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Excellent to see Tollgate.me (Community-built Bitcoin-powered WiFi Networks) supported!
FIFTEENTH WAVE OF NOSTR GRANTS This wave provides funding for work on agentic AI tooling, decentralized video infrastructure, and community-run internet access, all built to utilize nostr for identity, discovery, and communication. opensats.org/blog/fifteenth-…
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Here's a demo video showing a mobile user connecting to a revenue-generating (bitcoin) Tollgate.me Wi-Fi hotspot: Now w/ Raspberry Pi 4b support (v0.0.4-beta2)! Video source (with link to the video in 10 other languages): stacker.news/items/1017117
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CoinDesk either doesn't know how bitcoin mining works, or, more likely, they are using this opportunity to spread misinformation to get clicks. The data shows nothing that would indicate "the bitcoin blockchain ground to a temporary halt" (see blue line). mempool.space/graphs/mining/…
On the weekend of May 6, 2023, the #Bitcoin blockchain ground to a temporary halt when the number of unconfirmed transactions hit record highs. How did that happen? The BRC-20 protocol. Learn more about #BRC20 tokens and the controversy surrounding them. coindesk.com/learn/brc-20-ex…
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"It's very likely #Nostr is going to overtake the #Fediverse. This is a chance to get in early, and make our investment in #ActivityPub not go to waste. "The bridge is just step 1. Step 2 is to bridge #Mastodon clients to Nostr." gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/mostr #Fedi #Mostr
Fediverse Nostr Bridge, Mostr - nostr just got spicier Comments: stacker.news/items/144825/r/… Link: soapbox.pub/blog/mostr-fediv… #StackerNews is like Hacker News but it pays you #bitcoin
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RT @[email protected]: Casascius Redeemed Index: 27793 Address: 1GDbN8x4BrVQRUnvER6TpU3pPYcWUpNmve Series: S2-COIN-25 Value: 25.0 BTC Total: 488 Active: 211 Redeemed: 277 himk.am/@casasciusbot/109714… Link: casasciustracker.com/details… #Bitcoin #Casascius
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RT @[email protected]: Casascius Redeemed Index: 28345 Address: 1GL4KQsBryksJCtzWCGqbgSxfowadf2jTT Series: S2-COIN-25 Value: 25.0 BTC Total: 488 Active: 212 Redeemed: 276 himk.am/@casasciusbot/109607… Link: casasciustracker.com/details… #Bitcoin #Casascius
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"Central Bank governor Ali Salehabadi acknowledged that `the events of the past two months' had contributed, along with U.S. sanctions, to a record fall of the Iranian currency." Image: USD/INR 5 Year chart bonbast.com/graph/usd/2018-0…
Iran central bank governor blames protests for currency's fall reut.rs/3V7fWjD
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"At Purism we think data is uranium, so we treat it like a radioactive substance where we collect as little of it as humanly possible. Every extra link you add to the supply chain is an extra opportunity for someone to inject themselves in that supply chain & tamper with things."
"In a meeting with creditors, Pleterski told them he was 'very unorganized', & didn't keep records of his investments. His trustee told creditors that Pleterski said he lost the money he had received between late 2021 and early 2022 'in a series of margin calls and bad trades'."
"Other measures under discussion include targeting more individuals involved in Russia’s software, ecommerce and cyber security industries, two officials said."
"Slightly less than 60 percent of Republicans believed that the CCP considers itself to be at war with the United States, while less than 24 percent of Democrats said the same."
40% Of Americans Believe CCP Considers Itself At War With US: Poll zerohedge.com/geopolitical/4…
You can take the leftist journalists out of the leftist media (i.e., Business Insider, Fortune) but you can't take the leftist narratives out of the leftist journalists. @k_majch @AdamMcMarkets
"What to watch for in H2'22: - [...] - Increasing interest in stablecoins, particularly from corporates looking to gain the operational advantages of crypto, including costs, delays, visibility, liquidity, and ease-of-use."
KPMG report on crypto adoption. Key ideas: A 🧵 🔗 assets.kpmg/content/dam/kpmg… 1/7
And Russia will use yuan to pay for bitcoin, because what other option do they have with those yuan? Bitcoin is liquid globally.
BREAKING: China to use ruble and yuan to pay for Russian gas as opposed to US Dollars.
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"It should further be noted that numismatic premiums tend to narrow in bull markets and widen in bear markets. So do not be surprised if unpeeled Casasius bitcoin holds its value and gains in premium numismatic value during this bear market." More here: stacker.news/items/66782
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