 03:32:51 AM
I ditched it in 2011 myself. Really bad interface IMO and now it's just and ads platform, or platform for stupid jokers.

That's the beauty of decentralization.  We're on two different global tracts, those that want to consolidate centralization and increase regulation, and then there's the blockchain and decentralized community.  The question is, who's going to win  Smiley
28  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Mining performance of Nvidia RTX 2080 Series on: September 29, 2018, 03:27:48 AM
Ethereum mining is not interesting. We need other algorithms - neoscrypt, lyra2rev2, x16r/s, x17, cryptonight variants, progpow, equihash variants?

ETH rewards going to 2 coins per block is going to drive so many miners off the coin and onto others. 
29  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh on: September 29, 2018, 02:48:15 AM
I'm a Libertarian, thus my love for decentralization and cryptos, I am with you on Kavanaugh BUT after watching the brutal and vile process the Dems put this man through, I'm going to ditch voting for Libertarians this election cycle and vote Republican.  Sick and tired of the drama, the media and their siding with Democrats is so freaking obvious and it makes me puke.  Perhaps the day will come when Republicans will agree to meet Libertarians in the middle on many issues (not all), many of us Libertarians will start supporting the Republican party.

I've also been feeling that way on an intuitive level. I don't like the Republicans, but I can't stand the Democrats. A decade ago they used to at least pay lip service to a few good things like opposition to war and some individual freedoms. I actually became a libertarian from the left. But now they're very pro-war and maybe as bad on free speech etc. as the Republicans due to their focus on identity politics. However, I have to keep reminding myself that the Republicans will do plenty of harm if they gain a lot of power, and in fact it may be an improvement if the Democrats get the House (but not the Senate) in the upcoming election because it'll make it harder for anything at all to get done. Even though it'll be absolute hell to have to listen to a Democratic Speaker for 2+ years...

If the Democrats gain both the House and the Senate in the upcoming election, then I'm calling it right now: Trump will get so amazingly frustrated that he will do something massively stupid/illegal and end up getting impeached (via the support of many Republicans). I'm not sure whether this would be good from a libertarian perspective.

Kavanaugh is better than anyone who a Democrat would nominate, so that's one good thing, though it's still disappointing. I don't even really trust him on the 2nd amendment -- probably he would support all sorts of incremental regulations. Though maybe his experience with his nomination will make him more radical, which might be interesting.

I am a recovering Democrat/leftist, I supported Obama in 2008.  Completely fed up with the Bush admin and Neo-con wars, the economy was going down the drain and I wasn't sure I was going to get a job as a new college grad.  Now that I think back, I was naive, perhaps lost in the rhetoric of the day and I was a "Progressive", although I was and am still a strong proponent of the 2nd Amendment.  The Left's obsession with abolishing the 2nd amendment was one of the reasons I left.  

But the biggest wakeup call for me was the ACA/Obamacare.  When the Democrats wrote the law to "mandate" people pay a "fine/tax" for not buying a product, it shook me to the core, I realized that if Congress can write a law to punish me for not buying something, what else can they force me to do?  If they can weaponize or arm an agency (IRS) and bestow new powers on this agency all "for the greater good", what other agency can they weaponize?  

This shift started in 2010 and I completely left the party and the progressive left in 2012 after witnessing the IRS being weaponized against the tea party.  I wanted to see if there were minorities like myself (I use the word minority because at the time I still saw things through the prism of racial identity), after a quick web search I came across Thomas Sowell, I read he was a "Libertarian", I decided to buy his books and it rocked my world.  He was calling out things in the 1980s that were happening in America in the 2010's.  I went from Dr. Sowell to Milton Friedman and I also got introduced to Ayn Rand.  

I was a Collective/Leftist and now I'm a born-again Individual.  I use the word "Individual" because I now understand why The Bill of Rights was crafted.  The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers opened my eyes to the virtue and importance of an individual person.  The Consitution isn't a "charter of negative liberties" as Obama stated, instead it allows the individual person to flourish and be who they want to be without being dictated to by 'Big Brother" as long as they do not harm another person or persons, they are free to pursue their dreams to the fullest.  

I will vote Republican this cycle, even though Trump may not be the perfect person in the WH, I'm sure damn glad he's in there.  He's exposing everything that people fear about big government.  If he can bring the Korean War to an end, audit the Fed and legalize at least pot, I'd be nice if we can get all drugs legalized but that's a different story, anyway, if he can at two of those three things I'm gonna be on the Trump train in 2020.  I want peace, prosperity with limited government interference so we can all pursue our individual dreams.  

I'm afraid the Democrats have gone far left, there's no sane person left in the party!  Hopefully, Gen Z is seeing all this chaos and they will all move Libertarian or at least move to the middle, because my generation, the Millenials, are advocating big government, socialism, even communism, and it scares me.  
30  Other / Politics & Society / Re: blacks have lower IQ than whites on: September 29, 2018, 12:44:07 AM
Ignorance, ethnocentricity and your own personal thoughts and beliefs do not count as facts.  When you say studies, post the studies you're touting so that we can all have a productive conversation. 
31  Other / Off-topic / Re: 50M Facebook Users Security Breach! Would you still keep your Facebook acct? on: September 28, 2018, 11:32:19 PM
I ditched Facebook in 2013 man, I saw what they were doing and didn't want any part of it. 
32  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh on: September 28, 2018, 11:31:00 PM
I was disappointed that Trump picked Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. He's the kind of person who Romney or Bush would've picked: similar to John Roberts. So his basic philosophy will be to allow burning the constitution just so long as it's a slow burn. Gorsuch on the other hand is a very strict constitutionalist, and was a truly excellent pick -- his selection proved that Trump can on occasion be better than the typical centrist Republicans and Democrats who we've been afflicted with for decades.

I expect Kavanaugh to make it through the Senate unless some major scandal is revealed. On the Republican side, probably even Rand Paul will find it politically impossible to vote against him unless he's already destined to lose, and a few democrats will likely also be pressured to vote for him (though their votes will be unnecessary).

What do you think?

I'm a Libertarian, thus my love for decentralization and cryptos, I am with you on Kavanaugh BUT after watching the brutal and vile process the Dems put this man through, I'm going to ditch voting for Libertarians this election cycle and vote Republican.  Sick and tired of the drama, the media and their siding with Democrats is so freaking obvious and it makes me puke.  Perhaps the day will come when Republicans will agree to meet Libertarians in the middle on many issues (not all), many of us Libertarians will start supporting the Republican party.
33  Other / Politics & Society / Re: I am muslim, is there a problem? on: September 28, 2018, 11:19:05 PM
The problem is that BADecker's astounding level of ignorance is really not that unusual among Christians. Most Christians don't even understand their own religion, much less the history of Wahhabism. Hell, most of them probably can't even explain the difference between Sunni and Shia. It's really quite extraordinary, and would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous. Undecided

Then there's Ahmaddiya Islam, heck even the Druze religion can be classified as a branch from Islam. There are so many branches, perhaps not as many as Christianity, but there's still a lot that many people don't even realize.   My dad's family is from Afghanistan and he would compare these different sects all the time. 

But for me - I love Sufism because it speaks to my soul. 

"When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be." - Rumi

Salam to all!
34  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][MANA]Decentraland Tokenized VIrtual Reality with Open Standards on: September 19, 2018, 09:12:37 PM
Still a token on the ETH blockchain or did they build their own?

Anyone know the original eth address that created this smart contract?
35  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Mining performance of Nvidia RTX 2080 Series on: September 19, 2018, 06:25:49 PM
Bunch of reviews out there, however i haven't seen mining performance test so far

OKay, first one: https://www.cryptominando.it/2018/09/19/nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-test-mining-ethereum/

Looks like 2080TI is 48 MH /s with Claymore
Looks like they probably did not use ethlargement enhancement for reporting 1080ti hashrate

Here's the sauce
https://www.computerbase.de/2018-09/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-test/6/#abschnitt_ethereummining_ist_nicht_ueberragend





I'm getting around 45-50MH on the 1080ti with the ethlargement enhancement.  The folks that created ethlargement enhancement will need to update it for the 2080tis, perhaps 60 MH after the update and I'm thinking at least 280-300W on electricity.  
36  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] UNIVERSA [ICO] | Blockchain Protocol for Business on: September 16, 2018, 02:13:36 AM
No wallet for this coin?
37  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Estimated Hash Rates for the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti on: September 10, 2018, 08:34:20 PM
Just wait for AMD Navi 7nm, that should force Nvidia to lower prices.  For a possible 15-20% hashrate increase on current prices, dependent on electrical costs, ROI could be minimum or even negative.  It's bear market right now and some coins are honestly thinking of moving away from PoW. 
38  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: ★EquiTrader★EQT★🔹POW+POS🔹Monetizing Market Analysis On The Blockchain 📈 on: August 24, 2018, 02:06:40 AM
Will there be MN's on this coin? I see there's staking, because I earned some by keeping my wallet open the other day. 
39  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][TSN][NOT ICO, NO PRESALE][Pow/PoS/MN] TrusTron - a2a trading platform on: August 22, 2018, 02:51:41 AM
Too many coins like these are showing up, where they sell MN's really quick and then bail.  I learned my lesson back in 2017 and I hope people don't get caught up with MNs and projects that don't show the faces of their creators. 
40  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] GOBYTE [GBX] - Masternodes, PoW, Secure, ASIC Resistance, GoByte Pay on: August 22, 2018, 02:48:13 AM
what's happened to our beloved gobyte folks?  I still have it as my signature since the ICO  Cheesy Wink
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